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The term best used to describe a single world system committed to the production for sale or exchange is: |
| | A) | modern world system. |
| | B) | capitalist world economy. |
| | C) | core world economy. |
| | D) | world stratification system. |
| | E) | balanced reciprocity |
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The term best used to describe a world in which there is a substantial contrast between both capitalists and workers in the core nations and workers in the periphery is: |
| | A) | modern world system. |
| | B) | capitalist world economy. |
| | C) | core world economy. |
| | D) | world stratification system. |
| | E) | negative system of reciprocity. |
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What crop led to the rapid settlement of what is now the southeastern United States? |
| | A) | tea |
| | B) | sugar |
| | C) | cotton |
| | D) | coffee |
| | E) | Both B and C. |
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Which parts of the world system are industrialized? |
| | A) | core |
| | B) | semiperiphery |
| | C) | periphery |
| | D) | semiperiphery and core |
| | E) | core, semiperiphery, and periphery |
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The Industrial Revolution started in England rather than France for all of the following reasons except: |
| | A) | France had a larger population. |
| | B) | France had better access to trade. |
| | C) | Great Britain had better access to coal and iron ore. |
| | D) | Great Britain had more extensive colonies. |
| | E) | Great Britain had a middle class of Protestant nonconformists. |
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The name for the class of people who are the owners of the means of production is the: |
| | A) | bourgeoisie. |
| | B) | periphery. |
| | C) | proletariat. |
| | D) | caste. |
| | E) | semiperiphery. |
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All of the following statements are true about the creation of the middle class except: |
| | A) | they are found primarily in the core. |
| | B) | they consist mostly of skilled and professional workers. |
| | C) | they increase opportunities for social mobility. |
| | D) | the rise of the middle class makes an understanding of class stratification more complex. |
| | E) | they have improved access to economic benefits and political power. |
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Weber's three dimensions of social stratification are: |
| | A) | wealth, capital, and prestige. |
| | B) | wealth, power, and prestige. |
| | C) | capital, power, and prestige. |
| | D) | access, capital, and power. |
| | E) | access, wealth, and power. |
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The name for the class of people who have to sell their labor to survive is the: |
| | A) | bourgeoisie. |
| | B) | periphery. |
| | C) | proletariat. |
| | D) | caste. |
| | E) | semiperiphery. |
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How did the Vietnamese workers at Nike change their working conditions? |
| | A) | They invoked spirit possession. |
| | B) | They adopted labor union tactics. |
| | C) | They carried out a study of Nike's American operations. |
| | D) | They burned their uniforms. |
| | E) | All the above. |
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A policy of extending the rule of a nation or empire over foreign nations and/or taking and holding foreign colonies is called: |
| | A) | colonialism. |
| | B) | genocide. |
| | C) | a domestic system. |
| | D) | imperialism. |
| | E) | none of the above. |
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Which of the following best describes the position of Great Britain in the world system? |
| | A) | core |
| | B) | semiperiphery |
| | C) | periphery |
| | D) | semiperiphery and periphery |
| | E) | core, periphery, and semiperiphery |
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In the textbook, it says that corporations that are building large factories in the American South avoid areas with high concentrations of blacks because: |
| | A) | They have racist corporate policies. |
| | B) | Blacks are more likely to unionize. |
| | C) | Blacks have lower levels of education. |
| | D) | Blacks tend to live in geographical locations unsuitable for factories. |
| | E) | White managers have subtle racial preferences. |
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In 1800 _____controlled half the globe and 20 percent of its population. |
| | A) | bands, tribes, and chiefdoms |
| | B) | the United States |
| | C) | core nations |
| | D) | periphery nations |
| | E) | The bourgeoisie |
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The physical destruction of ethnic groups by murder, warfare, and introduced diseases is called |
| | A) | genocide. |
| | B) | ethnocide. |
| | C) | imperialism. |
| | D) | caste system. |
| | E) | vertical mobility. |
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