Question 1: Zygmunt Bauman has written on what he describes as ____, where modern citizens vie for a relationship to physical spaces and places, including countries.
A globalized conflict
Resource differentiation
A space war
Global tourism
Question 2: With a population over 1 billion, about ____ of Indians live on less than $2 a day.
50%
25%
2/3
10%
Question 3: The comparative economic measure that uses international dollars to indicate the amount of goods and services someone could buy in the United States with a given amount of money is known as:
GNI-PPP
GDP
Gross Domestic Income
Gross Purchasing Power
Question 4: The world's richest ____ people own as much wealth as the bottom half of the planet's population.
10
1,200
85
350
Question 5: The idea that poverty of some countries is a consequence of their exploitation by wealthy, capitalist states is known as:
World systems theory
Dependency theory
Global conflict theory
Imperialist-colonization theory
Question 6: The science of population size, distribution, and composition is defined as:
Ethnography
Population studies
Demography
Demographics
Question 7: The average number of births per woman is referred to as:
Crude birth rate
Female fertility rate
Total birth average
Total fertility rate
Question 8: Net migration is:
The number of births per year
In-migration minus out-migration
Migration to the cities minus migration to the suburbs
The number of new immigrants
Question 9: Which of the following countries is experiencing high population growth as a result of migration, rather than natural population increase?
United States
China
India
Ethiopia
Question 10: E-waste accounts for what percentage of toxic waste?
70
5
15
50
Question 11: Which of the following is true of fads and fashions?
It must be adopted by the masses to be considered fashionable
Only includes clothing and hairstyles
Reflect a tension between people's desire to be different and their desire to conform
Are entirely at the whim of people's tastes and not influenced by marketers
Question 12: Temporary gatherings of closely interacting people with a common focus are known as:
Crowds
Riots
Masses
Contagions
Question 13: Traditional, homegeneous societies are characterized by _____ solidarity, while diverse, modern societies are characterized by _____ solidarity.
mechanical; organic
mechanical; industrial
organic; industrial
interdependent; independent
Question 14: _____ norms are those that are situationally created to support a collective action.
Emergent
Situational
Crowd
Social movement
Question 15: Which of the following theorists highlighted the importance of ideas in maintaining order and oppression in society?
Karl Marx
Max Weber
Antonio Gramsci
Pierre Bourdieu
Question 16: Voluntary, goal-oriented action that occurs in relatively disorganized situations is known as:
Collective action
Collective behavior
Crowd mentality
Social protest