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| According to the course pack, which country (besides the United States) spends the most money on defense? |
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| According to the coursepack, which continent has the largest number of refugees? |
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| What religion was NOT originally recognized by western thinkers as a classical religion? |
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| Based on sociological and historical perspectives where do most religions come from? |
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| Existing religious frameworks |
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| What is the most widely followed religion in the world today? |
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| According to Durkheim, what rold does religion play in a society? |
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| It creates social cohesion |
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| Which of the following global religions is the youngest? |
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| What sociologist viewed religion as an opiate for the masses? |
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| What are some economic reasons for conflicts? |
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Economic inequality.
Globalization.
Depleting resources.
(NOT oil) |
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| According to Abraham Lincoln, what is more dangerous to U.S. security? |
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| In the last 15 years, which nation has suffered the largest loss of human lives as a result of internal conflcits? |
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| In the last 15 years, which nation has suffered the largest loss of human lives as a result of internal conflcits? |
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| Treaty to ban nuclear testing |
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| "Violence or threat of violence by an individual or group as a political strategy" is one of the definitions of . . .? |
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| What is the nature of the majority of conflcits around the globe? |
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| What describes how the expansion of Capitalism affects cultures? |
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Minority cultures are dominated by the culture of the majority.
It leads to a decrease in cultural diversity.
It leads to a common culture. |
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| Guarani's of Paraguay practice agroforestry. What is one of their practices? |
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| Collection of commercial products such as animal skins and honey |
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| Maybury-Lewis estimated that approximately what percent of the world's population fit the description of indigenous peoples? |
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| After the military subdued the indigenous people, the nation-state would establish political control through what? |
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| Direct or indirect rule of the population |
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| What was the leading cause of the Chiapas revolt against the Mexican government? |
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| Decline in small scale agriculture |
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| Who did the Kikuyu and Mau Mau peasants revolt against? |
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| A visitor returning to Malaysia after the Green Revolution would probably notice . . . |
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| Visual changes resulting from the new prosperity, such as roads and new shops. |
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| What are some examples of peasant protests used by the author? |
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Chiapas of Mexico.
Peasants of Malaysia.
Kikuyus of Kenya. |
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| What are the topics discussed in Ch. 11? |
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Conflicts between workers and industrialists.
Conflicts between citizens and government.
Feminist movement. |
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| Other forms of protest, such as workers organizations and strikes, national liberation, civil rights, feminist, militia, environmental, and fundamentalist religious movements are considered . . . |
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| The concept of revitalization movements has failed to consider the fact that such movements |
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| are a reaction to the expansion of consumer capitalism |
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| The movements which emerged form the revolution of 1848 all contributed to . . . |
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| the formation of the welfare state |
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| There were and are movements to overthrow and replace the basic tenets of the culture of capitalism, and most of them were . . . |
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| Who are considered "utopian". calling for the end of private property, recognition of the equality of women, dismantling the patriarchal nuclear family, and discarding organized religion? |
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| The only legitimate challenge to the global domination of the capitalist culture today is |
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| According to the authors, the main goal of movements such as The Ghost Dance is to . . . |
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| Protests against economic, social, and political injustices. |
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