Term
In his farewell address to the nation, President Eisenhower warned that an emerging _____________ posed a significant danger to the political and economic welfare of the U.S.
a. Power elite
b. Communist underground
c. Military-industrial complex
d. Militant Islamic organization |
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Definition
In his farewell address to the nation, President Eisenhower warned that an emerging _____________ posed a significant danger to the political and economic welfare of the U.S.
c. Military-industrial complex |
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Term
“Permanent government” refers to the:
a. legislative branch of U.S. government
b. endurance of democracy in western civilization
c. ruling structure of post-revolutionary nations
d. high level civil service bureaucrats who develop and implement government policies |
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Definition
“Permanent government” refers to the:
d. high level civil service bureaucrats who develop and implement government policies |
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Term
3. U.S. companies provide insurance for cars made in Japan out of steel manufactured in China using Brazilian-mined iron ore. Which country in this scenario constitutes the tertiary sector?
a. Brazil
b. China
c. Japan
d. U.S. |
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Definition
3. U.S. companies provide insurance for cars made in Japan out of steel manufactured in China using Brazilian-mined iron ore. Which country in this scenario constitutes the tertiary sector?
d. U.S. |
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Term
Corporations which have substantial operations and political influence in several countries at once are called:
a. Tertiary organizations
b. Transnational corporations
c. Transitional institutions
d. Traditional functions |
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Definition
Corporations which have substantial operations and political influence in several countries at once are called:
b. Transnational corporations |
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Term
A small group of global corporations that control an entire industry or service would be a(n):
a. Monopoly
b. Oligopoly
c. Hegemony
d. Anarchy |
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Definition
A small group of global corporations that control an entire industry or service would be a(n):
b. Oligopoly |
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Term
Which economic system focuses on meeting the needs of all a nation’s citizens?
a. Socialism
b. Capitalism
c. Liberalism
d. Confucianism |
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Definition
Which economic system focuses on meeting the needs of all a nation’s citizens?
a. Socialism |
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Term
Since 1980, U.S. residents in this income category have experienced the most dramatic increase in income.
a. Highest 20 percent
b. Middle 20 percent
c. Lowest 20 percent
d. Welfare recipients |
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Definition
Since 1980, U.S. residents in this income category have experienced the most dramatic increase in income.
a. Highest 20 percent |
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Term
According to Gary’s scenario, controlling _______________ provides the greatest control over a nation’s political decision-making.
a. economic production
b. educational systems
c. unionization
d. the primary sector |
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Definition
According to Gary’s scenario, controlling _______________ provides the greatest control over a nation’s political decision-making.
a. economic production |
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Term
What component of our society produces and implements rules for social interaction and economics?
a. Primary Sector
b. Secondary Sector
c. Tertiary Sector
d. Government |
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Definition
What component of our society produces and implements rules for social interaction and economics?
d. Government |
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Term
Eleven-year old Halima makes Hanes underwear in a third-world nation’s sweatshop. Whether she is “better off” than if the sweatshop did not exist depends on:
a. How often the supervisors beat her
b. How many pieces she produces in a day
c. How one defines “better off”
d. How long she has been working there |
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Definition
Eleven-year old Halima makes Hanes underwear in a third-world nation’s sweatshop. Whether she is “better off” than if the sweatshop did not exist depends on:
c. How one defines “better off” |
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Term
Drinking a Coke while watching British news on our Sony television is an example of how we participate in:
a. the primary sector
b. internal development
c. monopoly capitalism
d. globalization |
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Definition
Drinking a Coke while watching British news on our Sony television is an example of how we participate in:
d. globalization |
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Term
LeBron James receives more than 10 times as much annual income as Wilt Chamberlain did in his prime. According to Gary, a principal reason for this is that:
a. LeBron is a far more dominant player
b. Media technology and sports marketing have advanced dramatically
c. basketball is more popular than football
d. Wilt was the only African American pro in the 1960s |
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Definition
According to Gary, a principal reason for this is that:
b. Media technology and sports marketing have advanced dramatically |
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Term
Viet Nam became known as the “living room war” because:
a. ninety percent of television news focused on it
b. so many civilians were killed
c. it was led by politicians with no military experience
d. it involved house-to-house searches for the enemy |
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Definition
Viet Nam became known as the “living room war” because:
a. ninety percent of television news focused on it |
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Term
A major challenge related to media impact on our values and behavior is that:
a. There are fewer than 50 years ago
b. a handful of large corporations control what we see, hear and read
c. family oriented options are growing in number
d. so few people get their news from television |
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Definition
A major challenge related to media impact on our values and behavior is that:
b. a handful of large corporations control what we see, hear and read |
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Term
What do General Electric (GE), Walt Disney Company, and Time-Warner have in common?
a. they all belong to the primary sector of the economy
b. none of them operates outside the U.S.
c. they are the only major corporations with no media holdings
d. they each control vast media empires |
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Definition
What do General Electric (GE), Walt Disney Company, and Time-Warner have in common?
d. they each control vast media empires |
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Term
Corporate welfare involves:
a. government assistance to industry and private corporations
b. the bureaucratic mechanism for distributing aid to poor families
c. never ending entitlement programs for disabled people
d. benevolent giving by corporations for social programs |
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Definition
Corporate welfare involves:
a. government assistance to industry and private corporations |
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Term
A ‘PAC’ is a:
a. transnational corporation that runs sweatshops
b. special interest group that funds campaigns to elect certain candidates
c. news report about the secondary economic sector
d. children’s television show that promotes traditional values |
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Definition
A ‘PAC’ is a:
b. special interest group that funds campaigns to elect certain candidates |
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Term
Sociologist C. Wright Mills said a “power elite”, comprising business leaders, the federal executive branch, and top military officials, essentially rules the U.S. Which major theoretical approach is most consistent with Mills’ view?
a. Structural functional
b. Social conflict
c. Symbolic interaction
d. Libertarian |
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Definition
Sociologist C. Wright Mills said a “power elite”, comprising business leaders, the federal executive branch, and top military officials, essentially rules the U.S. Which major theoretical approach is most consistent with Mills’ view?
b. Social conflict |
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Term
What is the difference between news reports in communist countries and those in capitalist countries?
a. One is biased, the other open and objective
b. One is national, the other international
c. One is controlled by government, the other by a few media giants
d. One is conservative, the other liberal |
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Definition
What is the difference between news reports in communist countries and those in capitalist countries?
c. One is controlled by government, the other by a few media giants |
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Term
Which of the following is NOT a major factor in changing the size of populations?
a. Fertility
b. Mortality
c. Migration
d. Marriage |
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Definition
Which of the following is NOT a major factor in changing the size of populations?
d. Marriage |
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Term
The Malthusian Perspective is that the global population increases _________, whereas the food supply increases ___________.
a. Geometrically/arithmetically
b. Exponentially/negatively
c. Arithmetically/exponentially
d. Slowly/rapidly |
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Definition
The Malthusian Perspective is that the global population increases _________, whereas the food supply increases ___________.
a. Geometrically/arithmetically |
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Term
The Green Revolution refers to:
a. The dramatic increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
b. Dramatic increases in agricultural production
c. The emergence of the Green Party in global politics
d. A political uprising by ethnic Martians |
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Definition
The Green Revolution refers to:
b. Dramatic increases in agricultural production |
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Term
A totally stable population, one that neither grows nor decreases from year to year because of a perfect balance among births, deaths and migration is the definition of:
a. Zero tolerance
b. Genocide
c. Zero population growth
d. Demographic transition theory |
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Definition
A totally stable population, one that neither grows nor decreases from year to year because of a perfect balance among births, deaths and migration is the definition of:
c. Zero population growth |
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Term
Which of the following is an ‘ecosystem’?
a. Ocean
b. Tropical rainforest
c. A house on a lot
d. All the above |
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Definition
Which of the following is an ‘ecosystem’?
d. All the above |
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Term
The “Greenhouse Effect” has to do with:
a. Growing plants in artificial environments
b. The impact of the nursery industry on the environment
c. An dangerous environmental condition caused by excess quantities of pollutants in Earth’s atmosphere
d. The creation of more hardy varieties of food crops |
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Definition
The “Greenhouse Effect” has to do with:
c. An dangerous environmental condition caused by excess quantities of pollutants in Earth’s atmosphere |
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Term
Overgrazing, harmful agricultural practices, and deforestation are some of the leading factors in causing:
a. Desertification
b. Sustainable economic growth
c. Overpopulation
d. Depletion of the ozone layer |
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Definition
Overgrazing, harmful agricultural practices, and deforestation are some of the leading factors in causing:
a. Desertification |
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Term
The world’s human population is currently around:
a. 3 billion
b. 20 billion
c. 650 million
d. 7 billion |
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Definition
The world’s human population is currently around:
d. 7 billion |
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Term
The population of the U.S. increased from 190 million when Gary was in the Fourth Grade to approximately __________ now.
a. 250 million
b. 307 million
c. 500 million
d. 1 billion |
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Definition
The population of the U.S. increased from 190 million when Gary was in the Fourth Grade to approximately __________ now.
b. 307 million |
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Term
The U.S. population is growing ___________ than that of most third world nations.
a. More rapidly
b. Less rapidly
c. Younger
d. Less healthy |
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Definition
The U.S. population is growing ___________ than that of most third world nations.
b. Less rapidly |
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Term
The Industrial Revolution during the 1800s caused a significant shift of the U.S. population from rural areas to cities. This process is called:
a. Post-industrialism
b. Core city redevelopment
c. Urbanization
d. Urban farming |
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Definition
The Industrial Revolution during the 1800s caused a significant shift of the U.S. population from rural areas to cities. This process is called:
c. Urbanization |
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Term
Government measures in the U.S. to address the housing shortage following World War II, the availability of inexpensive land and new, low-cost mass construction methods all contributed to the dramatic growth of:
a. Central cities
b. Downtown shopping areas
c. Skyscrapers
d. Suburbs |
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Definition
Government measures in the U.S. to address the housing shortage following World War II, the availability of inexpensive land and new, low-cost mass construction methods all contributed to the dramatic growth of:
d. Suburbs |
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Term
One of the primary challenges facing many core cities in the U.S. today is:
a. Creating housing for a growing number of middle class city residents
b. Continuing to provide municipal services for a shrinking populace
c. Deciding how to spend vast amounts of revenue from new industries
d. Limiting the number of retail businesses trying to move in |
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Definition
One of the primary challenges facing many core cities in the U.S. today is:
b. Continuing to provide municipal services for a shrinking populace |
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Term
There is a shortage of adequate housing in the U.S. because:
a. slum landlords often abandon properties instead of paying to keep them up
b. it is difficult to build safe, livable housing that just about anyone can afford
c. affluent homeowners resist the construction of low-income housing in their neighborhoods
d. All the above |
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Definition
There is a shortage of adequate housing in the U.S. because:
d. All the above |
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Term
The fastest-growing segment of people experiencing homelessness in the U.S. is:
a. Families with children
b. Single adult men
c. Single women without children
d. Middle class mortgage holders |
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Definition
The fastest-growing segment of people experiencing homelessness in the U.S. is:
a. Families with children |
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Term
The use of calculated unlawful physical force or threats of violence against a government is known as:
a. Terrorism
b. War
c. Guerilla tactics
d. Military intervention |
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Definition
The use of calculated unlawful physical force or threats of violence against a government is known as:
a. Terrorism |
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Term
In common political and military terminology, ‘WMD’ refers to:
a. War, Murder, and Death
b. Warfare Military Deployment
c. Weapons of Mass Destruction
d. Widespread Munitions Distribution |
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Definition
In common political and military terminology, ‘WMD’ refers to:
c. Weapons of Mass Destruction |
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Term
The proportion of non-combatant casualties in armed conflicts worldwide has:
a. been increasing
b. been decreasing
c. remained unchanged
d. never been significant |
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Definition
The proportion of non-combatant casualties in armed conflicts worldwide has:
a. been increasing |
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Term
According to “Just War Theory”, disproportionate measures, such as all-out nuclear war, are:
a. Never justified
b. Appropriate responses to terrorism
c. Permissible if the enemy poses a threat to peace
d. Legitimate means for achieving political objectives |
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Definition
According to “Just War Theory”, disproportionate measures, such as all-out nuclear war, are:
a. Never justified |
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Term
Which of the following is NOT true of military technology?
a. It has enabled some smaller armies to defeat larger forces
b. It has made global warfare possible
c. It must be superior to enemy technology in order to win a war
d. It has continued to advance since the end of the Cold War |
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Definition
Which of the following is NOT true of military technology?
c. It must be superior to enemy technology in order to win a war |
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