Chapter11
★The evolving partnership between Iraq and the United States is a story of two countries; one country – the US – is heavily dependent on _____, the other country- Iraq- is heavily dependent on _____.
a. oil imports; oil revenues
★Intellectual technologies encompass four revolutionary innovations. Those innovations include all but which one of the following?
d. information
★ A chief, king, or queen possesses power based on which form authority?
d. traditional
★ MoveOn.org represents an example of a
b. 527 group.
★ According to world-system theorists, capitalism has come to dominate the world economy because
a. of the ways in which capitalists respond to changes in the economy, especially to economic stagnation.
★ Silicon chips, fiber optics, and satellites are technologies associated with the
a. post-industrial revolution.
★ Iraq’s economy is heavily dependent on
d. oil revenues.
★ _____ is a cornerstone of the socialist economic system.
c. Public ownership
★ _____ allow(s) for incredible speed of data transmission and calculations in the realm of nano seconds.
d. Electronics
★ _____ are institutions that coordinate human activity to produce, distribute, and consume goods and services.
b. Economic systems
★ Domestication means that
a. plants and animals have been brought under human control.
★ The two top foreign holders of U.S. debt are
c. China and Japan.
★Customer service jobs are part of which one of the following economic sectors?
c. tertiary
★ Which sector of the economy contributes the most to the GDP of the United States?
d. tertiary
★ The _____ model views politics as an arena of compromises, alliances, and negotiations among many competing special interest groups.
b. pluralist
★_____ allow(s) computers to operate, to perform a variety of tasks and to generate a variety of simulated experiences.
a. Software
★The United States represents about _____ percent of the world’s population, yet it consumes 25 percent of the world’s annual oil production.
a. 5
★The primary sector of the economy includes economic activities
a. that generate or extract raw materials from the natural environment.
★ In the United States, the National Association of Realtors, the National Auto Dealer Association, and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America contribute to political campaigns and are known as
b. political action committees.
★ One U.S. Pentagon official pointed out in a news briefing that “the sheer size of this campaign has never been seen before, never been contemplated before.” This campaign was the
b. shock and awe campaign in Iraq.
★ The divorce rate among those Iraqis who marry first or second cousins is _____ percent.
c. 2
★ Many of the great Sumerian legacies such as writing, irrigation and the wheel are adaptive responses to
c. the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
★ A group of countries under the direct control of a foreign power or government such that the dominant power shapes political, economic, and cultural development is a(n)
b. empire.
★Manufacturing accounts for _____ percent of the GDP of the United States.
c. 20
★ Which of the following countries provide social benefits to those who fall within a set minimum standard?
c. United States
★ Authoritarian governments are defined by which one of the following characteristics?
a. an outside power plays a role in bringing the leader to power
★ For better or worse, the Iraqi people’s chances for a better life revolve around
c. oil.
★ As measured by per capita GDP _____ has the wealthiest economy in the world.
(mistake)d. Luxembourg
★ On the most basic level, the existence of _____ enables a society to support nonfood occupations, such as musicians and craftsman.
b. a food surplus
★ As measured by GDP, _____ has the largest economy in the world.
economy in the world.
(mistake) d. the United States
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★The innovation that turned the hand loom into a power loom, the horse-drawn carriage into the steam engine, and the blacksmith’s hammer into a power machine is
mechanization
★The country with the highest per capita personal consumption is
the United States
★Which one of the following persons held/holds power grounded on traditional authority
Queen Elizabeth II
★ The _____ model suggests that a relatively few number of people make decisions that have consequences affecting millions of people worldwide.
power elite
★_____ is a cornerstone of the socialist economic system.
Public ownership
★For better or worse, the Iraqi people’s chances for a better life revolve around
oil.
★The most important agricultural revolution in history took place more than 10,000 years ago and coincided with the
domestication of plants and animals.
★ The term _____ was first used in the early 19th century in response to the excessive poverty and inequality that accompanied the Industrial Revolution.
(mistake)capitalism
★ _____ leaders often emerge during times of profound crisis.
Charismatic
★The United States represents about _____ percent of the world’s population, yet it consumes 25 percent of the world’s annual oil production.
5
★Which one of the following applies to post-industrial societies?
An economy defined by applied knowledge as the source of invention and innovation.
★A/An _____ society is one that relies on intellectual technologies of telecommunications and computers, not just large computers but computers on a chip.
post-industrial
★Iraq is a country that world-system theorists would classify as a _____ economy.
peripheral
★Attraction and devotion to a leader cannot sustain a community indefinitely; the object of these emotions is mortal. This statement applies to _____ authority.
charismatic
★_____ means rule of the deity.
Theocracy
★Biblical scholars identify the _____ region as the setting for the flood linked to Noah’s ark.
Tigris-Euphrates
★Totalitarianism is a system of government characterized by
an unchallenged official ideology.
★Which one of the following persons held/holds power grounded on charismatic authority?
Adolf Hitler
★The divorce rate among those Iraqis who marry first or second cousins is _____ percent.
2
★A group of countries under the direct control of a foreign power or government such that the dominant power shapes political, economic, and cultural development is a(n)
empire.
★Which of the following countries provide social benefits to those who fall within a set minimum standard?
United States
★_____ allow(s) computers to operate, to perform a variety of tasks and to generate a variety of simulated experiences.
Software
★In the United States, union membership varies by state. Which one of the following states has the greatest percentage of workers represented by unions?
Hawaii
★_____ allow(s) voice, text, images and data to be carried with the same efficiency and to be integrated with other technology.
Digitalization
★_____ relate to the use of and access to power.
Religions
★Iraq’s economy is heavily dependent on
oil revenues.
★The secondary sector of the economy includes economic activities
that transform raw materials into manufactured goods.
★As measured by per capita GDP _____ has the wealthiest economy in the world.
the United States
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★In the United States, the tertiary sector of the economy accounts for about _____ percent of the GDP.
a. 80
★The state of Alaska contains 4.2 billion barrels of oil within its borders enough to satisfy about _____ of the U.S. demand for oil
(mistake) c. 10 years
★A chief, king, or queen possesses power based on which form authority?
b. traditional
★Agricultural activity accounts for about _____percent of the GDP of the United States.
c. 1
★Leaders who, by virtue of their special qualities, have the ability to unleash revolutionary changes possess _____ authority.
b. charismatic
★The primary sector of the economy includes economic activities
c. that generate or extract raw materials from the natural environment.
★Which sector of the economy contributes the most to the GDP of the United States?
d. tertiary
★_____ include(s) activities performed by others that result in no tangible product, such as entertainment, transportation and personal care.
a. Services
★_____ is a system of government in which power is vested in the citizen body or “the people.”
b. Democracy
★_____ authority rests on a system of impersonal rules that formally specify the qualifications for occupying a powerful position.
a. Legal-rational
★Which one of the following persons held/holds power grounded on traditional authority?
c. Queen Elizabeth II
★The _____ model suggests that a relatively few number of people make decisions that have consequences affecting millions of people worldwide.
d. power elite
★Authoritarian governments are defined by which one of the following characteristics?
c. an outside power plays a role in bringing the leader to power
★_____ allow(s) for incredible speed of data transmission and calculations in the realm of nano seconds.
b. Electronics
★The difference between the dollar value of goods and services imported and those exported is known as
b. the trade deficit/surplus.
★Which of the following countries provide social benefits to those who fall within a set minimum standard?
a. United States
★_____ debt results from spending sprees and impulse buying.
c. Stupid
★The overlapping interests of the political, military, and corporate elite can be traced to which one of the following events?
c. World War II
★The 2008-2009 U.S. government intervention to bail out the auto industry, banks and other financial institutions suggests that the United States
(mistake) a. follows capitalist principles.
★_____ imports accounts for 33 percent of the U.S. trade deficit.
a. Petroleum
★The evolving partnership between Iraq and the United States is a story of two countries; one country – the US – is heavily dependent on _____, the other country- Iraq- is heavily dependent on _____.
a. oil imports; oil revenues
★In the United States, the National Association of Realtors, the National Auto Dealer Association, and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America contribute to political campaigns and are known as
b. political action committees.
★_____ allow(s) voice, text, images and data to be carried with the same efficiency and to be integrated with other technology.
b. Digitalization
★_____ is a cornerstone of the socialist economic system.
a. Public ownership
★Attraction and devotion to a leader cannot sustain a community indefinitely; the object of these emotions is mortal. This statement applies to _____ authority.
c. charismatic
★_____ economies include the wealthiest, most highly diversified economies with strong, stable governments.
a. Core
★_____ is a term that applies to an economic system that is a hybrid of capitalism and socialism.
c. Welfare state
★Sir Winston Churchill once said that _____ “is the worst form of government except for all others that we have tried.”
d. democracy
★In _____ societies we leave records of most transactions.
a. post-industrial
★_____ are groups that participate in armed rebellion against an established authority, government or administration with the hope that those in power will pull out.
a. Insurgents
★The evolving partnership between Iraq and the United States is a story of two countries; one country – the US – is heavily dependent on _____, the other country- Iraq- is heavily dependent on _____.
a. oil imports; oil revenues
★Intellectual technologies encompass four revolutionary innovations. Those innovations include all but which one of the following?
d. information
★ A chief, king, or queen possesses power based on which form authority?
d. traditional
★ MoveOn.org represents an example of a
b. 527 group.
★ According to world-system theorists, capitalism has come to dominate the world economy because
a. of the ways in which capitalists respond to changes in the economy, especially to economic stagnation.
★ Silicon chips, fiber optics, and satellites are technologies associated with the
a. post-industrial revolution.
★ Iraq’s economy is heavily dependent on
d. oil revenues.
★ _____ is a cornerstone of the socialist economic system.
c. Public ownership
★ _____ allow(s) for incredible speed of data transmission and calculations in the realm of nano seconds.
d. Electronics
★ _____ are institutions that coordinate human activity to produce, distribute, and consume goods and services.
b. Economic systems
★ Domestication means that
a. plants and animals have been brought under human control.
★ The two top foreign holders of U.S. debt are
c. China and Japan.
★Customer service jobs are part of which one of the following economic sectors?
c. tertiary
★ Which sector of the economy contributes the most to the GDP of the United States?
d. tertiary
★ The _____ model views politics as an arena of compromises, alliances, and negotiations among many competing special interest groups.
b. pluralist
★_____ allow(s) computers to operate, to perform a variety of tasks and to generate a variety of simulated experiences.
a. Software
★The United States represents about _____ percent of the world’s population, yet it consumes 25 percent of the world’s annual oil production.
a. 5
★The primary sector of the economy includes economic activities
a. that generate or extract raw materials from the natural environment.
★ In the United States, the National Association of Realtors, the National Auto Dealer Association, and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America contribute to political campaigns and are known as
b. political action committees.
★ One U.S. Pentagon official pointed out in a news briefing that “the sheer size of this campaign has never been seen before, never been contemplated before.” This campaign was the
b. shock and awe campaign in Iraq.
★ The divorce rate among those Iraqis who marry first or second cousins is _____ percent.
c. 2
★ Many of the great Sumerian legacies such as writing, irrigation and the wheel are adaptive responses to
c. the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers.
★ A group of countries under the direct control of a foreign power or government such that the dominant power shapes political, economic, and cultural development is a(n)
b. empire.
★Manufacturing accounts for _____ percent of the GDP of the United States.
c. 20
★ Which of the following countries provide social benefits to those who fall within a set minimum standard?
c. United States
★ Authoritarian governments are defined by which one of the following characteristics?
a. an outside power plays a role in bringing the leader to power
★ For better or worse, the Iraqi people’s chances for a better life revolve around
c. oil.
★ As measured by per capita GDP _____ has the wealthiest economy in the world.
(mistake)d. Luxembourg
★ On the most basic level, the existence of _____ enables a society to support nonfood occupations, such as musicians and craftsman.
b. a food surplus
★ As measured by GDP, _____ has the largest economy in the world.
economy in the world.
(mistake) d. the United States
------------------------------------------------
★The innovation that turned the hand loom into a power loom, the horse-drawn carriage into the steam engine, and the blacksmith’s hammer into a power machine is
mechanization
★The country with the highest per capita personal consumption is
the United States
★Which one of the following persons held/holds power grounded on traditional authority
Queen Elizabeth II
★ The _____ model suggests that a relatively few number of people make decisions that have consequences affecting millions of people worldwide.
power elite
★_____ is a cornerstone of the socialist economic system.
Public ownership
★For better or worse, the Iraqi people’s chances for a better life revolve around
oil.
★The most important agricultural revolution in history took place more than 10,000 years ago and coincided with the
domestication of plants and animals.
★ The term _____ was first used in the early 19th century in response to the excessive poverty and inequality that accompanied the Industrial Revolution.
(mistake)capitalism
★ _____ leaders often emerge during times of profound crisis.
Charismatic
★The United States represents about _____ percent of the world’s population, yet it consumes 25 percent of the world’s annual oil production.
5
★Which one of the following applies to post-industrial societies?
An economy defined by applied knowledge as the source of invention and innovation.
★A/An _____ society is one that relies on intellectual technologies of telecommunications and computers, not just large computers but computers on a chip.
post-industrial
★Iraq is a country that world-system theorists would classify as a _____ economy.
peripheral
★Attraction and devotion to a leader cannot sustain a community indefinitely; the object of these emotions is mortal. This statement applies to _____ authority.
charismatic
★_____ means rule of the deity.
Theocracy
★Biblical scholars identify the _____ region as the setting for the flood linked to Noah’s ark.
Tigris-Euphrates
★Totalitarianism is a system of government characterized by
an unchallenged official ideology.
★Which one of the following persons held/holds power grounded on charismatic authority?
Adolf Hitler
★The divorce rate among those Iraqis who marry first or second cousins is _____ percent.
2
★A group of countries under the direct control of a foreign power or government such that the dominant power shapes political, economic, and cultural development is a(n)
empire.
★Which of the following countries provide social benefits to those who fall within a set minimum standard?
United States
★_____ allow(s) computers to operate, to perform a variety of tasks and to generate a variety of simulated experiences.
Software
★In the United States, union membership varies by state. Which one of the following states has the greatest percentage of workers represented by unions?
Hawaii
★_____ allow(s) voice, text, images and data to be carried with the same efficiency and to be integrated with other technology.
Digitalization
★_____ relate to the use of and access to power.
Religions
★Iraq’s economy is heavily dependent on
oil revenues.
★The secondary sector of the economy includes economic activities
that transform raw materials into manufactured goods.
★As measured by per capita GDP _____ has the wealthiest economy in the world.
the United States
-------------------------------------------------------
★In the United States, the tertiary sector of the economy accounts for about _____ percent of the GDP.
a. 80
★The state of Alaska contains 4.2 billion barrels of oil within its borders enough to satisfy about _____ of the U.S. demand for oil
(mistake) c. 10 years
★A chief, king, or queen possesses power based on which form authority?
b. traditional
★Agricultural activity accounts for about _____percent of the GDP of the United States.
c. 1
★Leaders who, by virtue of their special qualities, have the ability to unleash revolutionary changes possess _____ authority.
b. charismatic
★The primary sector of the economy includes economic activities
c. that generate or extract raw materials from the natural environment.
★Which sector of the economy contributes the most to the GDP of the United States?
d. tertiary
★_____ include(s) activities performed by others that result in no tangible product, such as entertainment, transportation and personal care.
a. Services
★_____ is a system of government in which power is vested in the citizen body or “the people.”
b. Democracy
★_____ authority rests on a system of impersonal rules that formally specify the qualifications for occupying a powerful position.
a. Legal-rational
★Which one of the following persons held/holds power grounded on traditional authority?
c. Queen Elizabeth II
★The _____ model suggests that a relatively few number of people make decisions that have consequences affecting millions of people worldwide.
d. power elite
★Authoritarian governments are defined by which one of the following characteristics?
c. an outside power plays a role in bringing the leader to power
★_____ allow(s) for incredible speed of data transmission and calculations in the realm of nano seconds.
b. Electronics
★The difference between the dollar value of goods and services imported and those exported is known as
b. the trade deficit/surplus.
★Which of the following countries provide social benefits to those who fall within a set minimum standard?
a. United States
★_____ debt results from spending sprees and impulse buying.
c. Stupid
★The overlapping interests of the political, military, and corporate elite can be traced to which one of the following events?
c. World War II
★The 2008-2009 U.S. government intervention to bail out the auto industry, banks and other financial institutions suggests that the United States
(mistake) a. follows capitalist principles.
★_____ imports accounts for 33 percent of the U.S. trade deficit.
a. Petroleum
★The evolving partnership between Iraq and the United States is a story of two countries; one country – the US – is heavily dependent on _____, the other country- Iraq- is heavily dependent on _____.
a. oil imports; oil revenues
★In the United States, the National Association of Realtors, the National Auto Dealer Association, and the Association of Trial Lawyers of America contribute to political campaigns and are known as
b. political action committees.
★_____ allow(s) voice, text, images and data to be carried with the same efficiency and to be integrated with other technology.
b. Digitalization
★_____ is a cornerstone of the socialist economic system.
a. Public ownership
★Attraction and devotion to a leader cannot sustain a community indefinitely; the object of these emotions is mortal. This statement applies to _____ authority.
c. charismatic
★_____ economies include the wealthiest, most highly diversified economies with strong, stable governments.
a. Core
★_____ is a term that applies to an economic system that is a hybrid of capitalism and socialism.
c. Welfare state
★Sir Winston Churchill once said that _____ “is the worst form of government except for all others that we have tried.”
d. democracy
★In _____ societies we leave records of most transactions.
a. post-industrial
★_____ are groups that participate in armed rebellion against an established authority, government or administration with the hope that those in power will pull out.
a. Insurgents