Growth rate equals births minus deaths plus net migration is the
a. basic demographic equation.
b. statistician's mantra.
c. crude birth rate.
d. crude migration rate.
Question 2
The United States follows _____, where private citizens own the means of production and pursue profits, but within a system of laws to protect the welfare of the population.
a. state socialism
b. state capitalism
c. laissez-faire capitalism
d. pure capitalism
Question 3
Ranking high on some dimensions of social class and low on others is called
a. status inconsistency.
b. prestige.
c. status consistency.
d. limited power.
Question 4
The ________ is made up of the individuals intended to represent the population to be studied.
a. sample
b. control group
c. respondent
d. average
Question 5
A reason that it is difficult to forecast population growth is that
a. the mathematics are unsound.
b. politicians tamper with it, rewarding more births or discouraging more births.
c. no one agrees on what the basic demographic equation is.
d. birth and death statistics are not kept.
Question 6
In laissez-faire capitalism,
a. the government controls the market.
b. central committees control the market.
c. the government does not interfere in the market.
d. the public controls the market.
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Literacy in fifteenth-century Europe was ________.
A) largely a rural phenomenon
B) largely restricted to urban areas
C) higher among women than men
D) commonplace in both the city and the countryside
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In The Praise of Folly, Erasmus________.
A) criticized and mocked both priests and monks
B) announced his intention to leave Catholicism
C) praised priests but severely criticized monks
D) belittled critics of the Church
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Most Christian humanists were from________.
A) central Italy
B) Spain
C) northern Europe
D) northern Italy
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Which of these was the trigger for Luther’s protests?
A) the sale of indulgences
B) the Babylonian Captivity of the church
C) the Great Schism
D) the Investiture Controversy
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Which of these best summarizes the results of the Council of Trent?
A) It embraced reforms, but none of those proposed by Luther.
B) It rejected any king of reform.
C) It reformed Catholic doctrine, but not Catholic institutions.
D) It embraced most of Luther’s reforms, but in its own manner.
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The Zwinglian Reformation________.
A) was greatly influenced by Martin Luther
B) never denied the authority of the pope
C) was not initially influenced by the Lutheran Reformation
D) retained the traditional Catholic liturgy
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What is John Calvin's most famous work?
A) Institutes of the Christian Religion
B) The Praise of Folly
C) the 95 theses
D) Freedom of a Christian
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In the early 1400s, Chinese voyages traveled west, as far as ________.
A) the east coast of Africa
B) Malaysia
C) India
D) the Red Sea
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Which of these was granted to Spaniards in the encomienda system?
A) native labor
B) mineral rights
C) land
D) cities
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