What is a reason for increased life expectancy worldwide?
a. Higher number of fatal diseases without cure
b. Low quality sewage disposal
c. Higher number of medical treatments for fatal diseases
d. Low quality water sanitization
Question 2During the 1980s, women in _____________ were shocked by accounts of mutilations being performed in local hospitals on daughters of immigrants.
a. Sweden
b. Russia
c. Great Britain
d. Australia
Question 3Spokespeople for McDonaldized systems claim that
a. they fill a need for those looking for work.
b. they offer a large number of entry-level positions that give employees basic skills.
c. the jobs they provide have lowered the unemployment rates for the last ten years.
d. McDonaldization is no different than any other low-skilled employment system.
Question 4The original Club of Rome report on the environment issued in 1972
a. was optimistic about environmental sustainability for the long-term future
b. predicted ecological disaster within twenty years if major changes in population growth and resource use were not made within 20 years
c. predicted severe ecological problems within the next 50 to 75 years if major changes
in population growth and resource use were not made
d. was widely acclaimed and readily accepted
Question 5Sanderson and Alderson argue that
a. globalization will continue for decades to come without any reversals at all
b. there is nothing inevitable about continuing globalization and a reversal of the current globalizing trend could occur
c. globalization is about to burn itself out and will stop within the next ten years
d. none of these
Question 6The more resources that members of an ethnic group have, the:
a. more likely are they to be victims of discrimination
b. more they can fend off discrimination
c. more others will hold prejudices against them
d. more they will cave into discrimination
e. none of the above
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