Frequently genital mutilation is performed by
a. a trained doctor.
b. a qualified nurse.
c. an old woman of the village.
d. a trained medical assistant.
Question 2According to Ritzer the number of people employed in fast-food restaurants accounts for over __________ percent of the approximately 6 million people employed in restaurants of all types.
a. 20
b. 40
c. 60
d. 80
Question 3In the period between 1870 and 1914
a. the ratio of world trade to world economic output was nearly as high as it was in the
1970s and 1980s
b. cross-border capital flows were very extensive
c. tens of millions of people migrated across international borders
d. all of these
e. none of these
Question 4George Stiglitz believes that globalization is here to stay but that it needs to be reformed and regulated. Stiglitz believes that a key dimension of this reform and regulation should be
a. making the World Trade Organization into a more democratic and more accountable organization
b. abolishing the World Trade Organization
c. abolishing the World Bank
d. abolishing the International Monetary Fund
Question 5Which variable directly affects the median age of the country?
a. Life expectancy
b. Gerontology
c. Sex ratio
d. Cohorts
Question 6According to Weber, the modern official within a bureaucracy always strives and usually enjoys a distinct __________ as compared with the governed.
a. social esteem
b. sub-reputation
c. right to dispose of subordinates
d. governorship
Question 7A person who does not hold prejudicial beliefs but caves into pressures from others to discriminate is, in Robert Merton's classification, a(n):
a. timid bigot
b. reluctant liberal
c. all weather bigot
d. all weather liberal