In the United States war contributed to the growth and development of all the following social institutions EXCEPT:
a. large research universities
b. national government
c. science and technology
d. the church
Question 2Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of what Karl Polanyi calls the great transformation?
a. Displaced from the land, rural people began to sell their labor for wages.
b. Relationships based on ascribed statuses were replaced with relationships based on contracts.
c. The family was replaced by the business firm as the dominant economic institution.
d. Stratification systems became more rigid.
Question 3Which of the following is a long-term structural change experienced by the United States as a result of war or the preparation of war?
a. decentralization of social institutions
b. decreased power of military institutions
c. growth in power and influence of the national government
d. stagnation in the development of universities
Question 4The social order called capitalism includes all of the following principles EXCEPT:
a. possession of land as a family birthright
b. the freedom of workers to sell the labor to highest bidder
c. the private ownership and control of the means of production
d. the value of individual rights
Question 5One of the major results of war on a culture is:
a. decreased death rate
b. enlarged food supplies
c. increased contacts with other cultures
d. increased use of the automobile
Question 6Karl Polanyi refers to the Industrial Revolution as the great transformation. By this he means that:
a. it led to the rise of individualism
b. it resulted in an increase in the number of wars
c. the market became the dominant institution in society
d. the number of labor unions increased rapidly
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