Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the transition from an agrarian to an industrial ...

Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the transition from an agrarian to an industrial society?
 
  a. Agricultural workers become more productive.
  b. Scientific innovations make possible greater wealth.
  c. The rate of social change increases dramatically.
  d. There is a decrease in the degree of societal interdependence.

Question 2

The single most important indicator of the relative wellbeing of a nation's people is the infant mortality rate.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 3

The KEY factor associated with the shift from agrarian to industrial societies is:
 
  a. greater emphasis on individualism
  b. political democracies
  c. the emergence of capitalism
  d. the rise of centralized governments

Question 4

A major consequence of the graying of America has been a decline in the political power of senior citizens.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 5

Class and ethnic conflict first occurred:
 
  a. between 3000 B.C. and 1600 A.D. in the agrarian epoch
  b. in the twentieth century
  c. over 10,000 years ago with the emergence of hunter-gatherer bands
  d. with the emergence of the Industrial Revolution in the seventeenth century

Question 6

All indicators of the wellbeing of youth are declining.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Question 7

The agrarian epoch covers the time period:
 
  a. from 3000 BC to 1600 AD
  b. 8000 BC to 4000 BC
  c. 1650 AD to 1850 AD
  d. none of these

Question 8

What has declined is not the rate of teen births but the rate of teen marriage.
 
  Indicate whether the statement is true or false