According to world-system theorists, capitalism has come to dominate the world economy because
a. under this system, governments control economic activities.
b. it is the only economic system in the world.
c. of the ways in which capitalists respond to economic stagnation.
d. national interests take precedence over corporate interests.
Question 2Which of the following is true with respect to how women's education affects fertility?
a. In most countries, children have a greater effect on women's lives than men's.
b. More educated women have more opportunities, which may cause conflict with having children.
c. Education itself delays marriage.
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
Question 3The term welfare state' refers to
a. a state in which more than 50 of its population relies on government assistance.
b. an economic system in which the population relies solely on the government.
c. a socialist economic system.
d. an economic system that is a hybrid of capitalism and socialism.
Question 4What factor(s) contribute to the fact that families with higher incomes have fewer children?
a. Children are not needed as a form of old age security.
b. Children's economic contributions become less important to the family's welfare.
c. Alternative uses of time and the pursuit leisure activities become more attractive.
d. all of the above
Question 5is an essential characteristic of socialist systems.
a. Public ownership of the means of production
b. Private ownership of the means of production
c. The law of supply and demand
d. A consumer-driven economy
Question 6In the rural Philippines, 75 of the cost of rearing a child comes from:
a. lost wages.
b. housing.
c. goods and services.
d. increased taxes for having more than three children.
e. aunties who are shoestring relatives in matrilineal networks..
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