Refrigerators, ovens, washers, and dryers built since 2000 are expected to last 812 years, while ...

Refrigerators, ovens, washers, and dryers built since 2000 are expected to last 812 years, while those built in the 1970s and 1980s lasted 20 years or more. This shift in product life is an example of
 
  a. mechanization.
  b. external costs.
  c. the treadmill of production.
  d. a tipping point.

Question 2

The concepts creative destruction and turbulent unpredictability apply to
 
  a. war.
  b. democracy.
  c. socialism.
  d. capitalism.

Question 3

The term __________ captures the ceaseless increases in consumption that are needed to sustain the global economy's success, which is measured by increased profits.
 
  a. late stage capitalism
  b. environmental injustice
  c. treadmill of production
  d. environmental literacy

Question 4

Food banks, food stamps, government bailouts, and unemployment insurance are responses to
 
  a. poverty.
  b. earned failure.
  c. the destructive side of capitalism.
  d. the creative side of capitalism.

Question 5

__________ are interested in how human activities affect the natural environment.
 
  a. Demographers
  b. Epidemiologists
  c. Medical sociologists
  d. Environmental sociologists

Question 6

The creative destruction and turbulent unpredictability of capitalism affects people employed
 
  a. in unskilled work.
  b. in manufacturing sectors.
  c. in information sectors.
  d. in all levels of the occupation hierarchy.

Question 7

Of all the isms __________ is the most widespread.
 
  a. sexism
  b. racism
  c. ageism
  d. classism

Question 8

Which one of the following describes the amount of wealth held by the richest 20 percent in the United States?
 
  a. The richest 20 percent hold 36 percent of all the wealth.
  b. The richest 20 percent hold 84 percent of all the wealth.
  c. The richest 20 percent hold 20 percent of all the wealth.
  d. The richest 20 percent hold 99 percent of all the wealth.