In practice, economic systems are some combination of capitalist and socialist principles.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 2To measure the strength of job seekers' ties to contacts, Granovetter asked job seekers
a. how often they saw a contact.
b. to rate the contact as a strong or weak tie.
c. how long they knew the contact.
d. how close they felt to the contact.
Question 3During the 20th century 130 countries and territories gained political independence from their mother country in a process known as
a. imperialism.
b. decolonization.
c. recolonization.
d. insurgency.
Question 4In interviews with the workers who changed jobs, Granovetter learned that the contacts who helped them land the job were most often an old friend, a former coworker, or former employer. In addition, that contact was likely to be someone with whom that worker had maintained sporadic contact over the years. Granovetter called these
a. the division of labor.
b. weak ties.
c. strong ties.
d. a social network.
Question 5Coffee exports account for 70 percent of all export revenue Uganda earns. The dependence on one commodity qualifies Uganda as __________ economy.
a. a core economy
b. an emerging
c. a peripheal
d. a semiperipheral
Question 6Which one of the following statements is true about digital technologies' effects on social ties?
a. Digital technologies are the first innovations to expand the size and reach of personal networks.
b. Digital technologies cultivate superficial ties.
c. Digital technologies increase the speed of communication.
d. Digital technologies neglect local connections.
Question 7Much of the processed food people who live in core economies consume depends on palm oil from Indonesia, Malaysia, and West African forests. This is one illustration of how core economies
a. are so much more advanced.
b. depend on foreign sources.
c. produce food with high nutritional value.
d. help other countries.
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