The total volume of goods and services produced by a country each year, divided by the size of the population is called the ______.
a. production index
b. the net national product (NNP)
c. per capita gross national income (per capita GNI)
d. the consumer index
Question 2Using a sociological perspective, C. Wright Mills points out that unemployment is _____.
a. a product of the situation
b. related to the structure of society and social institutions
c. only an individual problem
d. none of the above
Question 3The example of toy manufacturers is used in the text to illustrate
a. the fact that goods like toys and clothing link the U.S. to the rest of the world.
b. that the manufacture of toys in the U.S. is a growth industry that protects American jobs.
c. how popular protests against outsourcing have been successful at protecting American jobs.
d. how children are valued around the world.
Question 4Individuals are subordinated to society. This statement best represents which theoretical perspective?
a. Conflict theory
b. Feminism
c. Functionalism
d. Symbolic interactionism
Question 5The highest incidence of poverty anywhere in the world is in ______.
a. East Asia
b. sub-Sahara Africa
c. Eastern Europe
d. the Arctic
Question 6Inequality is inevitable and purposeful for society. This statement best represents which theoretical perspective?
a. Conflict theory
b. Feminism
c. Functionalism
d. Symbolic interactionism
Question 7Double deprivation refers to
a. women and children being disproportionately impoverished.
b. women bearing a larger share of global poverty than men.
c. the result of a cycle of poverty.
d. the likelihood of men to control to means of production.
Question 8Contemporary feminist scholarship has produced which of the following?
a. Gender conflict between men and women
b. Vital knowledge about women
c. Conflict between workers and employers
d. All of the above
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