Karl Marx argued that the dominant social institution is ________
a. the family.
b. religion.
c. politics.
d. the economy.
Question 2Marx described the widespread beliefs that supported the capitalist economic system as ________
a. false consciousness.
b. class consciousness.
c. cultural awareness.
d. revolutionary politics.
Question 3As the suffering of workers became worse, Marx predicted that they would ________
a. eventually starve to death.
b. rise up against the capitalist system.
c. go into business for themselves.
d. demand that women as well as men join the labor force.
Question 4Marx called those who own and operate factories and other businesses in pursuit of profits ________
a. proletarians.
b. peasants.
c. capitalists.
d. burghers.
Question 5Industrialization causes dramatic changes to society because ________
a. fewer people live in cities.
b. there are fewer types of jobs and fewer people work for income.
c. the rate of social change increases.
d. there are fewer advances in communication and transportation.
Question 6Compared to an industrial society, a postindustrial society is based on ________
a. an information-based economy.
b. a factory-based economy.
c. an immigrant labor force.
d. a less productive economy.
Question 7Karl Marx believed that the industrial-capitalist system was ________
a. unproductive.
b. diffusing wealth into the hands of many.
c. giving rise to the concepts of capitalists and proletarians.
d. promoting a classless society.
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