When it comes to child rearing, lower-class parents tend to focus more on
a. developing their children's creative skills.
b. encouraging their children to question authority.
c. getting their children to follow rules and obey authority.
d. developing their children's leadership skills.
Question 2Another term for participant observation is
a. teamwork.
b. case study.
c. fieldwork.
d. secondary analysis.
Question 3A _____ is a community located just outside of a city.
a. megalopolis
b. gentrified area
c. suburb
d. metropolis
Question 4With _____, top companies form a network that can be likened to a spider's web.
a. multinational corporations
b. interlocking directorates
c. socialist governments
d. an excess of allegiance to workers and the United States
Question 5As you go down the social-class ladder, what happens to your mental health?
a. It improves.
b. It stays the same.
c. There is no change.
d. It worsens.
Question 6Jim bought a foreclosed house in a rundown part of town. The price was a bargain. The place needed a great deal of fixing up, but it was located right smack in the middle of town.
Others like him were also moving into the area and fixing up old houses. Jim was taking part in a. building a suburb.
b. gentrification.
c. an edge city.
d. development of a megaregion.
Question 7At least two corporationsInternational Telephone & Telegraph Company (ITT) and Royal Dutch Shellhave been involved in a.trying to discourage capitalism. b. assassinations. c. trying to artificially keep the wages of workers high. d.
schemes to distribute the bulk of their earnings to the global poor.