Which of the following is not one of the major types of states identified by Charles Tilly as existing in Europe in the last thousand years?
a. agrobureaucratic states
b. large territorial states
c. small city-states or urban federations
d. national states
Question 2When Sanderson and Alderson suggest that the capitalist world-economy and the interstate system go hand in hand, they are referring to the fact that
a. a fundamental characteristic of the modern world-system is its politically
decentralized character
b. the logic of capitalism seems to work against the formation of a world-empire
c. the capitalistic nature of the world-system would probably decay if the
interstate system evolved into a world-empire
d. all of the above
Question 3Sanderson and Alderson suggest that the capitalist world-economy and the interstate system
a. are fused together as part of a single reality, which is governed by the logic of
capital accumulation
b. are highly independent of each other
c. closely interrelate during periods of economic prosperity, but are highly
independent during periods of economic decline
d. none of these
Question 4Phrases like seeing through his game, looking behind the scenes, and being up on all the tricks are insightful in understanding the sociological
a. imagination.
b. eye.
c. mind set.
d. perspective.
Question 5In the feudal system that preceded capitalism, the basic unit of economic production was the
a. factory
b. manor
c. guild
d. workshop
Question 6The use of situational props in an encounter is an illustration of:
a. interpersonal demography
b. interpersonal ecology
c. identity processes
d. categorization
e. none of the above
Question 7Between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries, an early form of capitalism based on trade developed in the Italian city-states. This form of capitalism was ________ capitalism, and thus was based mainly on ________
a. merchant; trade
b. industrial; manufacturing
c. state-oriented; government
d. none of these
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