What has happened to most low- to middle-income countries with the turn away from decades of state-led development and regulated markets toward globalization?
a. They have been able to sustain robust pre-1980 growth rates.
b. They have seen their growth, productivity, and investment stagnate.
c. They have seen the gap between wealthy and poor countries narrow.
d. They have seen growing parity with Northern industrialized countries.
Question 2Following the Stonewall riots of June 1969, a gay and lesbian liberation movement developed that relied on __________ to organize a militant response and quickly spread to other cities.
a. the Internet
b. straight sympathizers in the armed forces
c. a covert urban subculture
d. transgender allies
Question 3What did the author of this chapter conclude about the religiosity of Americans over the life course?
a. After people have children themselves, they tend to move to communities where churches are more important and to think that they should teach their children about religion.
b. In the oldest part of the life course, church and the support of religion become less important to Americans.
c. Americans in their twenties are slightly more religious than middle-age Americans.
d. Parents, schools, and churches invest in children's religiosity somewhat haphazardly.
Question 4__________ is revealed in the inability of peopleto evacuate before or after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, similar to the victims of the 2010 earthquake in Haiti.
a. Socially patterned vulnerability
b. Environmental racism
c. Ecojustice
d. Synergy
Question 5__________ are webs of connections that link individuals and organizations to one another for communication and other exchanges.
a. Political action groups
b. Social networks
c. SMOs
d. Social media
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