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Social Structure and Social Intuitions MCQ

The _____ framework that determines what kind of people we become is culture.

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Correct Answer: Biological

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People learn behaviors and attitudes according to their _____ the social structure.

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Correct Answer: Location in

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A very large company that carries on production and distribution activities in many nations is called

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Correct Answer: Transnational Corporation

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In the economic institution, the relocation of goods and services production from one place to another is called

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Correct Answer: Outsourcing

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Family and kinship institution is a social institution primarily responsible for the regulation of procreation

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Correct Answer: True

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Bifurcation means dividing into _____ branches

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Correct Answer: Two

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The index that measures the extent to which the distribution of income within a country deviates from a perfectly equal distribution is called ______.

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Correct Answer: The Gini Index

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Contemporary global political landscapes must be understood in the historical context of ______.

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Correct Answer: Colonialism

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The social institution that functions to resolve internal and external conflict, make and enforce societal rules, and mobilize collective resources to meet societal goals is ______.

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Correct Answer: Government and politics

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______ is a theory of relationships between human agency and social structures which argues that social practices repeat themselves in patterned ways over time and in space.

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Correct Answer: Structuration theory

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Changes in government institutions are very intertwined with changes in economic institutions. These changes taken together are playing a larger role in global inequality. What is this phenomenon known as?

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Correct Answer: Economic globalization

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Critical consciousness is defined as an ongoing process of reflection and knowledge-seeking about mechanisms and outcomes of social, political, and economic oppression that requires taking personal and collective action toward fairness and social justice.

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Correct Answer: True

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The United States has played a leadership role in the development of the international government.

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Correct Answer: False

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In 2016, nearly half of all deaths of children under five worldwide were due to ______.

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Correct Answer: Malnutrition

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______ is promoted by such international organizations as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and the World Trade Organization, which are led by the United States and Western Europe. They regulate relations between countries, and carry power over political and economic institutions.

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Correct Answer: Neocolonialism

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Structuration theory calls attention to power arrangements that constrain the behaviors of some actors more than others in a way that perpetuates social injustice.

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Correct Answer: True

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Social structure is a set of interconnected social institutions developed by human beings to compose constraints on human interaction for the purpose of survival and well-being.

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Correct Answer: True

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Economic globalization has seriously weakened the bargaining power of nationally based labor unions because companies can always threaten to take their business somewhere else.

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Correct Answer: True

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What is human agency?

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Correct Answer: The capacity of people to create their own realities, rather than having them determined by social structures

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Political systems around the world vary widely.

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Correct Answer: True

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The stated goal of No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 was to raise academic achievement for all students because U.S. students were falling behind those in other wealthy nations.

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Correct Answer: True

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In the United States, health disparities are prominent where deep inequalities are related to socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicity, and poverty is seen as the driving force behind the growing health disparities.

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Correct Answer: True

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Max Weber saw a class division based on what he called life chances, which reflect the distribution of power in a community, including all but which of these realms?

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Correct Answer: Colonial realm

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Bifurcation of labor has occurred all over the world, in advanced industrial societies as well as in poor, newly industrializing societies.

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Correct Answer: True

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The United States, Western Europe, and Japan, according to the world systems perspective, represent which of the following?

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Correct Answer: The core sector

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