Chapter 12 Practice Quiz

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. Which sociologist wrote The Communist Manifesto?

Karl Marx correct incorrect

Talcott Parsons correct incorrect

Emile Durkheim correct incorrect

Pierre Bourdieu correct incorrect

Auguste Comte correct incorrect

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. When did socialism begin to flourish?

15^th to 16^th century correct incorrect

16^th to 17^th century correct incorrect

17^th to 18^th century correct incorrect

18^th to 19^th century correct incorrect

19^th to 20^th century correct incorrect

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. Which is true about socialism?

Favors private ownership of the means of production correct incorrect

Favors more alienation if it means greater profits correct incorrect

Favors public ownership of the means of production correct incorrect

Lower taxes and greater free market control correct incorrect

Less government intervention and letting the free hand of the market work for itself correct incorrect

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. Which economic system supports the idea of individuals or corporate groups owning the means of production and distribution?

Socialism correct incorrect

Communism correct incorrect

Neo-liberalism correct incorrect

Capitalism correct incorrect

Liberalism correct incorrect

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. What does The End of History and the Last Man argue?

A nuclear war is going to commence and wipe out mankind correct incorrect

Human nature is inherently hostile and leads to conflict correct incorrect

People are vicious so we need more policing to keep things in check correct incorrect

We cannot predict when the end of history and time will be correct incorrect

History is moving forward through a process of sublimation correct incorrect

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. What is the zeitgeist?

The end of times correct incorrect

An anarchist state correct incorrect

A capitalistic state correct incorrect

The spirit of the times correct incorrect

Another word for the Communist Manifesto correct incorrect

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. What did Marx believe about socialism?

Socialism would bring about the end of history correct incorrect

We need to adopt socialistic ways to increase global inequality correct incorrect

Socialism is necessary for innovation correct incorrect

Globalization would lead to socialism correct incorrect

Academic institutes were inherently capitalistic correct incorrect

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. How did people work in pre-industrial society?

In factories correct incorrect

In corporate companies correct incorrect

Primarily in agricultural settings correct incorrect

In finance correct incorrect

In publishing companies correct incorrect

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. When did the agricultural revolution occur?

15^th century correct incorrect

16^th century correct incorrect

17^th century correct incorrect

18^th century correct incorrect

19^th century correct incorrect

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. Who invented the assembly line?

Nikola Tesla correct incorrect

Edsel Ford correct incorrect

Henry Ford correct incorrect

Albert Einstein correct incorrect

John D. Rockefeller correct incorrect

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. The industrial revolution and agricultural revolution were the primary catalysts to a transformation in the way work was done.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The steam engine was one of the primary technological tools that drove the Industrial Revolution. T

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. As the manufacturing process became more complex, jobs became more specialized.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Post industrialism is the shift from a manufacturing economy to an agricultural economy.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Trade agreements are aimed at creating tariffs for imports and exports.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Global capitalism has allowed for the development of large multi-national corporations.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. It is easy for workers in the manufacturing sector to find jobs in the post-industrial economy.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Bureaucracies are becoming less common in the post-industrial society.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Max Weber used the term legal-rational authority structure to describe bureaucracies.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Marx claimed that all the conflict within society is caused due to class relationships.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect