Chapter 14 Practice Quiz

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. What does Stephen Pinker believe about growing modernization?

people will be drawn into relative safety and prosperity. correct incorrect

people will be drawn into social situations of chaos and poverty correct incorrect

there will be more illnesses correct incorrect

poverty will become the new norm correct incorrect

more people will eat organic food correct incorrect

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. Which theorist was primarily focused on forecast methods?

Noam Chomsky correct incorrect

Malcolm Gladwell correct incorrect

David Walonick correct incorrect

John Toody correct incorrect

Judith Rich Harris correct incorrect

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. Which is NOT a category of forecasting discussed in this chapter?

Trend exploration correct incorrect

Genius forecasting correct incorrect

Consensus methods correct incorrect

Simulation methods correct incorrect

Anti-climatic methods correct incorrect

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. When was the Golden Age of technology?

There has been no golden age of technology correct incorrect

1840 to 1870 correct incorrect

1870 to 1940 correct incorrect

1940 to 1985 correct incorrect

1985 to 2005 correct incorrect

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. What is applied science?

Any form of science correct incorrect

Just mathematical-based scientific equations correct incorrect

Fake science correct incorrect

The same as the social sciences correct incorrect

Human knowledge and ingenuity applied to the solution of a problem or need correct incorrect

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. When did the scientific revolution occur?

Europe 500 years ago correct incorrect

Asia 2000 years ago correct incorrect

Canada in 1867 correct incorrect

Europe 250 years ago correct incorrect

The Middle East in the present day correct incorrect

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. Which is NOT included in Merton's Acronym for the norms of science?

Communalism correct incorrect

Locality correct incorrect

Universalism correct incorrect

Disinterest correct incorrect

Organized Skepticism correct incorrect

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. What was the first medium that Canadian's had for communication?

The telegraph correct incorrect

The telephone correct incorrect

The radio correct incorrect

The post correct incorrect

The television correct incorrect

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. In the 21^st century there was a financial meltdown. What year did it occur?

2000 correct incorrect

2006 correct incorrect

2008 correct incorrect

2010 correct incorrect

2012 correct incorrect

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. What do future trends about Canada's immigrant population suggest?

More than half of the immigrant population will be Indian correct incorrect

More than half of the immigrant population will be Asian correct incorrect

More than half of the immigrant population will come from a country in Africa correct incorrect

Less than a third of immigrants will come from Asia correct incorrect

More than three-quarters will come from Central Europe correct incorrect

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. All of the problems of the past (sickness, early death, poverty, violent victimization) are still with us to the same extent today.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Today, people in developed countries are seeing the coming of identity politics.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Ian Weinberg believes that modernization will bring dire consequences for the future of humanity.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The scenario method of forecasting attempts to model complex systems.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Forecasting is foolproof. It is next-to-always accurate.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. During the period of Enlightenment there was a rise of religious way of thinking and merging the church and the state.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Poverty rates have declined in Canada over the past 60 years.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. By 2036, the Chinese will be the main visible minority group.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. Canada is a high-fertility country that receives many immigrants from high-income countries.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect

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. The growing use of social media will increase online victimization from harassment and bullying.

True correct incorrect

False correct incorrect