State Correct Option for Sociology of Migrant Worker Flashcards

1. The organization Anti-Slavery International estimates that about how many men, women, and children live today in conditions that approximate slavery? · 200,000 · 2 million · 200 million · 2 billion

2. Following modernization theory, what might rich nations do to assist poor nations that seek economic development? · Help poor nations to control their population · Increase food production in poor nations · Introduce advanced technology to poor nations · All of the above

4. Poor countries are characterized by: · Limited energy resources and little advanced techonology · High levels of population increase · Cultures that discourage change · All of the above

5. With regard to the role of rich nations, dependency theory: · Agrees with modernization theory · Urges rich nations to invest in poor countries · Claims that rich nations are to blame for global poverty · Claims the rich nations prevent poor countries from “growing for export”

. Over the last century: · Living standards rose in most of the world · Rich nations gained wealth faster than poor nations · The world’s food production went up · All of the above

8. Pornography is of concern to: · Conservatives who oppose it on moral grounds · Liberals who oppose it as demeaning to women · All people who seek to protect free speech and artistic expression · All of the above

9. What share of married U.S. couples depend on two incomes? · Very few · More than half · All · None

10. Friedrich Engels claimed that capitalism: · Reduced all forms of social inequality · Reduced men’s domination over women · Had little change on men’s domination of women · Increased men’s domination of women

. Which of the following job categories has mostly women as workers? · Physicians · Corporate managers · Stone mason · Elementary school teachers

12. Friedrich Engels claimed that expanding capitalism tends to turn women into: · Nurses and teachers · Capitalists · Consumers · The owners of surplus labor

13. Read the following four statements. Which of the statements is NOT an example of institutional discrimination? · A mother wants her child to stay away from a child of a different race · A bank usually refuses loans to people of a certain race · A police dept promotes people of one race faster than those of another · A school district segregates schools

14. The existence of the "Negro leagues" in professional baseball in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s is an example of: · Assimilation · Segregation · Pluralism · Miscegenation

15. The term "white ethnics" refers to: · People of Hispanic ancestry who are light skinned · People of any ethnicity who are light skinned · Biracial or multiracial people · Non-WASPs of European ancestry

17. Based on scapegoat theory, you would conclude that prejudice is caused by: · Culture itself · High levels of immigration · Frustration among people who are themselves disadvantaged · People with rigid personalities

18. The rate of small business ownership is high among Asian Americans. This pattern reflects: · a history of facing little or no racial prejudice and discrimination · a lack of formal schooling · cultural values including achievement and self-reliance. · All of the above