Chapter 11

In which century did the industrial revolution begin?

1700s

Which changes are associated with the industrial revolution?

A significant population boom

An association of workers who organize to improve their economic status and workin*conditions is called

A union

Advertising, engineering, marketing, product design, and web design are all examples of:

knowledge work

The economic system based on collective ownership of the means of production and collective distribution of goods and services is called

socialism

What serious social problem might be made worse if more people were encouraged to telecommute?

alienation and loneliness

Which of the following is among the benefits of telecommuting?

Businesses get increased productivity and fewer sick days

Corporations with decision- making, production, and distribution operations spread all over the world are characteristics of

Deep integration

Why would a company outsource or contract out labor it might otherwise employ its own staff to perform?

It is cheaper

What is it an example of when liquor stores in the United States import wine made entirely from French grapes and bottled in France or beer brewed from grain and hops grown in Holland?

Shallow integration

What is it called when nations compete to attract transnational corporations by undercutting their citizens' wages or offering tax incentives?

The race to the bottom

What new technology helped to bring about the industrial revolution?

The steam engine

"Rogue" agencies posting information on Twitter to make it available to the public is an example of individual resistance to bureaucratic organizations

True

Why did so many people feel dissatisfied working on assembly lines?

Workers never had the satisfaction of seeing the finished product

How has union membership changed in recent years?

membership has steeply declined

What change caused people to migrate into cities from rural areas?

the switch to a manufacturing economy

In a capitalist system, what do workers have available to sell?

their own labor

How are strikes different from acts of resistance like daydreaming on the job?

they are collective