Unit 5

4. The history of technology began _________. In the early stages of human societies With the invention of the computer During the Renaissance During the 19th century

In the early stages of human societies

6. Who was the leading theorist on the development of socialism? Karl Marx Alex Inkeles Émile Durkheim Adam Smith

Karl Marx

13. If a sociologist says that nations evolve toward more advanced technology and more complex industry as their citizens learn cultural values that celebrate hard work and success, she is using _________________ theory to study the global economy. Modernization theory Dependency theory Globalization theory Evolutionary dependency theory

Modernization theory

5. When it comes to technology, media, and society, which of the following is true? Media influences technology, but not society. Technology created media, but society has nothing to do with these. Technology, media, and society are bound and cannot be separated. Society influences media but is not connected to technology.

Technology, media, and society are bound and cannot be separated.

19. When it comes to media and technology, a functionalist would focus on ___________________________. The symbols created and reproduced by the media The association of technology and technological skill with men The way that various forms of media socialize users The digital divide between the technological haves and have-nots

The way that various forms of media socialize users

2. When did the first economies begin to develop? When all of the hunter-gatherers died When money was invented When people began to grow crops and domesticate animals When the first cities were built

When people began to grow crops and domesticate animals

8. Which of the following is not a form of new media? A cable television program Wikipedia Facebook A cooking blog

A cable television program

1. Which of these is an example of a commodity? Cooking Corn Teaching Writing

Corn

1. A sociologist who focuses on the way that multinational corporations headquartered in core nations exploit the local workers in their peripheral nation factories is using a _________ perspective to understand the global economy. Functional Critical sociology Feminist Symbolic interactionist

Critical sociology

1. Jerome is able to use the internet to select reliable sources for his research paper, but Charlie just copies large pieces of web pages and pastes them into his paper. Jerome has _____________ while Charlie does not. A functional perspective The knowledge gap E-readiness A digital divide

E-readiness

2. A ____________ perspective theorist might find it particularly noteworthy that wealthy corporations improve the quality of life in peripheral nations by providing workers with jobs, pumping money into the local economy, and improving transportation infrastructure. Functional Critical sociology Feminist Symbolic interactionterm-22ist

Functional

14. If a sociologist points out that corporate interests dominate the global economy, in part by creating global trade agreements and eliminating international tariffs that will inevitably favour the ability of capital to invest in low wage regions, he or she is a _______________________. Dependency theorist Globalization theorist Modernization theorist Symbolic interactionist

Globalization theorist

7. Maya is a 12-year-old girl living in Thailand. She is homeless and often does not know where she will sleep or when she will eat. We might say that Maya lives in _________ poverty. Subjective Absolute Relative Global

Absolute

10. Comic books, Wikipedia, MTV, and a commercial for Coca-Cola are all examples of: Media Symbolic interaction perspective E-readiness The digital divide

Media

13. The movie Babel featured an international cast and was filmed on location in various nations. When it screened in theatres worldwide, it introduced a number of ideas and philosophies about cross-cultural connections. This might be an example of _______________. Technology Conglomerating Symbolic interaction Media globalization

Media globalization

3. The fact that your cell phone is using outdated technology within a year or two of purchase is an example of ____________. The conflict perspective Conspicuous consumption Media Planned obsolescence

Planned obsolescence

4. In which sector of an economy would someone working as a software developer be? Primary Secondary Tertiary Quaternary

Quaternary

8. Which country serves as an example of convergence? Singapore North Korea England Canada

Singapore

9. Faith has a full-time job and two children. She has enough money for the basics and can pay her rent each month, but she feels that, with her education and experience, her income should be enough for her family to live much better than they do. Faith is experiencing _________________. Global poverty Subjective poverty Absolute poverty Relative poverty

Subjective poverty

3. A sociologist working from a symbolic interaction perspective would ____________________________________. Study how inequality is created and reproduced Study how corporations can improve the lives of their low-income workers to understand how companies provide an advantage to high-income nations compared to low-income nations Want to interview women working in factories to understand how they manage the expectations of their supervisors, make ends meet, and support their households on a day-to-day basis

Want to interview women working in factories to understand how they manage the expectations of their supervisors, make ends meet, and support their households on a day-to-day basis

7. The type of socialism now carried on by Cuba is a form of ______ socialism. centrally planned market utopian zero-sum

centrally planned

5. In the past, Canada manufactured clothes. Many clothing corporations have shut down their Canadian factories and relocated to China. This is an example of ________________. Conflict theory OECD Global inequality Capital flight

Capital flight

15. The government of __________ blocks citizens' access to popular new media sites like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter. China India Afghanistan Australia

China

4. France might be classified as which kind of nation? Global Core Semi-peripheral Peripheral

Core

15. Dependency theorists explain global inequality and global stratification by focusing on the way that ____________________________________. Core nations and peripheral nations exploit semi-peripheral nations Semi-peripheral nations exploit core nations Peripheral nations exploit core nations Core nations exploit peripheral nations

Core nations exploit peripheral nations

20. When all media sources report a simplified version of the environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing, with no effort to convey the hard science and complicated statistical data behind the story, ___________ is probably occurring. Gatekeeping The digital divide Technophilia Market segmentation

Gatekeeping

9. Which is evidence that the Canadian workforce is largely a meritocracy? Job opportunities are increasing for highly skilled jobs. Job opportunities are decreasing for mid-level jobs. Highly skilled jobs pay better than low-skill jobs. Women tend to make less than men do for the same job.

Highly skilled jobs pay better than low-skill jobs.

2. The ________ can be directly attributed to the digital divide, because differential ability to access the internet leads directly to a differential ability to use the knowledge found on the internet. Digital divide Knowledge gap Feminist perspective E-gap

Knowledge gap

16. A parent secretly monitoring the babysitter through the use of GPS, site blocker, and nanny cam is a good example of _______________. The social construction of reality Technophilia A neo-Luddite Panoptic surveillance

Panoptic surveillance

6. If the U.S. Patent Office were to issue a patent for a new type of tomato that tastes like a jellybean, it would be issuing a _________ patent? Utility Plant Design The U.S. Patent Office does not issue a patent for plants.

Plant

8. Mike, a college student, rents a studio apartment. He cannot afford a television and lives on cheap groceries like dried beans and ramen noodles. Since he does not have a regular job, he does not own a car. Mike is living in ___________________. Global poverty Absolute poverty Subjective poverty Relative poverty

Relative poverty

14. Which of the following is not a risk of media globalization? The creation of cultural and ideological biases The creation of local monopolies The risk of cultural imperialism The loss of local culture

The creation of local monopolies

10. In a B.C. town, a mining company owns all the stores and most of the houses. It sells goods to the workers at inflated prices, offers house rentals for twice what a mortgage would be, and makes sure to always pay the workers less than they need to cover food and rent. Once the workers are in debt, they have no choice but to continue working for the company, since their skills will not transfer to a new position. This most closely resembles ______________. Child slavery Chattel slavery Debt slavery Servile marriage

Debt slavery

3. What is the most important commodity in a postindustrial society? Electricity Money Information Computers

Information

12. One flaw in modernization theory is the unwillingness to recognize____________________________________. That semi-peripheral nations are incapable of industrializing That peripheral nations prevent semi-peripheral nations from entering the global market Its inherent ethnocentric bias The importance of semi-peripheral nations industrializing

Its inherent ethnocentric bias

5. Which is an economic policy based on national policies of accumulating silver and gold by controlling markets with colonies and other countries through taxes and customs charges? Capitalism Communism Mercantilism Mutualism

Mercantilism

12. In the mid-90s, the U.S. government grew concerned that Microsoft was a _______________, exercising disproportionate control over the available choices and prices of computers. Monopoly Conglomerate Functionalism Technological globalization

Monopoly

17. The use of Facebook to create an online persona by only posting images that match your ideal self exemplifies the_____________ that can occur in forms of new media. Social construction of reality Cyberfeminism Market segmentation Referencing

Social construction of reality

11. When Japanese scientists develop a new vaccine for swine flu and offer that technology to American pharmaceutical companies, __________ has taken place. Media globalization Technological diffusion Monetizing Planned obsolescence

Technological diffusion

18. _________ tend to be more pro-technology, while _______ view technology as a symbol of the coldness of modern life. Neo-Luddites; technophiles Technophiles; neo-Luddites Cyberfeminists; technophiles Liberal feminists; conflict theorists

Technophiles; neo-Luddites

9. Research regarding video game violence suggests that ______________________________. Boys who play violent video games become more aggressive, but girls do not Girls who play violent video games become more aggressive, but boys do not Violent video games have no connection to aggressive behaviour Violent video games lead to an increase in aggressive thought and behaviour

Violent video games lead to an increase in aggressive thought and behaviour

11. About what percentage of the workforce in Canada are legal immigrants? Less than 1% 1% 20% 66%

20%

6. Slavery in the pre-Civil War American South most closely resembled ________________. Chattel slavery Debt bondage Relative poverty Peonage

Chattel slavery

10. If someone does not earn enough money to pay for the essentials of life he or she is said to be _____ poor. absolutely essentially really working

absolutely

7. Which of the following is the primary component of the evolutionary model of technological change? Technology should not be subject to patenting. Technology and the media evolve together. Technology can be traced back to the early stages of human society. A breakthrough in one form of technology leads to a number of variations, and technological developments.

A breakthrough in one form of technology leads to a number of variations, and technological developments.

11. One flaw in dependency theory is the unwillingness to recognize ____________________________________. That previously low-income nations such as China have successfully developed their economies and can no longer be classified as dependent on core nations That previously high-income nations such as China have been economically overpowered by low-income nations entering the global marketplace That countries such as China are growing more dependent on core nations That countries such as China do not necessarily want to be more like core nations

That previously low-income nations such as China have successfully developed their economies and can no longer be classified as dependent on core nations