SOC CH. 11 Quiz

In which century did the Industrial Revolution begin?

1700s

What effect did the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947 have on unions?

It instituted limits on secondary strikes and boycotts.

How did the Industrial Revolution create "work" in the modern sense?

It used machines to produce more goods, more efficiently.

What do you think Barbara Ehrenreich would say about efforts to reform welfare, which attempted to move people off welfare rolls and into minimum-wage jobs?

She would disapprove because she thinks that low-wage work is demeaning and insufficient for survival.

How are "gold farms," such as those set up to play World of Warcraft, different from traditional sweatshops?

They exploit workers to produce virtual goods instead of material goods.

Thanksgiving is one of the busiest days of the year for many soup kitchens and other groups that provide food to the homeless and the poor. It is also one of the biggest days of the year for volunteers, as many more people decide to donate their time and efforts, making them, even if just for the day, part of the

Third Sector

Workers in large department stores usually are paid on commission, which means they are in direct competition with their fellow employees. According to Karl Marx, the workers may experience

alienation

What has an office worker engaged in, although it may not seem like much, when he or she brings in a plant to brighten up his or her cubicle?

an act of individual resistance

In 2008 and 2009, under the Obama administration, the United States government initiated a large-scale economic bailout of the banking and auto industries. The government invested enormous amounts of money and, as a result, became the majority shareholder in some corporations. According to the text, this means that the United States

is a mostly capitalist nation, but it also has a degree of socialism in government subsidies to businesses.

According to Barbara Ehrenreich, which of these behaviors can help those with minimum-wage service jobs to get ahead and move up in the world?

none of these answers, as there is no way for minimum-wage workers to move up in the world

In Great Britain, the government owns the British Broadcasting Corporation, or BBC, which is the world's largest television and radio broadcasting service. This tells you that Great Britain is

partially socialist

According to Karl Marx, where does surplus value come from?

paying workers less than the value they create

Tactics that are used by workers to take back some degree of control over the conditions in which they work are called

resistance strategies

What technological development is MOST associated with the Information Revolution?

the microchip

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

Firms that purposely transcend national borders so that their products can be manufactured at sites all over the world are called

transnational corporations

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

true