Depression Pink Glass

1. For the first time in history, high-income individuals are working:
A. less hours than low-income individuals
B. more hours than low-income individuals
C. the same number of hours as low-income individuals
D. in a cubical most of their day

2. The differences between race and ethnicity underscore the privileged positions of __________ in America, who have the freedom to pick and choose their identities and freely show their ethnic backgrounds.
A. whites
B. blacks
C. Hispanics
D. Asians

3. In the early days of the new monetary system, stockholders were more willing to invest in corporations because of ____________, which limits their financial liability to whatever they invested in the company.`
A. political arbitrage
B. payment per unit
C. champagne-glass distribution
D. limited liability

4.Although race has no deterministic, biological bases, it still:
A. influences heredity
B. has genetic importance
C. has physical importance
D. has social importance

5. In the seventeenth century, Rubenesque women were considered beauties because when food was scarce, a plump woman was a sign of good health, wealth, and attractiveness. What was the catalyst that made food plentiful and changed the standard of beauty for women?
A. industrialization
B. the roaring 20s
C. World War II
D. the Great Depression

6. The rise of large-scale production, the influx of peasants to urban areas to find work, and the rise of a system of wage labor caused the __________ system to become obsolete, in favor of a new system of legal currency.
A.barter
B.neighborhood
C.exchange
D.trade

7.The increasing divide between the haves and the have-nots is referred to as:
A.globalization
B.the elite class
C.champagne-glass distribution
D.the global divide

8.Most modern societies would be classified as having which type of authority?

A.authoritative
B.supreme ruler
C.legal-rational
D.rational

9. Although the state’s authority derives from the implicit threat of physical force, when the state resorts to physical coercion to enforce its will, all legitimate authority, or authority that does not use force to secure compliance, is lost. This is referred to as:

A.domination
B.the paradox of authority
C.government coercion
D.legal coercion

10. Feminist sociologists claim that the family wage is a patriarchal bargain because it implies:

A.the money men earn is most important
B.a family needs to have a male head
C.women aren’t smart enough to get a high-paying job
D.women’s dependence on a man’s wage

11. Attitudes about gender and work became self-confirming myths and enforced women’s dependence. The unfair family wage pushed an incentive on women to:

A.have many children
B.protest against political forces
C.rebel against men
D.marry and stay married

12. How do rulers prove their authority?

A.by persuading subordinates that their claim to power is valid
B.by overthrowing the current government
C.by building up the largest army
D.by establishing their own government

13. The concept of race:

A.has changed over time
B.is biological
C.is stable and constant
D.all of the above
E.none of the above

14. According to your text, what percentage of teenagers over the age of 14 admit they have had sexual intercourse?

A.just under 10%
B.just under 25%
C.just under 50%
D.just under 75%

15Patricial Hill Collins claims that gender interacts with race, class, nation, and religion. Which group has made the case that the early liberal feminism was largely by, about, and for white middle-class women?

A.black feminists
B.social feminists
C.radical feminists
D.Freudian feminists

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