Social Sciences: Terms & Definitions - Capitalism, Socialism, Modernization, Development, Quizzes of Introduction to Sociology

Download Social Sciences: Terms & Definitions - Capitalism, Socialism, Modernization, Development and more Quizzes Introduction to Sociology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 Political economy DEFINITION 1 Influence of politics on economics and vice versa is a definition of: TERM 2 Classical Liberalism DEFINITION 2 School of thought promoted freedom of press, rule of law, and a free market? TERM 3 David Ricardo DEFINITION 3 Was against any protections for landlords and said, Landlords gain is industrialists loss? TERM 4 Capitalism DEFINITION 4 Believes in trickle down economy TERM 5 David Ricardos point of view on foreign trade DEFINITION 5 Foreign trade is good for economy because it lowers the wages of local labor leading to more profit for the industrialists TERM 6 Natural Socialism DEFINITION 6 Hunting and gathering societies TERM 7 Farmer DEFINITION 7 The rural Proletariat during Feudalism TERM 8 Cooperative capitalism DEFINITION 8 Shoemakers used to make shoes using simple tools. They sold it and made some profit for themselves. TERM 9 State DEFINITION 9 In a socialist society owns the means of production TERM 10 Forces of production DEFINITION 10 Labor,The raw material,Money, machines, and infrastructure TERM 21 Financial organizations give out loans to poor countries. What is the real goal of these financial policies? DEFINITION 21 help their own nations TERM 22 Periphery nations DEFINITION 22 Poor economy TERM 23 You watched a video on Wallenstein. What did he say about the future of Capitalism DEFINITION 23 Capitalismwill collapse as it is TERM 24 Which one of the following statements on Global economic and political interdependence refers to Chase Dunn? DEFINITION 24 A. IIt helps poor nations through diffusion of technology TERM 25 Europe DEFINITION 25 life expectancy tends to be very high TERM 26 Under-developed nations DEFINITION 26 tend to have very high infant mortality rates TERM 27 Liberia DEFINITION 27 has the lowest GNI PPP TERM 28 Niger DEFINITION 28 has the highest Rate of Natural Increase TERM 29 Bangladesh DEFINITION 29 have high fertility TERM 30 Bashar al-Assad DEFINITION 30 President of Syria TERM 31 Rick Santorum DEFINITION 31 still in the race for the nomination of Republican Party for the office of US President? TERM 32 Iran DEFINITION 32 has been constantly in the news for its nuclear program leading to economic sanctions TERM 33 Hugo Chavez DEFINITION 33 President of Venezuela TERM 34 Nigeria DEFINITION 34 Muslims and Christians have been engaged in acts of violence and terrorism against each other. In particular, a Muslim terrorist group known as Boko Haram has killed hundreds of Christians and government officials TERM 35 Command DEFINITION 35 Slaves kept the economy in momentum. Which one of the following was the main force behind this? TERM 46 Main goal of Bretton Woods System DEFINITION 46 Reconstruction of European Nations TERM 47 Goals of WTO DEFINITION 47 Develop rules and regulations to deal with international trade TERM 48 Euro dollar DEFINITION 48 the common currency of the member nations TERM 49 USA DEFINITION 49 is an economic super power at this time TERM 50 Michael Fay was used in our class to illustrate that DEFINITION 50 In Singapore, rights of community are more important than the rights of individuals TERM 51 Immediate impact of World War II on the economy of Japan DEFINITION 51 Very negative TERM 52 David Copperfield was prohibited to leave Russia. He was allowed to leave Russia only after? DEFINITION 52 He paid undisclosed amount of money to Russian Mafia TERM 53 Huge welfare budget DEFINITION 53 Greece, Spain, Belgium and many other European countries are going through economic crisis. Which one of the following is one of the reasons of economic problems of these countries TERM 54 Soviet Block DEFINITION 54 After World War II Europe was divided into two blocks. Which block did East Germany belonged to TERM 55 European nations has a serious problem of declining population DEFINITION 55 A. Hungary B. Check Republic C. Bulgaria TERM 56 Africa DEFINITION 56 Thurow in his book Head to Head said, If God gives you this continent in gift, the smart move would be to give it back to God. Which continent he was talking about TERM 57 Under Chinese Capitalism, who owns the factories DEFINITION 57 Private ownership of factories in China is common now but government still owns a large number of factories TERM 58 Religious fundamentalists DEFINITION 58 Three groups of people in Latin America who are in constant conflict with one another. Which one of the following is not one of them TERM 59 Political unrest and corruption DEFINITION 59 After fall of Soviet Empire, Russia has opened its doors to market economy. Russian economy, however, is still facing a number of problems. Which one of the following is one of them TERM 60 Which one of the following countries in Africa has faced serious internal conflicts in its recent history? DEFINITION 60 A. Rwanda B. Sudan C. Somalia TERM 71 In which of the following four nations, women make more money than men DEFINITION 71 None of the above TERM 72 Which country has the lowest adult literacy rates for both men and women? DEFINITION 72 Mali TERM 73 Germany DEFINITION 73 does not have serious economic problems TERM 74 Mitt Romney DEFINITION 74 appears to have the largest number of delegates for presidential elections TERM 75 Promotion of consumerism DEFINITION 75 common characteristic of Thanksgiving,Santa Claus and Walt Disney World? TERM 76 Bin Laden was again in the news. Why? DEFINITION 76 His three wives are being prosecuted for illegal entry to Pakistan TERM 77 September 11, US president addressed the nation saying DEFINITION 77 A. Go out, be active, and buy things TERM 78 Israel DEFINITION 78 has been constantly issuing statements to launch an air attack on Iran to destroy its suspected nuclear facilities TERM 79 Characteristics of working class DEFINITION 79 Labor mobility B. Segmentation C. Resistance TERM 80 Workers in the offshore assembly plants tend to be: DEFINITION 80 Young single women TERM 81 Significant influence on the development of culture of capitalism. DEFINITION 81 A. Change in the distribution of wealth B. Global economic integration C. Periodic financial crises TERM 82 Things nations do to construct the state DEFINITION 82 Promote one language Use educational institutions Violence and Genocide TERM 83 Communication networks DEFINITION 83 areas, states spend money to help corporations to generate more and more profit TERM 84 Why the demand for children in developed countries remains high. DEFINITION 84 A. Child rearing cost in rural areas is relatively low B. Old age security (economic assistance) C. Affirmation of family values TERM 85 Fertility in Pakistan is high because DEFINITION 85 Flow of wealth in Pakistan is from children to parents TERM 96 The following theories suggests that scarce resources are the leading cause of environmental destruction DEFINITION 96 A. Realism B. Malthusianism C. Liberalism TERM 97 Cost of depletion and pollution DEFINITION 97 is not counted as part of the cost of production in a capitalist society TERM 98 Pacific theory on war DEFINITION 98 There should be no war under any circumstances TERM 99 Domination Theory DEFINITION 99 Men destroy nature TERM 100 Minority Tutsis DEFINITION 100 was supporting the Belgian rulers TERM 101 Following does not refer to just war theory DEFINITION 101 If necessary, the enemies should be executed so that they dont start the war again TERM 102 Freedom fighters of Afghanistan were involved in a war against DEFINITION 102 Soviet Union TERM 103 In recent years trust in federal governments around the globe DEFINITION 103 Has been declining TERM 104 What was the immediate cause of the genocide in that country DEFINITION 104 Death of the elected president in a plane crash TERM 105 Main goal of Manhattan project DEFINITION 105 To build the first nuclear bomb TERM 106 President Clinton DEFINITION 106 said, if destruction ever approaches America, it will come from our own people TERM 107 Hungary and Poland DEFINITION 107 belonged to the Soviet Block TERM 108 Pakistan DEFINITION 108 were the training camps for these freedom fighters TERM 109 University of Nebraska DEFINITION 109 schools were opened in Northern Pakistan to educate small children. These children were future freedom fighters of Afghanistan. Who prepared the curriculum for these schools TERM 110 Bertrand Russells point of view on global religions DEFINITION 110 No religion was considered a true religion to him TERM 121 Kuwait DEFINITION 121 is the last one (at the bottom) that gave a right to vote to women TERM 122 Sweden DEFINITION 122 had more women in the federal government cabinet (Ministers) than men TERM 123 England and Spain DEFINITION 123 were the first to start feeding large amount of beef to its soldiers TERM 124 Who helped end this Massacre in Rwanda DEFINITION 124 None of the above TERM 125 Leading cause of Chiapas Peasants revolt against the Mexican government DEFINITION 125 All the good land was captured and given to the soldiers and other rich people TERM 126 Which one of the following is one of the strategies used by the majority population to clear the way to development DEFINITION 126 Wiping out cultural diversity B. Capturing the land of indigenous people C. Control on education TERM 127 The British settlers occupied the local land DEFINITION 127 The villagers pegged him to the ground and urinated in his mouth until he drowned in the urine. What was the reason for this outrage TERM 128 Which one of the following statements is true about the protesters and rebellions around the globe DEFINITION 128 Most of the protests were indirectly against the culture of capitalism TERM 129 Impact of French Revolution in 1848 and the revolution of 1968 in the USA DEFINITION 129 Generally speaking it was positive TERM 130 antisystemic movement DEFINITION 130 A movement against the expansion of capitalist world system TERM 131 Real reason of religious protest around the globe DEFINITION 131 Resistance to expansion of capitalism