CGI FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
According to conflict theorists, power shifts from one group to a newly formed one as
___________ change. - Answer-Social Structures
Which of the following exerts control of global economic, political, and cultural systems?
- Answer-Transnational Capitalist Class (TCC)
True or False
Our clubs and organizations, our friend groups, and the places we volunteer are
physical communities that we inhabit. - Answer-False
Social Communities
Which term refers to a period of time in which some societies surged ahead of others in
development? - Answer-Great Divergence
Weber argued that as life became increasingly __________, people would feel
increasingly trapped. - Answer-Bureaucratized
Which of the following statements about growth in the 21st century is true? - Answer-
Growth in developing societies has outpaced growth in developed societies.
Breakdowns in an entire system, as opposed to breakdowns in individual parts and
components, are an example of which type of risk? - Answer-Systematic
Unintentional dysfunction resulting from public policy is an example of which type of
dysfunction? - Answer-Manifest - (Not sure)
What helps one to see the social dimensions of problems in the global system? -
Answer-Sociological Imagination
Which component of global culture, when paired with science, helps us create reliable
and valid knowledge about the world and find the best ways to do things? - Answer-
Rationalization
Jorge works a minimum-wage job, but he has many expensive assets in his name.
Jorge is an example of someone who has ________________. - Answer-High debt
Which of the following is a contributing factor to the slowing of growth in China? -
Answer-Shrinking labor force
, The ____________ ratio looks at the deviation of the actual distribution of income in
comparison to perfect equality. - Answer-Gini
Using three key indicators, the HDI compares a(n) _____________ adjusted index. -
Answer-Inequality
Openness to the global economy as measured by the percent of ___________
accounted for by imports and exports in positively related to human development. -
Answer-GDP
The explosion of growth in the 1970s lifted many countries and people out of poverty
and into _____________ status. - Answer-Low Income
The __________ sector is the proportion of the economy or labor force that involves
securing raw materials and resources directly from the land. - Answer-Primary
Colonialism lasted into the ___________. - Answer-1960s and 1970s
Forty-five percent of childhood mortality is caused by ____________. - Answer-Hunger
The type of institutions a society develops makes the biggest difference with respect to
___________. - Answer-Industrialization
____________ of food has to do with the adequacy of caloric supply. - Answer-
Availability
The ___________ subsidizes grain for eligible families at greatly reduced costs. -
Answer-National Food Security Act
Food policy can decrease the availability of food. True or false? - Answer-True
Most agricultural laborers are small-scale farmers. True or false? - Answer-False
Which of the following processes is the most energy intensive? - Answer-Converting
grains for biofuels
Approximately 70% of _____________ countries are net importers of food. - Answer-
Developing
With regard to food, ____________ measures societal features related to
transportation, prices, and measures of adequacy. - Answer-Access
____________ are a measure of the energy that food provides for us. - Answer-
Calories
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