zTest #4 Chapter 16
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- The economic system produces
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- Sociologists study the economic system in order to understand
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- Three economic systems that exist in nations of the world today are
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- Capitalist systems are known as _________________________ economies.
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- Socialist economies are characterized by
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- Welfare capitalism is
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- Countries with democratic socialism provide their citizens with
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- Communist economic systems are most commonly found
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- Structural functionalists argue that capitalist economies succeed because of
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- Conflict theorists hold that, without regulation, corporations will
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- The American economic system has values that coincide with
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- The desire Americans have for profit derives from the
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- Corporations have expanded vertically by acquiring
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- Corporations have diversified by acquiring
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- Multinational corporations are
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- In first studying the factory worker, scientific management theorists assumed that
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- The human relations school studied the factory worker assuming that
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- Lifetime jobs are held by
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- Quality control circles are made up of workers:
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- During the latter part of the nineteenth century, unions tried to
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- As corporations have merged in recent years, unions have
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- Today, unions try to
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- Professions are regarded as
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- According to Gans, middle- and upper-classes_______________ to eliminate poverty.
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- Which social groups are helped by U.S. government housing programs?
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- The Kuomintang did not retain power in China because
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- Labor unions can be traced back to
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- Scientific management is designed to
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- Chinese Communists won peasant support by preaching
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- When Chinese Communists gained power, they first outlawed
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- T F The economic system is the social system that provides for the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services.
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- T F Economists primarily study how the economic system interacts with other systems.
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- T F The three types of economic system in the major countries of the world today are capitalism, socialism, and communism.
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- T F Taxes are higher in the United States than in Western European countries because the U.S. economy is capitalistic.
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- T F Countries with welfare capitalism have longer life expectancies.
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- T F Functionalists argue that capitalism operates to meet basic needs.
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- T F Functionalists maintain that the existence of unemployment indicates that capitalism cannot work.
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- T F Conflict theorists argue that the existence of unemployment indicates dysfunctions in the capitalist economic system.
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- T F The Protestant ethic influenced the American desire for profit.
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T F Corporations have increased in size by vertical expansion, horizontal expansion, and
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- T F The major increase in multinational corporations has been in the developed nations of the world.
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- T F Scientific management involves lifetime jobs and quality control circles.
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- T F The human relations school of management was more interested in efficiency than in emotionally stable, satisfied employees.
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- T F Unions have weakened in recent years, partly because of corporate expansion.
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- T F Service work is sometimes similar to assembly-line work.
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Essay:
How does the purpose of production differ in capitalist and in socialist economies? - a
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Americans value individual achievement and are noted for their huge multinational corporations. How do the ideal and the reality coexist? Take the view of a structural functionalist and of a conflict theorist. - s
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Essay:
Trace the development of employee management in the United States. What American values caused it to begin and progress the way it did? - s
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Essay:
Compare and contrast the American and Chinese economic systems. - s
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Essay:
How are your personal values similar to American economic values? - s