Which best describes rates of population growth until a few hundred years ago?
a. cycles of growth and then decline under Malthusian pressures
b. constant growth
c. very fast growth
d. none of the above
a. cycles of growth and then decline under Malthusian pressures
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Changes in family organization over time differ for various ethnic groups. Which of the following is true about Chinese American families?
a. They were nearly non-existent in the 19th century United States because they did not immigrate to the United States until after 1920. b. Entire Chinese families immigrated to the United States throughout the 19th century creating an urban family organization in which all family members worked for wages in factories. c. From 1848 to 1882 Chinese men were recruited into the Western states but women were excluded and left behind in China creating split families. d. The Chinese Exclusion Act ended in 1882 prompting greater immigration of Chinese families who modeled themselves after European-American families.
A cross-cultural view of sexuality demonstrates:
a. almost any arrangement imaginable. b. similar rules in all societies. c. strict rules in industrialized societies. d. unnecessary concern over sex.
According to Lenski, early radical social reformers included
a. the Hebrew prophets b. the Egyptian pharaohs c. the Roman Senate d. the Hindu priests
The glass __________ is an invisible barrier that limits women’s upward occupational mobility
A) ceiling B) floor C) wall D) door