According to Immanuel Wallerstein, which geographical area dominates the global economy and exploits other places?
A. core
B. semiperiphery
C. periphery
D. socialist world
A. core
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In 1857, what U.S. Supreme Court ruling stated that slaves remained slaves even when living or traveling in states where slavery was illegal?
A) Brown vs. Board of Education B) Roe vs. Wade C) Civil Rights Act D) Dred Scott
Regarding the relationship between sexual adjustment and martial adjustment, it appears that
A) no one knows the relationship between the two. B) there is no relationship between the two. C) a good sex life will maintain an otherwise poor relationship. D) sexually inactive marriages are less happy than those that are sexually active.
According to demographic transition theory, societies that embraced industrialization were able to reduce overall birth and death rates. The primary reason behind this reduction was
A. improved knowledge about sanitation and disease. B. the introduction of birth control. C. transition from extended to nuclear families. D. increased affluence.
Sociologist William J. Goode used existing data from several regions of the world including sub-Saharan Africa, India, China, Japan, and several countries in the Middle East to examine how industrialization and modernization affected family patterns, including such issues as mate selection, kinship, marital relationships, and divorce. What did he conclude?
A. Mate selection becomes less free and more constrained. B. There is a shift away from extended families. C. Kinship evolves toward a matrilocal pattern. D. Families become less egalitarian.