Question

11. According to United Nations' World Population Prospects 2017, the fastest population growth is likely to happen in _____ in the 21st century.
A. Asia
B. Africa
C. Europe
D. North America
 
12. Which of the following factors may grant a country demographic dividend?
A. young population
B. longer life expectancy
C. declining fertility
D. All of the above.
 
13. According to Chossudovsky (2003) and the lecture on labor, which of the following factors has given rise to the global cheap labor pool?
A. the population increase in poor countries
B. structural adjustment created large pools of unemployed workers
C. compression of wages in both rich and poor countries
D. All of the above
 
14. According to Chossudovsky (2003), de-industrialization in developed countries has led to the emergence of a _____, which siphons the profit from and controls the material production in developing countries.
A. rentier economy
B. capitalist class
C. military economy
D. middle class
 
15. According to Chossudovsky (2003), the wage levels of a developing country participating in the global economy depend on _____.
A. the structure of domestic labor market only
B. the existence of other competing nations only
C. neither the domestic labor market nor other competing nations
D. both the domestic labor market and other competing nations
 
16. Using the garment industry as an example, Chossudovsky (2003) discusses how profit is distributed among various actors involved in a global order of trade. Which of the following is likely to take the largest share of the profit?
A. workers in developing countries
B. retailers in developed countries
C. people in transportation and storage
D. investors and/or banks
 
17. Through institutions of globalization such as the World Trade Organization, NAFTA and others, investments, goods, information, and labor can move more or less freely in our times. However, they do not move equally freely. Which of the following enjoys the least freedom?
A. Investment
B. goods
C. information
D. labor
 
18. Which of the following is not considered a component of what Chossudovsky (2003) calls the rentier economy?
A. payment of royalty
B. manufacturing components for iPhone.
C. licensing services
D. research and product design
 
19. In the globalization era, manufacturing industry has been able to take advantage of the global cheap labor pool by moving its production sites around the world. The sociologist has called this _____.
A. flexible management
B. delocation of manufacturing
C. race to the top
D. industrial competition
 
20. Globalization has created an international order in which people move from country to country more easily than before. However, international migration is conditioned by at least two sets of factors: the "pull" and the "push" factors. Which of the following is considered a "push" factor?
A. economic opportunities
B. regional conflicts
C. educational opportunities
D. religious freedom

Answer 1

Social Interaction
Erving Goffman was a sociologist who created a new field of study called microsociology, or social interaction. Social interaction is the process by which we act and react to those around us. In a nutshell, social interaction includes those acts people perform toward each other and the responses they give in return. Having a quick conversation with a friend seems relatively trivial.

Goffman argued that these seemingly insignificant forms of social interaction are of major importance in sociology and should not be overlooked. Social interactions include a large number of behaviors, so many that in sociology, interaction is usually divided into five categories.