Which economic orientations govern Western industrial societies ?

Related Mcqs:

1. In industrial societies consumption ?

   A. must always be limited
   B. maintains and fuels demand
   C. is not a factor
   D. is viewed unfavorably

2. Industrial societies are based on____________?

   A. kinship
   B. primary ties
   C. machines for production
   D. smokestacks

3. Regarding capitalist industrial societies Marx asserted that______________?

   A. the means of production are controlled by the masses
   B. religion and philosophy are the foundations of society
   C. property is unimportant in the modern state
   D. they contained the seeds of their own destruction

4. Specialized division of labor in industrial societies can make workers feel that they_______________?

   A. have lack of control
   B. have no sense of accomplishment
   C. are an anonymous group
   D. all of the above

5. The nuclear family is characteristic of industrial societies because______________?

   A. most functions are better performed in secondary groups
   B. geographic and social mobility are common in industrial societies
   C. ascribed status is more important in industrial societies
   D. a large family means more hands to work

6. What kind of individual is valued in industrial and postindustrial societies ?

   A. the nonproductive member of an underclass
   B. the nonproductive elderly
   C. the technically sophisticated and well-educated individual
   D. the manual worker

7. In industrial societies the social class most likely to participate in social movements is the__________?

   A. lower class
   B. upper class
   C. middle class
   D. all social classes equally

8. The high divorce rate in industrial societies related to______________?

   A. the importance of religion
   B. the low status of women
   C. emphasis on group goals
   D. the stress on values of individualism and personal goals

9. What kind of individual is valued in industrial and postindustrial societies ?

   A. a highly educated intellectual
   B. manual workers
   C. nonproductive citizens
   D. the poor and alienated

10. The main problem facing societies with a surplus is_____________________?

    A. how to get rid of it
    B. what to produce how produce it and for whom to produce it
    C. there is no problem it is divided equally
    D. how to keep it away from enemies