A. many small farmers
B. greater productivity of farms because of mechanization
C. increase in rural population
D. artificial food production
Related Mcqs:
- Scientific observations are based on_________________?
A. controlled conditions
B. precision
C. organization of the data
D. all of the above - Ethnic groups are based on_________________?
A. skin color
B. common customs and /or identities
C. genes
D. eye shape - The privileged position of the modern industrial nations was attained because of_______________?
A. a change in the economy from agrarian to industrial
B. a change in the population distribution from rural to urban
C. the discovery of natural resources
D. both urbanization and industrialization - Industrial societies are based on____________?
A. kinship
B. primary ties
C. machines for production
D. smokestacks - The Industrial Revolution was based on_______________?
A. the invention of basic machines
B. the discovery of new material
C. new sources power
D. all of the above - Antarctica is occupied by several nations together because no one nations has________________?
A. sovereignty over it
B. the desire to rule it
C. interest in its resources
D. the power to take it over - With the shift from family capitalism to industrial capitalism the important unit became the_______________?
A. corporation
B. government
C. commune
D. union - Craft unions differed from industrial unions in that they______________?
A. Welcomed minorities
B. Were socialist
C. Were horizontally organized
D. All of the above - 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 - 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
