| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of these is an example of a commodity? | Corn A restaurant meal A college lecture A book, blog entry, or magazine article |
| When did the first economies begin to develop? | When people began to grow crops and domesticate animals When all the hunter-gatherers died When money was invented When the first cities were built |
| What is the most important commodity in a postindustrial society? | Information Electricity Money Computers |
| In which sector of an economy would someone working as a software developer be? | Quaternary Primary Secondary Tertiary |
| Which is an economic policy based on national policies of accumulating silver and gold by controlling markets with colonies and other countries through taxes and customs charges? | Mercantilism Capitalism Communism Mutualism |
| Who was the leading theorist on the development of socialism? | Karl Marx Heidimarie Schwermer Émile Durkheim Adam Smith |
| The type of socialism now carried on by Russia is a form of ______ socialism. | centrally planned market utopian zero-sum |
| Among the reasons socialism never developed into a political movement in the United States was that trade unions _________. | secured workers’ rights guaranteed health care broke up monopolies diversified the workforce |
| Which country serves as an example of convergence? | Singapore North Korea England Canada |
The content of this course has been taken from the free Sociology textbook by Openstax
