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ISS 315 Quiz 2
Units 5 and 6
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Undergraduate 3
08/15/2010

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What are the characteristics of traditional societies?
Definition
There is no conflict/cometition for food.
Main occupantions are hunting and gathering.
There is very little division of labor.
(NOT Scarcity of food depends on tribal relations)
Term
After the fall of the Roman Empire, political and economic power of Europe was dominated by?
Definition
Feudalism
Term
Feudal lords were the Bourgeoisie during which time period?
Definition
Middle Ages
Term
was promoted during ancient civilizations of Egypt, Rome and Greece.
Definition
Sciences appealing to human aesthetic sense such as art and music.
Strong armies.
Creation of outstanding monuments.
(NOT technologies to enhance production)
Term
The guild system began in what old civilization?
Definition
Rome
Term
What did the Potestant ethics of the Middle Ages promote?
Definition
Concept of profit making and participation in economic activities.
Term
Accoring to Important Terms and Concepts, the medieval economic life of feudalism emerged from . . . ?
Definition
The catastrophic disorganization that followed the decline of Roman law and order.
Term
Industrialist were the new rich of Europe during the . . ?
Definition
Industrial Revolution
Term
What economic system emerged in Europe after industrialization
Definition
Capitalism
Term
What are some realities of laboring in factories during the industrial revolution?
Definition
Workers lived in slums.
There were no safety precautions.
Working hours were long, boring, and tiring.
Term
These days margers and take-overs of companies is a common practice. Did it exist during the early days of industrialization
Definition
During the early days of industrialization, mergers and take-overs were very common.
Term
The "Rise of the new men," after the fall of the feudal system refers to . . .?
Definition
Factory owners/new industrialists
Term
Of the many different welfare-based components of welfare capitalism, the U.S. has only one. What is it?
Definition
Social Security
(NOT subsidized living)
(NOT free education)
(NOT universal health-care)
Term
What is the new definitiion of work as an impact of industrial technology?
Definition
Wage labor replaced the independence of working for oneself
Term
What is division of labor?
Definition
Different people doing different things for us.
Term
What is a solution to the economic problem that is a mode of social organization in whcih both production and distribution are based on procedures devised in the past, improved by trial and error, and maintained by customs?
Definition
Tradition
Term
What is one of the characteristics of Economic Organizations of Antiquity?
Definition
At that time, slavery was acceptable and very common.
Term
The old civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and Rome heavily depended on what economic activity?
Definition
Slaves
Term
What is one reason of Emergence of Market Economy?
Definition
Crusades
Term
According to the authors, what religious group helped the growth of the market economy in Europe?
Definition
Protestants
Term
What was the impact of capital-building on productivity of labor?
Definition
Productivity of labor increased
Term
The authors use an example to explre the dimensions of the penetrative process of industrial technology into modern society. What was it?
Definition
The internal combustion engine
Term
Generally speaking, what is the impact of mass production on the price of goods?
Definition
The price of goods decreases.
Term
Where did the capitalist market economy begin?
Definition
Europe
Term
What was the outstanding economic fact of the United States for the 100 years before the Great Depression?
Definition
A trend of economic growth.
Term
Under which economic system can individuals own property?
Definition
Capitalism
Term
Public health insurance, family benefits and allowances, and improved social security are some of the characteristics of?
Definition
Welfarism
Term
The song "BRother can you Spare a Dime" depicts the struggle of American workers during which times period?
Definition
Depression of the 1930's
Term
As depictied in the pictures on child labor, what kind of jobs were they involved in?
Definition
Farming.
Mining.
Factories.
(NOT Service)
Term
In which continant, do you find the majority of the least developed nations?
Definition
Africa
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