Deck 4: Macro-Social Influences

Question 1

A baby in Sierra Leone has a ______% chance of making it to age 5.

A) 72
B) 82
C) 92
D) 62

Answer 1

A

Question 2

______ million people die each year from a water related disease (2014 figures).

A) 1.4
B) 2.4
C) 3.4
D) 4.4

Answer 2

C

Question 3

______ million people lacking access to clean drinking water (2014 figures).

A) 480
B) 580
C) 680
D) 780

Answer 3

D

Question 4

______ billion people have no access to a toilet (2014 figures).

A) 0.5
B) 1.5
C) 2.5
D) 3.5

Question 5

Which of the following does not fall within the ideology of individualism?

A) 'Each man for himself'
B) 'You made your bed, now lie in it'
C) 'Do or die'
D) 'One for all, all for one'

Question 6

______ billion people live on less than 1.25 dollars per day - i.e. more than one person in every five (2014 figures).

A) 0.5
B) 1
C) 1.5
D) 2

Question 7

In the Whitehall Study, which of the following was not found to buffer the effect of work stress on mental and physical health?

A) Social support
B) Effort-reward balance
C) Job security
D) Organizational instability

Question 8

In a study of health gradients in African countries, high ______ among mothers, and access to ______ supplies and ______ are highly associated with low infant mortality. Fill in the three missing words.

A) literacy; water; toilets
B) illiteracy; food; wood
C) illiteracy; food; hospitals

Question 9

'Child-bearing is essentially necessary to the physical health and long life, the mental happiness, the development of the affections and whole character of women. Woman exists for the sake of the ______' (Holbrook, 1871). Fill in the missing word.

A) child
B) womb
C) home
D) family

Question 10

One of the cornerstones of masculinity is said to be ______.

A) violence
B) loyalty
C) justice
D) truth