Deck 16: Biosociology of Health

Question 1

_______ is the exchange of goods, rights, services and money between people.

A) An economy
B) A barter group
C) A government
D) A Mercantile group

Answer 1

A

Question 2

An economy has _____ rules.

A) Strictly formal
B) Strictly informal
C) No
D) Both formal and informal

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Many of the rules in the economy are meant to promote _____.

A) Generosity
B) Love
C) Trust
D) Altruism

Answer 3

C

Question 4

In the simplest societies there is ______ economy.

A) A complex, formal
B) A simple, formal
C) No formal
D) No

Question 5

The use of proto-money dates back at least _____ years.

A) 200
B) 2,000
C) 75,000
D) 1 million

Question 6

Where metals were available _____ were preferred for money.

A) Copper and aluminum
B) Gold and silver
C) Nickel and iron
D) Bark and leaves

Question 7

_______ was the driving force behind the world's economy from the end of the Middle Ages until the beginning of the modern era.

A) The spice trade
B) The slave trade
C) Farming
D) Electronic development

Question 8

In the early economies most trade went by ______.

A) Land
B) Water
C) Air
D) Space

Question 9

Which was not a group of well known traders?

A) The Frisians
B) The Phoenicans
C) The Dutch
D) The Quakers

Question 10

________ are rights to make use of property such as real estate, buildings, or animals.

A) Basic rights
B) Property rights
C) Duties
D) Civic duties

Question 11

_______ occurs when governments try to "buy" their way out of financial crises by printing more money.

A) Hyperinflation
B) Hyperdeflation
C) Deflationary increases
D) Inflation influxes

Question 12

Which country famously had extreme hyperinflation in the 1920s?

A) The USA
B) Zimbabwe
C) France
D) Germany

Question 13

Which was not a result of collectivist agriculture in the USSR?

A) Famine
B) Over 5 million deaths
C) A steep drop in agricultural production
D) A surplus in grain production

Question 14

_______ is the market for workers.

A) The stock market
B) The demand coefficient
C) The labor market
D) The labor supply

Question 15

Which characterizes the European economy better than the US economy?

A) It is easier to fire workers
B) There are more benefits provided by the state
C) There is no state health care
D) Unions have less power.

Question 16

Labor is cheapest in ______.

A) the USA
B) the UK
C) Malaysia
D) France

Question 17

Which is not an international justice system?

A) Interpol
B) Nafta
C) The ICC
D) The UN Security council

Question 18

Which is not a world economic organization?

A) CERN
B) The World Bank
C) The IMF
D) The UN

Question 19

The ______ sector is made up of industries dominated by a few large firms.

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Quark

Question 20

The ______ sector is made up of industries dominated by many small firms.

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Quark

Question 21

In ______ sector firms, wages tend to be high.

A) Core
B) Secondary
C) Periphery
D) Competitive

Question 22

In ______ sector firms, job security is low.

A) Periphery
B) Monopoly
C) Core
D) Primary

Question 23

Which company probably has the least formality?

A) Target
B) GM
C) Rite-Aid Pharmacy
D) Johnny's neighborhood Deli

Question 24

Which U.S.industry employs the greatest percentage of the labor force?

A) Agriculture
B) Manufacturing
C) Education and Health Services
D) Information

Question 25

Organizations with ______ have the most co-worker support.

A) Low levels of authority
B) Many jobs involving complex tasks
C) Jobs with mostly simple tasks
D) Menial jobs

Question 26

The most equitable country for the wages of full time male and female workers is _____.

A) Australia
B) The USA
C) Ghana
D) Serbia

Question 27

All rules in the economy are formal.

Question 28

Health regulations are an example of formal rules.

Question 29

Paper money has a large amount of inherent value.

Question 30

In the simplest societies, there is no formal economy.

Question 31

The Roman empire did not have metal coins.

Question 32

Barter involves money.

Question 33

Salt was once a highly valued commodity.

Question 34

In early economies, most trade went by water.

Question 35

Property rights are non-existent in most advanced economies.

Question 36

The worst ever case of hyperinflation was in the confederacy during the civil war.

Question 37

Hyperinflation increases the value of currency.

Question 38

Prices of goods in the USSR were dictated by the state.

Question 39

The collectivization of agriculture in the USSR led to a rapid spike in output.

Question 40

Most successful economies today run mostly on market principles.

Question 41

The labor market rules are generally more favorable for workers in the EU than the US.

Question 42

Trade unions have more influence in the US than in Europe.

Question 43

Labor is cheapest in Europe.

Question 44

Interpol is an international police organization.

Question 45

Core sector wages tend to be high.

Question 46

Competitive sector wages tend to be low.

Question 47

Large firms tend to be more formal than smaller firms.

Question 48

Retail trade employs the largest percent of the US labor force.

Question 49

Occupations with many menial jobs tend to have unsupportive coworkers.

Question 50

It is more stressful for women to work for one male boss.

Question 51

Women-friendly organizations often have maternity leave.

Question 52

Countries with a large amount of state intervention in the labor market have many women in high-level managerial positions.

Question 53

Describe a women friendly organization.

Question 54

What are some differences between primary and secondary sector firms?

Question 55

Describe how a Dell computer illustrates global supply chains.

Question 56

What are the differences between the US and European labor markets?

Question 57

What are some of the ways the USSR damaged its economy after its inception?

Question 58

What is hyperinflation and why is it bad?

Question 59

Describe the earliest economies.

Question 60

What was early money like? Who used money?

Question 61

What is a social construction essential to the working of a modern economy? Why?

Question 62

What does it mean to say that an economy is a social construction?

Question 63

Describe the Soviet economic experiment.What happened?