WorksheetsSociology Test Review
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 22mins
Which of the following is the average age a person lives to in a place?
GNI per capita
adult literacy rate
life expectancy
LEDC
What is the infant mortality rate?
babies under 1 year old who die per 1000
children under 5 years old who die per 100
babies under 1 year old who die per 100
children under 5 years old who die per 1000
Which is NOT a good indicator of development?
population growth
birth rate
death rate
population density
Which three areas are included in the HDI?
births, deaths and fertility
health, wealth and education
health, education and nutrition
jobs, wealth and trade
What does calorie consumption per day tell us?
whether people have a healthy diet
whether people have enough to eat
how well educated people are
how much electricity people use
Which indicator is the number of children per 1000 women aged 15-45 in your population?
Birth rate
Fertility rate
Life expectancy
Sanitation rate
Which of the following is NOT an indicator of standard of living?
Literacy rate
Population age distribution
Infant mortality
Cultural heritage
According to Rostow’s theory of Modernization, less developed countries can improve their economies by
experimenting with socialism in order to narrow the gap between the rich and the poor
strengthening traditions, especially those that are family-based
forbidding more developed countries from exploiting their resources
following the path taken by industrial nations
According to Wallerstein model, the world economy benefits rich societies and harms other countries. Many of these peripheral countries are
isolated and can block foreign investments
take advantage of their high-tech industries that bring wealth to their citizens
export-commodity dependent countries that focus on one industry
locations of headquarters for multi-national corporations
Depends upon primary sector activities, such as farming, fishing, and hunting, for subsistence.
Stage 1: Traditional Society
Stage 2: Pre-Condition for Take-Off
Stage 3: Take-Off
Stage 4: Drive to Maturity
Stage 5: High Mass Consumption
Desires to create an egalitarian (belief that people are equal and deserve equal rights and opportunities) society.
Stage 1: Traditional Society
Stage 2: Pre-Condition for Take-Off
Stage 3: Take-Off
Stage 4: Drive to Maturity
Stage 5: High Mass Consumption
Economic growth becomes greater than population growth.
Stage 1: Traditional Society
Stage 2: Pre-Condition for Take-Off
Stage 3: Take-Off
Stage 4: Drive to Maturity
Stage 5: High Mass Consumption
Rapid urbanization takes place.
Stage 1: Traditional Society
Stage 2: Pre-Condition for Take-Off
Stage 3: Take-Off
Stage 4: Drive to Maturity
Stage 5: High Mass Consumption
Which of the following BEST describes the thesis under the dependency theory?
Developed countries stall the progress of developing countries by intervening in their internal affairs.
Developed countries undermine the industrial progress of developing countries to enhance their own industrial growth.
Developed countries are dependent on raw materials from developing countries.
Developed countries use their wealth, power and influence to undermine the development of developing countries.
What theory is explained by this diagram?
Modernisation
World System Theory
Industrialism
Structuralism
Which of the following is an example of Structuralism?
Modernisation Theory
Industrialisation by Invitation
Dependency Theory
Human Capital Theory
Who is the major theorist of the Convergence Theory?
Andre Gunder Frank
Clark Kerr
Immanuel Wallerstein
Max Weber
Andre Gunder Frank is associated with which theory of development?
Convergence
Dependency
Modernisation
World Systems
“The advanced industrialised societies of the world will become increasingly similar because of the dominance of bureaucratic control.”
The above statement is associated with which theorist?
Karl Marx
Max Webber
Andre Gunder Frank
Immanuel Wallerstein
The Convergence Theory can be related to which other theory of development?
Dependency
Human Capital
Modernisation
World System
What does human capital mean?
the place where the most people live within a country
the place where the most work is performed within a country
the people who perform labor (work)
the building where most people work in a country or state
Who is the main proponent of Industrialisation by Invitation"
Sir. Arthur Hall
Sir. Arthur Lewis
Sir. Arthur James
Sir. Arthur Morris
What was the theory of Industrialisation by Invitation introduced to the governments of the Caribbean?
Too many people were dying
There was widespread poverty and unemployment
There was no real need for it to be introduced, that';s why governments refused it.
The governments of the Caribbean asked for it
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Human Capital?
A person's experience
A person's education level
A person's health
A person's financial wealth
Investment in _______ is considered as one of the main sources of human capital
Education
Health
On job-training
All the above
Why is human capital superior to other resources like land and physical capital?
a. Land and capital cannot become useful on its own
b. Human resource can make use of land and capital
c. Human beings are the most supreme creation of the God
d. Both (a) & (b)
According to Ester Boserup, which is NOT a reason for the positive checks on population?
Poor health care
Famine
Natural disasters
More pollution
All of the people in a particular area
migration
demographics
population
census
Study of population patterns and change
census
demography
migration
death rate
What does emigration mean?
a group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area
occurs when a population size increases dramatically over a period of time
factors that are directly affected by the number of individuals in the area
movement of individuals out of an area
What is exponential growth?
occurs when a population size increases dramatically over a period of time
movement of individuals of the same species that live in the same area
factors that are directly affected by the number of individuals in the area
group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area
What is immigration?
factors that have the same effect on any size population
movement of individuals into a population
the greatest size of population a particular environment can support
occurs when a population growth slows or stops after a period of increase
Describe the literacy rate of this country.
Most people can read and write.
Some people can read and write.
Most people can not read and write.
In an advanced stage of industrialization, a country will exhibit which set of characteristics?
Low birth and death rates, stable population, good living conditions, long life expectancy.
High birth and death rates, stable population, poor living condition, short life expectancy.
High birth rate and low death rate, growing population, good living conditions, long life expectancy.
High birth and death rates, stable population, harsh living conditions, short life expectancy
Which correctly describes the term demographic transition?
The transition from low birth rates and death rates to high birth rates and death rates as a country develops.
The transition from high birth rates and death rates to low birth rates and death rates as a country develops.
The transition from high birth rates to low death rates as a country develops.
The transition from low birth rates to high death rates as a country develops.
Why was Malthus' theory a failure?
He didn't think about it enough
He failed to look at technological advances
He didn't have the materials to continue his studies
He couldn't prove it
