Why did spaghetti become popular in the United States?
Correct answer D. Diffusion
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Which technological revolution gave people control over food production?
Correct answer C. Agricultural revolution
What is the practice of bringing workers and machines together in one building called?
Correct answer A. Factory system
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What is the idea that technology changes social organisation and ideology called?
Correct answer B. Technological revolution
What are citizens or government agencies doing when they try to correct laws or institutions peacefully?
Correct answer B. Reform
Why has pizza become a popular food in America?
Correct answer C. Cultural diffusion
Which statement about the process of diffusion is false?
Correct answer A. A complex culture borrows more elements from a simple culture than the other way around
Which statement about the Industrial Revolution is given as correct?
Correct answer B. Began in England in the 1800s
In what terms must social change be analysed?
Correct answer B. Statics and dynamics
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As a result of social change, what happens to some members of society?
Correct answer B. Occupy new statuses
Reform movements:
Correct answer B. may be reactionary or progressive
Which processes bring about cultural change?
Correct answer B. Innovation and invention
Overpopulation is a worldwide problem, but only in relation to what?
Correct answer A. Population density
What is the number of births per 1,000 women of childbearing age in a year called?
Correct answer B. Fertility rate
Which subject does demography NOT study?
Correct answer C. Rock forming, land shaping and soil forming
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What do demographers believe?
Correct answer D. The demographic transition represents a general pattern
Which statement about birth rates is correct?
Correct answer C. Are low BOTH in Western Europe and Japan and high in Arabia and Africa
What do urban families throughout the world tend to do?
Correct answer A. Voluntarily curb their fertility
What is the real problem with population growth?
Correct answer A. Uneven density of population
What is true of population density?
Correct answer B. Is high in industrial areas