Miscellaneous Economics Mcqs

A. households
B. firms
C. governments
D. all of the above

A. additions to the circular flow
B. withdrawals from the economic flow
C. injections into the economic flow
D. as not affecting the economic flow

A. the ability to make someone do what you want
B. education and income
C. access to economic resources
D. an ambitious mother and later marriage

A. women
B. children under 6
C. the elderly
D. black males

A. complex industrial societies
B. simple farming societies
C. hunting and gathering societies
D. all social systems

A. the condition of persons who are ranked higher in one variable of status than another
B. the order of importance given to status variables
C. the mechanism high status persons use to protect themselves from competition
D. the least important dimension of stratification

A. Urban resident
B. More educated than parents
C. Comes from a large family of several brothers and sisters
D. Marries later and limits family to no more than two children

A. create inequality
B. help people decide whom they should marry
C. provide a work force for society
D. fulfill the laws of nature

A. resulting from a need for order
B. providing a stabilizing influence on society
C. preventing conflicts among individuals
D. all of the above

A. the social meanings people give these differences
B. the evidence that some traits are more desirable than others
C. the fact that to have more is better than to have less in all circumstances
D. those with most power can determine cultural values