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18 Cards in this Set
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Hunting and gathering societies produced...
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little or no surplus
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When did economic systems grow more complex?
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as people discovered how to domesticate animals, grow plants, farm and manufacture
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As people produced surplus...
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trade developed
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Trade led to...
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social inequality
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What dominates today's postindustrial society?
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service industries
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When did money come into the picture?
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in agricultural societies
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What are the world's two major economic systems?
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capitalism and socialism
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From a functionalist perspective work is a basis of...
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social solidarity
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Contrast traditional societies with industrial societies in terms of solidarity.
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traditional- mechanic
industrial- organic |
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Corporations have a separation between
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ownership and managment
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What underlies the success of capitalism?
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corporations
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Overall conflict theorists focus on...
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power
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How would a conflict theorist view capitalism?
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a means by which capitalists exploit workers
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The creation of a global superclass is because what two things have become so concentrated?
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power and wealth
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In the transition to a postindustrial society, where do most people work?
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service industries
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The size of the underground economy run what percentage of the regular economy?
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10%
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In hunting and gathering societies what was most of their time devoted to?
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leisure
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In terms of the average work week, Americans and Japanese...
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work more hours per week than do the workers of any other industrialized nation
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