WEEK 7
• Question
1
0 out of 3 points
The median (middle case) age of
the U.S. population currently is about:
• Question
2
3 out of 3 points
Which of the following statements
about the living arrangements of the elderly in the United States is correct?
• Question
3
0 out of 3 points
The share of the elderly
population is increasing quickly in:
• Question
4
0 out of 3 points
Which country has the most
permissive law involving physician-assisted suicide in the world?
• Question
5
0 out of 3 points
The concept “old-age
dependency ratio” refers to:
• Question
6
0 out of 3 points
Compared to disengagement
theory’s focus on _____; activity theory has more of a focus on _____.
• Question
7
3 out of 3 points
What effect did industrialization
have on life expectancy in the United States and Western Europe?
• Question
8
0 out of 3 points
Today, in the United States, what
percentage of people dies after reaching the age of fifty-five?
• Question
9
0 out of 3 points
The main point of disengagement
theory is that:
• Question
10
0 out of 3 points
The right-to-die debate is mostly
about:
• Question
11
0 out of 3 points
Which of the following statements
about the Information Revolution is NOT correct?
• Question
12
3 out of 3 points
A conglomerate is:
• Question
13
0 out of 3 points
Which of the following would be
included in the operation of the underground economy?
• Question
14
0 out of 3 points
The postindustrial economy is
defined by:
• Question
15
0 out of 3 points
The concept “oligopoly”
refers to:
• Question
16
0 out of 3 points
In the United States, about what
percentage of the labor force performs tertiary sector work?
• Question
17
3 out of 3 points
By about 1950, most of the people
in the U.S. labor force had which type of job?
• Question
18
3 out of 3 points
The United States is a mostly
capitalist nation because:
• Question
19
3 out of 3 points
Contrasted to socialist economic
systems, capitalist economic systems typically:
• Question
20
0 out of 3 points
Modernization theorists see large
corporations as:
