Economics MCQs

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Prejudice and discrimination______________?
A. Have never existed toward diverse religious groups
B. Have been a part of the relationships among diverse religious groups
C. Are tenets of some religions
D. None of the above
Legal-rational authority is characteristic of________________?
A. Homogeneous societies
B. Traditional agrarian societies
C. Urban industrial developed societies
D. Totalitarian societies
The government is_______________?
A. The ultimate source of social control
B. Institutionalized social control
C. A way of insuring absolute freedom for citizens
D. Both ultimate and institutionalized social control
Power is legitimate if_________________?
A. It is enforced on members of society
B. A majority of societal members accept its use as right and proper
C. It has been transmitted in a traditional way
D. It is rational
Moral control________________?
A. Dose not exist in large urban industrial societies
B. Is insufficient to maintain social order in complex societies
C. Can only be exerted through the institution of religion
D. Is best when exerted by forces outside the individual
The manifest functions of government include________________?
A. The formation of party machines
B. The protection of the interests of the power elite
C. The enlargement of the administrative elite
D. The provision of institutionalized social control
Antarctica is occupied by several nations together because no one nations has________________?
A. Sovereignty over it
B. The desire to rule it
C. Interest in its resources
D. The power to take it over
Charismatic leaders_______________?
A. Appear only in traditional societies
B. May appear in societies with either a traditional or a legal-rational base of authority
C. Establish a stable social organization
D. Are only characteristic of theocracies