SOC 300 - Week 11 Final Exam Part 2

Question 1 5 out of 5 points Why did Maria move to Rocinha? Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: There were no jobs at home and her brother seemed to be doing well in Rocinha.  Question 2 5 out of 5 points How does Eric Obuh see scavenging work in the Lagos dump? Choose the BEST answer. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: as an opportunity to fund his dreams  Question 3 5 out of 5 points How does the author characterize government and NGO attempts to interact with the favelas? Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: as top-down affairs  Question 4 5 out of 5 points Which of the following do the “bailes” in Rocinha BEST represent? Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: the communal aspect of Rocinha life  Question 5 5 out of 5 points According to the author’s account, which of the following statements about Rocinha is true? Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Rocinha began as an illegal squatter community.  Question 6 5 out of 5 points How does Jane describe the cycle of poverty for girls who don’t go on to secondary school? Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: If they are not in school the girls will be pregnant within a year or two and unable to provide for themselves and their baby.  Question 7 5 out of 5 points Which of the following is true about Malawi? Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: (under "People and Society") It is one of the top 25 nations in the world in number of HIV/AIDS deaths.  Question 8 5 out of 5 points Which of the following is one of the indicators of human development used to determine the Human Development Index? Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: expected years of schooling  Question 9 5 out of 5 points Which of the following statements describing China’s trajectory is true? Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Income rises at about the same rate as literacy until 1999, when the country hit 90 percent literacy; thereafter, income rises much faster than literacy.  Question 10 5 out of 5 points Which of the following is true about India? Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: (under “Economy”) Nearly half of India's labor force works in agriculture.