SOC 218 Midterm (Cal Poly Alaniz) Exam
Questions With Correct Answers
Paul Farmer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-physician and anthropologist who
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treats the poorest and sickest individuals in Haiti; founded "Partners in
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Health," nonprofit org. also runs Zanmi Lasante health facility. aimed to
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treat Tuberculosis
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How do you think Farmer would explain the contemporary international
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political economy? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-very radical and strong
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view on American foreign policy, claiming that the United States has
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ensured that Haiti remains impoverished by sponsoring military
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dictatorships in the country for hundreds of years.
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GDP - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Gross Domestic Product- the total market
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value of all final goods and services produced annually in an economy
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GNP - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Gross National Product - the sum of all
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goods and services produced in a nation in a year
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, HDI - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Human Development Index, measure of
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quality of life using factors like life expectancy, literacy, access to clean
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water, income, etc.
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laissez-faire capitalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an economic system in
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which the means of production and distribution are privately owned
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and operated for profit with minimal or no government interference
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Communism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A theory or system of social | | | | | | | | |
organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual
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ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
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Bourgeoisie - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the middle class, including
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merchants, industrialists, and professional people. They own the means
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of production/have wealth
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Proletariat - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Marx's term for the exploited class,
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the mass of workers who do not own the means of production
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Orientalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A term coined by literary scholar
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Edward Said to describe the way Westerners misunderstood and
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described colonial subjects and cultures.
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Questions With Correct Answers
Paul Farmer - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-physician and anthropologist who
| | | | | | | |
treats the poorest and sickest individuals in Haiti; founded "Partners in
| | | | | | | | | | |
Health," nonprofit org. also runs Zanmi Lasante health facility. aimed to
| | | | | | | | | | |
treat Tuberculosis
|
How do you think Farmer would explain the contemporary international
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political economy? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-very radical and strong
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view on American foreign policy, claiming that the United States has
| | | | | | | | | | |
ensured that Haiti remains impoverished by sponsoring military
| | | | | | | |
dictatorships in the country for hundreds of years.
| | | | | | |
GDP - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Gross Domestic Product- the total market
| | | | | | | | |
value of all final goods and services produced annually in an economy
| | | | | | | | | | |
GNP - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Gross National Product - the sum of all
| | | | | | | | | | |
goods and services produced in a nation in a year
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, HDI - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Human Development Index, measure of
| | | | | | | |
quality of life using factors like life expectancy, literacy, access to clean
| | | | | | | | | | | |
water, income, etc.
| |
laissez-faire capitalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-an economic system in
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which the means of production and distribution are privately owned
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and operated for profit with minimal or no government interference
| | | | | | | | |
Communism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A theory or system of social | | | | | | | | |
organization based on the holding of all property in common, actual
| | | | | | | | | | |
ownership being ascribed to the community as a whole or to the state.
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Bourgeoisie - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the middle class, including
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merchants, industrialists, and professional people. They own the means
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of production/have wealth
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Proletariat - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Marx's term for the exploited class,
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the mass of workers who do not own the means of production
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Orientalism - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-A term coined by literary scholar
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Edward Said to describe the way Westerners misunderstood and
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described colonial subjects and cultures.
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