ANTH FALL EXAM 2 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
Burn, Ch. 5: Many women need to work two jobs in order to make up for gender-based wage
disparities. This is referred to as the "second shift." - ANS False
Burn, Ch. 5: The _____ suggests that traditional expectations and relationships between the
genders overflow into the workplace even though they are irrelevant and/or inappropriate. -
ANS sex-role spillover theory
Burn, Ch. 5: The _____ emphasizes that the division of household labor reflects the relative
economic power of women and men. - ANS relative resources perspective
Burn, Ch. 5: Time-use surveys provide information about how men and women spend their
time in both market and nonmarket work. Accordingly, these surveys can be used to reduce the
invisibility of women's unpaid and informal sector labor. - ANS true
Burn, Ch. 5: According to the _____, we are relatively less likely to assign people to roles that
call for qualities associated with the other gender. - ANS role congruity theory
Burn, Ch. 5: Most countries have laws guaranteeing women paid maternity leave, which
provides time off for mothers following the birth of a child. Maternity leave wages are often
paid by all of the following, EXCEPT: - ANS the women requesting maternity leave
Burn, Ch. 5: The United States has one of the worst maternity leave policies in the world,
granting only 12 weeks of unpaid leave to women (and only to those working in firms with
more than 50 employees). - ANS True
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,Burn, Ch. 5: Requiring sex as a condition of employment or job rewards may be referred to as -
ANS sexual coercion
Burn, Ch. 5: _____ refers to the tendency for occupations mainly held by men to have
substantially higher pay rates and status as compared to those mainly held by women. -
ANS Horizontal occupational segregation
Burn, Ch. 5: The _____ refers to the various barriers that prevent qualified women from
advancing into management positions within their organizations. When these same women are
forced to deal with both racism and sexism, however, it is referred to as a _____. - ANS glass
ceiling; concrete ceiling
Burn, Ch. 5: Most countries have laws guaranteeing men paternity leave, which provides time
off for fathers following the birth of a child. - ANS False
Emancipating Twenty-First-Century Slaves: Who was Kuduz? - ANS a man who saved Meena,
and then married her
Emancipating Twenty-First-Century Slaves: What eventually happened to Meena? - ANS she
became a community organizer to discourage parents from prostituting their daughters
Fighting Slavery from Seattle: Which of the following is NOT one of the contributions made by
Overlake School? - ANS they brought Cambodian students to the US
Emancipating Twenty-First-Century Slaves: What is distinctive about the Nutt? - ANS all of
these
Small Change, Big Business: Which of the following statements about the Grameen Bank is
FALSE? - ANS it ignores men and lends money to Muslim women exclusively
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, Small Change, Big Business: Which of the following is not one of the businesses that benefitted
from the Grameen Bank? - ANS computer rental service
Small Change, Big Business: What is Muhammad Yunus most famous for? - ANS inventing
microcredit financing
Burn, Ch. 5: Work in the formal labor sector includes trading and selling at markets, "under the
table" and "off the books" employment, and work done on a contract basis in the home. -
ANS False
Burn, Ch. 5: The _____ suggests that women typically get paid less than men because they are
less skilled, less educated, and less experienced. - ANS human capital approach
Burn, Ch. 5: The term "own-account workers" refers to self-employed women who have no
more than five employees. - ANS False
Burn, Ch. 5: Feminist economics may be defined as a subset of economics that is used to
examine how national budgets impact women and girls differently than men and boys. -
ANS False
Burn, Ch. 5: Both in the United States and worldwide, women in the workforce earn an average
of _____ percent less than men. - ANS 23
Fighting Slavery from Seattle: What did Overlake do to help Kun Sokkea? - ANS bought her a
bicycle to get to school
Fighting Slavery from Seattle: What does the program Girls Be Ambitious do? - ANS bribes
families to keep girls in school
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AND ANSWERS
Burn, Ch. 5: Many women need to work two jobs in order to make up for gender-based wage
disparities. This is referred to as the "second shift." - ANS False
Burn, Ch. 5: The _____ suggests that traditional expectations and relationships between the
genders overflow into the workplace even though they are irrelevant and/or inappropriate. -
ANS sex-role spillover theory
Burn, Ch. 5: The _____ emphasizes that the division of household labor reflects the relative
economic power of women and men. - ANS relative resources perspective
Burn, Ch. 5: Time-use surveys provide information about how men and women spend their
time in both market and nonmarket work. Accordingly, these surveys can be used to reduce the
invisibility of women's unpaid and informal sector labor. - ANS true
Burn, Ch. 5: According to the _____, we are relatively less likely to assign people to roles that
call for qualities associated with the other gender. - ANS role congruity theory
Burn, Ch. 5: Most countries have laws guaranteeing women paid maternity leave, which
provides time off for mothers following the birth of a child. Maternity leave wages are often
paid by all of the following, EXCEPT: - ANS the women requesting maternity leave
Burn, Ch. 5: The United States has one of the worst maternity leave policies in the world,
granting only 12 weeks of unpaid leave to women (and only to those working in firms with
more than 50 employees). - ANS True
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,Burn, Ch. 5: Requiring sex as a condition of employment or job rewards may be referred to as -
ANS sexual coercion
Burn, Ch. 5: _____ refers to the tendency for occupations mainly held by men to have
substantially higher pay rates and status as compared to those mainly held by women. -
ANS Horizontal occupational segregation
Burn, Ch. 5: The _____ refers to the various barriers that prevent qualified women from
advancing into management positions within their organizations. When these same women are
forced to deal with both racism and sexism, however, it is referred to as a _____. - ANS glass
ceiling; concrete ceiling
Burn, Ch. 5: Most countries have laws guaranteeing men paternity leave, which provides time
off for fathers following the birth of a child. - ANS False
Emancipating Twenty-First-Century Slaves: Who was Kuduz? - ANS a man who saved Meena,
and then married her
Emancipating Twenty-First-Century Slaves: What eventually happened to Meena? - ANS she
became a community organizer to discourage parents from prostituting their daughters
Fighting Slavery from Seattle: Which of the following is NOT one of the contributions made by
Overlake School? - ANS they brought Cambodian students to the US
Emancipating Twenty-First-Century Slaves: What is distinctive about the Nutt? - ANS all of
these
Small Change, Big Business: Which of the following statements about the Grameen Bank is
FALSE? - ANS it ignores men and lends money to Muslim women exclusively
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, Small Change, Big Business: Which of the following is not one of the businesses that benefitted
from the Grameen Bank? - ANS computer rental service
Small Change, Big Business: What is Muhammad Yunus most famous for? - ANS inventing
microcredit financing
Burn, Ch. 5: Work in the formal labor sector includes trading and selling at markets, "under the
table" and "off the books" employment, and work done on a contract basis in the home. -
ANS False
Burn, Ch. 5: The _____ suggests that women typically get paid less than men because they are
less skilled, less educated, and less experienced. - ANS human capital approach
Burn, Ch. 5: The term "own-account workers" refers to self-employed women who have no
more than five employees. - ANS False
Burn, Ch. 5: Feminist economics may be defined as a subset of economics that is used to
examine how national budgets impact women and girls differently than men and boys. -
ANS False
Burn, Ch. 5: Both in the United States and worldwide, women in the workforce earn an average
of _____ percent less than men. - ANS 23
Fighting Slavery from Seattle: What did Overlake do to help Kun Sokkea? - ANS bought her a
bicycle to get to school
Fighting Slavery from Seattle: What does the program Girls Be Ambitious do? - ANS bribes
families to keep girls in school
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