ch 11 - 12 question pool Flashcards
What is the term used to describe a socially constructed in-group based on a shared planet?
a) transnational organization
b) global commodity chain
c) global imagined community
d) transnational corporation
c) global imagined community
A sudden and dramatic occurrence that motivates nonactivists to become politically active is called a(n)
a) critical event.
b) insurgent consciousness.
c) interdependent power.
d) collective action.
a) critical event.
The global movement of people and products is faster today than at any other point in history.
a) True
b) False
a) True
It is helpful for social movements to have a frame that is resistant to challenges. Which of these has the most challenge-resistant frame?
a) BlackLivesMatter
b) #MakeAmericaGreatAgain
c) #MeToo
d) #LoveWins
d) #LoveWins
Both K-pop and Hawaiian Pidgin are examples of __________ and are outcomes incited by __________.
a) globalization; cultural hybridization
b) colonialism; transnational organizations
c) cultural hybridization; globalization
d) colonialism; global commodity chains
c) cultural hybridization; globalization
Persistent, organized collective action meant to resist social movements is known as a
a) critical event.
b) countermovement.
c) counter frame.
d) framing war.
b) countermovement.
Which of these uses the master frame of individual rights?
a) “Right to Choose”
b) “Make America Great Again”
c) “America First”
d) “We Are the 99 Percent”
a) “Right to Choose”
A kind of transnational organization that coordinates activism across more than one country, typically brought together by social media, is known as
a) a global city.
b) a transnational social movement.
c) a transnational corporation.
d) “glocal” activism.
b) a transnational social movement.
Recognition of a shared grievance that can be addressed through collective action, often an emotional experience sometimes sparked by a moral shock, is known as a(n)
a) social construction of social problems.
b) collective action.
c) consciousness raising.
d) insurgent consciousness.
d) insurgent consciousness.
Boycotts, sit-ins, vigils, rallies, strikes, and viral hashtags like #BlackLivesMatter and #MeToo are examples of what sociologist Charles Tilly calls
a) social movements.
b) the repertoire of contention.
c) interdependent power.
d) collective deviance.
b) the repertoire of contention.
The murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American, by two White American men who mistook him for being Japanese led to the mobilization of a diverse community of people from Asia to self-identify with the category of “Asian.” Chin’s murder is an example of a
a) framing war.
b) political opportunity structure.
c) cultural opportunity structure.
d) critical event.
d) critical event.
The spread of the Covid-19 virus from China to Thailand, Japan, South Korea, Australia, Germany, and the United States in a single month is a testament to
a) the role of a global mass media to inform people about pandemics.
b) international corporate and scientific relationships.
c) increasing and intensifying global connectedness.
d) the sophistication of the novel coronavirus.
c) increasing and intensifying global connectedness.
Colonialism is
a) a practice in which countries claim control over territories, the people in them, and their natural resources, then exploit them for economic gain.
b) a transnational economic process that involves extracting natural resources, transforming them into goods, and marketing and distributing those goods to consumers.
c) a world market organized by a capitalist economy.
d) the production of ideas, objects, practices, and bodies influenced by two or more cultures.
a) a practice in which countries claim control over territories, the people in them, and their natural resources, then exploit them for economic gain.
According to Immanuel Wallerstein, middle-income countries that exploit poor nations when they can and try to compete with richer nations are called
a) semi-peripheral nations.
b) peripheral nations.
c) core nations.
d) global cities.
a) semi-peripheral nations.
Any individual, no matter how downtrodden, can disrupt an interaction. However,
a) social movements require a small group of individuals to be working collectively.
b) to make real social change, individuals must act together.
c) insurgent consciousness limits how individual activists disrupt interactions among the elites.
d) downtrodden individuals cannot work together to achieve collective action.
b) to make real social change, individuals must act together.
