True or false: a credentialistic meritocracy is dependent upon the utilization of ascriptive variables.

Which statement best explains how world war ii to end the great depression? a. new job opportunities opened as the united states produced more military products. b. the u.s. army provided new jobs that paid better than any other work at the time. c. people had to worry more about war problems than about the economic crisis. d. the war caused people to trust the economy enough to spend more money.

Which factor contributed to the rise of african empires such as ghana and mali?

Most sociologists agree that: a. culture is central in shaping gender roles, but only in preliterate societies. b. biological factors have some influence, but cultural factors are more important determinants of gender roles. c. biological factors are influential in determining gender roles, but only in industrial or complex societies. d. biological factors only explain differences between men and women with regard to aggression and disease. e. there is no difference between the influences of culture or biology on the development of gender roles, as they are unpredictable.