During the 20th century 130 countries and territories gained political independence from their mother country in a process known as
a. imperialism.
b. decolonization.
c. recolonization.
d. insurgency.
Question 2
In interviews with the workers who changed jobs, Granovetter learned that the contacts who helped them land the job were most often an old friend, a former coworker, or former employer. In addition, that contact was likely to be someone with whom that worker had maintained sporadic contact over the years. Granovetter called these
a. the division of labor.
b. weak ties.
c. strong ties.
d. a social network.
Monstrous people from distant lands depicted in a fifteenth-century European woodcut.
Flynn Effect IQ scores have risen across developed countries in recent decades. Source: Flynn (199
French and U.S. presidential elections in 2012 illustrate the durability of political culture and ho
The Last Century Trends
Decolonization and Independence
Early 20th century warming