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Social Institutions: Introduction to Exercise 4 - The economy and society
What You Will Learn

The following exercise deals with the economy and society:
  • Economic revolutions
  • Economic systems
  • Work in the post-industrial economy
Key Terms


Agricultural Revolution
blue-collar work
capitalism
Industrial Revolution
Information Revolution
primary labor market
primary economic sector


secondary economic sector
secondary labor market
socialism
state capitalism
tertiary economic sector
welfare capitalism
white-collar work

Click on a term for the definition and Spanish translation.
What You Will Do

There are numbered blanks in the following passages. When you click on the number, two choices will appear on the side. Click on the correct choice to insert it in the passage. If you click on the wrong choice, the Answer box at the bottom of the choice will tell you why your answer is wrong.
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