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The term race refers to a category of people who are defined as similar because they:
A. have a unique and distinctive genetic makeup
B. Share a number of physical characteristics
C. exhibit similar behaviors
D. express comparable attitudes |
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B. Share a number of physical characteristics
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Conflict theroists see which of the following as the key to the origin of the state?
A. The need to coordinate increasingly large and complex societies
B. the desire of populations to control their destiny
C. the nature of human nature, in which some will always dominate
D. the need for a way to protect elite control over surplus production
E. the need to produce enough surplus for a division of labor to occur
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C. the nature of human nature, in which some will always dominate
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Marx predicted that under socialism
A. wokers would continue to be exploited
B. private property would be limited to a select few
C. workers would control the means of production
D. all
E. None |
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C. workers would control the means of production
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Which of the following is true
A. the poor of all the races have lower life expectancies
B. babies born into poverty are significantly more likely to die in their first years
C. poor people are more likely to die violent deaths than people with higher incomes
D. lower class persons are sick more often than persons in other classes
E. all the above |
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Interracial marriages in the United states
A. tend to involve brides and grooms who are older than the national averages
B. are more likely to involve at least one previously married partner
C. involve grooms who ten to have more education than those in racially homogeneous marriages
D. all of the above
E. None of the above |
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Which of the following is the fastest growing group of college students currently
A. African Americans
B. people 25 years and older
C. working-class males just out of high school
D. high school drop outs
E. Foreign students |
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B. people 25 years and older
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The policy of the Nazis toward the Jews during the Holocaust of the 1930's and 1940's was one of
A. Pluralism
B. Anglo conformity
C. annihilation
D. subjugation
E. segregation |
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Can women be regarded as a minority group in America?
A. no because they are a numerical majority
B. No, because they are not a racial or ethnic
C. yes, because they are discriminated against
D. yes, because they are a numerical minority of the US population
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C. yes, because they are discriminated against
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Approximately what percent of children are aged five to seventeen in the US speak a language other than English at home?
A. 2
B. 8
C. 14
D. 24
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Approximately what percent of the population in teh US belongs to upper class?
A. 1-3%
B. 5-6%
C. 10-11%
D. 15-16%
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Rule by the Majority is known as?
DEMOCRACY |
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According to the US department of labor, women still out-numbered men in 2000in which of the following occupations?
A. Law
B. Medicine
C. nursing
D. elementary school teachers
E. C and D |
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According to conflict theorists, America's educational system
A. requires a great deal of individual creativity
B. encourages social conformity
C. encourages cultural diversity
D. involves a great deal of one-on-one instruction
E. enables children from the lower classes to move into the middle classes |
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B. encourages social conformity
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The process by which power is distributed and decisions are made is known as
A. politics
B. authority
C. coercion
D. autocracy
E. transference |
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In her pioneering research Margaret Mead found that
A. male and female behavior varied only slightly among tribal groups
B. gender differences in the New Guinea were identical to those in the U.S.
C. primitive tribles had gender identities that resembeled primates.
D. gender differences were largely the result of biology
E. male and female behavior varied greatly due to differencing cultural expectations. |
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E. male and female behavior varied greatly due to differencing cultural expectations. |
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Th richest countries consume approximently _ percent fo the world's resources?
A. 16%
B. 26%
C. 46%
D. 66%
E. 86% |
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About what percent of high school seniors think cohabitation is a good idea before marriage?
A. 15%
B. 10%
C. 25%
D. 62%
E. 86% |
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| According to sociologist Melvin Oliver and Thomas Shapiro, what is a major difference between how blacks and whites achieve middle class status? a. blacks achieve it through quotas while whites do not b. blacks achieve middle class status because of income not assets c. with similar income levels, whites have nearly five times as much wealth in assets as blacks d. only a & b e. only b & c |
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| One myth shout the poor that many Americans hold is that the poor are poor because they do not have enough __. a. work. b. ambition. c. education. d. children. e. intelligence. |
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| One myth about the poor that many Americans hold is that the poor are poor because they do not have enough ___. a. work b. ambition c. education d. children e. intelligence |
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| People think it is legitimate for the police to use force against citizens when necessary in their work. This is an example of power as a. charisma b. coercion c. authority d. autocracy e. all of the above |
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| Which of the following is the best example of relative deprivation, and thus a possible precursor to social movement activity? a. A social group experiences a long-term decline in their standard of living. b. A social group is unable to increase its size or attract allies. c. A social group is unable to share in the rising standard of living of most of society. d. All of the above. e. None of the above. |
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| c. A social group is unable to share in the rising standard of living of most of society. |
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| What percent of educated women in developing countries are likely to use contraception? a. about 12% b. about 52% c. abut 72% d. about 92% e. none of the above |
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Sociologist Georg Simmel argued that changes in clothing fashions occur because
a. peple have an insatiable desire for novelty
b. changes in the physical environment make new types of clothing necessary
c. the young feel a constant need to be different from their elders, who also try to look young
d. the upper classes attempt to distinguish themselves from the lower classes, who try to mimic them
e. the clothing industry needs to create markets for new items |
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| d. the upper classes attempt to distinguish themselves from the lower classes, who try to mimic them |
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| A crowd is a. temporary b. self-generating c. forced on a single event or object d. all of the above e. none of the above |
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Which of the following is a basic feature of capitalism according to Adam Smith?
A. freedom of choice
B. freedom from government
C. freedom to own private property
D. all of the above
E. non of the above |
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| the development and coexistence of separate racial and ethnic group identities within a society where no single group dominates is referred to as a. pluralism b. assimilation c. Anglo conformity d. segregation e. amalgamation |
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| Which of the following is not a feature of marriage in all societies? a. a public usually formal b. sexual intercourse is an explicit element of the relationship c. romantic love as an important characteristic of the relationship d. the intention that it should be a stable and enduring relationship e. it provides essential conditions for legitimizing offspring |
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| c. romantic love as an important characteristic of the relationship |
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Sociologist term the ability to carry out ones' will, even in the face of opposition as
A. Power
B. force
C. politics
D. authority
E. divine right |
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| By far the largest amount of the federal government assistance budget goes to a. Job Development Programs b. Aid to Families with Dependent Children c. Medicaid d. Food Stamps e. Social Stamps |
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| Any alteration in society's social organization or any of its social institutions or social roles is referred to as a. productivity b. social change c. evolution d. modernization e. development |
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| Which term refers to the social, psychological, and cultural attributes of men and women? a. Sex b. Gender c. Androgny d. Socialization e. Culture |
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A Hispanic family has moved in to steves's building. Steve is deeply prejudice against Hispanics., but says nothing because he is afraid the others in his building will react unfavorably to him. Steve is
A. an unprejudiced discriminator
B. Unconscious discriminator
C. an unprejudiced nondiscriminator
D. a prejudiced discriminator
E. a prejudiced nondiscriminator |
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| E. prejudiced nondiscriminator |
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In traditional India:
A. a woman could not inherit property
B. property acquired by the wife belonged to the husband
C. a woman would be banished if she had bot children within eight years of marriage
D. a woman would be repudiated if all of her children were girls
E. all of the above
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Functionalists argue that the family functions best when:
A. the father assumed the intrumental role and the mother the expressive role
B. each parent performs relatively similar roles.
C. the father assumes both the instrumental and expressive role
D. the mother assumes the instrumental role and the father the expressive role.
E. father are away from the home functional in the economic provider role. |
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| A. the father assumed the intrumental role and the mother the expressive role |
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Which of the following is a basic feature of capitalism according to Adam Smith?
A. Freedom of choice
B. Freedom from govt. interference
C. freedom to own private property
D. all the above
E. None of the above |
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which of the following is a function of prejudice?
A. it makes it easier for a group to denigrate its competitors
B. it facilitates a feeling of in group solidarity
C. it allows people to project their own negative qulities onto another group.
D. all
E. None |
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Conflict theorists refer to teh social attitudes and values taught in school that prepare children to accept the requirements of adult life and to fit into the social, political and economic statues the existing society provides as the:
A. hidden curriculum
B. phenomena of status fit
C. fomal curriculum
D. existence of value free education
E. the oppression of the social classes |
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The U.S. Census relies on a_ system of racial classification
A. genetic
B. legal
C. Social
D. Self definition
E. biological |
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Sociologists term the ability to carry out ones will, even in the face of oppression as
A. Power
B. force
C. politics
D. authority
E. divine rights |
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How will the labor force of the year 2010 be different form the current labor force?
A.It will have more minorities and woman
B. it will have fewer young workers
C. it will have more computer related workers
D. All
E. None |
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According to the conflict theroists
A. Males and females are equally exploited by the economic structure
B. males have greater control over key resources than females
C. as long as men benefit from gender inequality they have little incentive to change it.
D. there is no possibliity that there will ever be gender role equality
E. B and C |
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No fault divorce laws
A. automatically provide the wife with alimony and child support
B. blame both husband and wife equally for the failure of the marriage
C. assume rather than prove adultry
D. compel the spouse with higher income to pay alimony
E. are based on the principle of equity, equality, and economic needs. |
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| B. blame both husband and wife equally for the failure of the marriage |
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In traditional India, women are cut off from the outside world because they
A. are considered strongly erotic and therefore threatening
B. Are considered to be morally superior
C. are perceived to be emotionally inferior and incapable of handling public affairs
d. have no place in the Hindu religion and therefore cannot participate in society
E. All of above |
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A. Are considered strongly erotic and therefore threatening
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Moderization theroy assumes:
A. economic differences among countries are due to technological and cultural differences.
B. societies which modernizw their strtification systems will eventually disappear
C. Govt. policies can be a barrier to moderization
D.only a & d
E. only a & c |
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| A. economic differences among countries are due to technological and cultural differences. |
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In the U.S the largest group of hispanics immigrants is from
A. South America
B. Central America
C. Mexico
D. puerto Rico
E. spain |
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In a class system, each member of a given class shares similar
A. oppurtunies
B. lifestyles
C. attitudes
D. all above
E. None |
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What type of idealogies try to preserve things and slow down change?
A. Liberal
B. Radical
C. conservative
D. cultural
E repressive |
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In 2000, approxiently what percent of American family households were single parent families?
A. 5%
B.12%
C. 17%
D.27%
E.44% |
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Brown VS Board of Education decision in 1954, what did the US supreme court ban?
A. de jure segregation
B. de facto
C. busing
D. standardized testing
E credentialism |
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Which term refers to the social psychologists and cultural attributes of men and women?
A. sex
B. gender
C. institutional racism
D. discrimination
E. active dislike |
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Any alteration in society's social organization or any of it's social institution or social roles is referred to as
A. productivity
B. social change
C. evolution
D. modernization
E. development |
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