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1. What people really do is considered __________ culture.

Language

Symbolism

Technology

Perception.

Answer

Correct Answer: Language

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2. The _____, according to marx, were the exploited workers who did not own the means of production.

Proletariat

Dysfunction

Globalization

Validity

Random sample

Answer

Correct Answer: Proletariat

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3. Social change is almost always ________

Postmodernity

Diffusion

Controversial

Actually came to us from other cultures

Answer

Correct Answer: Controversial

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4. In _____, the means of production are privately owned.

Capitalism

Communism

Feudalism

Socialism.

Answer

Correct Answer: Capitalism

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5. Before factories, workers could _____ if they did not like something.

Is both victim and perpetrator.

Pick up their tools and leave

China, an Industrializing Nation.

"Growth at any cost."

Answer

Correct Answer: Pick up their tools and leave

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6. Antivirus software uses ________ to search for known viruses.

Signature checking

Rootkit

Trojan horse

Phishing

Answer

Correct Answer: Signature checking

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7. To interpret _____, we consider facial expressions, posture, and gestures.

The extent of intimate distance

Body language

Stereotypes

Macro sociology

Answer

Correct Answer: Body language

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8. Stratification is _____.

The division of classes based on heredity

A society’s placement of families into categories

A way to determine socioeconomic status the categorization of society into social classes

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: A way to determine socioeconomic status the categorization of society into social classes

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9. One important feature of socialism is __________.

The lack of a monopoly

Profit-making

The lack of a need to compete

Distribution of goods according to people's ability to pay

Answer

Correct Answer: The lack of a need to compete

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10. Of all societies, _____ are the most egalitarian.

Hunters and gatherers

Pastoral societies.

Horticultural societies.

Agricultural societies.

Industrial societies.

Post-industrial societies.

Answer

Correct Answer: Hunters and gatherers

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11. In terms of absolute numbers, most poor people in the united states are ________

African American

Asian American.

Hispanic.

Non-Hispanic whites.

Answer

Correct Answer: Non-Hispanic whites.

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12. In general, an important foundation of humor is ________

Incongruity-differences in meaning.

Differences in social standing.

Gender differences.

Differences in culture.

Answer

Correct Answer: Incongruity-differences in meaning.

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13. Four characteristics of hunter-gatherer societies are _____.

Rapid social changes took place

Diseases spread easily from herd to herd

Few technological advances

More dangerous lifestyle

People were nomadic

Healthier diets

Answer

Correct Answer: Few technological advances
More dangerous lifestyle
People were nomadic
Healthier diets

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14. By the age of _________, the ratio of women to men is about 2 to 1.

None of these

Answer

Correct Answer: 85

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15. According to the social scientists, ________ is an important basis for self-esteem.

Everyone's hate

Self-love

Everyone's love

Self-hate

Answer

Correct Answer: Self-love

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16. According to its word parts, misogamy means _____.

A hatred of marriage.

A love of marriage.

A bond of marriage.

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: A hatred of marriage.

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17. According to _____, social change is a slow and gradual process.

Functionalism

Symbolic interaction theory

Social exchange theory

Conflict theory

Answer

Correct Answer: Functionalism

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18. What does the word "domination" mean?

The control of one group by another.

The control of one individual by another.

The control of one group or individual over another.

The control of one group or individual by another.

Answer

Correct Answer: The control of one group or individual by another.

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19. What is the definition of "Dominant status"?

A social position that is higher than all other social positions

A social position that is lower than all other social positions

One social position that overshadows the other social positions an individual occupies.

A social position that is equal to all other social positions

Answer

Correct Answer: One social position that overshadows the other social positions an individual occupies.

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20. What is Division of labor?

The assignment of specialized tasks to various members of a group, organization, community, or society.

A group of specialized cells that work together to perform a particular function

The breaking down of a chemical compound into simpler substances.

A group of people with different skills who work together to produce goods and services.

Answer

Correct Answer: The assignment of specialized tasks to various members of a group, organization, community, or society.

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21. What is the definition of "discrimination"?

The unequal and unfair treatment of individuals or groups on the basis of some irrelevant characteristic

The equal and fair treatment of individuals or groups on the basis of some relevant characteristic

The unequal and unfair treatment of individuals or groups on the basis of some relevant characteristic

The unequal and unfair treatment of individuals or groups on the basis of some personal characteristic

Answer

Correct Answer: The unequal and unfair treatment of individuals or groups on the basis of some irrelevant characteristic

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22. What is the definition of "Discovery"?

The state of being hidden

The act of finding something

The uncovering of something that existed but was unknown

The process of learning something

Answer

Correct Answer: The uncovering of something that existed but was unknown

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23. What is the process of spread of inventions and discoveries from one group or culture to another on a voluntary basis called?

Effusion

Diffusion

Osmosis

Imbibition

Answer

Correct Answer: Diffusion

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24. What is the unequal placement and evaluation of various social positions called?

Placement

Socialization

Differentiation

Evaluation

Answer

Correct Answer: Differentiation

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25. What does functional differentiation refer to?

The division of labor or of social roles within a society or an organization.

The process by which animals and plants develop into different types

A set of ideas that explains how a society is organized into distinct parts with different functions

A situation in which two or more things are exactly the same

Answer

Correct Answer: The division of labor or of social roles within a society or an organization.

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26. According to differential association theory, deviant behavior is learned from _____.

Work

School

Friends or associates

Family

Answer

Correct Answer: Friends or associates

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27. How does differential association attributed the existence of deviant behavior?

By being born into a deviant family

By learning from friends or associates

By having a deviant personality

By being exposed to deviant media

Answer

Correct Answer: By learning from friends or associates

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28. What is the definition of a deviant career?

The regular pursuit of activities regarded by the individual and by others as deviant.

The irregular pursuit of activities regarded by the individual and by others as deviant.

The irregular pursuit of activities not regarded by the individual and by others as deviant.

The regular pursuit of activities not regarded by the individual and by others as deviant.

Answer

Correct Answer: The regular pursuit of activities regarded by the individual and by others as deviant.

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29. What is the definition of deviance?

Behaviors or characteristics that violate important social norms.

Behaviors or characteristics that are not important to social norms.

Behaviors or characteristics that follow important social norms.

Behaviors or characteristics that are unknown to social norms.

Answer

Correct Answer: Behaviors or characteristics that violate important social norms.

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30. Which of the following is NOT a quality of punishment that helps prevent others from committing crimes?

Certainty

Severity

Leniency

Swiftness

Answer

Correct Answer: Leniency

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31. What is the process of breaking down jobs into less complex segments called?

Deskilling

Job Segmentation

Training

Upskilling

Answer

Correct Answer: Deskilling

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32. What is the goal of a descriptive study?

To explain the social phenomena being studied.

To predict the social phenomena being studied.

To test the social phenomena being studied.

To describe the social phenomena being studied.

Answer

Correct Answer: To describe the social phenomena being studied.

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33. What is demography?

The scientific study of population size, composition, and distribution as well as patterns of change in those features.

The study of dinosaurs

The study of stars

The study of the oceans

Answer

Correct Answer: The scientific study of population size, composition, and distribution as well as patterns of change in those features.

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34. What is the scientific study of population size, composition, and distribution called?

Economics

Demography

Psychology

Sociology

Answer

Correct Answer: Demography

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35. What is democracy?

A system of government by the nobles

A monarchy headed by a king or queen

A form of political organization in which power resides with the people and is exercised by them.

A theocracy governed by a church

Answer

Correct Answer: A form of political organization in which power resides with the people and is exercised by them.

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36. What is the socially created perspective that people apply to a situation called?

Social interaction

Defining the situation

Social norms

Social media

Answer

Correct Answer: Social norms

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37. Deduction reasoning is best described as:

Going from A to Z.

Drawing a conclusion without any evidence.

Reasoning from the specific to the general.

Reasoning from the general to the specific.

Answer

Correct Answer: Reasoning from the general to the specific.

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38. Which of the following is NOT a cyclical theory?

Social Darwinism

Ideological

Marxism

Demographic-structural

Answer

Correct Answer: Marxism

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39. What is the culture of poverty characterized by?

Developing among rich people

Not characterized by anything.

Having strong family and community ties

Failure to delay gratification, fatalism, and weak family and community ties.

Answer

Correct Answer: Failure to delay gratification, fatalism, and weak family and community ties.

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40. What is culture lag?

The time difference between the introduction of new material innovations and the abandonment of old cultural practices.

The time difference between the introduction of cultural practices and resulting changes in material innovations.

The time difference between the introduction of material innovations and resulting changes in cultural practices.

A material innovation that results in no change in cultural practices.

Answer

Correct Answer: The time difference between the introduction of material innovations and resulting changes in cultural practices.

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41. What does "culture" refer to?

A way of life

The common heritage shared by the people of a society, consisting of customs, values, language, ideas, and artifacts.

A group of people

A set of beliefs

Answer

Correct Answer: The common heritage shared by the people of a society, consisting of customs, values, language, ideas, and artifacts.

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42. What is the definition of "cultural universals?"

A set of beliefs, values, and practices that are shared by a group of people

A branch of anthropology that focuses on the comparison of different cultures

The study of the ways in which social life is organized

Cultural features, such as the use of language, shared by all human societies.

Answer

Correct Answer: Cultural features, such as the use of language, shared by all human societies.

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43. What is the cultural revolution?

A social movement

The overthrow of the ruling class

The repudiation of many existing cultural elements and the substitution of new ones.

The restoration of traditional values

Answer

Correct Answer: The repudiation of many existing cultural elements and the substitution of new ones.

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44. What is the cultural relativism?

The view that the customs and ideas of a society are incorrect and can not be trusted.

The view that the customs and ideas of a society are correct and can not be questioned.

The view that the customs and ideas of a society have no bearing on anything.

The view that the customs and ideas of a society must be viewed within the context of that society.

Answer

Correct Answer: The view that the customs and ideas of a society must be viewed within the context of that society.

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45. Cultural imposition is the forcing of members of one culture to do what?

Reject the practices of another culture.

Remain the same.

Adopt the practices of another culture.

Give up their culture.

Answer

Correct Answer: Adopt the practices of another culture.

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46. What is cultural imposition?

A way of life that includes many different traditions

A holiday celebrated in many cultures

The act of one culture taking over another culture

The forcing of members of one culture to adopt the practices of another culture.

Answer

Correct Answer: The forcing of members of one culture to adopt the practices of another culture.

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47. What is the view that the nature of a society is primarily shaped by?

The ideas and values of the people living in it.

The economy of the society.

The government of the society.

The climate of the region.

Answer

Correct Answer: The ideas and values of the people living in it.

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48. What is cultural change?

A group's material culture

The way in which a group's cultural traditions are transmitted

The process of learning the culture of another group

Modifications or transformations of a culture's customs, values, ideas, or artifacts.

Answer

Correct Answer: Modifications or transformations of a culture's customs, values, ideas, or artifacts.

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49. What is cultural capital?

Symbolic wealth socially defined as worthy of being sought and possessed.

A person's accumulated wealth.

A country's system of beliefs.

A person's general cultural knowledge.

Answer

Correct Answer: Symbolic wealth socially defined as worthy of being sought and possessed.

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50. What is the crude death rate?

The number of deaths per 1000 persons occurring within a ten-year period in a particular population

The number of deaths per 1000 persons occurring within a five-year period in a particular population

The number of deaths per 1000 persons occurring within a two-year period in a particular population

The number of deaths per 1000 persons occurring within a one-year period in a particular population

Answer

Correct Answer: The number of deaths per 1000 persons occurring within a one-year period in a particular population

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51. The crude birth rate is the total number of live births per ___.

100 persons

1 person

10 persons

1000 persons

Answer

Correct Answer: 1000 persons

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52. What is the crude birth rate?

The total number of live births per 1000 persons in a population within a particular year.

The total number of live births per 1000 persons in a population within a particular 10-year period.

The total number of deaths per 1000 persons in a population within a particular year.

The total number of live births and deaths per 1000 persons in a population within a particular year.

Answer

Correct Answer: The total number of live births per 1000 persons in a population within a particular year.

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53. What is the main Evidence for inferring causality?

The hypothesized cause followed the hypothesized effect in time.

The evidence eliminating rival hypotheses.

Evidence that the two variables are correlated and that the hypothesized cause preceded the hypothesized effect in time.

Two variables that are not correlated.

Answer

Correct Answer: Evidence that the two variables are correlated and that the hypothesized cause preceded the hypothesized effect in time.

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54. What is crime?

A natural occurrence

An intentional act

A behavior prohibited by law.

Something that happens at night

Answer

Correct Answer: A behavior prohibited by law.

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55. What is a credential?

A reference from a previous employer

An educational degree or certificate used to determine a person's eligibility for a position.

An offer of employment

A written evaluation of someone's qualifications for a job

Answer

Correct Answer: An educational degree or certificate used to determine a person's eligibility for a position.

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56. What does credential mean?

The ability to judge well

A recommendation or reference

The educational degree or certificate used to determine a person's eligibility for a position.

The power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience

Answer

Correct Answer: The educational degree or certificate used to determine a person's eligibility for a position.

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57. What is Cooperation?

A form of social interaction involving no effort among people to achieve a common goal.

A form of social interaction involving cooperative and competitive effort among people to achieve a common goal.

A form of social interaction involvingcompetitive effort among people to achieve a common goal.

A form of social interaction involving collaborative effort among people to achieve a common goal.

Answer

Correct Answer: A form of social interaction involving collaborative effort among people to achieve a common goal.

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58. What is the meaning of convergence theory?

A theory suggesting that backward nations will always remain backward.

A theory suggesting that developed nations are more likely to engage in war.

A theory suggesting that the behavior of crowds is largely determined by the people within it.

A theory suggesting that modernizing nations come to resemble one another over time.

Answer

Correct Answer: A theory suggesting that modernizing nations come to resemble one another over time.

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59. What does convergence theory suggest?

A theory suggesting that developed nations come to resemble one another over time

A theory suggesting that nations with a similar form of government come to resemble one another over time

A theory suggesting that ancient civilizations came to resemble one another over time

In collective behavior, a theory suggesting that certain crowds attract particular types of people, who may behave irrationally.

Answer

Correct Answer: In collective behavior, a theory suggesting that certain crowds attract particular types of people, who may behave irrationally.

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60. What does controlling for in research mean?

The effort to hold constant factors that might be influencing observed changes in the dependent variable.

The effort to hold constant factors that might be influencing observed changes in the moderator variable

The effort to hold constant factors that might be influencing observed changes in the independent variable

The effort to hold constant factors that might be influencing observed changes in the mediator variable.

Answer

Correct Answer: The effort to hold constant factors that might be influencing observed changes in the dependent variable.

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61. What does "subjugation" mean?

Resisting domination from another group.

The relinquishing of power and authority to another group.

Voluntary submission to another group.

The use of force and ideology by one group to retain domination over another group.

Answer

Correct Answer: The use of force and ideology by one group to retain domination over another group.

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62. What is the context of socialization?

The setting or arena within which socialization occurs.

The ability of an individual to conform to society's norms and values

The process of learning the customs of a society

The pushing of one's own beliefs and ideas onto others.

Answer

Correct Answer: The setting or arena within which socialization occurs.

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63. What is the definition of socialization?

The ideas, beliefs, values, knowledge, and so forth that are presented to people who are being socialized.

The act or process of learning

The act or process of becoming more sociable

The act or process of interacting with others

Answer

Correct Answer: The ideas, beliefs, values, knowledge, and so forth that are presented to people who are being socialized.

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64. Socialization is the process of _______.

Spending time with friends and family

Being born into a family

Being citizen of a country

Internalizing the norms and values of society

Answer

Correct Answer: Internalizing the norms and values of society

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65. What makes people in a crowd susceptible to the suggestions of fanatical leaders according to Contagion theory?

Strength

Greed

Anonymity

Bravery

Answer

Correct Answer: Anonymity

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66. What is the theory called when people of different racial groups who became acquainted would be less prejudiced toward one another?

Social Identity Theory

Social Dominance Theory

Symbolic Interaction Theory

Contact hypothesis

Answer

Correct Answer: Contact hypothesis

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67. What is the contact hypothesis?

The theory that people of different racial groups who became acquainted would be more prejudiced toward one another.

There is no such thing as the contact hypothesis.

The theory that people of different racial groups who became acquainted would be less prejudiced toward one another.

The theory that people of the same racial group who became acquainted would be more prejudiced toward one another.

Answer

Correct Answer: The theory that people of different racial groups who became acquainted would be less prejudiced toward one another.

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68. How many "supercities" were there in the United States in 1984?

Answer

Correct Answer: 21

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69. What is the conjugal family?

A form of family organization where the wife has more than one husband.

A form of family organization where the husband and wife are not blood-related.

A form of family organization where the husband has more than one wife.

A form of family organization centered around the husband-wife relationship rather than around blood relationships.

Answer

Correct Answer: A form of family organization centered around the husband-wife relationship rather than around blood relationships.

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70. What is a conjugal family?

A form of family organization centered around the husband-wife relationship

A form of family organization that includes aunts, uncles, and cousins

A form of family organization centered around the father-son relationship.

A family consisting of a mother and her children.

Answer

Correct Answer: A form of family organization centered around the husband-wife relationship

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71. What is conformity?

A rejection of societal norms

A type of nonverbal communication

Going along with the norms or behaviors of a group.

A way of establishing individuality

Answer

Correct Answer: Going along with the norms or behaviors of a group.

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72. Which of the following is NOT a conflict perspective?

Marxian theorists

Functionalism

Weberian conflict theorists

Conflict approach

Answer

Correct Answer: Functionalism

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73. What is the difference between conflict and competition?

Individuals in conflict are more interested in achieving a goal than in defeating an opponent.

Individuals in conflict are more interested in defeating an opponent than in achieving a goal.

Conflict and competition are the same thing.

There is no difference between conflict and competition.

Answer

Correct Answer: Individuals in conflict are more interested in defeating an opponent than in achieving a goal.

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74. What is the definition of Conflict?

A form of social interaction involving direct cooperation between individuals or groups over commonly valued resources or goals.

A form of social interaction involving indirect struggle between individuals or groups over commonly valued resources or goals.

A form of social interaction involving direct struggle between individuals or groups over commonly valued resources or goals.

Answer

Correct Answer: A form of social interaction involving direct struggle between individuals or groups over commonly valued resources or goals.

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75. According to concentric-zone theory, what surrounds the central business district?

Zones devoted to different land uses

Small businesses

Industrial businesses

Large businesses

Answer

Correct Answer: Zones devoted to different land uses

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76. According to Concentric-zone theory, cities grow around a central business district in what shape?

Parallel Lines

Radial pattern

Concentric zones

Dispersed

Answer

Correct Answer: Concentric zones

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77. What is the meaning of complementary marriages?

Marriages in which husband and wife have similar family roles.

Marriages in which husband and wife take distinctly separate family roles.

Marriages in which husband and wife take on each other's family roles.

Marriages in which husband and wife do not have any family roles.

Answer

Correct Answer: Marriages in which husband and wife take distinctly separate family roles.

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78. What is a community?

A collection of people in a geographical area

A website

A social media platform

A location-based app

Answer

Correct Answer: A collection of people in a geographical area

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79. What is commitment?

The state or quality of being dedicated to a cause, activity, etc.

A group of people who are willing to do what is necessary to stay together

A group of people who are willing to do what is necessary to achieve a goal.

Willingness of members of a group to do what is needed to maintain the group.

Answer

Correct Answer: Willingness of members of a group to do what is needed to maintain the group.

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80. What does the word "cohort" mean?

A section of a Roman legion

A group of people sharing something in common

A generation

A period of 10 years

Answer

Correct Answer: A group of people sharing something in common

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81. What is cognitive development?

The systematic improvement of intellectual ability through a series of stages.

The ability to reason and make decisions

The ability to remember and recall information

The ability to think and understand

Answer

Correct Answer: The systematic improvement of intellectual ability through a series of stages.

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82. What does a closed system in organizational theory mean?

The degree to which an organization is controlled by its environment.

The degree to which an organization is open to its environment.

The degree to which an organization is influenced by its environment.

The degree to which an organization is shut off from its environment.

Answer

Correct Answer: The degree to which an organization is shut off from its environment.

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83. What is a class system?

A system of stratification based primarily on the unequal ownership and control of political resources.

A system of stratification based primarily on the unequal ownership and control of economic resources.

A system of stratification based primarily on the unequal ownership and control of social resources.

A system of stratification based primarily on the unequal ownership and control of cultural resources.

Answer

Correct Answer: A system of stratification based primarily on the unequal ownership and control of economic resources.

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84. Class consciousness is _____.

A way of thinking that is exclusive to the upper class

The sense of common class position and shared interests held by members of a social class.

A set of beliefs shared by members of the same social class

A method of social interaction between different classes

Answer

Correct Answer: The sense of common class position and shared interests held by members of a social class.

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85. What is the struggle between competing classes called?

Economic conflict

Social conflict

Class conflict

Class struggle

Answer

Correct Answer: Class conflict

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86. What is Class?

A social hierarchy based on race.

A social hierarchy based on gender.

A social hierarchy based on prestige and/or property ownership.

A social hierarchy based on religion.

Answer

Correct Answer: A social hierarchy based on prestige and/or property ownership.

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87. What is civil religion?

The domination of one religious group over another.

The complete separation of religion and politics.

The state enforcement of religious laws.

The interweaving of religious and political symbols in public life.

Answer

Correct Answer: The interweaving of religious and political symbols in public life.

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88. What is the branch of law that deals largely with wrongs against the individual?

Business law

Criminal law

Employment law

Civil law

Answer

Correct Answer: Civil law

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89. What does civil law deal with?

Contract law

Common law

Wrongs against the individual

Criminal law

Answer

Correct Answer: Wrongs against the individual

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90. What is a city?

A place with a lot of people

A relatively permanent settlement of large numbers of people who do not grow or gather their own food.

A large building

A place with a lot of pollution

Answer

Correct Answer: A relatively permanent settlement of large numbers of people who do not grow or gather their own food.

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91. What is Church A?

A place where people go to informal worship services.

An organization with formal and traditional religious doctrine, beliefs, and practices.

A small, intimate gathering of religious people.

A religious institution that is not affiliated with a particular denomination.

Answer

Correct Answer: An organization with formal and traditional religious doctrine, beliefs, and practices.

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92. What is the capacity of charter schools to confer on their graduates?

Priority registration

Extra-curricular benefits

Reduced tuition

Special rights

Answer

Correct Answer: Special rights

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93. What does charter refer to in the context of schools?

A document outlining the conditions under which a ship sails.

The capacity of certain schools to confer special rights on their graduates.

A document that granted a city the legal right to self-governance.

An agreement between a ruler and his or her vassals.

Answer

Correct Answer: The capacity of certain schools to confer special rights on their graduates.

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94. What is a charismatic leader?

An individual who is skilled in public speaking

An individual who enlists the strong emotional support of followers through personal and seemingly supernatural qualities.

A leader elected by a group

An individual with a strong sense of integrity

Answer

Correct Answer: An individual who enlists the strong emotional support of followers through personal and seemingly supernatural qualities.

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95. What does the word "charisma" mean?

A popular uprising

A natural skill or talent

The exceptional mystical or even supernatural quality of personality attributed to a person by others.

Having a strong personality

Answer

Correct Answer: The exceptional mystical or even supernatural quality of personality attributed to a person by others.

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96. What is a closed system of social stratification in which prestige and social relationships are based on hereditary position at birth?

Racial system

Caste system

Social system

Class system

Answer

Correct Answer: Caste system

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97. What is a form of economic organization in which private individuals accumulate and invest capital?

Capitalism

Feudalism

Mercantilism

Marxism

Answer

Correct Answer: Capitalism

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98. What is the birth rate?

Number of births per year per 1000 people.

Number of deaths per year per 1000 women 15 to 44 years old.

Number of births per year per 1000 women 15 to 44 years old.

Number of births per year.

Answer

Correct Answer: Number of births per year per 1000 women 15 to 44 years old.

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99. Which of the following is an example of bias?

The Baby Boom

Scientific method

The influence of a scientist's personal values and attitudes on scientific observations and conclusions.

Theories

Answer

Correct Answer: The influence of a scientist's personal values and attitudes on scientific observations and conclusions.

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100. What is authority?

Power regarded as legitimate

The legitimate right to exercise power

Someone in a position of power

The right to make decisions and enforce them

Answer

Correct Answer: Power regarded as legitimate

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101. What is athletics?

A form of work that is closer to sport than to play.

A form of sport that is closer to work than to play.

A form of work that is closer to play than to sport.

A form of sport that is closer to play than to work.

Answer

Correct Answer: A form of sport that is closer to work than to play.

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102. What is an Association?

A group of people bound together by common goals and rules, but not necessarily by close personal ties.

A group of people bound together by common goals and rules, and by close personal ties.

A group of people bound together by common goals but not by rules.

A group of people not bound together by common goals and rules.

Answer

Correct Answer: A group of people bound together by common goals and rules, but not necessarily by close personal ties.

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103. What is the definition of "assimilation"?

The process of making a foreign substance alike

The action of a liquid in which it flows into the spaces between particles

The process or result of reducing or being reduced in size or level

The merging of minority and majority groups into one group with a come mon culture and identity.

Answer

Correct Answer: The merging of minority and majority groups into one group with a come mon culture and identity.

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104. What does assimilation mean?

The act of a majority group forcibly converting a minority group to their own belief system.

The belief that all groups are equal and should be treated the same.

The merging of minority and majority groups into one group with come common culture and identity.

The forced removal of a minority group from their homeland.

Answer

Correct Answer: The merging of minority and majority groups into one group with come common culture and identity.

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105. What does the word "apartheid" mean?

The South African equivalent of the Jim Crow laws in the United States

A system of racial segregation in Namibia

A city in Gauteng, South Africa

The recent policy of racial separation in South Africa enforced by legal political and military power.

Answer

Correct Answer: The recent policy of racial separation in South Africa enforced by legal political and military power.

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106. What is anomie?

A breakdown or confusion in the norms, values, and culture of a group or a society.

A condition of complete normlessness.

A sudden, within a group or society, loss of cultural institutions and values.

A complete destruction of all norms, values, and culture within a group or society.

Answer

Correct Answer: A breakdown or confusion in the norms, values, and culture of a group or a society.

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107. What is an anomaly?

In science, anomalies are observations or problems that cannot be explained or solved in terms of a prevailing paradigm.

Observation of physical events that occur outside the range of normal human experience.

An event that is out of the ordinary or inexplicable.

A person who behaves in an unusual or peculiar way.

Answer

Correct Answer: In science, anomalies are observations or problems that cannot be explained or solved in terms of a prevailing paradigm.

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108. What does "anomaly" mean in terms of science?

Problems that cannot be explained or solved in terms of a prevailing paradigm.

Observations or problems that can be explained or solved in terms of a prevailing paradigm.

Discoveries that scientists were not expecting to make.

Unusual science experiments.

Answer

Correct Answer: Problems that cannot be explained or solved in terms of a prevailing paradigm.

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109. What is the definition of Amalgamation?

The combination of two or more companies

The combination of two or more metallic elements

The union of several political parties

The biological as well as cultural assimilation (merging) of racial or ethnic groups.

Answer

Correct Answer: The biological as well as cultural assimilation (merging) of racial or ethnic groups.

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110. What does the term "alienation" mean?

Contentedness

The separation or estrangement of individuals from themselves and from others.

Unhappiness

Happiness

Answer

Correct Answer: The separation or estrangement of individuals from themselves and from others.

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111. What is the primary means of subsistence in agrarian societies?

Large scale cultivation using plows and draft animals

Trade and bartering

Small scale cultivation using hoes and manual labor

Hunting and gathering

Answer

Correct Answer: Large scale cultivation using plows and draft animals

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112. What is the definition of an Aggregate?

A collection of people who occupy a common space

A collection of people who are related to one another

A collection of people who know one another

A collection of unrelated people who do not know one another but who may occupy a common space

Answer

Correct Answer: A collection of unrelated people who do not know one another but who may occupy a common space

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113. What is achieved status?

A social position that is based on wealth

A social position that is based on heredity

A social position that is based on luck

A social position (status) obtained through an individual's own talents and efforts.

Answer

Correct Answer: A social position (status) obtained through an individual's own talents and efforts.

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114. What is another term for absolute poverty?

Relational poverty

Extreme poverty

Root cause of poverty

Poverty

Answer

Correct Answer: Extreme poverty

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115. What is the definition of absolute poverty?

The inability to afford movies or other forms of entertainment.

A lack of food and water.

The condition of having too little income to buy the necessities-- food, shelter, clothing, health care.

A condition in which one is not able to buy items not considered necessities.

Answer

Correct Answer: The condition of having too little income to buy the necessities-- food, shelter, clothing, health care.

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116. What is the American Dream?

The belief that all people in America have an equal chance to be rich and famous

The belief that all Americans are born into perfect families and will never experience hardship

The belief that all Americans are born free and have the same opportunities

The belief that all Americans, regardless of the conditions of their birth, have an equal chance to achieve success.

Answer

Correct Answer: The belief that all Americans, regardless of the conditions of their birth, have an equal chance to achieve success.

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117. What is an agricultural or agrarian society?

A society in which everyone is a farmer

A society that raises crops by using animal-drawn plows.

A society that uses machines to plant and harvest crops.

A society that only raises livestock

Answer

Correct Answer: A society that raises crops by using animal-drawn plows.

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118. What are agents of socialization?

People, groups, and experiences that influence our behavior and self-image.

Leaders of religious groups

People who work in law enforcement

People who are in the military

Answer

Correct Answer: People, groups, and experiences that influence our behavior and self-image.

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119. Achieved status is a status that we either earn or choose and that is not subject to where or to whom we were born.

False

True

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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120. What is an absolute monarchy?

A political system under which a king or queen has complete control of a country.

A political system under which a president has complete control of a country.

A political system under which the church has complete control of the country.

A political system under which the government is voted in by the people.

Answer

Correct Answer: A political system under which a king or queen has complete control of a country.

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