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101.

The popularity of spaghetti in the United States resulted from_______________?
A. the discovery of noodles
B. the invention of pasta machines
C. diffusion
D. an innovation in agriculture
Answer» D. an innovation in agriculture
Discussion
102.

The technological revolution that led to the control of food production is called the_______________?
A. Paleolithic revolution
B. Industrial revolution
C. Agricultural revolution
D. Cultural revolution
Answer» D. Cultural revolution
Discussion
103.

A crisis of legitimacy indicates that_______________?
A. the social order requires piecemeal reform
B. general apathy has overtaken the public
C. the public perceives that legitimate government has failed
D. better government propaganda is in order
Answer» D. better government propaganda is in order
Discussion
104.

Ideologies_______________?
A. underlie all social movements
B. do not underlie all political movements
C. underlie only political movements
D. underlie only revolutionary movements
Answer» B. do not underlie all political movements
Discussion
105.

Change may be experienced at which level ?
A. Alpha beta and delta
B. Micro middle and macro
C. High and low
D. Public and public opinion
Answer» C. High and low
Discussion
106.

A nationalistic revolution occurred in the________________?
A. communist takeover of China in 1949
B. Cuban revolution of 1959
C. American Revolution
D. French Revolution
Answer» D. French Revolution
Discussion
107.

Which is NOT an element of a social movement ?
A. It has a specific perspective and ideology
B. It involves no orientation toward action
C. it has a strong sense of idealism and solidarity
D. It involves a significant number of people
Answer» C. it has a strong sense of idealism and solidarity
Discussion
108.

Social movements are forms of collective behavior that have____________________?
A. no specific ideology
B. a sense of solidarity
C. an insignificant number of persons involved
D. no particular program of action
Answer» C. an insignificant number of persons involved
Discussion
109.

Social movements tend to______________?
A. resist change
B. encourage change
C. redirect change
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
Discussion
110.

Telling people that using a certain toothpaste will make them sexually appealing is an example of___________?
A. truth in advertising
B. propaganda
C. censorship
D. practical use of scientific research
Answer» C. censorship
Discussion
111.

The basic assertion of ageism is that________________?
A. the young are superior to the old
B. the old are superior to the young
C. there is a smooth transfer of roles between the old and the young
D. work is best left to those who can do it
Answer» B. the old are superior to the young
Discussion
112.

Collective behavior is________________?
A. nonroutine
B. alienating
C. convergent
D. emergent
Answer» B. alienating
Discussion
113.

Retirements negative effects are felt most strongly by_____________?
A. upper-class men and service workers
B. women in general and lower-class workers
C. middle-class men and lower-class women
D. none of the above
Answer» E.
Discussion
114.

Which is NOT a theory of socialization into gender roles ?
A. social learning theory
B. cognitive development theory
C. string theory
D. identification theory
Answer» D. identification theory
Discussion
115.

The view that the elderly lack social and material resources to reciprocate in relationships and consequently occupy a subservient status is the point of______________?
A. activity theory
B. disengagement theory
C. exchange theory
D. modernization theory
Answer» D. modernization theory
Discussion
116.

The differences in behavior between men and women______________?
A. are due strictly to biology
B. are due strictly to culture
C. are due both to biology and culture
D. are the product of totalitarian governments?
Answer» D. are the product of totalitarian governments?
Discussion
117.

The elderly are a minority because them________________?
A. are a small percentage of the population?
B. are physically weak
C. lack power
D. cannot defend themselves
Answer» D. cannot defend themselves
Discussion
118.

Persons set apart for differential treatment include________________?
A. those affected by physical and mental disabilities
B. the rich and famous
C. homosexuals
D. BOTH the disabled and those with same-sex preferences
Answer» E.
Discussion
119.

Males______________?
A. have a lower birthrate than females
B. live longer than females
C. are more prone to aggressiveness than females
D. are less likely to die violently
Answer» D. are less likely to die violently
Discussion
120.

A study of male identical twins one of whom had been castrated by accident during circumcision and treated as a little girl until puberty showed that_______________?
A. the castrated male still acted like a tomboy
B. the intact twin gradually became more “feminine”
C. the castrated twin was tidier than his brother but never played with dolls
D. all of the above
Answer» B. the intact twin gradually became more “feminine”
Discussion
121.

Minorities have reacted to domination by developing goals that may be called_________________?
A. pluralistic
B. assimilationist
C. secessionist
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
Discussion
122.

Minority groups______________?
A. constitute a subculture within the larger culture
B. tend to show solidarity to each other
C. exhibit clannish behavior
D. practice cultural relativity
Answer» B. tend to show solidarity to each other
Discussion
123.

Structured inequality of gender roles_____________?
A. has been with humans from the dawn of culture
B. began with hunting and gathering societies
C. has its origins in agricultural communities?
D. is peculiar to industrial societies
Answer» D. is peculiar to industrial societies
Discussion
124.

Latino neighborhoods have prospered because________________?
A. Latinos have a strong sense of community
B. they are well organized politically
C. they try to use English instead of their native Spanish
D. they have a common culture
Answer» B. they are well organized politically
Discussion
125.

The difference in attitudes of whites and African Americans is related to_______________?
A. age
B. social status
C. social class
D. none of these
Answer» B. social status
Discussion
126.

As of the late 1990s________________?
A. black unemployment was the same as that of whites
B. blacks and whites had the same average income
C. blacks and whites graduated from college at the same rate
D. at least 40 percent of blacks were squarely in the middle class
Answer» E.
Discussion
127.

Maintaining a group’s distinctive customs and identity is called______________?
A. cultural decline
B. cultural pluralism
C. cultural complex
D. cultural trait
Answer» C. cultural complex
Discussion
128.

Human races reflect_______________?
A. pure stock
B. differences in intelligence
C. primarily differences in language
D. mixtures of several populations
Answer» E.
Discussion
129.

Subdued religious rituals which appeal to upper-middle -class Protestants are the hallmark of which of the following denominations ?
A. Episcopalians
B. Presbyterians
C. Congregationalists
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
Discussion
130.

The smallest percentage of the poor consists of_______________?
A. the elderly
B. women
C. minorities
D. children
Answer» B. women
Discussion
131.

The term “minority “may be defined as______________?
A. a small group of people living within a large nation
B. a group of people who possess the same access to prestige privilege and power but who differ in looks
C. any group in society that is socially dominated by another group through discrimination because of race culture religion or sex
D. any small group in society which is disliked and abused
Answer» D. any small group in society which is disliked and abused
Discussion
132.

By 2050 8 billion of the projected 9.5 billion people will be_____________________?
A. as wealthy as the developed nations
B. living in poor countries
C. living in industrial nations
D. living in predominantly agricultural nations
Answer» C. living in industrial nations
Discussion
133.

Societies with landed gentry and inherited titles resemble_________________?
A. caste systems
B. estate systems
C. class systems
D. status systems
Answer» C. class systems
Discussion
134.

Power is exercised in________________?
A. complex industrial societies
B. simple farming societies
C. hunting and gathering societies
D. all social systems
Answer» E.
Discussion
135.

The text primarily applied Weber,s notion of status to______________?
A. positions in the social system
B. ranked occupational positions
C. spending and consumption patterns
D. prestige derived from ancestry
Answer» C. spending and consumption patterns
Discussion
136.

Structural functionalism is the intellectual descendent of________________?
A. Marxism
B. Social Darwinism
C. Classical liberalism
D. Classical conservatism
Answer» E.
Discussion
137.

There is inequality among the Siriono of Bolivia in that_________________?
A. the families of the best hunters are permitted to hoard food
B. the elder females make all the group,s rules
C. there is a priestly caste
D. none of the above
Answer» E.
Discussion
138.

Status inconsistency is defined as_________________?
A. the condition of persons who are ranked higher in one variable of status than another
B. the order of importance given to status variables
C. the mechanism high status persons use to protect themselves from competition
D. the least important dimension of stratification
Answer» B. the order of importance given to status variables
Discussion
139.

What kind of labor does the craft method require ?
A. Untrained and unskilled
B. High-cost, highly skilled
C. Lean skilled and motivated
D. Untrained and unmotivated
Answer» C. Lean skilled and motivated
Discussion
140.

The most fundamental factor(s)in stratification is (are)______________?
A. the ability to make someone do what you want
B. education and income
C. access to economic resources
D. an ambitious mother and later marriage
Answer» C. access to economic resources
Discussion
141.

The overall poverty rate is highest among______________?
A. women
B. children under 6
C. the elderly
D. black males
Answer» C. the elderly
Discussion
142.

The participants in a market include_____________?
A. households
B. firms
C. governments
D. all of the above
Answer» E.
Discussion
143.

Taxes may be considered_____________?
A. additions to the circular flow
B. withdrawals from the economic flow
C. injections into the economic flow
D. as not affecting the economic flow
Answer» E.
Discussion
144.

The cottage or putting-out system refers to_________________?
A. the housing given factory workers
B. The fact that in early industrialization work was done in the home
C. a type of architecture popular in Britain
D. The way young people were put out to go work in factories
Answer» C. a type of architecture popular in Britain
Discussion
145.

Political science has taken a turn toward the social sciences in its studies of__________________?
A. law and administration
B. the moral effects of government policies
C. work as a source of identity
D. the social impact of government on groups and individuals
Answer» E.
Discussion
146.

What percent of total work hours must be used to fix errors that occur on the assembly line in mass-production plants ?
A. 50%
B. 25%
C. 35%
D. 40%
Answer» C. 35%
Discussion
147.

The pivotal institution of government_________________?
A. exists in every nation
B. is lacking in Third-World nations
C. is represented by the U.N on a global level
D. exists only theoretically or in a rudimentary form on the international level
Answer» E.
Discussion
148.

Property is defined in terms of rights of_________________?
A. Ownership
B. consumption
C. distribution
D. production
Answer» B. consumption
Discussion
149.

Economists chart the limits of resources and technology on output through_____________________?
A. production-possibility schedules
B. product-moment correlations
C. Venn diagrams
D. welfare functions
Answer» B. product-moment correlations
Discussion
150.

The practice of U.S corporations’ moving’s their production facilities abroad is called________________?
A. multinationalism
B. insourcing
C. diversification
D. Oligopoly
Answer» B. insourcing
Discussion