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Side A ------ Side B
 
1. The organization Anti-Slavery International estimates that about how many men, women, and children live today in conditions that approximate slavery?
·         200,000
·         2 million
·         200 million
·         2 billion ------ ·         200 million
2. Following modernization theory, what might rich nations do to assist poor nations that seek economic development?
·         Help poor nations to control their population
·         Increase food production in poor nations
·         Introduce advanced technology to poor nations
·         All of the above ------ ·         All of the above
4. Poor countries are characterized by:
·         Limited energy resources and little advanced techonology
·         High levels of population increase
·         Cultures that discourage change
·         All of the above ------ ·         All of the above
 
5. With regard to the role of rich nations, dependency theory:
·         Agrees with modernization theory
·         Urges rich nations to invest in poor countries
·         Claims that rich nations are to blame for global poverty
·         Claims the rich nations prevent poor countries from “growing for export” ------ Claims that rich nations are to blame for global poverty
. Over the last century:
·         Living standards rose in most of the world
·         Rich nations gained wealth faster than poor nations
·         The world’s food production went up
·         All of the above ------       All of the above
8. Pornography is of concern to:
·         Conservatives who oppose it on moral grounds
·         Liberals who oppose it as demeaning to women
·         All people who seek to protect free speech and artistic expression
·         All of the above ------       All of the above
9. What share of married U.S. couples depend on two incomes?
·         Very few
·         More than half
·         All
·         None ------ ·         More than half
10. Friedrich Engels claimed that capitalism:
·         Reduced all forms of social inequality
·         Reduced men’s domination over women
·         Had little change on men’s domination of women
·         Increased men’s domination of women ------  Increased men’s domination of women
. Which of the following job categories has mostly women as workers?
·         Physicians
·         Corporate managers
·         Stone mason        ·      Elementary school teachers ------ Elementary school teachers
12. Friedrich Engels claimed that expanding capitalism tends to turn women into:
·         Nurses and teachers
·         Capitalists
·         Consumers
·         The owners of surplus labor ------          Consumers
13. Read the following four statements. Which of the statements is NOT an example of institutional discrimination?
·         A mother wants her child to stay away from a child of a different race
·         A bank usually refuses loans to people of a certain race
·         A police dept promotes people of one race faster than those of another
·         A school district segregates schools ------ ·         A mother wants her child to stay away from a child of a different race
 
14. The existence of the "Negro leagues" in professional baseball in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s is an example of:
·         Assimilation
·         Segregation
·         Pluralism
·         Miscegenation ------ ·         Segregation
15. The term "white ethnics" refers to:
·         People of Hispanic ancestry who are light skinned
·         People of any ethnicity who are light skinned
·         Biracial or multiracial people
·         Non-WASPs of European ancestry ------ Non-WASPs of European ancestry
 
17. Based on scapegoat theory, you would conclude that prejudice is caused by:
·         Culture itself
·         High levels of immigration
·         Frustration among people who are themselves disadvantaged
·         People with rigid personalities
  ------ Frustration among people who are themselves disadvantaged
18. The rate of small business ownership is high among Asian Americans. This pattern reflects:
·         a history of facing little or no racial prejudice and discrimination
·         a lack of formal schooling
·         cultural values including achievement and self-reliance.
·         All of the above ------ cultural values including achievement and self-reliance
20. While being in the upper-upper class is usually the result of __________, being in the lower-upper class is more often a matter of __________.
·         Birth; achievement
·         Business success; birth
·         Making lots of money; who you know
·         High-income; having lots of schooling ------  Birth; achievement
21. Popular author J. K. Rowling, who was once poor, has earned a fortune with her books. Rowling is a member of which social class?
·         Upper-upper
·         Lower-upper
·         Upper-middle
·         Middle ------ ·         Lower-upper
22. In terms of race, two-thirds of all poor people in the United States are:
·         African-American
·         Asian-American
·         Hispanic
·         White ------ ·         Hispanic
23. Sociologist William Julius Wilson suggests the cause of poverty lies in:
·         A lower-class “culture of poverty”
·         Lack of government action
·         Too few available jobs
·         Jobs moving overseas ------ ·         Too few available jobs
24. In English history, the concept "primogeniture" refers to:
·         giving everyone in a family the same chance to own land.
·         passing land and other property from a father to the oldest son or other male relation.
·         ensuring that all children receive part of the parents' estate .
·         the fact that nobles are often the "best" people. ------ passing land and other property from a father to the oldest son or other male relation.
Durkheim's greatest concern about modern societies was the increase in:
·         anomie
·         personal choice
·         productive specialization
·         personal privacy ------    anomie
26. David Riesman described "tradition-directed social character" as
·         conformity to the latest fashions and fads
·         rigid conformity to traditional ways of life
·         being highly individualistic
·         all of the above ------ rigid conformity to traditional ways of life
. Max Weber claimed that modernization was evident in which of the following?
·         The rise of capitalism
·         The rise of science
·         The spread of bureaucracy
·         All of the above ------ ·         All of the above
29. Ralph Linton made the point that many familiar elements in today's way of life:
·         Came to us from other cultures
·         Were all invented by members of our own society
·         Were unknown even a few decades ago
·         Were discovered completely by accident ------ ·         Came to us from other cultures

Side A ------ Side B
 
1. The organization Anti-Slavery International estimates that about how many men, women, and children live today in conditions that approximate slavery?
·         200,000
·         2 million
·         200 million
·         2 billion ------ ·         200 million
2. Following modernization theory, what might rich nations do to assist poor nations that seek economic development?
·         Help poor nations to control their population
·         Increase food production in poor nations
·         Introduce advanced technology to poor nations
·         All of the above ------ ·         All of the above
4. Poor countries are characterized by:
·         Limited energy resources and little advanced techonology
·         High levels of population increase
·         Cultures that discourage change
·         All of the above ------ ·         All of the above
 
5. With regard to the role of rich nations, dependency theory:
·         Agrees with modernization theory
·         Urges rich nations to invest in poor countries
·         Claims that rich nations are to blame for global poverty
·         Claims the rich nations prevent poor countries from “growing for export” ------ Claims that rich nations are to blame for global poverty
. Over the last century:
·         Living standards rose in most of the world
·         Rich nations gained wealth faster than poor nations
·         The world’s food production went up
·         All of the above ------       All of the above
8. Pornography is of concern to:
·         Conservatives who oppose it on moral grounds
·         Liberals who oppose it as demeaning to women
·         All people who seek to protect free speech and artistic expression
·         All of the above ------       All of the above
9. What share of married U.S. couples depend on two incomes?
·         Very few
·         More than half
·         All
·         None ------ ·         More than half
10. Friedrich Engels claimed that capitalism:
·         Reduced all forms of social inequality
·         Reduced men’s domination over women
·         Had little change on men’s domination of women
·         Increased men’s domination of women ------  Increased men’s domination of women
. Which of the following job categories has mostly women as workers?
·         Physicians
·         Corporate managers
·         Stone mason        ·      Elementary school teachers ------ Elementary school teachers
12. Friedrich Engels claimed that expanding capitalism tends to turn women into:
·         Nurses and teachers
·         Capitalists
·         Consumers
·         The owners of surplus labor ------          Consumers
13. Read the following four statements. Which of the statements is NOT an example of institutional discrimination?
·         A mother wants her child to stay away from a child of a different race
·         A bank usually refuses loans to people of a certain race
·         A police dept promotes people of one race faster than those of another
·         A school district segregates schools ------ ·         A mother wants her child to stay away from a child of a different race
 
14. The existence of the "Negro leagues" in professional baseball in the United States during the 1930s and 1940s is an example of:
·         Assimilation
·         Segregation
·         Pluralism
·         Miscegenation ------ ·         Segregation
15. The term "white ethnics" refers to:
·         People of Hispanic ancestry who are light skinned
·         People of any ethnicity who are light skinned
·         Biracial or multiracial people
·         Non-WASPs of European ancestry ------ Non-WASPs of European ancestry
 
17. Based on scapegoat theory, you would conclude that prejudice is caused by:
·         Culture itself
·         High levels of immigration
·         Frustration among people who are themselves disadvantaged
·         People with rigid personalities
  ------ Frustration among people who are themselves disadvantaged
18. The rate of small business ownership is high among Asian Americans. This pattern reflects:
·         a history of facing little or no racial prejudice and discrimination
·         a lack of formal schooling
·         cultural values including achievement and self-reliance.
·         All of the above ------ cultural values including achievement and self-reliance
20. While being in the upper-upper class is usually the result of __________, being in the lower-upper class is more often a matter of __________.
·         Birth; achievement
·         Business success; birth
·         Making lots of money; who you know
·         High-income; having lots of schooling ------  Birth; achievement
21. Popular author J. K. Rowling, who was once poor, has earned a fortune with her books. Rowling is a member of which social class?
·         Upper-upper
·         Lower-upper
·         Upper-middle
·         Middle ------ ·         Lower-upper
22. In terms of race, two-thirds of all poor people in the United States are:
·         African-American
·         Asian-American
·         Hispanic
·         White ------ ·         Hispanic
23. Sociologist William Julius Wilson suggests the cause of poverty lies in:
·         A lower-class “culture of poverty”
·         Lack of government action
·         Too few available jobs
·         Jobs moving overseas ------ ·         Too few available jobs
24. In English history, the concept "primogeniture" refers to:
·         giving everyone in a family the same chance to own land.
·         passing land and other property from a father to the oldest son or other male relation.
·         ensuring that all children receive part of the parents' estate .
·         the fact that nobles are often the "best" people. ------ passing land and other property from a father to the oldest son or other male relation.
Durkheim's greatest concern about modern societies was the increase in:
·         anomie
·         personal choice
·         productive specialization
·         personal privacy ------    anomie
26. David Riesman described "tradition-directed social character" as
·         conformity to the latest fashions and fads
·         rigid conformity to traditional ways of life
·         being highly individualistic
·         all of the above ------ rigid conformity to traditional ways of life
. Max Weber claimed that modernization was evident in which of the following?
·         The rise of capitalism
·         The rise of science
·         The spread of bureaucracy
·         All of the above ------ ·         All of the above
29. Ralph Linton made the point that many familiar elements in today's way of life:
·         Came to us from other cultures
·         Were all invented by members of our own society
·         Were unknown even a few decades ago
·         Were discovered completely by accident ------ ·         Came to us from other cultures