miscellaneous Mcqs
601. Form the dawn of history through the development of agriculture______________?
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A. men and women participated in a sex-based division of labor

B. human infants and their mothers had to protected

C. males were assigned hunting and other dangerous tasks

D. all of the above
602. Armenia Georgia and Azerbaijan are_____________________?
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A. Asian nations

B. Baltic nations

C. African nations

D. Slavic nations

603. The most recent social movements________________?
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A. are community and locality based?

B. attract the underclass rather than the working class

C. focus more on economic issues

D. none of the above
604. The crude birthrate is________________?
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A. the number of male births per 1000 people per country per year

B. an important demographic concept

C. the rate at which the elderly die in any given year

D. the rate at which infants survive past their first year

605. Firms sell their products in________________?
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A. factor markets

B. abstract markets

C. product markets

D. resource markets

606. The modern approach to studying social classes based on several dimensions of the stratification system is the______________?
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A. TES

B. SES

C. BES

D. CES

607. Crowds may engage in unpredictable behavior because_______________?
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A. they are temporary

B. individuals can remain anonymous

C. individuals are unpredictable

D. BOTH they are temporary, and individuals are anonymous
608. A condition of normlessness and separation from legitimate modes of behavior is termed___________?
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A. trauma

B. alienation

C. anomie

D. anomaly

609. The highest percentage of humans live in________________________?
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A. China

B. Russia

C. the U.S

D. India

610. The three most important nations in Asia are_______________?
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A. Japan India China

B. Hong Kong Macao Bali

C. Taiwan Indonesia Tibet

D. Singapore South Korea and Malaysia

611. Modernization means that a society becomes________________?
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A. industrial

B. agricultural

C. affluent

D. democratic

612. A modern definition of class maintains that social class is constituted by____________?
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A. categories of people set up by governments

B. people especially endowed by nature

C. the owners of the means of production

D. persons who have similar forms of power prestige or wealth
613. People who suffer from status inconsistency__________________?
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A. usually do not worry about it

B. tend to suffer more frustration and dissatisfaction than those whose status is consistent

C. willingly accept a lower status in return for social recognition

D. work hard to accumulate wealth to make up for it

614. The nation that social institutions reinforce and legitimize class division is derived from___________?
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A. Max Weber

B. Adam Smith

C. Emile Durkheim

D. Karl Marx
615. Which nation state has reached zero population growth ?
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A. Iran

B. the United States

C. Turkey

D. Zimbabwe

616. Violent crowd behavior______________?
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A. is generally random

B. is usually temporary

C. always goes against the wishes of individual members

D. has no limits in its antisocial nature?

617. Inequality has been explained as______________?
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A. being part of the law of nature

B. serving the needs of society

C. resulting from the struggle for goods and services in a society

D. all of the above
618. Liberals and conservatives agree to some extent that economic goals should include________________?
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A. adequate economic growth

B. price stability

C. all of the above

D. full employment

619. Supply-side theories claim that__________________?
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A. business cycles are caused by insufficient supply

B. an increase in aggregate supply causes output and employment to decline

C. none of the above

D. a decline in aggregate supply is responsible for economic downturns
620. Present theories of stratification__________________?
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A. answer the of what causes inequality

B. agree that inequality is an evil

C. offer ways to end inequality

D. offer two different ways of looking at inequality
621. Demand and supply are________________?
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A. causes of inflation

B. market forces

C. key economic indicators

D. thesis and antithesis

622. The factory system_________________?
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A. was introduced when it became convenient to house both workers and machinery under one roof

B. gave more power to the employers called entrepreneurs

C. was an American invention popularized through cultural diffusion

D. resulted from BOTH the convenience of housing workers and equipment together and gave more power to the entrepreneurs
623. The following people enjoy both status and wealth in our society______________?
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A. physicians

B. professors

C. ministers

D. research scientists

624. The greatest problem with capital punishment is that________________?
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A. it is a cruel way to end someones life

B. sometimes an innocent person is put to death

C. only God has the right to kill

D. many witnesses lie

625. Death rates are highest in_______________?
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A. Turkey

B. Britain

C. Thailand

D. tropical African
626. In economic terms incomes are distributed according to________________?
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A. whom one knows

B. a persons marginal productivity

C. innate talent

D. which skills one has

627. The civil rights movement in the United States was a_________________?
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A. change resistant movement

B. nationalistic movement

C. reform movement

D. ethical movement

628. The difficulty with fighting terrorism is that_________________?
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A. terrorists have differing goals

B. all of the above

C. terrorists have no single ideology

D. terrorism is a transnational problem

629. Ethnic groups are based on_________________?
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A. eye shape

B. genes

C. common customs and /or identities

D. skin color

630. When old rules and laws are ignored, and rebellious crowds set up new rules of behavior social scientists call this situation________________?
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A. convergence

B. coup d,etat

C. collective behavior

D. revolution
631. Rates of poverty tend to be highest among_______________?
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A. Female headed households

B. all of the above

C. minorities

D. children

632. What percentage of the earths people live in high-income areas ?
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A. 15%

B. 45%

C. 3%

D. 50%

633. The Black movement to the urban North from the rural South was similar to______________?
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A. the arrival of the Cuban middle class after Castro

B. moves of professionals from New York to Los Angeles

C. immigration from Europe

D. the experience of the American Indians

634. Collective behavior is often precipitated by__________________?
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A. anomaly

B. rapid social change

C. fear of the future

D. deviant behavior

635. When confronted with evidence contrary to their beliefs prejudiced persons will______________?
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A. refuse to change the original judgment in spite of evidence to the contrary

B. apologize to the victim of their prejudice

C. suspend judgment until more evidence is found

D. change their judgment to conform to new evidence

636. The government can curb excessive aggregate demand(inflation)by_________________?
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A. decreasing taxes on consumers

B. decreasing taxes on firms

C. none of the above

D. increasing spending

637. Population began to increase steadily________________?
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A. with improvements in agriculture technology and medicine

B. in the 17th century when agriculture technology and medicine

C. by around the middle of the 18th century

D. in the Bronze Age

638. Billy Graham,s religious revival meetings are an example of_________________?
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A. social movements

B. spiritual awakening

C. expressive crowds

D. people, s fear of the unknown

639. The categories used by researchers to pigeonhole people into social classes__________________?
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A. reflect the common -sense self-ratings of individuals

B. adequately reflect the complexity of the American class system

C. indicate that there are two classes the working class and the middle class

D. tend to be arbitrary and artificial
640. What were guilds ?
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A. A type of money used in the Middle Ages

B. Organizations dating back to the 10th century

C. Only b and c

D. Kinds of labor unions

641. Some of the advantages of a market economy include ?
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A. economic output is distributed to those who can pay the price

B. all participants get some satisfaction

C. scarce resources are put into goods that are in demand

D. all of the above
642. The rate of change for most of human history has been________________?
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A. unchanged

B. rapid since the beginning of history

C. slow because people are creatures of habit

D. slow until the Industrial Revolution then rapid
643. Psychosomatic illness entails____________?
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A. bodily ailments creating mental disorder

B. all of the above

C. purely imaginary physical problems

D. anxiety or emotional tension producing physical symptoms
644. If a janitor got a job as a security guard because it was closer to home he would be experiencing_______________?
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A. inter structural mobility

B. horizontal mobility

C. vertical mobility

D. intragenerational mobility

645. Another name for cultural transmission theory is______________?
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A. differential association theory

B. labeling theory

C. innovation

D. anomie

646. Which of the following is a criticism of Marxist theory ?
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A. inequality is a motivating force for people to rise in the stratification system

B. Everyone is talented equally

C. Democracy delivers equality better than Marxism does

D. Marxism tries to explain all social problems
647. Max Weber believed that_______________?
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A. societies should have at least three classes

B. property was the only determinant of class

C. class is closely related to life chances

D. class was based on exploitation of the masses

648. In C.Wright Mill,s view what group constitutes an elite ?
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A. The corporate rich only

B. High ranking military officers only

C. The military-industrial-governmental complex

D. Church leaders and educators

649. The study and comparative analysis of preliterate societies is one of the chief concerns of______________?
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A. anthropology

B. sociology

C. psychology

D. history

650. Americans proclaim the need for honesty but cheat on their tax returns This situation indicates that_____________?
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A. the overt culture is consistent

B. there is no covert culture in the United States

C. Americans often follow a covert culture in actual behavior

D. people are only human