miscellaneous Mcqs
151. The fact that pizza is now a popular American food is due to________________?
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A. technological innovation

B. cultural lag

C. sociocultural drift

D. cultural diffusion
152. Functionalists approach the state as a tool to________________?
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A. maintain order

B. protect private property

C. maintain the state of nature

D. protect the privileged few

153. The most important of government is to__________________?
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A. provide social welfare

B. exercise total control

C. regulate human life in society

D. implement political control
154. Collective behavior_______________?
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A. completely lacks structure

B. is always disorganized

C. none of the above

D. has some connection with social factors?
157. The text primarily applied Weber,s notion of status to______________?
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A. positions in the social system

B. spending and consumption patterns

C. prestige derived from ancestry

D. ranked occupational positions
158. Marx believed that the state would vanish when_____________?
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A. all societies became capitalist

B. social classes ceased to exist

C. the elite would work toward the good of the masses

D. the lion would lie down with the lamb

160. Which component of culture is central to human life______________?
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A. interdependence

B. The normative

C. The industrial

D. The habitual

161. Power is exercised in________________?
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A. simple farming societies

B. hunting and gathering societies

C. all social systems

D. complex industrial societies

162. Discrimination occurs_______________?
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A. with prejudice

B. as a result of informal quotas

C. with or without accompanying prejudice

D. as a result of government rulings

163. As a person age_____________?
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A. none of the above

B. senility sets in

C. senescence affects a small minority

D. health care costs decrease
164. In sociological studies of race and ethnic relations_______________?
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A. minorities are described on the basis of biology

B. minority refers to an oppressed group

C. minority refers to the smaller group

D. majority represents the group in power because of its large numbers

166. When children reach school age their parents_________________?
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A. shift their focus toward their own relationship

B. experience a decline in martial satisfaction

C. spend more time together and are more content

D. all of the above

167. The overall poverty rate is highest among______________?
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A. children under 6

B. women

C. the elderly

D. black males

168. By dependent relations globalists mean_______________?
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A. the effectiveness of the United Nations depends upon a cohesive Security Council

B. Third-World countries are maintained in a state of dependency by First-and Second- World nations

C. industrial nations depend upon raw materials located in no-industrial nations

D. the legitimacy of nation -states depends upon propaganda and internal surveillance

169. The percentage of men filing divorce petitions is________________?
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A. less than that of women

B. equal to that of women

C. considerably more than that of women

D. slightly more than that of women

170. Which elements are affected by pollution ?
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A. Air

B. all of the above

C. Water

D. Land

171. Which is false of the process of diffusion ?
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A. Borrowing cultures modify the traits they accept

B. Only some elements of a culture are accepted by other cultures

C. A complex culture borrows more elements from a simple culture than the other way around

D. It tends to be reciprocal

173. The New Class is characterized as consisting of______________?
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A. former members of the middle class

B. professionals with skills important in the information society

C. the working poor

D. apolitical bureaucrats

174. Money is___________________?
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A. a method of barter

B. anything of intrinsic value

C. All of the above

D. a means of exchange

175. The author of a famous treatise on the origin of the state characterized existence in the state of nature as________________?
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A. a pre-Christian utopia

B. similar to an earthly paradise

C. solitary poor nasty brutish and short

D. among noble savages

176. The resources each spouse brings to a marriage include________________?
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A. all of the above

B. income

C. occupational prestige

D. the ability to earn income

177. The theologian Ludwig Feuerbach portrayed God as_______________?
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A. all of the above

B. a sort of ideal

C. a figment of the human imagination

D. an inappropriate object of worship

179. The most numerous forms of business ownership in the United States is the________________?
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A. partnership

B. sole proprietorship

C. subchapter S corporation

D. sole survivorship

180. Which is FALSE of power ____________________?
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A. All power relationships are one sided

B. People have greater or lesser amounts of power according to their statuses in society

C. It is necessary for exerting social control in society

D. It plays a significant role in all kinds of social interactions

181. The nuclear family is characteristic of industrial societies because______________?
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A. ascribed status is more important in industrial societies

B. most functions are better performed in secondary groups

C. geographic and social mobility are common in industrial societies

D. a large family means more hands to work

182. Feminist theory bas borrowed much of the ideas of________________?
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A. the ideology that tries to rationalize women ,s low position in society

B. conflict and Marxist theories

C. The Feminine Mystique

D. psychology

184. The instruments of foreign policy may be defined as_________________?
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A. ways of competing for the title of superpower

B. tools with which nations try to manipulate other nations

C. exchanges entered into in the spirit of trust

D. expressions of human solidarity around the world

186. The most experimental of the social sciences is_________________?
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A. psychology

B. sociology

C. archaeology

D. economics

187. Ecology is the discipline concerned with________________?
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A. human processes such as migration

B. the way living things relate and adjust to each other in a common habitat

C. how ideologies motivate human behavior

D. the growth or decline of population

188. The term ecclesia means_______________?
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A. a universal religion

B. a state religion

C. a member of the clergy

D. a book of the Bible

189. The United Nations__________________?
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A. is extremely effective in policing the world

B. Open supports communist and socialist regimes

C. None of the above

D. Is primarily an instrument of the U.S

190. Economists chart the limits of resources and technology on output through_____________________?
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A. Venn diagrams

B. production-possibility schedules

C. welfare functions

D. product-moment correlations

192. In education_______________?
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A. smart students easily overcome the disinterest of the family

B. the family is unimportant

C. the family is crucial to student success

D. the social class of the family is unimportant

193. The importance of status is supported by_____________?
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A. statistics on cancer deaths

B. the fact that people revere academics

C. a recent study by an epidemiologist

D. none of the above

195. Status inconsistency is defined as_________________?
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A. the condition of persons who are ranked higher in one variable of status than another

B. the mechanism high status persons use to protect themselves from competition

C. the least important dimension of stratification

D. the order of importance given to status variables

196. Maintaining a groups distinctive customs and identity is called______________?
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A. cultural complex

B. cultural pluralism

C. cultural trait

D. cultural decline

197. In modern society death has acquired to some extent a sense of_____________?
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A. meaninglessness

B. unnaturalness

C. appropriateness

D. ordinariness

198. international relations include________________?
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A. declared but not undeclared wars

B. all of the above

C. public but not private diplomacy

D. legal but not illegal or black market trade
199. The sate differs from all the other institutions in that_______________?
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A. all of the above

B. it is an abstract concept

C. its political control is complete

D. membership is compulsory for all residents of its territory except for aliens and visitors

200. The idea that technology changes social organization and ideology is called______________?
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A. evangelical determinism

B. secular humanism

C. scientific determinism

D. technological revolution