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Sociology week 3 Test Questions and Answers • Question 1 2.5 out of 2.5 points The Amish of Pennsylvania can be considered an extreme example of a/an minority. Selected Answer: seces... sio nist • Question 2 2.5 out of 2.5 points According to your textbook’s author, we learn about race from . Selected Answer: Social experiences • Question 3 2.5 out of 2.5 points According to researchers, which two factors often predict a discriminatory type of personality? Selected Answer: Education and Intelligence Page 182 • Question 4 2.5 out of 2.5 points According to your text, racial and ethnic tension is rooted in a number of factors. Which is NOT a factor mentioned in your book? Selected Answer: Stereoty pes • Question 5 2.5 out of 2.5 points In 1903, W.E.B Du Bois described the idea that blacks in America “live” in two worlds. One world, involves the perceptions of the dominant culture and the other involves their own culture. This can lead to internal conflict and low self-esteem. He described it as a “sense of always looking at one’s self through the eyes of others…a two-ness”. Which term describes this occurrence? Selected Answer: Double Consciousness • Question 6 2.5 out of 2.5 points Within a particular society, those that are more powerful are referred to as the Selected Answer: dominant group • Question 7 2.5 out of 2.5 points Immanuel Wallerstein suggests that nations are at the center of “universe” and affect all surrounding nations. Selected Answer: cor e • Question 8 2.5 out of 2.5 points What is the Human Development Index used to measure? Selected Answer: Quality of life • Question 9 2.5 out of 2.5 points Which of the following is NOT one of the four “traps” that keep some countries poor and part of the “bottom billion?” Selected Answer: A low gross national income • Question 10 2.5 out of 2.5 points Name the practice whereby, wealthy countries use multinational corporations to control poorer countries. Selected Answer: Neocoloniali sm • Question 11 2.5 out of 2.5 points Karl Marx stated workers participate in their own exploitation due to their misunderstanding of their position in the social system. Therefore they have a lack of . Selected Answer: class consciousness • Question 12 2.5 out of 2.5 points What are the three most common social stratification systems? Selected Answer: Slavery, caste, and class systems • Question 13 2.5 out of 2.5 points Hector is a nurse. While checking inventory, he observes that the patient slippers are made in India and the disposable thermometers are made in China. This is an example of ? Selected Answer: Globalizati on • Question 14 2.5 out of 2.5 points All of the following are examples of demographic variables except which one? Selected Answer: geographic location • Question 15 2.5 out of 2.5 points When a species lives under their carrying capacity, resources are . Selected Answer: abund ant • Question 16 2.5 out of 2.5 points All population projections use estimates of birth, death and migration rates and apply them to . Selected Answer: future planning • Question 17 2.5 out of 2.5 points Emigration and immigration are two types of . Selected Answer: migrati on • Question 18 2.5 out of 2.5 points is a surge in growth due to a large number of people who are of birthing age. Selected Answer: Population momentum • Question 19 2.5 out of 2.5 points Generally, the are more adversely affected by environmental damage. Selected Answer: po or • Question 20 2.5 out of 2.5 points When studying populations, sociologists frequently compare and . Selected Answer: Rates of fertility, rates of mortality • • • Question 21 2.5 out of 2.5 points Developing countries are those in the process of . Selected Answer: becoming industrializ ed • Question 22 2.5 out of 2.5 points According to Max Weber’s ideas on class systems, the and the make up the wealthiest class of a society. Selected Answer: rentiers, entrepreneurs • Question 23 2.5 out of 2.5 points According to your text, racial and ethnic tension is rooted in a number of factors. Which is NOT a factor mentioned in your book? Selected Answer: Stereoty pes • Question 24 2.5 out of 2.5 points Racism is complex in that it involves group privilege, power, and Selected Answer: oppressi on • Question 25 2.5 out of 2.5 points An emerging trend in housing in the United States is the construction of larger, more expensive homes, which tend to be sold only to the affluent. This is best described as . Selected Answer: segregat ion • Question 26 2.5 out of 2.5 points Demographic Transition Theory suggests that people control their fertility as societies move from to . Selected Answer: agraria n, industri al • Question 27 2.5 out of 2.5 points Prejudices are often reinforced by simplified perceptions of an entire group. These perceptions are also referred to as . Selected Answer: stereoty pes • Question 28 2.5 out of 2.5 points Beginning in the 16th century, European colonists arrived in America. Although they were migrants to the land, they conquered the Native American population. Native Americans were eventually forced onto reservations. According to your textbook, this is an example of . Selected Answer: migrant superordination • Question 29 2.5 out of 2.5 points To determine a country’s per-capita income, you divide the country’s total by the total number of in that country. Selected Answer: gross income, people • Question 30 2.5 out of 2.5 points Currently, Germany has a zero population growth. Which of the choices below most accurately reflects what this means? Selected Answer: Germany’s total fertility rate is 2.0. • Question 31 2.5 out of 2.5 points In regards to rate of natural increase, which of the following statements is most true? Selected Answer: Countries with a positive rate of natural increase have a growing population. [Show More]

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