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SOCIOLOGY UNIT 5 MILESTONE 1 Higher sea levels, temperature increases, and an increase in disastrous weather events are results of __________. • the demographic divide • global warming •... urbanization • environmental racism CONCEPT Sociological Understanding of the Environment 2 What was Thomas Malthus' central insight? • Population growth will outpace society's ability to produce enough food for all, leading to a crisis. • Food production will outpace the rate of population growth, so crisis can be averted. • Population growth is not related to the rate of food production. • Population growth will be limited by society's ability to produce food at first, but industrialization will solve the problem by increasing food production. CONCEPT Malthusian Theory and Demographic Transition Theory 3 One of the reasons why American schools are important is that they teach children about American culture. School shapes us so that, as adults, we all understand and participate in the same culture. This illustrates which of the following functions of schooling? • https://www.coursehero.com/file/63236111/SOCIOLOGY-UNIT-5-MILESTONEpdf/ This study resource was shared via CourseHero.com Socialization • Latent function • Social integration • Social placement CONCEPT Functions of Schooling 4 Which of the following statements about the demographic divide is true? • Both sides of the demographic divide are close to zero population growth. • Rich people live in one part of the world and poor people live in another, on the other side of the divide. • Richer countries have high population growth because they can afford the cost of raising children. Poor countries have lower population growth because they can't afford this cost. • Rich countries are closer to zero population growth than poor countries, which have higher rates of population growth. CONCEPT Global Population 5 Which type of social movement seeks limited social change, but tries to get everyone in society involved in it? • Reformative social movement • Redemptive social movement • Alternative social movement • Revolutionary social movement https://www.coursehero.com/file/63236111/SOCIOLOGY-UNIT-5-MILESTONEpdf/ This study resource was shared via CourseHero.com CONCEPT Social Movements 6 __________ theory argues that people turn to social movements to find purpose in an impersonal society. • Mass-society • New social movements • Culture • Resource mobilization CONCEPT Social Movement Theories 7 What do sociologists call a social character that is focused on making good impressions, and living up to them? • Other-directedness • Geminschaft • Gesellschaft • Inner-directedness CONCEPT Individuals and Modernity 8 Which of the following is a correct pairing? • John Dewey Progressive education • https://www.coursehero.com/file/63236111/SOCIOLOGY-UNIT-5-MILESTONEpdf/ This study resource was shared via CourseHero.com John Dewey Mandatory education laws • John Dewey Equal opportunity CONCEPT Education and Schooling 9 The field of __________ examines the combination of population demographics, physical and social environments, and disease-causing agents. • social epidemiology • medicine • environmental health • healthcare CONCEPT Health 10 Using statistical data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Gary studies the prevalence of HIV and AIDS in the United States. This is an example of studying society at the __________. • micro-level • macro-level • structural-functional level • post-modern level CONCEPT Technology 11 https://www.coursehero.com/file/63236111/SOCIOLOGY-UNIT-5-MILESTONEpdf/ This study resource was shared via CourseHero.com In a well-known experiment on stereotyping and discrimination, teacher Jane Elliott divided her students into groups based on eye color. Next, she told the students that people who have a particular eye color are superior to those who do not have it. She found that students in the group she labeled as "superior" performed better in the classroom. Those in the group labeled "inferior" performed poorly. The dependent relationship between student performance and group assignment is an example of __________. • self-fulfilling prophecy • reproduction theory • parochial schooling • latent functions of schooling CONCEPT Jane Elliot and Jonathan Kozol 12 According to Ferdinand Tonnies, __________ refers to a society that is strongly focused on individualism. • postmodernity • inner-directedness • gemeinschaft • gesellschaft CONCEPT Ferdinand Tonnies 13 How did the first cities in America get started? • https://www.coursehero.com/file/63236111/SOCIOLOGY-UNIT-5-MILESTONEpdf/ This study resource was shared via CourseHero.com Native Americans established the first cities, and colonial settlers moved into them when they arrived. • No one is sure how the first cities were established. • Colonial settlers established the first cities when they settled permanently and began farming. • European immigrants came to America in large numbers and lived in concentrated ethnic centers that grew into cities. CONCEPT US Cities 14 The idea that compares the environment to a bank account from which humans are withdrawing too much while not depositing enough is called __________. • environmental bankruptcy • environmental deficit • ecosystem failure • I-PAT inequality CONCEPT Environmental Concepts 15 Which of the following is true of Louis Wirth's view of cities? • City life is a problem for modern society. • Cities are the result of a battle between two opposing forces: positive and negative. • Cities are mostly negative, alienating places that are not good for the human spirit. • Cities are unimportant places for sociology. https://www.coursehero.com/file/63236111/SOCIOLOGY-UNIT-5-MILESTONEpdf/ This study resource was shared via CourseHero.com CONCEPT Louis Wirth and Urban Ecology 16 Which of the following is a correct pairing? • Mortality The average number of years for which people in a certain society live • Death rate The number of people who die in a society over a given period of time • Infant mortality rate The number of people who die in a society over a given period of time • Birth rate The number of girls who are born in a society over a given period of time CONCEPT Population Growth 17 Tom was not a good student. He got through school with the help of his peers, but he doesn't read or write well. Tom has difficulty getting a job due to his inability to read and write effectively. Tom suffers from which of the following? • A bad school system • Social stigma • Illiteracy • Functional illiteracy CONCEPT School Problems https://www.coursehero.com/file/63236111/SOCIOLOGY-UNIT-5-MILESTONEpdf/ This study resource was shared via CourseHero.com Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) [Show More]

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