SOC101 Final Exam Chs 10-17

Question 1

The systematic and unequal distribution of power and resources in society between men and women is called

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Gender stratification

Question 2

Immigrants who retain strong personal, cultural, & economic ties to their country of birth and their newly adopted home

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Transnational migrants

Question 3

Policies & programs aimed to avoid discrim. & redress past discrim. through active recruitment of qualified minorities

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affirmative action

Question 4

All religions share which of the following basic elements EXCEPT

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the same racial background

Question 5

Low-density devel. of people dispersed over a wide area separates homes from workplaces &stores&depends heavily on cars

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Sprawl

Question 6

Interpreting&assigning meaning to events &conditions to shape a movement’s message&the collective identity that develops

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framing

Question 7

Money transfers to relatives back home, which make up a significant share of the national economies of some countries.

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remittances

Question 8

The United States' largest racial minority group is

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African Americans

Question 9

The interaction/integration among various aspects of social life including economies, political systems, & populations.

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Globalization

Question 10

A gov't of self-appointed leaders who have great control over the lives of citizens including limiting civil liberties

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authoritarian government

Question 11

__ provide minimal benefits to everyone & target public assistance at people whose incomes are low enough to qualify

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Liberal welfare states

Question 12

Demographic transition theory suggests society’s pop. patterns are influenced by its affluence & adopting new tech.

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True

Question 13

Power is fragmented among many competing groups that are constantly shifting is known as

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Pluralist theory

Question 14

A shared cultural heritage often deriving from a common ancestry and homeland is known as

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ethnicity

Question 15

Exogamy refers to the marriage between people from different social categories.

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True

Question 16

Lessons students learn simply by attending school in contrast to the lessons from the formal subject-specific curriculum

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hidden education

Question 17

Forms of knowledge, preferences, and styles high-status groups use to signal their status and exclude others from them

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cultural capital

Question 18

Companies perform three key media-related tasks providing the following, EXCEPT

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populations

Question 19

Advertising sent to online users based on their earlier Internet activities is known as

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Behavioral targeting

Question 20

A social trend refers to the direction a society takes when many individuals act independently but similarly.

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True

Question 21

Individuals born with ambiguous reproductive or sexual anatomy are known as

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intersex

Question 22

The world’s major religions severely restrict the role of women in rituals and in institutional governance.

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True

Question 23

Sex refers to the socially constructed cultural expectations associated with women and men.

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False

Question 24

The process by which a majority and a minority group blend or mix to form a new group.

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Amalgamation

Question 25

The fertility rate in the US has increased over time.

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False

Question 26

A set of social expectations regarding behavior and attitudes based on a person’s sex is called a

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gender role

Question 27

The rural life was the first type of community life and shared living.

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False

Question 28

In horizontal integration a media company owns the different stages of production & distribution of a single media form.

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False

Question 29

The unequal treatment that gives advantages to one group of people over another without justifiable cause.

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discrimination

Question 30

There are two types of monarchies: traditional and constitutional.

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True

Question 31

In Brown v. Board of Education (19 54), the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that gender discrimination was unconstitutional.

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False

Question 32

Our sense of self as it relates to the type of sexual attraction we have for others is known as

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sexual orientation

Question 33

Tendency of media corps from wealthier nations to export their media products they come to dominate other local cultures

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Cultural imperialism

Question 34

Invisible barrier created by individual & institutional sexism prevents qualified women from advancing to high levels

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glass ceiling

Question 35

The physical surroundings humans create, including the buildings, roads, dams, homes, and consumer products is called

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the built environment

Question 36

Some democratic systems offer plurality voting, a “winner-take-all” electoral system for candidate with the most votes

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True

Question 37

social organization where relationships are impersonal, temporary & based primarily on pursuit of individual interest

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Gesellschaft

Question 38

In order to understand power in the workplace, some analyze three key assets. Which is NOT one of them?

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gender

Question 39

Planned obsolescence the intentional design & manufacture of consumer goods to ensure a loss of utility in a short time

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True

Question 40

Beliefs and attitudes (typically negative) about an individual based on their belongingness to a certain group.

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prejudice

Question 41

Which of the following is TRUE about the trend of living arrangements over the past several decades?

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There are fewer individuals living with their spouse.

Question 42

Formal socialization can include orientations, peer-mentoring programs, and so on.

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True

Question 43

The four basic mechanisms of environmental reform include all of the following EXCEPT

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treadmill of production

Question 44

The condition of having a stable means of financial support, adequate to maintain a given standard of living.

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Economic security

Question 45

The exchange of sugar, tobacco, cotton, textiles, and individuals sold as slaves was known as

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The Triangular Transatlantic Slave Trade

SOC101 Final Exam Chs 10-17

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