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Sociology Ch14/16 Review
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1
Which of the following sports is an example of direct competition?
pole vaulting
diving
figure skating
football
2
Stacking refers to assigning people to sports positions based on
skill
experience
race
desire
3
Which of the following is not considered a sport?
chess
volleyball
swimming
bowling
4
Which society made a type of paper from reeds?
Greeks
Chinese
Egyptians
Sumerians
5
Which activity is linked with the bureaucratization of sports?
establishing an organizaiton
establishing a particular talent
establishing methods of measurement
establishing equality
6
Which of the following is not required for something to be considered a sport?
rules
outdoors
physical skill
competition
7
Which of the following statements describes a fashion?
for the second season, green is the color of couches in catalogs
a massive crowd goes to a supermarket and buys up all the milk
this month, all the girls at school want neon-colored bracelets
a group of people organize a flash mob to dance in front of city hall
8
Which of the following is not an accurate statement?
Riots are a type of expressive crowd
Fads are a type of collective preoccupation
Mobs are a type of acting crowd
Public opinion is a type of collectivity
9
Of the following social perspectives what focuses on how sport diverts attention form social injustice to a distraction?
functionalist perspective
conflict perspective
interactionist perspective
none of the above
10
Minorities are still underrepresented in which role in sports?
quarterback
pitcher
coach
punter
11
When following sports, white fans tend to prefer watching which types of players?
hispanic
none of these
white
black
12
Which society developed the skill of papermaking?
Chinese
Sumerians
Greeks
Egyptians
13
Which of the following is not a characteristic that distinguishes sport as a social institution?
specialization
urbanization
bureaucratization
quantification
14
Which of the following materials were used by the Greeks for writing?
paper
stone
reeds
animal skins
15
After passing Title IX, the participation in sports for which type of athlete increased dramatically/
senior citizens
women
none of the above
minorities
16
According to sociologist Herbert Blumer, what crowd type is violent?
acting
expressive
casual
conventional
17
Which of the following is related to public opinion?
propoganda
opinion polls
all of these
collective behavior
18
Which of the following identifies what happens when people push each other in order to get out of a burning building?
panic
mob
riot
protest
19
The Greeks building athletic facilities for the general population and providing pensions for winning athletes is
specialization
rationalization
equality
secularization
20
Established rules in sports is a key component of
bureaucratization
quantification
specialization
rationalization
21
Which development in mass communication was developed by the Sumerians?
cuneiform writing
movable type
newspapers
paper
22
Which of the following sports is an example of an indirect competition measured against a pre-set standard?
baseball
ice hockey
gymnastics
football
23
Which of the following is NOT a focus of the interactionist perspective of sport?
symbols
inequality
values
norms
24
Johannes Gutenberg invented:
Fluorescent lighting
The record player
The printing press
The lightening rod
25
Which form of media is declining in use among Americans?
TV
the Internet
MP3s
newspapers
