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What could be called a white collar crime?
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The legal age to marry in the U.S. is...
18
16
17
15
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What could be called a white collar crime?
burglary
traffic offences
fraud
murder
3
The unemployment rate is the percentage of people that do not have a job.
false
true
4
Which of the following is a cultural universal?
greetings
sports
all are universals
dancing
5
Karl Marx
was concerned with family, education and religion
believed in social Darwinism
wanted a classless society
believed in the ideal type
6
The ability to control the behavior of others without their consent.
laws
social static
power
fear
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The process through which people learn basic skills, beliefs, and values of a society.
socialization
diffusion
culturalization
acculturalization
8
Social sciences study human social behavior
true
false
9
A total institution...
is voluntary
deals with assistance the poor
lacks government support
tries to change an individual's personality
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Material culture includes...
language
politics
clothing
rules
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What is the top 2 leading causes of death in adolescence?
suicide, accidents
cancer, heart disease
accidents, homicides
homicide, suicides
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The capacity to learn a specific skill
aptitude
heredity
instinct
intelligence
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A group that rejects the values of the larger society.
delinquent culture
subculture
counterculture
anarchists
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About how many million people live below the poverty level in the U.S.?
30
10
20
40
15
Shared beliefs about what is good and bad.
values
folkways
laws
norms
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Development of economic, political and social relationships that stretch worldwide.
popular culture
macrosociology
globalization
internationalism
17
Baseball spread from the U.S. throughout the world is an example of...
cultural assimilation
cultural leveling
cultural diffusion
cultural spreading
18
Adolescence usually lasts through your teen years.
true
false
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On average, most children in the U.S. watch about ____ hours of t.v. a week.
30
25
20
15
20
Social sciences study human social behavior
true
false
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The mass media consists of...
books
films
all
television
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Which of the following is a more?
homework
murder
job
compassion
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What is the poverty level for a family of 4 in the U.S.?
$12,000
$28,000
$18,000
$24,000
24
A socially defined position in a group.
status
norm
role
actor
25
An example of cultural pluralism is...
Saudi Arabia draws Muslims to Mecca
Voting rights for Americans
Switzerland has 3 official languages
Sweden has free college tuition
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Organized people that share a common culture and feeling of unity.
civilization
town
society
urbanization
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The brain is fully developed by age 12.
false
true
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How many stages are in adulthood?
1
4
2
3
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About how many illegal immigrants are living in the United States?
15 million
11 million
2 million
8 million
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The founder of sociology
Auguste Comte
Harriet Martineau
Max Weber
Herbert Spencer
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Concerned with poor people and the conditions in which they lived.
Jane Adams
Joan Hall
Max Weber
Emile Durkheim
32
About what % of women work in construction?
5
10
25
35
33
People who share a common cultural background.
minority
ethnic group
race
cultural group
34
Ethnocentrism
believing your culture is superior
believing in horoscopes
believing cultures change over time
believing cultures should be by their own standards
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What role does reciprocity play in exchange?
two wrongs don't make a right
all is fair
an eye for an eye
give and take
36
Feral children
raised without a social environment
born with mental illness
lacking the ability to learn
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Studies behavior and the mental process.
anthropology
sociology
psychology
political science
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Anything that represents something else.
article
symbol
artifact
representative
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An example of assimilation is...
immigrants from Saudi Arabi accepting woman drivers
having a Spanish dictionary in U.S. textbooks
Eating Mexican food in the U.S.
40
Theoretical perspective that focuses on competition and change.
challenge
conflict
functionalist
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The average age of marriage in the U.S. is...
25
26
24
27
