Sociology II Final Exam Review

Which of the following is an example of a reformative social movement?

Which are those groups or individuals who will suffer from a particular form of social change?

Modern, industrial societies have less social diversity than pre-industrial societies.

Environmental racism is placing which things in poor areas more frequently than wealthy areas?

Mortality is the rate of childbearing in a country.

Which of the following is true about collective behavior?

What is an area with dense population that encompasses more than one city?

A situation that might cause a panic is which of the following?

Which of the following can be a cause of social change?

What is the study of the interactions between the environment and living creatures?

Which of the following is an example of a negative consequence of social change?

The corridor from Boston to Washington, D.C. is an example of a megalopolis.

Cities decreased in size from the industrial to the postindustrial city.

The population is expected to grow to which number by 2050?

Environmental racism is the placement of landfills and hazardous waste sites in wealthy areas.

Resource mobilization theory states movements develop when groups have access to resources like

What did Malthus believe was going to happen?

Demography is the study of what?

Social movements often have one or more charismatic leaders who draw people to the movement.

Which of the following is an example of a preindustrial city?

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Gentrification benefits poor individuals living in the area because their taxes are lowered.

Which theory argues that societies went from pre-industrial to industrial to postindustrial?

The Industrial Revolution had little effect on society.

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Social change is overwhelmingly positive for society.

Micro-change is change that happens at which level?

Modernity is said to have started with what event in history?

Cities are made up of diverse groups of people.

Crowds are temporary gatherings with a common interest or focus.

Which of the following is a function of the environment?

Why did Marx believe that social change was necessary in society?

Urbanism is the way of life, patterns of behavior, and culture of city dwellers.

Which of the following is an example of a social movement?

Concentric zone theory states urban areas have development centers that meet different needs.

Which of the following is an example of a peripheral country?

Which of the following is a reason why Sunbelt cities are increasing in population?

Social change is both planned and unplanned.

Evolutionary theory that states all societies pass through the same stages & reach the same end

Which of the following is a category of urban residents?

Modern societies have a greater focus on the future than pre-industrial societies.

Which theory explains why people may engage in behaviors that they would not ordinarily do?

Relative deprivation theory states that ______ must exist for a social movement to develop.

Soon, Japan will have a situation where fewer workers are supporting retired individuals.

Which of the following is a potential outcome for a social movement?

What are situations where a particular group is thought to be a danger or menace to society?

What happens to population in stage two of the demographic transition theory?

Marx, Weber, and Durkheim did not study cities in their works.

When a crowd is directed a specific focus with violence, it is called what?

Sprawl often happens from unplanned development and the rapid growth of a city.

The Equilibrium Model states that social change happens because society seeks

Where does gentrification take place?

The fact that the earth is an ecosystem means which of the following?

Which of the following is a reason why preindustrial cities were smaller than today’s cities?

Which of the following is a characteristic of postmodernity?

Which of the following is a factor that could lead to high infant mortality rates?

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Which social movements are social movements that seek partial change for individual?

Who argued that cities brought a more impersonal, transitory way of life to people?

Many countries use a census to learn more about the population.

The Salem Witch Trials are an example of a craze.

Which type of city is one in which global finance and electronic information dominate?

Durkheim, Marx, and Weber all examined social change in their work.

Contagion theory argues that crowds have what type of effect on people?

Great Britain is an example of a core nation.

Demographics have no effect on social change in society.

A greater food surplus allowed for cities to grow in population.

Social movements progress through the stages of social movements in the same order.

The life expectancy in Japan is 64 years.

The 1st stage of a social movement is emergence, which is a social movement coming into being.

Which type of -oriented movements seek to make specific changes within a society?

North American culture contributes to environmental issues.

Which of the following is an example of a Sunbelt city?

Social movements are rare in today’s society.

From 1870 to 1915, how many immigrants came to North America?

Which of the following is a characteristic of modernization?

Contagion theory is collective behavior happening if people who think alike are drawn together.

Collective behavior can do which of the following?

The movement of people into a country is called emigration.

Social movements often push for change outside of institutional means such as protests.

The World-Systems Approach argues that peripheral nations exploit core nations in various ways.

One reason for migration between countries is more economic opportunities in another country.

Redemptive social movements seek total change in individuals than alterative social movements.

What is true about social change?

Which of the following is NOT a common aspect in areas of sprawl?

Which of the following is a negative effect of urban sprawl?

Most African countries have a higher birth rate than countries in North America.

Theory of social change used most often to explain the collapse or decline of civilizations

The World-Systems Approach argues that more of the world’s resources go where?