Sociology II Final Exam Review

Where does gentrification take place?

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

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

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

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

Social change is both planned and unplanned.

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

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

What did Malthus believe was going to happen?

Which of the following is a characteristic of postmodernity?

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

North American culture contributes to environmental issues.

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Which of the following is a characteristic of modernization?

Demography is the study of what?

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

What is true about social change?

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

Collective behavior can do which of the following?

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

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

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

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

Great Britain is an example of a core nation.

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

Social movements are rare in today’s society.

The Industrial Revolution had little effect on society.

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

Which of the following is true about collective behavior?

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

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

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

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

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

Which of the following is a function of the environment?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Social change is overwhelmingly positive for society.

The movement of people into a country is called emigration.

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

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

Crowds are temporary gatherings with a common interest or focus.

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

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

Micro-change is change that happens at which level?

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

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

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

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

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

The life expectancy in Japan is 64 years.

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

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

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

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

Which of the following is a category of urban residents?

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

Demographics have no effect on social change in society.

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

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

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

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

The Salem Witch Trials are an example of a craze.

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

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

The Equilibrium Model states that social change happens because society seeks

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mortality is the rate of childbearing in a country.

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

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

Cities are made up of diverse groups of people.

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

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

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

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