Which of the following was true of colonizers?
A) They used the majority of the crops planted to feed the local population.
B) They encouraged population growth among the local people to ensure a large supply
of low-cost workers.
C) They distributed the country’s raw materials among the citizens.
D) They determined what crops should be planted based on the needs of the local
population.
Medlining practices __________.
A) increase the likelihood that chronically ill low-income patients will receive a basic
level of appropriate medical treatment
B) ensure that chronically ill low-income patients receive a high level of care regardless
of their ability to pay
C) are to the medical industry what redlining practices are in the banking and insurance
industries
D) are fundamental components of Medicare and Medicaid
A ________ includes multiple family forms and household arrangements that emerged
as a result of a number of social factors such as women in the labor force, divorce,
remarriage, and cohabitation arrangements.
A) modern family
B) postmodern family
C) household
D) dual-worker family
__________ are those who conceal their sexual orientation to avoid stigmatization,
harassment, and discrimination.
A) Closeted gays
B) Gay activists
C) AIDS activists
D) The Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation and the National Gay and
Lesbian Task Force
A realistic/rational plan to conserve energy could include which of the following?
A) Strict enforcement of a relatively low speed limit
B) Strict enforcement of a higher speed limit
C) Using candles instead of outdoor lighting
D) Increasing the use of American oil
Which of the following is true of the settlement patterns of new immigrants?
A) They do not move near other immigrants.
B) They locate where other poor people live.
C) They tend not to move to destinations where they have family.
D) They tend to move to wealthy neighborhoods.
Unemployed people who want to work but whose presence tends to depress the wages
of other workers and keep them from making demands on their employers are known as
__________.
A) discouraged workers
B) displaced workers
C) the reserve army of the unemployed
D) sunset workers
Creating demands (needs) for products where no actual need exists contributes directly
to __________.
A) environmental sensitivity
B) overconsumption
C) technological advancement
D) tighter government regulations
The Bismarck Model of healthcare is found in __________.
A) Belgium
B) Italy
C) Spain
D) Cuba
About what percentage of today’s American adults have graduated from college?
A) 5 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 45 percent
D) 65 percent
Megan has no real hope of getting out of poverty. She is willing to work hard, but lacks
the necessary education and training to get a good job in an information and service
economy. Sociologists would classify her as a member of the __________ poor.
A) near
B) working
C) new
D) old
A __________ is a territory controlled by a powerful country that exploits the land and
people for its own benefit.
A) consulate
B) corporation
C) colony
D) demographic
Marx asserted that capitalism has within it the seeds of its own destruction because of
__________.
A) the lack labor-saving technology
B) the inevitability of monopolies
C) centralized government control
D) control of the state by the majority
__________ is/are associated with child abuse.
A) Parents who lack abuse in their past
B) Wealth
C) Alcohol consumption
D) Same-sex parents
Marek points to the fact that when someone is disabled the existence of his/her
condition is undeniable as evidence for his argument that disability is primarily an
individual, medical issue. Marek’s argument relies on the notion of disability as a(n)
__________.
A) matrix of domination
B) hegemonic structure
C) ontological truth
D) social discrimination
Malik is from Syria and has lived in the United States for over three decades. During
that time, in a process known as __________, he has seen his racial category change
from “Middle Easterner” to “Arab.”
A) discrimination
B) racial formation
C) racial stratification
D) prejudice
Which of the following is an area in which African Americans have an advantage over
Whites?
A) African Americans are less likely to live in poverty.
B) On average, African Americans earn more income.
C) African Americans’ life expectancy is longer.
D) African Americans as a group do not have any significant advantages over Whites.
While Zek sees the point in rehabilitation to help people learn to deal with their own
disability, his thoughts are more in line with a(n) __________ approach to disability
which focuses rehabilitation on removing barriers to participation because he thinks the
problem resides outside of the individual.
A) medical model
B) individual
C) ontological
D) social model
When opportunities are not present in the regular local economy, people in poor
inner-city neighborhoods turn to an __________ for survival.
A) environmental economy
B) informal economy
C) occupied regional government
D) option based economy
Most __________ advocates attempt to improve community environments by
eliminating toxic hazards.
A) environmental racism
B) environmental classism
C) environmental justice
D) cornucopia naturists
At the national level, lobbying in 2011 was a __________ business.
A) $3.3 million
B) $300 million
C) $3.3 billion
D) $30 billion
When developers and speculators look to gentrify communities they like purchasing
warehoused property because __________.
A) the warehouse gives them space to start a business
B) the informal economy of the residents brings in more taxes
C) they are in the more affluent parts of the city
D) they don”t have to deal with getting rid of poor residents
__________ affects how long a child will stay in school, whether s/he will have a
computer in the home, and out-of-school enrichment activities.
A) Intellectual ability
B) Standardized test scores
C) Desire
D) Level of affluence
By building roads for logging, the government is providing a __________ to the timber
industry.
A) monopoly
B) cloture
C) filibuster
D) subsidy
Ben wants to open a business in a country which allows him to own property privately,
make a personal profit, and compete openly against other firms. In general he prefers
that the government stay out of his business. He would like to open his business in a
__________ system.
A) socialist
B) capitalist
C) communist
D) democratic
Racial stratification provides Whites with a number of things, including __________.
A) better jobs
B) slave labor
C) complete political control
D) racial purity
__________ is a demographic trend that marks the current period in the economy.
A) The overall growth of the working population
B) A disproportionate representation of Whites in tenuous employment
C) A greater increase of men in the workforce
D) The concentration of high-paying jobs in the manufacturing sector
Upper-class families have __________.
A) extensive kinship ties
B) weak support networks
C) very little concern for their inherited wealth
D) a large number teenage mothers
Prescribing methadone for heroin addicts illustrates which of the alternatives to the war
on drugs described in your text?
A) Regulation of trade or use through licensing and taxation
B) A public health approach focusing on decriminalization
C) Addressing the social causes of drug use
D) Enacting and enforcing criminal laws
Disabled people often encounter which of the following responses?
A) Being celebrated
B) Being integrated
C) Being patronized
D) Being revered
The healthcare problems associated with the disinvestment in urban centers include
which of the following?
A) More people are able to afford quality treatment.
B) More city residents are unable to find quality healthcare.
C) The proportion of hospitals there that are owned by for-profits has increased.
D) Urban areas are some of the healthiest places in the United States.
Sociologists argue that although the expansion of the economy and globalization creates
jobs and products, it also __________.
A) benefits our ecosystem
B) has an environmental downside
C) creates more farmable land across the planet
D) takes away from the ability to create profit
People may be missed by the census because they __________.
A) are homeless
B) have been at the same address for too long
C) live in poor areas
D) live in a gated community
Nick grew up with Daisy in an upper-class family but experienced __________ when
his fortunes took a turn for the worse after a terrible automobile accident cost him
everything.
A) class stratification
B) downward mobility
C) a family myth
D) classism
__________ is a danger associated with marijuana.
A) A negative effect on the lungs
B) Increases in weight gain and obesity
C) Increased hyperactivity
D) Sudden cardiac arrest