In this post”civil rights era, Chris does not believe that race matters in terms of
determining one’s life chances. He has a(n) __________ approach to understanding the
world.
A) racial
B) racist
C) color-blind
D) ethnic
__________ believe that a swift and severe punishment acts as a deterrent for criminals.
A) Progressives
B) Conservatives
C) Men
D) Women
Nursing homes can be dangerous because __________.
A) they are not sufficiently regulated
B) they have too much staff
C) they do not offer the tastiest foods
D) some people are sick
If a child is inattentive, not listening, and easily distracted, s/he might be prescribed
_________.
A) GHB
B) Adderall
C) Methadone
D) Crank
Although there were no weapons of mass destruction found, Jeremy still supports the
war in Iraq based on the notion that the United States is safer when there are more
democracies in the world. This is an example of which tenet of the Bush Doctrine?
A) Regime change
B) Unbounded U.S. military superiority
C) The line in the sand
D) The spread of democracy
The National Health Insurance Model of care is found in __________.
A) Canada
B) Belgium
C) Cuba
D) the United States
Suburbanization was __________.
A) a naturally occurring event
B) discouraged by the federal government
C) encouraged by the federal government
D) not profiting developers
The high cost of financing political campaigns favor __________, who have an easier
time raising money.
A) incumbent candidates
B) African American candidates
C) female candidates
D) first-time candidates
The infant mortality rate in some poor urban neighborhoods __________.
A) exceeds the rates in developing countries
B) is equal to the rates in developing countries
C) is less than the rates in developing countries
D) is the same as in the suburbs
As a nation, the United States has taken deliberate actions to reduce poverty among
__________ while simultaneously allowing __________ poverty to increase.
A) the elderly; childhood
B) children; elderly
C) children; middle-aged
D) children; those 18″35
What is the majority population in Iraq?
A) Shiite
B) Kurdish
C) Sunni
D) Faisal
Approximately __________ were born into the baby boom generation.
A) 120 million
B) 75 million
C) 750 thousand
D) 6 billion
_________ of the religious denominations in the United States ordain women.
A) Half
B) One third
C) A quarter
D) None
About 15 percent of low-income students enroll in college, while nearly 65 percent of
high-income students enroll in college. This illustrates that __________.
A) upper-income families value education more
B) low-income students do not work as hard at school
C) upper-income students are cheating
D) there is stratification in higher education
Which of the following is suggested for instituting social change?
A) Educating the public
B) Organizing on a national level
C) Electing candidates with strong differences and deep commitments to funders
D) Strengthening lobbying groups
Mary, an African American domestic worker, harbors resentment toward Hispanics
because she fears they will take her job if she asks for higher wages or misses work for
some reason. This racial tension is a consequence of the fact that racial minorities
disproportionately make up __________.
A) the employed sector of society
B) the reserve army of the unemployed
C) recent immigrants
D) those in power
Terms like “cripple,” “gimp,” and “retard” are examples of __________.
A) derogatory naming
B) impairment
C) ontological truth
D) master status
The way people with able bodies view people with disabilities and the
institutionalization of these views are central concerns of the __________.
A) psychological model
B) individual approach to disability
C) social model of disability
D) ontological model
A status that has exceptional importance for social identity and overshadows other
statuses is a __________.
A) stigma
B) matrix of domination
C) master status
D) social movement
The bailout of airlines by Congress shortly after the terrorist attacks of September 2001,
without similar relief to fired airline workers, represents an example of a __________.
A) government subsidy
B) trickle-down solution
C) congressional gerrymander
D) congressional filibuster
Why is heroin dangerous?
A) Most users will overdose during the first three uses.
B) The sharing of heroin needles may transmit HIV, hepatitis, and other diseases.
C) It is cheap and widely available.
D) Addiction occurs gradually over several years of regular use and thus happens
without the user being aware.
Lewis is angry about what he perceives as governmental overreach. He plans to blow
up the Washington Monument to make a political statement. Lewis is a __________.
A) freedom fighter
B) martyr
C) soldier of fortune
D) terrorist
Although the state and federal governments finance and control education in part, the
bulk of money and control for education comes from __________.
A) school principals
B) teachers themselves
C) the Gates foundation
D) local communities
Poor students and their schools __________.
A) have more computers per student
B) have higher student”teacher ratios
C) have higher-paid teachers
D) are highly funded after taxes are redistributed
An employment arrangement where employees work as temporaries or independent
contractors and get few benefits from employers is __________.
A) discouraged employment
B) displaced employment
C) reserve employment
D) contingent employment
Some college students end up moving back in with their families after graduation
because they cannot find work and support themselves. This phenomenon is known as
__________.
A) boomeranged adults
B) slingshot adults
C) deadbeat adults
D) transitional adults
In a “single-payer plan,” __________.
A) profit for stockholders and payment of stock dividends is the primary motive behind
healthcare delivery
B) the government collects premiums and pays bills
C) a one-time lifetime payment for health insurance is required from every citizen
D) each extended family has only one designated relative who pays all medical bills for
the family
Patrick wants to open a business in a country with a strong sense of community and
egalitarianism. He thinks his company should be interested in the public good and is
perfectly fine being subject to a democracy. Patrick would like to open his company in a
__________ country.
A) socialist
B) capitalist
C) communist
D) totalitarian
According to the World Health Organization, the health system of the United States is
ranked __________ in “fairness” among 191 countries in the world.
A) first
B) last
C) thirty-seventh
D) fifty-fourth
Brittany has the right when her child is born to take one full year of leave with
two-thirds of her pay, and there is substantial flexibility and support for paying for
childcare after that. It is likely that Brittany lives in __________.
A) the United States
B) Sweden, Denmark, or Norway
C) France or Italy
D) Estonia
Devon supports women’s equality in all areas of social life including politics, religion,
work, and home. Devon could be labeled as a __________.
A) functionalist
B) feminist
C) interactionist
D) conflict theorist
In 2011, __________ was the number one seller of arms abroad for the nineteenth
straight year.
A) Afghanistan
B) Iran
C) the United States
D) Syria