The economic shift from manufacturing to service has resulted in __________.
A) the loss of jobs that pay well
B) more opportunities for a middle-class lifestyle
C) an increased standard of living
D) a strengthening of unions
The funding of schools primarily based on property values systematically discriminates
against the poor and is an example of __________ racism.
A) individual
B) institutional
C) formation
D) segregated
Environmental problems are not confined within political borders so it is important to
understand that __________.
A) innovation in energy production will not make a difference
B) if one country wastes finite resources, it impacts us all
C) altering the structural conditions that promote waste is useless
D) there is nothing the United States can do to help solve environmental issues
Why has the U.S. war in Iraq met with difficulty?
A) The U.S. troops restored order too quickly.
B) The United States underestimated the depth of the divisions within the Iraqi
population, especially between the Sunni and Shiite Muslims.
C) Much of Iraq’s infrastructure was underutilized.
D) Very few of the Iraqis were allowed to come to the United States.
There is a(n) __________ relationship between per capita GNP and population growth
rates.
A) causal
B) indirect
C) inverse
D) insignificant
Jeremiah is a member of the KKK and frequently engages in acts of overt hostility
aimed at racial minorities. He is engaging in __________ racism.
A) individual
B) institutional
C) formation
D) segregated
Many contingent workers have home offices and do most if not all of their contract
work from their own house in a practice known as __________.
A) homesourcing
B) outsourcing
C) offshoring
D) globalization
Spending money to create better schools and reduce poverty and violence 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
No Child Left Behind requires states to establish standards in __________.
A) math
B) theater
C) music
D) physical education
According to Marx’s theory of capitalism, the social class in power controls the
economy primarily by __________.
A) military force
B) centralized governmental power
C) owning the means of production
D) controlling nearby countries
Domestic work is a part of the __________ segment of the labor market.
A) primary
B) secondary
C) tertiary
D) quaternary
__________ U.S. presidents have tried to pass some version of healthcare reform.
A) Multiple
B) All
C) Few
D) No
About one in every __________ women has been a victim of a partner’s physical
assault at some point in her life.
A) two
B) three
C) four
D) five
The steps in solving social problems include __________.
A) determining the facts about social problems and demythologizing social life
B) establishing principles to guide public policy that decrease our obligations to each
other
C) making a special commitment to all adults
D) setting up powerful lobbying groups
Jim has done some research about education in other countries and is appalled at what
he sees when he compares the United States. He is most concerned about the amount of
time U.S. schoolchildren spend in school. He is a proponent of __________ as a part of
school reform.
A) less standardized testing
B) more physical education
C) a shorter school day and year
D) a longer school day and year
In reference to the total population, minorities represent a __________ share of the U.S.
population.
A) stable
B) declining
C) rising
D) fluctuating
Billy knows that the tires his company are making are not as safe as they need to be
because there is a defect in the manufacturing process, but he bribed a customs official
to allow them into the country anyway. Billy is engaging in __________.
A) organized crime
B) street crime
C) white-collar crime
D) corporate crime
The biosphere of the planet includes the surface layer as well as the surrounding
__________.
A) atmosphere
B) seasphere
C) cosmosphere
D) lunasphere
The stratification hierarchy that is involved in changing and reshuffling families and
individuals involve which of the following?
A) religion
B) gender
C) sexuality
D) age
A system of school vouchers is a __________.
A) program for directly funding home schooling
B) program for specifically funding magnet schools
C) technique for paying tuition to any public or private school
D) technique used for paying out-of-district school costs
Since the UN began funding family planning programs in developing nations there has
been a(an) __________.
A) decline in the number of children born in less developed nations
B) increase in the number of children born in less developed nations
C) decline in the number of women using contraception
D) increase in the relative poverty rate in less developed nations
A problem associated with a segmented labor market is that __________.
A) placement in a segment is unrelated to social class
B) work in the secondary sector is so inadequately paid that many full-time workers
live in poverty
C) the segmented labor market is inherently egalitarian
D) men are confined to just a few sectors of the economy
When an economic system is based on private ownership of property and guided by the
seeking of maximum profits it is classified as a __________ system.
A) capitalist
B) socialist
C) democratic socialist
D) corporatist
We live in a society characterized by gendered institutions that support __________ in
all aspects of social life.
A) feminism
B) matriarchy
C) male dominance
D) androgyny
Many children of divorce lose their relationships with their __________.
A) fathers
B) mothers
C) sisters
D) brothers
Which of the following is a progressive proposal advanced by the authors of the text?
A) A sense of moral obligation to the wealthy
B) Government programs that provide for those who can”t do so for themselves
C) A special commitment to adults
D) Decreased taxes for everyone
Our social system is rarely seen as causing social problems because __________.
A) it is the poor who define what are considered social problems
B) we tend to focus on the elite who commit “deviant” acts
C) institutions cannot be changed
D) we have a hard time questioning our cherished traditions
Josh works in the IT industry as a computer systems analyst. His job can be
characterized as in which of the following?
A) Sunset industry
B) Sunrise industry
C) Service sector
D) Secondary sector
In a bureaucratic hierarchy, each person in the chain’s hierarchy relays orders to and
takes responsibility for the actions of those __________ while following orders from
those __________.
A) below; above
B) above; below
C) below; below
D) above; above
The belief that the United States has the right to respond to danger with overwhelming
force including nuclear weapons illustrates 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
One of the major forces behind the aging of the U.S. population is __________.
A) increased fertility rates
B) increasing numbers of children in the total population
C) the lack of medicine to increase longevity
D) the baby boom generation reaching old age
In the United States, many still consider homosexuality __________.
A) deviant
B) a normal part of life
C) a rite of passage
D) to be nonexistent