Who refused to give up her seat to a White man and sparked the Montgomery bus
boycott?
A) Coretta Scott King
B) Rosa Parks
C) Rosa King
D) Bertie Parks
The most dramatic population shift in the United States in the past fifty years has been
of people moving from __________.
A) cities to suburbs
B) farms to metropolitan areas
C) suburbs to rural areas
D) large cities to small cities
What percent of Fortune 500 companies offer benefits to the partners of gay
employees?
A) 0
B) under 10
C) 25%
D) over 50
The __________ poor are the poor of an earlier generation who had hopes of breaking
out of poverty because unskilled and semiskilled jobs were plentiful.
A) working
B) old
C) new
D) severely
Adrian is not in favor of the social policy changes that have occurred in the United
States over the last two decades and supports a __________ approach to social policy in
general.
A) plutocracy
B) gerrymandering
C) progressive
D) stratified
Curtailing the waste of energy will involve __________.
A) individual alterations of lifestyles
B) maintaining the same economic system
C) a focus on increasing consumption
D) leaving democracy for socialism
Jim Crow laws __________.
A) only existed in the northern United States
B) enforced segregation between Native Americans and Whites
C) included practices that kept African Americans from voting
D) are still enforced widely
Around __________ million people die from malnutrition around the world each year.
A) 1
B) 5
C) 9
D) 15
Those who believe in the __________ believe that the poor are qualitatively different in
values and lifestyles from the rest of society.
A) blaming the victim approach
B) self-fulfilling prophecy
C) culture-of-poverty
D) feminization of poverty
In 2011 there were about __________ active military personnel in the U.S. armed
forces.
A) 1,400,000
B) 848,000
C) 678,025
D) 451,000
Alexi is tired of getting rejected or going unnoticed at bars, clubs and other “normal”
places where people meet and date. He has taken to reading the personal advertisements
in disability publications in order to get around the culture of __________ that
stigmatizes him and keeps him from being seen as an attractive partner for “normal”
people.
A) ableism
B) hegemony
C) abortion
D) domination
__________ is referred to as the date-rape drug because of its effect on inhibition and
short-term memory.
A) GHB
B) ABC
C) BAB
D) THC
Displaced workers are those who __________.
A) have lost their jobs and are forced to move out of the country
B) face never being re-employed at jobs that pay the level of wages to which they have
been accustomed
C) move to the United States due to civil war
D) work for a company which requires them to move every year or more
Bill lives in a(n) __________ where over four out of every ten of his neighbors is in
poverty.
A) project
B) extreme-poverty neighborhood
C) inner-city
D) suburb
The cornucopia view of nature in America can lead to __________.
A) an interest in protecting the fragile ecosystems
B) a desire to be at one with the universe
C) a temptation to view nature as plentiful and ours to use as we wish
D) a renewed effort to conserve resources
Which of the following represents an example of the argument that the powerless bear
the burden of U.S. government policy?
A) Only 10 percent of college-aged men were drafted in the Vietnam War.
B) Subsidies to social services for the poor were increased during the 2007 recession.
C) Rebuilding priority was given to the poor after Hurricane Katrina.
D) Government subsidies are overwhelmingly given to small businesses.
Corporations relocate because of __________.
A) increased costs of relocating
B) too much environmental regulation
C) the desire to follow trends
D) a perception that central cities are unsafe
Although nursing homes are increasing, __________ percent of people over 80 live
independently.
A) more than 90
B) approximately 60
C) less than 30
D) only 10
The major benefit of using the NCVS is that __________.
A) people are more honest than the police
B) it targets only particular races of people
C) it includes crimes that occur regardless of whether police are involved
D) it takes into account the breaking of social norms that are not necessarily considered
crimes
Some people believe males and females learn to be different through socialization in the
family, schools, and religious and political institutions. These people take the
__________ approach.
A) gender structure
B) gender roles
C) heterosexual
D) glass ceiling
The federal cuts in money and services to central cities not only impacted the residents,
but also __________.
A) improved the natural landscape
B) encouraged businesses and jobs to leave cities
C) put an end to redlining
D) improved the size of the tax base in the city
“Institutional racism” refers to __________.
A) social processes that, intentionally or not, protect the advantages of the dominant
group while maintaining the unequal position of the subordinate groups
B) overt acts of hostility by individuals intended to harm members of other racial and
ethnic groups
C) differences in institutional benefits due to expanded opportunities for more qualified
individuals
D) the belief that racial groups have innate intellectual differences
The Bush Doctrine has involved __________.
A) ensuring the United States has an unparalleled popular reputation around the world
B) the idea that other nations are either with the United States or against the United
States
C) a 10-year cease fire on all Middle Eastern countries
D) widespread success
In 2010, 66 percent of households in the United States were family households, down
from __________ percent in 1970.
A) 68
B) 71
C) 76
D) 81
According to the text, sociologists are ________ by those in power.
A) respected
B) ignored
C) heeded
D) admired
The United States is in the midst of an economic transformation that is moving it to a(n)
__________.
A) service/information economy
B) manufacturing economy
C) agrarian economy
D) transportation and entertainment-based economy
Which of the following is a major contributor to the deforestation of tropical
rainforests?
A) Damage by wildlife
B) Lumber and mining companies
C) Local tribes using timber for construction
D) Global warming
The 1997 __________ strike shows that union action can still be successful.
A) AP
B) UPS
C) Federal Express
D) Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization
Hurricane Katrina left thousands of racial minorities stranded in central city New
Orleans without an adequate evacuation plan or emergency response. This social
disaster highlights __________.
A) the problematic dilemma of racial formation
B) multiculturalism in central cities
C) the social isolation of minorities in U.S. inner cities
D) overt racism by those in the suburbs
Major obstacles to the United States adopting a comprehensive plan to curb pollution
include __________.
A) pursuit of the common good
B) the already heavy regulation of the mining industry
C) the belief that states and communities should decide what happens in their own
environment
D) individual voluntary commitments to solve the problem
The analysis of social problems relies on __________.
A) politicians
B) reliable data
C) public opinion
D) media representations