Opiates were declared illegal in a limited context in the nineteenth century due to
__________.
A) concern for the large number of Civil War veterans who had become addicts
B) the Progressive Movement’s focus on health
C) anti-Chinese sentiment
D) the women’s suffrage efforts
The most common definition of crime is __________.
A) violating a moral belief
B) infringing on human rights
C) breaking a law
D) disobeying authority
According to the text, the poor nations remain poor because __________.
A) the fertility rate in developed nations is declining
B) powerful nations continue to exploit the labor of less developed nations
C) the poor continue to rely on social welfare instead of seeking employment
D) of the increase in the availability of productive land
A group labeled as a “race” by the wider society and bound together by common social
and economic conditions is a __________ group.
A) racial-ethnic
B) color-blind
C) majority
D) minority
The concept that, for a given offense, the judge must impose a specific sentence is
called __________ sentencing.
A) determinate
B) mandatory
C) primary
D) terminal
Marijuana __________.
A) is physically addictive
B) has been shown definitively to lead people to use heroin
C) has been shown definitively to lead people to use harder drugs
D) has a negative effect on the lungs
__________ is a government justification for sustaining high levels of defense
spending.
A) The fact that defense spending decreases taxes
B) The idea that we need to be so strong that we can help any persecuted people in the
world
C) The concept of the world as an unsafe place even without the Soviet threat
D) The health of our infrastructure and education system
When Jill returned from combat operations in Afghanistan, she began experiencing
feelings of detachment and general irritability along with insomnia and nightmares. Jill
is probably suffering from __________.
A) habeas corpus
B) post traumatic stress disorder
C) culture shock
D) regime change
__________ is a central component of rehabilitation under the social model of
disability.
A) Removal of architectural or other physical barriers
B) Demonstrating that the disabled are fundamentally different people
C) Showing that stereotypes can actually be useful
D) Medication to improve the conditions of the disabled
In theory, federal urban renewal funds were supposed to help rehabilitate and redevelop
urban neighborhood, but in practice they ____________.
A) increased the rates of U.S. Immigration
B) were used to replace slum lords
C) were never used for the replacement of housing for urban residents
D) were used to actually fund urban farming initiatives
According to the text, what do Americans believe about technology in relation to
environmental problems?
A) Technologicals answers to environmental problems can and will be developed.
B) Technology works ultimately to attain harmony with nature.
C) Technology is the source of environmental problems.
D) Technology cannot solve environmental problems.
Tuberculosis is an example of __________, which is especially found among the poor.
A) a communicable disease
B) cancer
C) a vision problem
D) heart disease
Which groups have participated in White flight?
A) Only upper middle-class Whites
B) New immigrants following White employers
C) Working-class Asians
D) Middle, upper-middle, and working-class Whites
__________ is a major characteristic of organized crime.
A) Supplying legal goods and services that are in great demand
B) Dependency on the corruption of the police and government officials for survival
C) Encouragement of entrepreneurial activities by its members
D) A chaotic and inefficient organizational structure
Institutionalized deviance results in a society in which __________.
A) all law enforcement is corrupt
B) there is an extremely high rate of crime
C) some members are disadvantaged
D) all members are economically equal
Since the end of the Cold War, __________ has sold well over $100 billion worth of
weapons abroad.
A) Cuba
B) England
C) Russia
D) the United States
In poor environments, residents often turn to __________.
A) alternative economic activities for survival
B) real estate speculators who purchase and withhold apartments from the housing
market
C) landlords who buy properties in poor neighborhoods for jobs
D) young White professionals to get them to move into the neighborhood
When politicians set __________ they are concerned with design, setting goals, and
determining means to achieve those goals.
A) human agency
B) gerrymandering
C) devolution
D) social policy
Some U.S. corporations are now leading the way in promoting __________ efforts
thanks to “green” ideology becoming mainstream in the media.
Dual labor market theory is an example of a(n) __________explanation of women’s
workplace inequality.
A) individual
B) structural
C) interactional
D) psychological
The media portrayal of the crack epidemic in the 1980s and the meth crisis of today are
examples of __________ involving drugs.
A) changing laws
B) prohibition
C) moral panics
D) rehabilitation efforts
Most microloans are usually __________.
A) around $50,000
B) over $15,000
C) over $1,000
D) under $100
The idea of the “sociological imagination” was developed by which sociologist?
A) C. Wright Mills
B) William Graham Sumner
C) Karl Marx
D) Emile Durkheim
According to the system-blame approach, many ex-convicts can be seen as victims in
that __________.
A) they were born deviant
B) they have to spend time in prison for their crimes
C) they do not have the skills and resources to survive without resorting to crime
D) they are required to spend a year in school after getting released from prison
Mary has always worked hard at her job, gets glowing performance reviews, and has
excellent qualifications. Yet she keeps getting passed over for promotions and does not
see a clear path upward in her company while men less qualified than her advance more
quickly. She is likely suffering from a glass __________.
A) ceiling
B) floor
C) wall
D) escalator
__________ is a way of organizing the social world based on sexual identity.
A) Sexuality
B) Androgyny
C) Patriarchy
D) Gender polarization
In 2009, the average life expectancy at birth was __________ years.
A) 96
B) 78
C) 65
D) 103
In less developed countries, contaminated water results in __________.
A) Higher tide levels
B) Cholera and other diseases
C) Torrential rains
D) Climate change
As cited in your text, about what percentage of American adults are high school
graduates?
A) 35 percent
B) 55 percent
C) 85 percent
D) 95 percent
A serious problem associated with Medicaid is that __________.
A) many physicians refuse to treat Medicaid patients
B) many physicians recruit Medicaid patients who are not even sick
C) Medicaid patients use a greater than proportional share of the healthcare system
D) it is underused and not known about by the people who need it
Mark’s parents grew up poor but saved and worked hard and experienced some upward
mobility, mostly through Mark who worked his way through college and landed a good
job. They are an example of the __________.
A) near poor
B) working poor
C) new poor
D) old poor
Some people cannot get themselves to think of homosexuals as equal to heterosexuals.
In a social hierarchy, they place homosexuals at or near the bottom. These people
exhibit __________.
A) a mental disorder
B) homophobia
C) compulsory heteronormativity
D) anti-Semitism
Why is corporate dumping problematic?
A) It helps create jobs for those in the developing world.
B) It contributes to pro-American sentiment.
C) It often ultimately affects people in the United States.
D) It is more expensive for corporations to dispose of materials in developing countries.
The breadwinner”homemaker pattern __________.
A) is the ideal family form according to social scientists
B) is related to social class
C) primarily occurs to immigrants and racial minorities
D) is required by law
The __________ generation, roughly 76 million Americans were born between 1946
and 1964.
Black women are __________ likely than their white counterparts to be diagnosed with
breast cancer.
Describe the move from a manufacturing-based to a service-based economy and discuss
its impact on American workers. What have we lost? What have we gained?
Ernie has lately begun speaking out on the issue of gay, lesbian, and bisexual rights. He
is becoming a(n) __________.
The fact that 47 percent of Americans feel that sexual relations between two adults of
the same sex is sometimes or always wrong, and that 63 percent of older Americans
view homosexual relations as wrong, is taken as evidence of __________.
The __________ assumes a child fails in school because the school setting was
inappropriate for the child.
Scientific research on the biological basis of sexuality has largely excluded
__________.
Previous immigrants settled primarily in the industrial states of the Northeast and
__________ regions or the farming areas of the Midwest.
Discuss the relationship between social class and drug use in the United States. How
does this impact drug laws and drug policy?
Men from the __________ class were less likely to be drafted during the height of the
Vietnam War.
Centralized planning is a component of __________.
The process of __________ is not a naturally occurring phenomenon, but has been
encouraged and subsidized by the federal government.
After graduation a bunch of friends decided to pool resources and rent a house rather
than getting individual homes. They are classified as a __________.
Erving Goffman described __________ as a spoiled identity with negative
consequences.
How does the systemic imperative benefit the power elite? Describe the ways in which
the systemic imperative is biased towards the status quo.
Studies show that children’s and adult programming, including commercials, is highly
__________, with women being commonly portrayed as objects or villains.
In fourteenth-century Europe, the common punishment for homosexuality was
__________.
__________ is the organization that works to promote the accurate depiction of gays in
television, film, and advertising.
Discuss the dangers of relying solely on the person-blame approach in explaining social
problems.
The U.S. military has a massive carbon footprint, using __________ billion gallons of
fuel annually.