Citizens in social welfare states likely have better health outcomes than those in the
United States because __________.
A) they provide more tax-funded social services for their people
B) they have no unemployment
C) they have a more competitive system for social services
D) they access social services through private enterprise, which ensures higher quality
Central to the idea of __________ is that hierarchies of class, race, gender, sexuality,
and disability in which each of us exists are simply additive in terms of the inequality
they produce.
A) the matrix of domination
B) hegemony
C) ableism
D) stigma
The federal law providing workers in establishments with fifty or more workers the
right to unpaid job-protected leave for meeting family health needs was __________.
A) the Civil Rights Act of 1992
B) the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993
C) the Social Security Act
D) Roe v. Wade
George believes that the secondary status of minorities is due to their own inferior
culture and poor decision making. His beliefs align with the __________ theory.
A) deficiency
B) bias
C) structural discrimination
D) racial-formation
The policy originally guiding U.S. military actions in the war on terror and long-range
plans for national security has come to be known as __________.
A) weapons of mass destruction
B) international law
C) the Bush Doctrine
D) containment
Economically advantaged elderly are __________ their less-well-to-do cohorts to be
institutionalized.
A) not as likely as
B) as likely as
C) somewhat more likely than
D) much more likely than
The unemployment rate for African Americans is __________ the rate for Whites.
A) at least twice as high as
B) about the same as
C) half
D) three-quarters
Barriers to progressive reform include a __________.
A) strong belief in individualism
B) strong labor union movement
C) small federal budget deficit
D) spirit of political compromise
Half of the people in the world live on less than __________.
A) $0.25 a day
B) $0.50 a day
C) $1 a day
D) $2 a day
Sociologists understand deviance in a very particular way, noting that it __________.
A) is a property inherent to some kinds of behavior
B) is a relative, not an absolute, notion
C) takes universally recognized forms
D) is not a social construction
By paying less in taxes, the affluent are in effect reducing their support from programs
that __________.
A) help the poor
B) maintain roads
C) promote finance reform
D) reduce racism
The Judeo-Christian religious tradition of the United States __________.
A) is tolerant and welcoming of many different expressions of sexuality
B) has resulted in the moral condemnation of homosexuals by religious fundamentalists
and others
C) uniformly lines up against homosexuality
D) has very little influence
The division of the economy into one sector with stable and secure working conditions
and another sector with marginal working conditions and low wages is called
__________.
A) sweatshops
B) the dual labor market
C) alienation
D) contingent employment
“Environmental racism” refers to __________.
A) gentrification such that the poor cannot afford to buy homes in urban areas
B) moving companies into the suburbs because of lax environmental standards
C) the placement of noxious and toxin-producing industries and landfills near minority
communities
D) mistreating minority owned companies that pollute the environment