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Unit 4 Sociology Review

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Maintaining a home, caring for children, and earning a living often leads to this one-parent families.

a)

responsibility overload

b)

task overload

c)

emotional overload

d)

financial overload

2.

A nuclear family consists of

a)

one or more parents and their children

b)

two generations of one family

c)

three generations of one family

d)

a single individual

3.

Since 1970 the number of interracial marriages in the US has

a)

decreased

b)

remained steady

c)

increased

d)

matched worldwide rates

4.

Which statement reflects a socialist veiwpoint

a)

competition should not be constrained by businesses dominating the market

b)

producers should undertake only those business ventures that have the potential for profit.

c)

competition should not be constrained by government requlations

d)

equal access to goods and services cannot be guaranteed if the means of production are owned by individuals

5.

Free-enterprise systems are associated with which of the following?

a)

capitalism

b)

socialism

c)

communism

d)

industrialisms

6.

Which of these illustrates a critical difference between a democratic and authoritarian systems of government

a)

more viewpoints are utilized to make law in a democracy

b)

the leader of a authoritarian system has only ceremonial powers

c)

the leader of a democracy is in the complete control and power

d)

there is no central leader in most types of democracy

7.

Which of the following is not a factor affecting voter participation

a)

age

b)

education

c)

gender

d)

ethnic

8.

According to the functionalist perspective, what is the ultimate goal of education?

a)

to maintain and perpetuate the stability of society

b)

to maintain equality in society

c)

to sort students into social ranks

d)

to help students understand their racial difference

9.

What is one of the most important functions of religion?

a)

honoring animals and trees

b)

encouraging social cohesion

c)

proving the accuracy of one belief

d)

creating sacred objects

10.

Which of the following concepts is explained by sociologists as a system of roles and norms organized around the sacred realm that attempts to satisfy the search for meaning in human existences?

a)

assimilation

b)

religion

c)

socialization

d)

gender identity

11.

which of the following statements represents a functionalist perspective on mass media?

a)

it maintains the present social order

b)

it supports the stability

c)

it shapes social interactions

d)

it misrepresents minorities

12.

Which perspective argues that media messages are distorted because the media is owned by the power elite?

a)

functionalist

b)

conflict

c)

interactionist

d)

elitist

13.

the time period during when media became affordable for the masses and transformed how people store and access information is best known as the

a)

industrial age

b)

information society

c)

classical antiquity

d)

knowledge gap

14.

Many Americans believe this is the key to social mobility

a)

social control

b)

tracking

c)

education

d)

homeschooling

15.

the gap between those with access to new technologies and those without is called the

a)

great divide

b)

digital divide

c)

knowledge-gap hypothesis

d)

spiral of silence

16.

most one-parent families in the US are the result of

a)

religious beliefs

b)

adoption

c)

the death of a spouse

d)

divorce

17.

What kind of marriage results when an older woman marries a younger man?

a)

arranged

b)

romantic

c)

heterogamous

d)

homogamous

18.

Unlike the US, most democracies have a(n)

a)

two-party system

b)

multi-party system

c)

independent-party system

d)

national party system

19.

At which stage does political socialization begin?

a)

college

b)

high school

c)

childhood

d)

retirement