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SOCIOLOGY IGCSE - Pull-out

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

These are the elements of culture, except ......

a)

norms

b)

values

c)

roles

d)

beliefs

e)

stereotype

2.

Which one is the right description of sanctions?

a)

ways of rewarding or punishing acceptable or unacceptable behavior

b)

institution in which people are socialized

c)

ways in which members of society are made to conform to norms and values

d)

excluding someone from the community of group

e)

the use of threat, force or violence

3.

What is meant by the term culture?

a)

statements that people hold to be true

b)

the way of life of a society

c)

rules that are given force by being formalized by governments

d)

people of the same status

e)

excluding someone from the community or group

4.

Which one is the right answer for this description: “a positive sanction so thatsomeone is praised or is better off”?

a)

sanctions

b)

value consensus

c)

rewards

d)

peer group

e)

coercion

5.

These are some types of informal social control, except ......

a)

shame

b)

ridicule

c)

sarcasm

d)

criticism

e)

ostracism

6.

The nuclear family is consisting of ......

a)

parents and children only

b)

three or more generations in close contact

c)

one parent living with the children

d)

one step-parent

e)

large family

7.

Which one is not the main type of family structure?

a)

The nuclear family

b)

The extended family

c)

The single-parent family

d)

The reconstituted family

e)

The close-contact family

8.

Which family type is least affected by poverty?

a)

Extended family

b)

Matrifocal

c)

Nuclear

d)

Single parent

e)

Large family

9.

Which of the following Sociologists saw Fundamentalism as a reaction to modernization?

a)

Emile Durkheim

b)

Max Weber

c)

Steve Bruce

d)

Talcott Parson

e)

Karl Marx

10.

The Marxist view of education stresses that ......

a)

society rewards individuals for hard work

b)

education allows the elite to dominate

c)

individuals require skills which allow them to meet social goals

d)

education facilities allow teaching of norms and values to young people

e)

society tends to blame the rich people to control the poor people

11.

Karl Marx argues that religion ......

a)

promotes positive change

b)

justifies poverty

c)

unites the different social classes

d)

promotes alienation from production

e)

unites the poor people

12.

Which of the following theorist supports the views that religion is not a barrier to social change?

a)

Karl Marx

b)

Max Weber

c)

Parsons

d)

Durkheim

e)

Steve Bruce

13.

Families meet the needs of society to socialize children and reproduce new members. This statement most closely reflects ......

a)

Marxism

b)

Feminism

c)

Functionalism

d)

Interactionalism

e)

Positivism

14.

A detailed plan for obtaining data scientifically is called ......

a)

Sample

b)

Experiment

c)

Scientific method

d)

Research design

e)

Statistic data

15.

Below are the main reasons for people being in poverty, except ......

a)

Not having paid work

b)

Being in low-paid work

c)

Having been born into poverty

d)

Does not have special skill

e)

Not have a vision about future

16.

Below are the main agencies of socialization, except ......

a)

Families

b)

Education

c)

Peer relationship

d)

Research

e)

Religion

17.

Masculinity have this kind of types, except ......

a)

Strong

b)

Emotional

c)

Competitive

d)

Aggressive

e)

Active

18.

Femininity have this kind of types, except ......

a)

Weak

b)

Passive

c)

Quiet

d)

Unemotional

e)

Soft

19.

Social stratification occurs through social class, age, ethnicity and ......

a)

Gender

b)

Family

c)

Workplaces

d)

Peer relationship

e)

Religion

20.

People living in absolute poverty do not have some of the basic necessities of life. Below are the necessities, except ......

a)

Food

b)

Safe drinking water

c)

Shelter (somewhere to live)

d)

Education

e)

Luxury car