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SOCI224 -SOCIAL STRUCTURE OF MODERN GHANA

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Nukunya (2014) uses 1900 as the base year to determine the transition from .......to .....

(a)  

2.

Traditional societies are characterized by a belief in the legitimacy of authority that has...

(a)  

3.

The first institution to be affected by colonialism is the (a)  

4.

According to Amenumey, 1964, during the colonial period the chiefs could only pass bye laws to only......… subjects

a)

13

b)

14

c)

15

d)

16

5.

Ghana has conducted......consensus since attainment of independence in 1957

a)

3

b)

5

c)

6

d)

8

6.

fertility rate has reduced due to

a)

Medical science

b)

improvement in economic advancement

c)

urbanization

d)

Demographic

7.

In the colonial era, the chief primarily lost every functions to their emperor except (a)  

8.

The Main rational of the Local Government system established under PNDC LAW(207) promulgated in 1988 was to ........ and ..........

(a)  

9.

Ghana is made up of a (a)   local government structure

10.

Children in peripheral nations have little to no daily access to computers and the Internet, while children in core nations are constantly exposed to this technology. This is called

a)

Modernization theory

b)

Digital Divide

c)

dependency theory

d)

human ecology

11.

When sociologists think about technology as an agent of social change, which of the following is not an example

a)

Medical advances

b)

Population growth

c)

Internet

d)

Genetically engineered food

12.

China is undergoing a shift in industry, increasing labor specialization and the amount of differentiation present in the social structure. This exemplifies:

a)

Human ecology

b)

Modernization

c)

conflict perspective

d)

Dependency on technology

13.

Core nations that work to propel peripheral nations toward modernization need to be aware of:

a)

Preserving peripheral cultural nation identity

b)

preparing for pitfalls that comes with modernization

c)

avoiding hegemonistic assumptions about modernization

d)

all of the above

14.

In addition to social movements, social change is also caused by technology, social institutions, population and ______.

a)

Environment

b)

social structure

c)

modernization

d)

new social movement

15.

Apart from colonialism, other sources of change in the Ghanaian society are ...........and ............

(a)  

16.

One main source of change in the Economic institution of Ghana is...

a)

The introduction of barter system

b)

Industrialization

c)

Cash flows

d)

introduction of district assemblies

17.

In the 19th century , one of the following was described a "Robber Baron"

a)

Andrew Carnegie

b)

Jean Piaget

c)

Billy Graham

d)

Thomas Jefferson

18.

Max weber defines bureaucratization as

a)

administrative mechanism invented during the economic revolution to manage the large number of people employed in the established industries

b)

Tendency to manage an organization by adding more controls, adherence to rigid procedures, and attention to every detail for its own sake.

c)

a system of interdependent human beings designed for the achievement of the specific objectives of organisations.

19.

In bureaucracy there isn't impersonality of interpersonal relationships

a)

True

b)

false

20.

a person to whom a particular aspect of a professional task is delegated but who is not licensed to practice as a fully qualified professional is called...

(a)  

21.

One of the cardinal features of modernization of the economy is

a)

Sanction of the society

b)

Professional authority

c)

Training of professionals

d)

Labour Law

22.

According to William Thomas Wood, a professional must satisfy ...……. criteria

(a)  

23.

A footballer is not a professional

a)

true

b)

false

24.

Religion is a means to ward off evil spirits

a)

Nunkunya

b)

Chris Abotchie

c)

Assimeng

d)

Durkheim

25.

Around 1900..

a)

Basel mission was established

b)

Christianity was introduced

c)

Roman Catholic was built in the Gold Coast

d)

Methodist church was introduced in Elmina

26.

One factor that has caused a decline in religion is

a)

Stratification

b)

Social mobility

c)

Economic progress

d)

Denomination and sect

27.

Red tapism in bureaucracy means

a)

excessive regulation or rigid conformity to formal rules that is considered redundant

b)

The applications of governments, corporations, and other large organizations professional duties

c)

The way individuals respond to their employers in the work place

d)

An act of responding to the commands of comrades in the work place

28.

why did the colonialist support the missionaries establishing formal education

(a)  

29.

Marriage is any union in which the couple has gone through all the procedures recognised in the society for the purposes of sexual intercourse, raising of a family or companionship

a)

Chris Abotchie

b)

Assimeng

c)

Nukunya

d)

Edward Tylor

30.

Emergence of new marriage markets has resulted in decline

a)

in Participation of the extended family in the nuclear family

b)

Marriage at first sight

c)

parental role in marriage

d)

Legal age at marriage 18