Wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Sociology Exam

Total questions: 88

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The social determinants of health are the _____that influence health outcomes

a)

non-medical factors

b)

medical factors

c)

social factors

d)

health factors

2.

What are the social determinants of health?

a)

Education Access, Health care, neighborhood, social and community

b)

Education access health care, neighbourhood, social and community and economics

c)

Health care, education access, family heritage, social and economic

d)

Neighborhood, education access, health care, partnership

3.

Social determinants of health, age, gender, sex and race have to do with both____ and ____

a)

Biological factors

b)

Social structures

c)

Gained factors

d)

Feminization

4.

When comparing age demographics in Canada there was

a)

6% more people that are 65 and older

b)

6% less of people that are 65 and older

c)

same percentage for each age group

d)

More 0-14 yo and 15-64 yo

5.

What are the implications that an aging population will have for Canada?

a)

Old-age pensions

b)

Long-term care

c)

more funerals

d)

Less workers

6.

Older omen have ____ health protective factors than older men

a)

More

b)

Fewer

c)

better

d)

worst

7.

How does age affect health?

a)

Lessens physical health and social well-being

b)

Increases physical health and social well-being

8.

What is the knowledge gap in sex and gender?

a)

The average doctor does not know as much about women's bodies than that of male bodies.

b)

Male cells are used in biomedical research

c)

Analysis considering hormonal states and cycles in women are ignored.

d)

Conditions that only affect women have be said to be unworthy of research and time

9.

What is the trust gap?

a)

That women's symptoms are all in there head and not real

b)

Women experience more symptoms then men

c)

Women get treated quicker than men

d)

Men get treated quicker then women

10.

What is an example of biological sex and health issues?

a)

Men have more heart attack than women of the same age.

b)

Women have more heart attacks than men of the same age

c)

Women are under diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases

d)

Men are under diagnosed with cardiovascular diseases.

11.

The fact that men have more stress from work and that when have more stress from relationships is an example of

a)

Gender and Health

b)

Biological sex and health

c)

Age and health

d)

Education and health

12.

Residential schools, isolation of indigenous patients and Indian hospitals are examples of what?

a)

Biological sex and health

b)

Gender and health

c)

Age and health

d)

Race/Ethnicity and health

13.

What is the Healthy immigrant effect?

a)

Newcomers are in better health than people who are born in Canada

b)

Newcomers are in worst health than people who are born in Canada

c)

With increased time in Canada, immigrant health declines

d)

With increased time in Canada, immigrant health increases

14.

Women's March is an example of what?

a)

Gender inequalities

b)

Intersectionality

c)

Feminism

d)

Protest

15.

Intersectionality speaks to which statement?

a)

We cannot promote good health for some groups without advocating good health for all groups.

b)

Healthy immigrant effect

c)

Women get sicker and men die quicker

16.

What was the Pine Point Mine?

a)

Mine for indigenous peoples which where confined to unskilled and semi-skilled labour

b)

Mine to collect zinc for the rich to sell

c)

To create more jobs to everyone

17.

Drilling activities, geophysical lines and tailing filtering are consequences of what?

a)

Pine Point Mine

b)

Indigenous people

c)

The government

d)

Great slave Lake

18.

Who issued the caveat challenging federal jurisdictions over land?

a)

Justice Willam Morrow

b)

Mackenzie Valley

c)

Justin Trudeau

19.

The duty to consult for any project that might negatively impact Aboriginal rights and title is done by who?

a)

The crown

b)

Justice William Marrow

c)

Mackenzie Valley Pipelines

d)

Foothills pipelines

20.

Free,prior, informed and consent are part of what?

a)

Constitution act

b)

Pipelines

c)

Sex and health

d)

Age and health

21.

The study of the causes and consequences of population growth is called

a)

Demography

b)

Geography

c)

Social democrats

22.

The number of live births in a given year for every 1,000 people is called what?

a)

Crude birth rate

b)

Crude death rate

c)

Replacement fertility rate

d)

Infant mortality rate

23.

The number of deaths in a given year for every 1,000 people is called what?

a)

Crude birth rate

b)

Crude death rate

c)

Infant mortality

d)

Natural growth rate

24.

The average number of children per women of one generation needed to maintain population size is called what?

a)

Natural growth rate

b)

Net migration

c)

Life expectancy at birth

d)

Replacement fertility rate

25.

number of deaths of children less than one year of age per 1,000 live births in the same year is called what?

a)

Crude death rate

b)

Infant mortality rate

c)

Life expectancy at birth

d)

Crude birth rate

26.

the median number of years a person can expect to live is called

a)

Life expectancy at birth

b)

Crude birth rate

c)

Infant mortality rate

d)

Natural growth rate

27.

the difference between the number of immigrant and number of emigrants between two dates is called

a)

Crude birth rate

b)

Crude death rate

c)

Net migration

d)

Natural growth rate

28.

he difference between the crude birth rate and crude death rate, not including migration is called

a)

Crude birth rate

b)

Crude death rate

c)

Natural growth rate

d)

Life expectancy at birth

29.

The theory of human population growth was created by whom?

a)

Demographers

b)

Malthus

c)

Marx

d)

Aristotle

30.

What is the theory of human population growth by Malthus?

a)

Food supply increases, population increases, results in catastrophe

b)

Food supply decreases, population increases, results in catastrophe

c)

Food supply increases, population decreases results in catastrophe

d)

Food supply decreases, population decreases, results in catastrophe

31.

What is Marx's repose to the theory of human population growth?

a)

Population growth leads to greater social inequalities and uneven distributions of food.

b)

Population growth leads to greater social inequalities and even distributions of food.

c)

Population growth leads to fewer social inequalities and uneven distributions of food.

d)

Population growth leads to fewer social inequalities and even distributions of food.

32.

A process by which a society is transformed from one organized around rural activities to one organized around urban activities is

a)

Urbanism

b)

Ruralism

c)

Marxism

d)

Malthusians

33.

What are the five distinct epochs of urban development in Canada?

a)

Mercantile era

b)

Urban development

c)

Industrial growth

d)

Spatial expression

e)

Deindustrialization

34.

Which epoch was there small settlements starting as colonial outposts for economy and export goods to Europe?

a)

Mercantile era

b)

Urban development

c)

Industrial growth

d)

Spatial expression

35.

Which epoch did cities grow in economic importance as markets for growing agricultural production

a)

Mercantile era

b)

Urban development

c)

Spatial expansion

d)

Industrial growth

36.

urban growth driven by the building of railways (spurred western settlement) and increased industrialization is which epoch?

a)

Industrial growth

b)

Urban development

c)

Mercantile era

d)

Spatial expansion

37.

government interventions spurred economic, demographic growth; suburbanization of cities is which epoch?

a)

Deindustrialization

b)

Spatial expansion

c)

Mercantile era

d)

Industrial growth

38.

decline in manufacturing industries political shift toward neo-liberalism in cities is which epoch?

a)

Mercantile era

b)

Urban development

c)

Spatial Expansion

d)

Deindustrialization

39.

Who developed a rural/urban typology based on notions of Gemeinschaft and Gesselschaft and which theory is part of?

a)

Tonnies and Functionalism

b)

Durkheim and Chicago school

c)

Feagin and conflict approach

d)

Durkheim and Functionalism

40.

Rural or pre-industrial community based on agriculture production, close social bonds is who's theory?

a)

Gemeinschaft

b)

Gesselschaft

c)

Tonnies

d)

Durkheim

41.

Industrial urban community characterized by superficial social relations based on exchange was said by

a)

Gemeinschaft

b)

Gesselschaft

c)

Simmel

d)

Durkheim

42.

Who said that rural/urban typology is based on distinction between mechanical and organic solidarity

a)

Durkheim

b)

Simmel

c)

Feagin

d)

Logan and Moloch

43.

____solidarity of rural life reflects social relations based on common bonds

a)

Mechanical

b)

Progressive

c)

Organic

d)

Inorganic

44.

____ solidarity of urban life reflects social relations based on specialization

a)

Mechanical

b)

Organic

c)

Inorganic

d)

Progressive

45.

Who focused on meaning of urban life and how it forces individuals to protect themselves.

a)

Tonnies

b)

Durkheim

c)

Simmel

d)

Gesellschaft

46.

What are the criteria that determine the degree of urbanism to Wirth's

a)

Large

b)

Dense

c)

Heterogenous

d)

All of the above

47.

Who developed the ethnographic studies and the human ecology approach?

a)

Tonnies

b)

Durkheim

c)

Park

d)

Wirth

48.

The _____ documents people's urban experiences

a)

Ethnographic studies

b)

Human ecology approach

c)

Functionalism theory

d)

Social

49.

The ____ examines the social organization of the city in order to understand city processes at the macro level

a)

Ethnographic studies

b)

Human ecology approach

c)

Concentric zone models

d)

Social studies

50.

Who created the concentric zone model?

a)

Park and Tonnies

b)

Simmel and Drukheim

c)

Park and Burgess

d)

Wirth and Burgess

51.

What is a visual mode of the human ecology approach that emphasis on function and balance?

a)

Concentric zone model

b)

Ethnographics

c)

Park models

d)

Demographic models

52.

What are the limitations of concentric zone models?

a)

Doesn't account for developments

b)

Assumes radial shape

c)

Focus on structure and neglects role of individuals

d)

All of the above

53.

Who said cities embedded in system of global capitalism and which approach is it part of?

a)

Feagin and conflict approach

b)

Logan and Moloch and conflict approach

c)

Durkheim and human ecology approach

d)

Park and human ecology approach

54.

Who said city as growth machine where we pay les attention to community needs?

a)

Feagin

b)

Park

c)

Tonnies

d)

Logan and Molotch

55.

A sociological study of health focuses on all of the following except __

a)

The social determinants of health and illness

b)

Various social groups' definition of good health

c)

Gendered understandings of health

d)

Biological definitions of diseases

56.

___ are most common type of family structure in Canada

a)

Lone-parent families

b)

Skip-generation families

c)

Married couple families

d)

Standard North American families

57.

___is/are the condition9s) in which people are born,grow,live, work and age , and the wider set of forces and systems shaping the conditions of daily life that influence and individuals health.

a)

Medical-industrial complex

b)

Social determinants of health

c)

The Knowledge gap

d)

The trust gap

58.

____are more likely to have high-risk occupational exposure

a)

Women

b)

Men

c)

Children

d)

Seniors

59.

The duty to consult on natural resource developments that could negatively affect Aboriginal rights and title rests with

a)

Oil and gas companies

b)

Forestry companies

c)

The Crown

d)

All of the above

60.

All of the following statements about power are true except

a)

Power is rational

b)

Power is not fixed

c)

Power is continually contested by people who oppose or disagree with its bases

d)

Power is static

61.

____Advocated for "organic intellectuals" to communicate counter-hegemonic ideals through popular culture in ways that will resonate with average people

a)

Antonio Gramsci

b)

Pierre Bourdieu

c)

Max weber

d)

John Porter

62.

According to framing theory, a social movement must succeed at three core framing tasks.___ is not a type of core frame discussed in the textbook

a)

Oppositional frame

b)

Diagnostic frame

c)

Prognostic frame

d)

Motivational frame

63.

____sociological perspectives draw attention to role of city in transformation from industrialization toward globalization

a)

Critical urban

b)

Critical rural

c)

Feminine

d)

Intersectional

64.

___ refers to changes brought about by human activities such as the fossil fuels.

a)

Climate change

b)

Social Change

c)

Gender change

d)

Environmental change

65.

Commitment to using natural resources of a city within its capacity to sustain its social, economic and natural significance is

a)

Urban sustainability

b)

Rural sustainability

c)

Conflict approach

d)

Functionalists perspectives

66.

What are the functionalists perspectives on the Environment?

a)

Catton and Dunlap criticize sociology for lack of emphasis on environment

b)

Park and Burgess criticize sociology for lack of emphasis on environment

c)

Catton and Dunlap criticize sociology for to much emphasis on environment

d)

Durkheim critics sociology for lack of emphasis on environment.

67.

What does the new ecological paradigm do?

a)

Place human within an interdependent ecosystem

b)

Situates cities and their population within broader ecosystems

c)

Puts limits on natural resources

d)

All of the above

68.

Cities as sites where new forms of social and environmental inequalities are emerging is __

a)

Urban political ecology

b)

Urban sprawl

c)

Urban sustainability

d)

All of the above

69.

the shifting of economic activity and residential patterns away from he central city toward peripheral areas.

a)

Urban sprawl

b)

Urban sustainability

c)

Urban political ecology

d)

All of the above

70.

All are social costs of urban sprawl except___

a)

Segregation

b)

Isolation

c)

health concerns

d)

gentrification

71.

Politics is about ___ and its contestation

a)

Power

b)

Government

c)

Money

d)

All of the above

72.

___ premeates everyday life-relationships, social groups, institutions reflect power relations.

a)

Social perspectives

b)

Politics

c)

Power

d)

Urbanization

73.

Who defined power as the capacity to realize one's will despite the resistance of others

a)

Marx

b)

Tonnies

c)

Weber

d)

Durkheim

74.

Inequalities persist because people and groups who hold and exercise power are not ready to give it up or share it

a)

Political sociology

b)

Public sociology

c)

Urban sustainability

d)

Concentric models

75.

Takes insight of the discipline and applies them to everyday life, social policy, and social engagement

a)

Public sociology

b)

Political sociology

c)

Power

d)

The state

76.

The more material resources a person, group, or institution has, the greater their capacity to realize their will and to exercise power.

a)

Materialist view

b)

Critical view

c)

Functionalist view

d)

Marxism

77.

Who said power is contingent on class position, relationship to means of production?

a)

Marx

b)

Weber

c)

Mills

d)

Porter

78.

Who said power is not limited to ownership of capital, but includes control over asters such as social status, institutions, professional skills.

a)

Weber

b)

Mills

c)

Porter

d)

Marx

79.

material assets combine with other resources to affect how power is exercised in a society.

a)

Marx

b)

Weber

c)

Mills

d)

Porter

80.

power based on hierarchical intersection of class, education, political standing, and ethnicity in Canadian society.

a)

Weber

b)

Marx

c)

Porter

d)

Mills

81.

Culture industry- cultural production reinforces unequal relation of power under capitalism

a)

Gramsci

b)

Park

c)

Weber

d)

Horkheimer

82.

revolutions influenced by state institutions in crisis

a)

Skocpol

b)

Mann

c)

Beland

d)

Bourdieux

83.

 democratic state institutions marked by ethnic power imbalances can lead to genocide.

a)

Skocpol

b)

Mann

c)

Weber

d)

Mills

84.

citizenship regimes – Indigenous peoples can turn to transnational institutions to fight for rights.

a)

Weber

b)

Marx

c)

Skocpol

d)

Beland

85.

  A social process in which the traditional constraints posed by geography, economic activity, culture, and social configurations have receded and have been replaced by processes that extend beyond state boundaries (Waters 1995).

a)

Globalization

b)

Urban sustainability

c)

Political sociology

d)

Public sociology

86.

_____try to achieve change through the voluntary cooperation of those challenging powerholders.

a)

Social movement

b)

Social trend

c)

A pressure group

d)

Political parties

87.

Which theory focuses on relationship between culture and collective identity?

a)

Framing

b)

New social movement

c)

Political process approach

d)

Canadian women's movement

88.

Argues that the polity can be characterized by opportunities and constraints.

a)

New social movements

b)

Framing

c)

Political process approach

d)

Canadian women's movement