WorksheetsSociology and Religion Quiz
Total questions: 54
Worksheet time: 27mins
What is a social institution?
A temporary group
A stable structure of roles & statuses that meet basic needs
A political party
A company
Why is “family” difficult to define?
It has one universal meaning
Different people define it differently
It only refers to children
It only refers to marriage
Monogamy means:
One spouse
Multiple wives
Multiple husbands
No spouse
Serial monogamy means:
Many spouses at the same time
One spouse at a time, but multiple over a lifetime
Never remarrying
Marriage between relatives
Polygyny is:
One woman with multiple husbands
One man with multiple wives
No marriage
Only one spouse
Polyandry is:
One man with many wives
One woman with many husbands
A same-sex couple
A remarried couple
Patriarchy means:
Women dominate
Men dominate
Children dominate
No one dominates
Matriarchy means:
Women hold authority
Men hold authority
Parents share power equally
No authority exists
Bilateral descent traces ancestry:
Through the mother
Through the father
Through both parents
Through grandparents only
Patrilineal descent means ancestry is traced through the:
Mother
Father
Siblings
Church
Matrilineal descent means ancestry is traced through the:
Father
Mother
Cousins
Neighbors
A patrilocal residence pattern means the couple lives near/on:
Wife’s family
Husband’s family
Friends
A neutral location
A nuclear family is:
One parent
Parents + children in one household
Multiple generations together
Only siblings
An extended family includes:
Only parents and children
Cousins, grandparents, etc. living together
Friends
Step-families only
Cohabitation means:
Married couples living apart
Unmarried couples living together
Siblings sharing a home
Couples living with parents
Endogamy means:
Marrying outside the group
Marrying within your group
Marrying a stranger
Never marrying
Exogamy means:
Marrying inside your group
Marrying outside your group
Marrying for money
Divorcing quickly
Homogamy means choosing partners who are:
Very different
Similar to oneself
Much younger
From other countries
A common trend in divorce is:
Younger adults divorce most
Older adults divorce more than younger ones
Divorce is illegal
Divorce has decreased dramatically
Which is a factor associated with higher divorce rates?
Strong family networks
No-fault divorce
Less mobility
Low expectations
Religion is defined as:
A political belief
A system of beliefs regarding the sacred
A type of government
A set of laws
The sacred refers to:
Ordinary life
Everyday objects
Things set apart as holy
Material possessions
The profane refers to:
Holy objects
Everyday, ordinary things
Religious symbols
Rituals
Rituals are:
Random behaviors
Practices required of members of a faith
Only used in sports
Rare events
Totemism involves belief in:
No gods
Human–animal/nature connections
Many gods
Spirits in objects
Animism is the belief in:
One god
Many gods
Spirits in natural objects
No spiritual beings
Polytheism is belief in:
One god
No gods
Many gods
Ancestor spirits
Monotheism is belief in:
One god
Many gods
No gods
Spirits in objects
Atheism means:
Belief in one god
Belief in many gods
Belief in no deities
Worship of nature
Secularization means:
Religion increasing in power
Religion decreasing in influence
More religious holidays
More rituals
Marx viewed religion as:
A source of unity
A tool that maintains inequality
A form of entertainment
A government system
Weber believed religion could:
Have no effect
Encourage economic change
Only unify people
Only promote poverty
Education is defined as:
Learning from TV
A formal system that socializes members of society
Teaching only math and reading
Informal family learning
Formal education includes:
Cultural values
Skills and academic concepts
Peer pressure only
Grades but no learning
One major issue in U.S. education is:
Too many teachers
Unequal funding
Too many school buildings
No college attendance
The hidden curriculum refers to:
Secret classes
Unspoken norms and expectations
Advanced math
Online lessons
Tracking refers to:
Following students home
Grouping students by ability
Assigning seating charts
Monitoring attendance
Functionalists say education:
Creates chaos
Maintains stability through socialization
Fixes all inequality
Only teaches academics
Conflict theorists say education:
Promotes equality
Reproduces inequality
Fixes class differences
Removes class bias
Teacher-expectation effect means:
Teachers don’t matter
Student performance rises/falls based on expectations
Grades are random
Students teach themselves
power is
legitimate control
ability to influence others
same as authority
always violent
authority is
illegitimate power
power seen as legitimate
power without control
random influence
Traditional authority is based on
laws
personality
long standing customs
elections
Legal–rational authority is based on
emotions
family traditions
laws and rules
wealth
a monarchy is ruled by
elected officals
a royal family
businesses
citizens
a dictatorship features
shared power
one person with nearly total authority
no leader
full democracy
democracy means
rule by one
rule by military
government by the people
govt by religion
power elite theory states
all people have equal power
a small elite controls major decisions
only poor people have power
everyone votes equally
commodities are
entertainment sources
objects brought or made to meet needs
online products only
digital items
capitalism is defined by
govt ownership
priv ownership and competition
no markets
no businesses
socialism promoted
a private control of all production
collective ownership
no govt involvement
total comp
offshoring means
hiring locally
moving products/jobs to another country
building more u.s factories
lowering prices
Functionalists say the economy
creates inequality only
provides stability and necessary goods
should not exist
destroys society
Conflict theory says capitalism
helps everyone
allows rich to exploit poor
removed inequality
treats everyone equally
