Question 1

Functional sociologists focus on what changes, not maintains, a system.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

____________ maintained that society progressed from simple to more complex forms of social organization.

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A)   Louis Pasteur
B)   Charles Darwin
C)   William F. Ogburn
D)   É mile Durkheim

Question 3

About 15% of the U.S. population is off the modern information network.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The debate on genetic engineering intensified after 1997, when scientists in Scotland

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A)   cloned a sheep.
B)   developed multi-headed animals.
C)   grew tomatoes without soil.
D)   transplanted an animal fetus into a human.

Question 5

In the United States in 1850, there were 176 physicians per 100,000 people in the population; how many physicians were there per 100,000 people in 2007?

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A)   451
B)   381
C)   273
D)   158

Question 6

Discuss the impact of social movements have had on the course of history and the evolution of social structure.

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Social movements have had a significant ...

Question 7

Chaos theory was developed by

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A)   biologists.
B)   mathematicians.
C)   sociologists.
D)   behavioral psychologists.

Question 8

Describe the various ways the Internet can be used to facilitate virtual social movements.

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The Internet can be used in a variety of...

Question 9

Large families are no longer economically necessary, nor are they commonly endorsed by social norms; but certain religious faiths, among them Roman Catholicism, continue to extol large families and to disapprove of using contraception to limit family size. This example illustrates

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A)   material culture.
B)   nonmaterial culture.
C)   cultural relativity.
D)   culture lag.

Question 10

Evolutionary theory states that social change is

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A)   moving in a definite direction.
B)   the result of social conflict.
C)   a process of adaptive upgrading and differentiation.
D)   not present in developing nations.

Question 11

Critics use the term "Frankenfood" to refer to genetically engineered foods.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Which of the following does Immanuel Wallerstein suggest has a virtual monopoly on information technology in his world system analysis?

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A)   developing nations
B)   periphery nations
C)   core nations
D)   Asia, Africa and Latin America

Question 13

The term "vested interests" refers to those people or groups who will suffer in the event of social change.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

"Neo-Luddites"

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A)   destroyed some of the machinery used in the early industrial revolution, when they raided factories at night.
B)   have questioned the ongoing development of technology.
C)   were early supporters of Marxism.
D)   none of these

Question 15

A dominant theme throughout Talcott Parsons's model is

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A)   instability.
B)   balance and stability.
C)   uncertainty.
D)   conflict.

Question 16

Which of the following are examples of biotechnology?

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A)   cloning
B)   sex selection of fetuses
C)   genetically engineered organisms
D)   all of these

Question 17

New social movements

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A)   emphasize resource mobilization on a local level.
B)   emphasize a global perspective on social and political activism.
C)   emphasize economic issues.
D)   have their roots in social class, usually working-class, activism.

Question 18

Early social evolutionary theorists

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A)   based their theories on the work of Charles Darwin.
B)   believed that all societies were inevitably progressing toward a higher state.
C)   believed that their own behavior and culture were more advanced than those of earlier civilizations.
D)   all of these

Question 19

The laptop computer, wireless telephones, pagers, and laser eye surgery are all examples of

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A)   technology.
B)   resources.
C)   cyberspace.
D)   adaptive upgrading.

Question 20

Which one of the following is part of Parsons's equilibrium model of social change?

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A)   differentiation
B)   revolution
C)   individuation
D)   modification

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