Question 1

What is a profession? What are four characteristics of professional work?

Accepted Answer

A profession is a vocation or occupation

Question 2

Contrasted to socialist economic systems, capitalist economic systems typically

Accepted Answer

A)  generate more economic inequality. 
B)  generate less economic inequality. 
C)  generate about the same level of inequality. 
D)  do not generate any social equality. 
A)  generate more economic inequality. 
B)  generate less economic inequality. 
C)  generate about the same level of inequality. 
D)  do not generate any social equality.

Question 3

What have sociologists learned about the causes and character of war? That is, why do nations go to war? What strategies seem to be able to prevent war? Finally, how is terrorism a new form of twenty-first century warfare?

Accepted Answer

Sociologists have learned that there are

Question 4

Which of the following is a factor encouraging political revolution?

Accepted Answer

A)  rising expectation of a better life 
B)  unresponsive government 
C)  radical leadership by intellectuals 
D)  All of these responses are correct. 
A)  rising expectation of a better life 
B)  unresponsive government 
C)  radical leadership by intellectuals 
D)  All of these responses are correct.

Question 5

Which of the following categories of the U.S.population is LEAST likely to vote in national elections?

Accepted Answer

A)  African Americans 
B)  white, non-Hispanic people 
C)  Hispanic people 
D)  All of these categories are equally likely to vote. 
A)  African Americans 
B)  white, non-Hispanic people 
C)  Hispanic people 
D)  All of these categories are equally likely to vote.

Question 6

In the United States, African Americans are much more likely than Hispanic Americans to vote in national elections.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Dependency theorists see large corporations as

Accepted Answer

A)  the key to meeting the needs of people in poor nations. 
B)  helping poor nations to develop local industries. 
C)  a major source of foreign investment for poor nations. 
D)  intensifying global inequality. 
A)  the key to meeting the needs of people in poor nations. 
B)  helping poor nations to develop local industries. 
C)  a major source of foreign investment for poor nations. 
D)  intensifying global inequality.

Question 8

Most people in the United States strongly identify with one or the other major political party.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

According to Max Weber, why does society need to transform power into authority? In what three ways does this transformation take place? What is the link between traditional authority and preindustrial production? How are rational-legal authority and industrial/postindustrial production linked?

Accepted Answer

Max Weber believed that society needs to

Question 10

Which of the following countries best exemplifies a system of state capitalism?

Accepted Answer

A)  the United States 
B)  Great Britain 
C)  Australia 
D)  Japan 
A)  the United States 
B)  Great Britain 
C)  Australia 
D)  Japan

Question 11

Combining a market-based economy with an extensive social welfare program yields what is called "welfare capitalism."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Read the four descriptions below.Which of them DOES NOT apply to a profession?

Accepted Answer

A)  having theoretical knowledge of a field 
B)  working for a large, well-established company 
C)  having authority over clients 
D)  professing a community, rather than an individual, orientation 
A)  having theoretical knowledge of a field 
B)  working for a large, well-established company 
C)  having authority over clients 
D)  professing a community, rather than an individual, orientation

Question 13

Terrorism has been called a new kind of warfare because

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A)  it is less violent. 
B)  it is "symmetrical," involving two opponents of roughly equal power. 
C)  it lacks clearly stated objectives and is not about controlling territory. 
D)  All of these responses are correct. 
A)  it is less violent. 
B)  it is "symmetrical," involving two opponents of roughly equal power. 
C)  it lacks clearly stated objectives and is not about controlling territory. 
D)  All of these responses are correct.

Question 14

Which of Weber's types of authority rests on extraordinary personal abilities that inspire devotion in followers?

Accepted Answer

A)  traditional authority 
B)  rational-legal authority 
C)  charismatic authority 
D)  None of these responses is correct. 
A)  traditional authority 
B)  rational-legal authority 
C)  charismatic authority 
D)  None of these responses is correct.

Question 15

Agricultural production is part of the primary sector of the economy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In a socialist economic system, "justice" amounts to

Accepted Answer

A)  trying to meet the basic needs of all in a equal manner. 
B)  doing whatever helps boost company earnings. 
C)  freedom of the marketplace. 
D)  All of these responses are correct. 
A)  trying to meet the basic needs of all in a equal manner. 
B)  doing whatever helps boost company earnings. 
C)  freedom of the marketplace. 
D)  All of these responses are correct.

Question 17

Nuclear proliferation is the process by which the two superpowers engage in an arms race.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What are the three types of authority identified by Weber?

Accepted Answer

The three types of authority identified

Question 19

The United States is a mostly capitalist nation because

Accepted Answer

A)  the vast majority of productive businesses are privately owned. 
B)  we have a system of free elections. 
C)  of our high living standards. 
D)  of the extensive government control of the economy. 
A)  the vast majority of productive businesses are privately owned. 
B)  we have a system of free elections. 
C)  of our high living standards. 
D)  of the extensive government control of the economy.

Question 20

Capitalism is more economically productive than socialism, and capitalism also creates greater economic inequality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What is a profession? What are four characteristics of professional work?

Contrasted to socialist economic systems, capitalist economic systems typically

What have sociologists learned about the causes and character of war? That is, why do nations go to war? What strategies seem to be able to prevent war? Finally, how is terrorism a new form of twenty-first century warfare?

Which of the following is a factor encouraging political revolution?

Which of the following categories of the U.S.population is LEAST likely to vote in national elections?

In the United States, African Americans are much more likely than Hispanic Americans to vote in national elections.

Dependency theorists see large corporations as

Most people in the United States strongly identify with one or the other major political party.

According to Max Weber, why does society need to transform power into authority? In what three ways does this transformation take place? What is the link between traditional authority and preindustrial production? How are rational-legal authority and industrial/postindustrial production linked?

Which of the following countries best exemplifies a system of state capitalism?

Combining a market-based economy with an extensive social welfare program yields what is called "welfare capitalism."

Read the four descriptions below.Which of them DOES NOT apply to a profession?

Terrorism has been called a new kind of warfare because

Which of Weber's types of authority rests on extraordinary personal abilities that inspire devotion in followers?

Agricultural production is part of the primary sector of the economy.

In a socialist economic system, "justice" amounts to

Nuclear proliferation is the process by which the two superpowers engage in an arms race.

What are the three types of authority identified by Weber?

The United States is a mostly capitalist nation because

Capitalism is more economically productive than socialism, and capitalism also creates greater economic inequality.

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What is a profession? What are four characteristics of professional work?

Contrasted to socialist economic systems, capitalist economic systems typically

What have sociologists learned about the causes and character of war? That is, why do nations go to war? What strategies seem to be able to prevent war? Finally, how is terrorism a new form of twenty-first century warfare?

Which of the following is a factor encouraging political revolution?

Which of the following categories of the U.S.population is LEAST likely to vote in national elections?

In the United States, African Americans are much more likely than Hispanic Americans to vote in national elections.

Dependency theorists see large corporations as

Most people in the United States strongly identify with one or the other major political party.

According to Max Weber, why does society need to transform power into authority? In what three ways does this transformation take place? What is the link between traditional authority and preindustrial production? How are rational-legal authority and industrial/postindustrial production linked?

Which of the following countries best exemplifies a system of state capitalism?

Combining a market-based economy with an extensive social welfare program yields what is called "welfare capitalism."

Read the four descriptions below.Which of them DOES NOT apply to a profession?

Terrorism has been called a new kind of warfare because

Which of Weber's types of authority rests on extraordinary personal abilities that inspire devotion in followers?

Agricultural production is part of the primary sector of the economy.

In a socialist economic system, "justice" amounts to

Nuclear proliferation is the process by which the two superpowers engage in an arms race.

What are the three types of authority identified by Weber?

The United States is a mostly capitalist nation because

Capitalism is more economically productive than socialism, and capitalism also creates greater economic inequality.

Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method

Culture

Socialization

Social Interaction in Everyday Life

Groups and Organizations

Sexuality and Society

Deviance

Social Stratification

Global Stratification

Gender Stratification

Race and Ethnicity

Family and Religion

Education, Health, and Medicine

Population, Urbanization, and Environment

Social Change: Modern and Postmodern Societies

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