Question 1

According to Gerhard Lenski,which of the following has the greatest power to shape a society?

Accepted Answer

A) technology 
B) social conflict 
C) human ideas 
D) human desire for change 
A) technology 
B) social conflict 
C) human ideas 
D) human desire for change

Question 2

Weber viewed rationality as a liberating force that would free the human spirit.
REMEMBER;

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

After the 2001 terrorist attacks,_____ _______would likely wonder how these attacks united people across the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) Emile Durkheim 
B) Karl Marx 
C) Max Weber 
D) Gerhard Lenski 
A) Emile Durkheim 
B) Karl Marx 
C) Max Weber 
D) Gerhard Lenski

Question 4

Gerhard Lenski claims that the invention of horticultural or pastoral technology is a clear case of societal progress towards a better way of life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Durkheim pointed to the functions of social patterns for the operation of society as a whole.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

According to Lenski's approach,change in society would be brought about by

Accepted Answer

A) the telephone. 
B) conflict between workers and factory owners. 
C) new religious movements. 
D) the extent to which people share moral values. 
A) the telephone. 
B) conflict between workers and factory owners. 
C) new religious movements. 
D) the extent to which people share moral values.

Question 7

Durkheim claimed that,for each of us as individuals,society

Accepted Answer

A) maintains the highest level of personal privacy. 
B) helps free people from human culture. 
C) helps people "be all they can be." 
D) regulates individuals,reining in their desires and passions. 
A) maintains the highest level of personal privacy. 
B) helps free people from human culture. 
C) helps people "be all they can be." 
D) regulates individuals,reining in their desires and passions.

Question 8

Of the three founding sociologists considered iChapter 4,who held the most optimistic view of modern society?

Accepted Answer

A) Karl Marx 
B) Max Weber 
C) Emile Durkheim 
D) All three were equally optimistic. 
A) Karl Marx 
B) Max Weber 
C) Emile Durkheim 
D) All three were equally optimistic.

Question 9

Gerhard Lenski dismissed technology as being of little importance in shaping cultural patterns.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The birth of the discipline of sociology took place during the development of which type of society?

Accepted Answer

A) pastoral 
B) horticultural 
C) industrial 
D) agrarian 
A) pastoral 
B) horticultural 
C) industrial 
D) agrarian

Question 11

As societies generate a greater material surplus,their people generally

Accepted Answer

A) become more socially equal. 
B) engage in more productive specialization. 
C) become less warlike. 
D) become more warlike. 
A) become more socially equal. 
B) engage in more productive specialization. 
C) become less warlike. 
D) become more warlike.

Question 12

Huge empires-such as the Roman Empire that included tens of millions of people and several million square miles-were based on agrarian technology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Around 100 C.E.,the Roman Empire was what type of society?

Accepted Answer

A) hunting and gathering 
B) horticultural and pastoral 
C) agrarian 
D) industrial 
A) hunting and gathering 
B) horticultural and pastoral 
C) agrarian 
D) industrial

Question 14

In terms of social inequality,agrarian societies generally

Accepted Answer

A) have much more inequality than less productive societal types. 
B) have about the same amount of social inequality as less productive societal types. 
C) have less social inequality than less productive societal types. 
D) come very close to being egalitarian societies. 
A) have much more inequality than less productive societal types. 
B) have about the same amount of social inequality as less productive societal types. 
C) have less social inequality than less productive societal types. 
D) come very close to being egalitarian societies.

Question 15

Marx claimed that capitalism alienated workers from their work as well as from each other.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which sociologist demonstrated how a particular worldview set in motion the reshaping of all society?

Accepted Answer

A) Gerhard Lenski 
B) Karl Marx 
C) Max Weber 
D) Emile Durkheim 
A) Gerhard Lenski 
B) Karl Marx 
C) Max Weber 
D) Emile Durkheim

Question 17

Many pastoral societies are nomadic.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Of the following sociologists,which one might you most expect to be having a conversation about the question of what holds society together?

Accepted Answer

A) Gerhard Lenski 
B) Karl Marx 
C) Max Weber 
D) Emile Durkheim 
A) Gerhard Lenski 
B) Karl Marx 
C) Max Weber 
D) Emile Durkheim

Question 19

Hunting and gathering societies were the only human species on the Earth from the origins of man some 3 million years ago until about

Accepted Answer

A) 250,000 years ago. 
B) 100,000 years ago. 
C) 12,000 years ago. 
D) 2,500 years ago. 
A) 250,000 years ago. 
B) 100,000 years ago. 
C) 12,000 years ago. 
D) 2,500 years ago.

Question 20

What type of society engages in large-scale farming based on the use of plows drawn by animals or more powerful energy sources?

Accepted Answer

A) hunting and gathering 
B) horticultural 
C) pastoral 
D) agrarian 
A) hunting and gathering 
B) horticultural 
C) pastoral 
D) agrarian

Exam 4: Society

According to Gerhard Lenski,which of the following has the greatest power to shape a society?

Weber viewed rationality as a liberating force that would free the human spirit. REMEMBER;

After the 2001 terrorist attacks,_____ _______would likely wonder how these attacks united people across the United States.

Gerhard Lenski claims that the invention of horticultural or pastoral technology is a clear case of societal progress towards a better way of life.

Durkheim pointed to the functions of social patterns for the operation of society as a whole.

According to Lenski's approach,change in society would be brought about by

Durkheim claimed that,for each of us as individuals,society

Of the three founding sociologists considered iChapter 4,who held the most optimistic view of modern society?

Gerhard Lenski dismissed technology as being of little importance in shaping cultural patterns.

The birth of the discipline of sociology took place during the development of which type of society?

As societies generate a greater material surplus,their people generally

Huge empires-such as the Roman Empire that included tens of millions of people and several million square miles-were based on agrarian technology.

Around 100 C.E.,the Roman Empire was what type of society?

In terms of social inequality,agrarian societies generally

Marx claimed that capitalism alienated workers from their work as well as from each other.

Which sociologist demonstrated how a particular worldview set in motion the reshaping of all society?

Many pastoral societies are nomadic.

Of the following sociologists,which one might you most expect to be having a conversation about the question of what holds society together?

Hunting and gathering societies were the only human species on the Earth from the origins of man some 3 million years ago until about

What type of society engages in large-scale farming based on the use of plows drawn by animals or more powerful energy sources?

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