1 Marks: 4 With regard to biological or genetic differences between people, sociologists have found that: Choose one answer. Question 2 Marks: 4 The faith of Americans tends to be more broad than deep. This is evidenced by which of the following results from research? Choose one answer. Question 3 Marks: 4 The examples of more and more people bowling and eating alone are used to highlight which of the following? Choose one answer. Question 4 Marks: 4 In which two early social movements were religious groups involved? Choose one answer. Question 5 Marks: 4 Taking into account students’ family backgrounds, ____________ schools tend to outperform ____________ schools in preparing children academically. Choose one answer. Question 6 Marks: 4 A society of commerce in which the maximization of profit is the primary incentive for employment. Answer: Question 7 Marks: 4 Which of the following is Durkheim’s term meaning a sense of aimlessness or despair that arises when we can no longer reasonably expect life to be more or less predictable? Choose one answer. Question 8 Marks: 4 Tomas transfers to a new school when his family moves to a new district, and he is placed in a classroom with students who have slightly higher average math grades than he does. Tomas is concerned that he will fall behind. Based on the research, what is the most likely outcome? Choose one answer. Question 9 Marks: 4 Due to growing anti-Americanism in the Middle East, new diplomatic efforts have included all of the following EXCEPT: Choose one answer. Question 10 Marks: 4 Which type of social solidarity is based upon the sameness of the individual parts and people in a society, according to Durkheim? Choose one answer. Question 11 Marks: 4 For some followers of religion,  embodied practices  make the religious experience feel more authentic and real. Which of the following is NOT an embodied practice? Choose one answer. Question 12 Marks: 4 In the 1960s, Peter Berger wrote that pluralism would cause a ____________ in which religion would lose its legitimacy, as the ____________ would come apart. The result would be psychological malaise and a loss of meaning to life Choose one answer. Question 13 Marks: 4 What percentage of Americans claim a religious affiliation? Choose one answer. Question 14 Marks: 4 When the Bureau of Indian Affairs attempted to “civilize” Native American children by taking them away from their homes to reduce the influence of their families, educating them in boarding schools, and forbidding them to speak languages other than English, it was attempting to ____________ the children to dominant American values. Choose one answer. Question 15 Marks: 4 A married couple and their firstborn child are a type of group known as: Choose one answer. Question 16 Marks: 4 According to Levitt and Donahue’s 2001 research, which factor “was one of the greatest crime-lowering factors in American history.

1. 1
Marks: 4
With regard to biological or genetic differences between people,
sociologists have found that:
Choose one answer.
Question
2
Marks: 4
The faith of Americans tends to be more broad than deep. This
is evidenced by which of the following results from research?
Choose one answer.
Question
3
Marks: 4
The examples of more and more people bowling and eating
alone are used to highlight which of the following?
Choose one answer.
Question
4
Marks: 4

2. In which two early social movements were religious groups
involved?
Choose one answer.
Question
5
Marks: 4
Taking into account students’ family backgrounds,
____________ schools tend to outperform ____________
schools in preparing children academically.
Choose one answer.
Question
6
Marks: 4
A society of commerce in which the maximization of profit is
the primary incentive for employment.
Answer:
Question
7
Marks: 4
Which of the following is Durkheim’s term meaning a sense of
aimlessness or despair that arises when we can no longer
reasonably expect life to be more or less predictable?
Choose one answer.

3. Question
8
Marks: 4
Tomas transfers to a new school when his family moves to a
new district, and he is placed in a classroom with students who
have slightly higher average math grades than he does. Tomas is
concerned that he will fall behind. Based on the research, what
is the most likely outcome?
Choose one answer.
Question
9
Marks: 4
Due to growing anti-Americanism in the Middle East, new
diplomatic efforts have included all of the following EXCEPT:
Choose one answer.
Question
10
Marks: 4
Which type of social solidarity is based upon the sameness of
the individual parts and people in a society, according to
Durkheim?
Choose one answer.

4. Question
11
Marks: 4
For some followers of religion,
embodied practices
make the religious experience feel more authentic and real.
Which of the following is NOT an embodied practice?
Choose one answer.
Question
12
Marks: 4
In the 1960s, Peter Berger wrote that pluralism would cause a
____________ in which religion would lose its legitimacy, as
the ____________ would come apart. The result would be
psychological malaise and a loss of meaning to life
Choose one answer.
Question
13
Marks: 4
What percentage of Americans claim a religious affiliation?
Choose one answer.

5. Question
14
Marks: 4
When the Bureau of Indian Affairs attempted to “civilize”
Native American children by taking them away from their
homes to reduce the influence of their families, educating them
in boarding schools, and forbidding them to speak languages
other than English, it was attempting to ____________ the
children to dominant American values.
Choose one answer.
Question
15
Marks: 4
A married couple and their firstborn child are a type of group
known as:
Choose one answer.
Question
16
Marks: 4
According to Levitt and Donahue’s 2001 research, which factor
“was one of the greatest crime-lowering factors in American
history”?

6. Choose one answer.
Question
17
Marks: 4
The fact that relatively weak ties that are not reinforced through
indirect paths often turn out to be the most valuable, especially
in job searches, is known as:
Choose one answer.
Question
18
Marks: 4
A politically based system of stratification characterized by
unlimted social mobility is a caste system.
Answer:
Question
19
Marks: 4
Which theory explains how social context and social cues
impact the way individuals act; specifically, whether or not
local, informal norms allow acts such as vandalizing an
abandoned car?
Choose one answer.

7. Question
20
Marks: 4
The idea that everyone should have an equal starting point is the
equality of condition and not the equality of outcome.
Answer:
Question
21
Marks: 4
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
Choose one answer.
Question
22
Marks: 4
Which fictional 1950s television family is highlighted at the
beginning of Chapter 7?
Choose one answer.
Question
23
Marks: 4
As discussed in Chapter 7, which group of women is least likely
to get an abortion?
Choose one answer.

8. Question
24
Marks: 4
A set of stories that explain the content of a particular
relationship are known as a:
Choose one answer.
Question
25
Marks: 4
Marital rates among blacks in the United States have declined
since
Choose one answer.