SO11S Lesson 8 Exam SCORE 100 PERCENT

Question 1

In the demographic transition theory, a "population explosion" traditionally occurs in the __________ stage.

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	first
	second
	third
	fourth
Question 2

The region of the world with the highest number of legal immigrants is:

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	North America.
	Asia.
	Central and South America.
	Europe.
Question 3

Based on the classic Marxist view, what is the new arrangement of power that develops when the previous position is altered due to its inherent contradictions?

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	The thesis
	The antithesis
	The metamorphosis
	The synthesis
Question 4

When a Least Industrialized Nation experiences political instability that threatens an entire region's balance of power, what action is the United Nations most likely to take?

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	It will sever all economic connections with the politically unstable nation.
	It will give agriculture and birth control aid to the masses and sell guns to the elites.
	It will ignore the situation because of the Marshall plan.
	It will attempt to act as a mediator between the citizens of the affected nation and their government.
Question 5

The city of Whispering Falls is trying to boost its economy by offering large corporations low taxes and economic assistance to locate in an industrial park within the city limits. Such a strategy is referred to as:

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	redlining.
	establishing an enterprise zone.
	gentrification.
	urban renewal.
Question 6

Although all the faculty members of Acadia University have new state-of-the-art computers, several professors refuse to use them and even replaced them with personal typewriters. This is an example of cultural:

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	diffusion.
	contracts.
	lag.
	reformulation.
Question 7

What is the primary benefit of technology for the Most Industrialized Nations?

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	It permits them to use fossil fuels efficiently.
	It increases the nation's ability to analyze information, communicate, and travel.
	It employs more people in the primary economic sector.
	It permits the use of workers in the secondary sector of the economy.
Question 8

Combining glass, a filament, and metal base (all of which previously existed) to form a new tool called the light bulb is an example of:

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	diffusion.
	discovery.
	invention.
	reformulation.
Question 9

According to sociologist William Julius Wilson, what organizational change in society transformed the inner cities into ghettos?

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	Suburbanization
	Urbanization
	Deindustrialization
	Urban patterns
Question 10

The computer now allows the instantaneous transfer of billions of dollars from one country to another. One of the concerns of governments about this easy transferring of digitized money is that:

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	the money would be easily lost.
	there are few traces for government to follow.
	the money could be put into the wrong accounts.
	the money is easily counterfeited.
Question 11

Which of the following is NOT a "pull" of urban life?

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	Live concerts of rap and salsa music
	An increase in crime
	An Italian marketplace
	An increase in work opportunities
Question 12

With a population of over 37 million, the largest city in the world today is:

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	Tokyo.
	New Delhi.
	Mexico City.
	Peking.
Question 13

What is the goal of environmental sociology?

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	Stop pollution and discourage the use of nuclear power
	Understand the interrelationship between societies and the environment
	Examine how the man-made environment develops over time
	Analyze the potential physical limits to economic growth
Question 14

What is the end result when the sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide produced by burning fossil fuels react with the atmospheric moisture?

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	The greenhouse effect
	Global warming
	The destruction of the ozone layer
	Acid rain
Question 15

What did historian James Flink cite as the primary reason women were transformed from producers of food and clothing to consumers of national-brand canned goods, prepared foods, and ready-made clothes?

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	The credit card
	No fault divorce
	The automobile
	Women's liberation
Question 16

In the realignment of the world's powers after World War II, the center of the European component of the realignment became:

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	Germany.
	Great Britain.
	France.
	the Soviet Union.
Question 17

What term did Karl Marx use to describe the dissatisfaction and unrest felt by workers when they are separated from the ownership of their work?

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	Alienation
	False consciousness
	Capitalism
	Anomie
Question 18

A situation where there are more bystanders, but a tendency for fewer bystanders to help in an emergency situation, is referred to as:

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	compartmentalization.
	diffusion of responsibility.
	regression.
	fight or flight syndrome.
Question 19

According to sociologist Herbert Gans, people experience the city differently. How did Gans suggest some people find a sense of community in the city?

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	They personalize their shopping and patronize the same establishments.
	They paint graffiti on an abandoned building using their "street" names.
	They live in the more affluent areas of the city.
	They adopt the particular culture of the area and call it their own.
Question 20

Jim and Milly are one of ten couples who have decided to buy and restore an older house in a deteriorated urban neighborhood. Jim and Milly are part of a movement referred to as:

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	urban renovation.
	gentrification.
	urban networking.
	city upgrading.