The amount that the United States spent on health care in 2010 was equal to _____ of the gross domestic product (GDP).
A. 5.8 percent
B. 17.6 percent
C. 13.9 percent
D. 23.7 percent
Question 2__________ are attributes that people have at birth, develop over time, or possess through no effort or fault of their own.
a. Achieved statuses c. Ascribed statuses
b. Status values d. Social stratifications
Question 3Durkheim believed that all religions address the problems of ________.
A. Investing life with meaning
B. Sin and righteousness
C. Human existence
D. Belief
Question 4The compensation guidelines for the September 11, 2001 attacks assigned least value to which category?
a. Married persons 30 and under with two children and an annual income of 225,000
b. Single mothers age 30 and over earning 20,000
c. Single, childless persons age 65 and older with an annual income of 10,000
d. Married person 30 and over, no children, earning 100,000
Question 5Which of the following is one of the basic features identified by Emile Durkheim as common to all religions, past and present?
A. House of worship
B. Belief in God
C. Beliefs about the sacred and the profane
D. Moral code
Question 6People assign ______________ when they regard some feature of a characteristic as more valuable or worthy than another features.
a. life chances c. social class
b. status value d. social stratification
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