Karl Marx developed theories that primarily focused on
a. social and economic transformations in societies
b. the use of data to assess the directions of social change
c. the evolving forms of government and administration
d. international changes in cultures.
Question 2The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is an example of:
a. assimilation
b. expulsion
c. genocide
d. internal colonialism
Question 3The early sociologists devoted most of their writings to
a. comparing existing societies and civilizations
b. how societies influence human behavior
c. developing theories of social change
d. all of these
Question 4The process of forcing Native Americans to live on reservations is termed:
a. assimilation
b. expulsion
c. genocide
d. ghettoization
Question 5The founder of scientific sociological thought in France was
a. Karl Marx
b. Emile Durkheim
c. Robert Merton
d. Max Weber
Question 6The forcible removal of one population from the territory claimed by another is termed:
a. detention
b. expulsion
c. genocide
d. projection
Question 7All of the following are among the 19th century social theorists except
a. Karl Marx
b. Emile Durkheim
c. Robert Merton
d. Max Weber
Question 8The Native American population in the United States was reduced from more than 4 million to less than
a. 1 million
b. 600,000
c. 400,000
d. 300,000