Which federal document requires a national census to be conducted every ten years?
a. the U.S. Constitution
b. Executive Order 816
c. Title VII
d. the Declaration of Independence
Question 2The sociological studies of gangs in the U.S. has found that
a. gang behavior is always extremely deviant.
b. joining a gang may be an adaptation to conditions of poverty, racism, and sexism.
c. girls who are given too much freedom to make choices about their lives are more likely to commit acts of deviance, including joining gangs.
d. family dynamics are unrelated to the decision to join a gang.
Question 3The 2011 nuclear power plant leakage in _____ that occurred following the major earthquake and tsunami (the resulting massive ocean wave) showed how vulnerable social systems can be to natural disasters.
a. Chernobyl (in the Ukraine)
b. Three-Mile Island in Pennsylvania
c. Japan
d. Poland
Question 4From a sociological standpoint, the situation of the rugby team stranded for months in the Andes demonstrates that eating human flesh
a. is immoral and irrational.
b. stems from a psychologically disordered behavior.
c. may be a rational response to a difficult situation.
d. is normal.
Question 5According to the text, research on environmental racism indicates that:
a. it is probably not done intentionally and many dumps are also located in White neighborhoods.
b. the problem is overstated; it does not occur very often.
c. the location of hazardous wastes near minority neighborhoods is too frequent to be occurring by chance.
d. most of the toxic dumps have now been dismantled and cleaned up.
Question 6According to the text, the example of attitudes toward smoking in the U.S. demonstrates the notion that
a. perceptions of deviance are influenced by social change.
b. smoking should not have been considered acceptable.
c. laws are needed in order to best define deviant behavior.
d. evidence of risk is enough to change behavior.
Question 7The pattern of disproportionate dumping of toxic waste and other forms of pollution in neighborhoods where the poor and people of color live is called _____.
a. environmental inequity
b. industrial racism
c. polluter genocide
d. environmental racism
Question 8In the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, many Americans publicly demonstrated their patriotism. This is an illustration of Durkheim's belief that
a. people only mobilize when they feel threatened.
b. the definition of deviance is relative to the situation.
c. deviance produces social solidarity.
d. deviant labels only apply to the powerless.
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