Schwab, in The Meaning and the Importance of the City, points out that cities serve as containers, which
a. magnifies urban problems.
b. keeps urban problems contained within city limits.
c. separates city residents from the outside world.
d. all of the above.
Question 2A family's ________ is the single most important determinant of family life.
a. religious affiliation
b. ethnic background
c. location in the class system
d. sexual orientation
Question 3Families are embedded in a ________ hierarchy that is pulling apart to shrink the middle class while more families join the ranks of the rich or the poor.
a. status
b. social
c. class
d. racial
Question 4Violence is
a. the most commonly used social control.
b. characteristic of some societies -- however, others do not use violence.
c. a social control of last resort.
d. the only effective social control.
Question 5In a(n) ________ society, family structures differ because households vary systematically in their ability to hook into, accumulate, and transmit wealth, wages, or welfare.
a. egalitarian
b. stratified
c. multicultural
d. democratic
Question 6The ________ outside the family at work, school, church, and voluntary associations are the social forces that shape class and racial differences in family life.
a. social networks
b. impersonal relationships
c. obligations
d. roles
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