Ecology is the study of which of the following?
a. the relationship among life forms
b. the relationship between life forms and the inorganic environment
c. the cycles and flow that sustain life
d. a and c above
e. all of the above
Question 2Organized work is liberating to many women and contributes to the breakup of many families.
a. true
b. false
Question 3Which of the following is more likely to lose their jobs as a result of economic restructuring?
a. whites
b. elderly black men
c. young black men
d. Each of the above categories is similarly likely to lose their jobs.
Question 4By the late 1970s and 1980s, the identity formation theorists
a. contended that elites often try to legitimize inequalities by disseminating ideas about the advantages of the status quo.
b. saw social movements simply as expressions of rage against democracy and modernization.
c. viewed social movements as the result of a uniquely charismatic leader.
d. noted that social change was becoming increasingly necessary as a precondition to social movements.
Question 5A positive consequence of the relocation of multinational corporations is that foreign workers acquire new skills that allow them to advance in American industries.
a. true
b. false
Question 6One of Weber's major works was
a. The Division of Labor in Society
b. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism
c. The Division of Labor in Society
d. Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft
Question 7After the mid-1960's, growing numbers of social movement scholars interpreted social movements as
viewed movements as
a. irrational, retrograde, and destructive forces.
b. nonelites' political responses to social inequality, political oppression, and economic inequality.
c. the result of a uniquely charismatic leader or a singular confluence of conditions.
d. uncalculated expressions of rage against modernity and threats to democracy.
Question 8Plant closings and deindustrialization, leading to unemployment, more often occur in industries
a. employing large concentrations of blacks.
b. characterized by a high proportion of women.
c. with a high proportion of Asians.
d. dominated by the elderly.