Pietro, a wealthy businessman, has been a devoted Roman Catholic his entire life. But a few ...

Pietro, a wealthy businessman, has been a devoted Roman Catholic his entire life.
 
  But a few months ago he received a vision from God to wage a campaign to change the policy of the church to accept women as priests and to accept a prochoice philosophy. Based on this, the Vatican has stripped Pietro of his membership in the church. Which phrase describes what has happened to Pietro?
  A) Pietro was smote by the church.
  B) Pietro was shunned by the Vatican.
  C) Pietro has been excommunicated.
  D) Pietro was stricken from the rolls.

Question 2

________ is the improvement of the human race through the control of hereditary factors; this is the ultimate form of social control.
 
  a. Planned reproduction
  b. Eugenics
  c. Evolution
  d. Echelon

Question 3

When ________ increase(s), relief programs are initiated or expanded by the government.
 
  a. the outcast class
  b. social movements
  c. social disorder
  d. unemployment

Question 4

Bertha Mae grew up in a tight-knit community
 
  where everyone knows everyone else. Bertha Mae feels a high level of connectedness and integration to others within her environment. Bertha Mae has a high level of:
  a. Functions
  b. Sociological Imagination
  c. Contagion
  d. Solidarity

Question 5

According to Max Weber, the characteristic form of modern organizations is __________.
 
  Fill in the blank with correct word

Question 6

The ________ of mental illness works as a system of social control.
 
  a. understanding
  b. labeling
  c. diagnosis
  d. treatment

Question 7

Karl Marx's central interest was the __________ economic system.
 
  Fill in the blank with correct word

Question 8

Which of these nations is reported to have the lowest death rate?
 
  A) Qatar
  B) Afghanistan
  C) United States
  D) Sweden