Nailah is writing a research paper on the concept of religion as a social institution. She is interviewing religious leaders from a wide variety of faiths. What kinds of questions should she ask the leaders to help her address the topic?
a. questions to find out what has changed in terms of how people practice their faith over the last few decades
b. questions to find out what has changed in terms of theology over the last few decades
c. questions to find out how people incorporate religious beliefs into their everyday lives and community organizations
d. questions to find out how people rely on their faith in times of crisis
Question 2Explain why scientists are switching from the term global warming to climate change.
What will be an ideal response?
Question 3What impacts has China and its citizens experienced from the explosive emergence of its export processing zones?
a. economic growth for the country, middle- to high-skill employment opportunities for young rural people, and arduous factory conditions
b. incredible economic growth for the country, low-skill employment opportunities for young rural people, and arduous factory conditions
c. massive political shifts in the country, low- to high-skill employment opportunities for young urban people, and vast improvements in factory conditions
d. political unrest and riots protesting unfair factory conditions, formation of unions to protect the factory workers, and low-skill employment opportunities for young urban people
Question 4According to Charles Kurzman (1996), what perception motivated Iranian protesters who toppled the shah's regime in the late 1970s?
a. Their faith would protect them from bullets.
b. The sudden belief that they could and would win.
c. The sheer number of protestors gave them the illusion of safety.
d. The shah's army and police would come over to their side.
Question 5The fastest growing religion in the United States is __________.
a. Catholicism
b. Protestantism
c. Mormonism
d. no religious preference