University of the People AY 2021 Sophia Sociology MILESTONE 5. Score 16/17 Includes all the CONCEPTS.

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Milestone 5 16 questions were answered correctly. 1 question was answered incorrectly. 1 Which of the following is NOT a variable in the population growth equation? • Immigration • Number of... births • Emigration • Infant mortality rate CONCEPT Population Growth 2 Which of the following is a function of schooling? • All of the answer choices are correct. • Social placement • Social integration • Socialization CONCEPT Functions of Schooling 3 Which of the following occurs during the pre-industrial stage of demographic transition theory? • Death rates remain high, while birth rates decrease. • Birth and death rates are high. / This study resource was shared via CourseHero.com• Birth and death rates are low. • Population grows quickly. CONCEPT Malthusian Theory and Demographic Transition Theory 4 How did the first cities in America get started? • Colonial settlers established the first cities when they settled permanently and began farming. • European immigrants came to America in large numbers and lived in concentrated ethnic centers that grew into cities. • No one is sure how the first cities were established. • Native Americans established the first cities, and colonial settlers moved into them when they arrived. CONCEPT US Cities 5 What do sociologists call a social character that is focused on making good impressions, and living up to them? • Other-directedness • Geminschaft • Gesellschaft • Inner-directedness CONCEPT Individuals and Modernity 6 What did Jane Elliot's experiments reveal about expectations and behavior? • Jane Elliot's experiments showed that blue-eyed children are smarter than brown-eyed children. • Jane Elliot's experiments showed that most people have the vision to avoid falling victim to self fulfilling prophecies. • Jane Elliot's experiments showed that brown-eyed children are smarter than blue-eyed children. • Jane Elliot's experiments showed that people are sometimes victims of self-fulfilling prophecies. CONCEPT Jane Elliot and Jonathan Kozol 7 Higher sea levels, temperature increases, and an increase in disastrous weather events are results of __________. • environmental racism • urbanization • global warming • the demographic divide CONCEPT Sociological Understanding of the Environment 8 Which of the following is a correct pairing? • I-PAT Impact = population divided by affluence, divided by technology • Ecology Interactions of organisms with each other, and with the environment, in a specific location • Ecosystem Interactions of organisms with each other, and with the environment, in a specific location • Ecosystem The study of how the environment is impacted by society CONCEPT Environmental Concepts 9 The theory that asserts that symbols can be used to boost participation in social movements is called ___________. • culture theory • mass-society theory • political opportunity theory • deprivation theory CONCEPT Social Movement Theories 10 According to Ferdinand Tonnies, __________ refers to a society that is strongly focused on individualism. • gesellschaft • postmodernity • gemeinschaft • inner-directedness CONCEPT Ferdinand Tonnies 11 Francisco is a social studies teacher at a high school in Chicago. He tries to make his lessons interesting for his students. Although some of them value his lessons, most students don't care about social studies. They would rather be somewhere else. Most of Francisco's students illustrate which of the following school problems? • Functional illiteracy • Tracking • Student passivity • Grade inflation CONCEPT School Problems 12 Which of the following statements accurately defines urban ecology? • Cities are ecosystems in which meaningful interactions between people and the environment occur. • Cities cannot be understood in ecological terms. • Cities have displaced the natural ecology. • None of the answer choices are correct. CONCEPT Louis Wirth and Urban Ecology 13 Lee belongs to a group that is upset about the importance of money in society. Lee and her group believe that money has no value unless we agree that it does. They want to abolish the use of money, so that goods and services can distributed without money being involved. This study resource was shared via CourseHero.comLee and her group belong to which of the following social movements? • Alternative social movement • Revolutionary social movement • Reformative social movement • Reactionary social movement CONCEPT Social Movements 14 Using statistical data from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, Gary studies the prevalence of HIV and AIDS in the United States. This is an example of studying society at the __________. • post-modern level • macro-level • structural-functional level • micro-level CONCEPT Technology 15 The field of __________ examines the combination of population demographics, physical and social environments, and disease-causing agents. • medicine • healthcare • social epidemiology • environmental health CONCEPT Health 16 Which of the following societies lacked cities? • Hunter-gatherer societies • Industrial societies • Agricultural societies CONCEPT Global Population This study resource was shared via CourseHero.com17 Pam tells her husband about everything their daughter is learning in school. "She is learning Microsoft Excel and Word, and there is even a class on online safety." Pam's husband laughs and says, "We were never taught anything like that when we were in school. The world is changing." This conversation illustrates which of the following aspects of the American education system? • Progressive education • Mandatory education • Equal opportunity • Public education CONCEPT Education and Schooling This study resource was shared via CourseHero.com Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org) [Show More]

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