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Q: By making education entirely free to all children, communities could reduce dropout rates among the poor.

Q: What does it mean to say that a culture has adaptive characteristics?

Q: Monitoring the Future, which studies long-term drug use, has coined the phrase "generational forgetting," which __________. A) is used to describe the effects of GHB B) refers to our consistently changing drug laws C) highlights the importance of risk perception as a determinate of drug use D) is what happens when a particular drug falls out of fashion with a generation of youth

Q: Name four signs of a culture that is not functioning well.

Q: Some behaviors do not conform to social norms. From a sociological perspective, these behaviors are considered __________. A) heterosexuality B) master status C) deviance D) sexual orientation

Q: How can we evaluate how adaptive a culture is for its people? What are the signs of a culture that is functioning well and one that is stressed?

Q: The arrest rate for drugs in rural areas is lower because __________.A) there is not enough land in these areas to grow drugsB) law enforcement agents do most of the drug farmingC) law enforcement officers have less resources and more space to patrolD) law enforcement agents are not paid enough and resort to drugs to supplement their income

Q: Health conditions that threaten the world's poor include which of the following? A) Frequent consumption of red meat, leading to diabetes among adults B) Protein deficiency in infancy, resulting in permanent brain damage C) Overconsumption of synthetic sugars, leading to ADHD in children D) Consumption of complex carbohydrates, leading to obesity

Q: What is cultural relativism?

Q: The failure in school of poor and minority children can be said to be a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Q: How does the beauty industry reinforce the cultural ideal?

Q: Every morning, Mike drinks two cups of regular coffee without fear of arrest, despite the fact that he is using __________. A) one of the most commonly used drugs in the world B) a drug that is illegal in most countries C) a drug that is classified as a Schedule 1 drug by the DEA D) a drug which is very potent and illicitly obtained

Q: What is the relationship between the individual and culture and society?

Q: What did Malinowski mean by biological, instrumental, and integrative needs that must be resolved by culture?

Q: Describe how the culture of the Kapauku is integrated.

Q: Sociologists understand deviance in a very particular way, noting that it __________. A) is a property inherent to some kinds of behavior B) is a relative, not an absolute, notion C) takes universally recognized forms D) is not a social construction

Q: Why is language the most important symbolic aspect of culture?

Q: Even though the media coverage would have you think otherwise, __________. A) more people work in rural areas than in central cities B) twelfth graders in rural America are more likely to use cocaine and alcohol than their urban counterparts C) most people in rural areas have greater access to public transportation than do residents of central cities D) eighth graders in rural America are less likely to use cocaine and alcohol than their urban counterparts

Q: The chances throughout one's life cycle to live and experience the good things in life are called __________. A) absolute poverty lifestyles B) demographic transitions C) lifestyles D) life chances

Q: What is a pluralistic society? Give an example of a country that is pluralistic in nature.

Q: Tracking is a way of monitoring a child's academic performance to ensure that he or she is performing up to standard.

Q: What is the "barrel model of culture"?

Q: How can ethnocentrism be maladaptive?

Q: Distinguish between a nation and a state.

Q: Julie has recently been in a car accident and is taking __________ drugs to help her heal some nerve damaged she suffered as a result. A) Schedule 1 B) additive C) restorative D) narcotic

Q: What is a subculture, and how do they fit within a larger society? Provide an example.

Q: Because the beliefs and practices of the majority enforce certain behavior as normal, __________ is the accepted social norm. A) bisexuality B) compulsory heterosexuality C) pathology of deviance D) behavior that is clearly against the law

Q: The war on drugs tends to target mostly urban cities, yet most methamphetamine production takes place in __________ and does not overshadow the news coverage of the perceived drug-filled urban areas. A) rural areas B) suburban areas C) urban areas D) school chemistry labs

Q: How did an anthropologist assist in house design for Apache Indians?

Q: The condition where sometimes individuals and families become slaves by a choice forced by extreme poverty is called __________. A) traditional slavery B) new slavery C) absolute poverty D) corporate slavery

Q: How was the rise of the state linked to the emergence of plural societies?

Q: Schools in the United States today are no longer segregated by social class or race.

Q: Jeff, a baseball player, takes a hormone to help him gain muscle faster in the offseason. He is taking a(n) __________ drug. A) illegal B) restorative C) additive D) narcotic

Q: Deviance __________. A) is socially created B) is not culturally important C) was created by sociologists D) takes universally recognized forms

Q: What are the characteristics of culture?

Q: Residents in rural areas have __________. A) unintentional property damage claims B) health difficulties greater than those in metropolitan areas C) better access to public transportation D) more wealth than those in the suburbs

Q: Describe the process by which culture is learned.

Q: Distinguish between the terms "society" and "culture."

Q: In each country in which hunger is a basic problem, most of the land is controlled by __________. A) the government B) a small elite C) the adult population D) farmers

Q: How are modern definitions of culture different from the first definition of culture in 1871?

Q: What is cultural adaptation? Provide an example.

Q: Cross-cultural studies show that homicide rates mostly decline after the death penalty is abolished.

Q: Education is the great equalizer in U.S. society.

Q: Because of the objectivity of anthropological training, anthropologists are able to eliminate the biases that might affect their descriptions of culture in the field.

Q: If a child is inattentive, not listening, and easily distracted, s/he might be prescribed _________. A) GHB B) Adderall C) Methadone D) Crank

Q: What is a powerful label that affects a person's social identity and self-concept in a way that has a negative impact and is difficult to overcome? A) A stigma B) A status C) Sodomy D) Homophobia

Q: One of the advantages the rural poor have over the urban poor is they __________. A) save money by riding horses instead of cars B) have the ability to grow their own food C) have higher wages for the same work D) have more access to social services

Q: Most cultures are ethnocentric.

Q: According to the World Bank, 1.4 billion of the world's people live on less than __________a day. A) 10 cents B) a half a dollar C) 75 cents D) $1.25

Q: All societies require the same degree of cultural uniformity in order to function properly.

Q: A culture must strike a balance between the needs and desires of the individual and those of society as a whole.

Q: Taxpayer-funded charter schools and school vouchers go against the American value of competition.

Q: Every culture provides its members ways to think of the meaning of life and death.

Q: The text make the case that __________ is the most dangerous drug of all. A) alcohol B) marijuana C) Ritalin D) methadone

Q: Bronislaw Malinowski used standard methods of fieldwork for his work among the Trobriand.

Q: Attraction to both sexes is known as __________. A) asexuality B) bisexuality C) homosexuality D) heterosexuality

Q: Many people assume poverty rates are at their highest in rural areas, but they are the highest in __________. A) central cities B) suburbs C) nonmetropolitan areas D) small towns

Q: The most important symbolic aspect of culture is religion.

Q: Around __________ million people die from malnutrition around the world each year. A) 1 B) 5 C) 9 D) 15

Q: A society's economic base is part of the superstructure.

Q: Though our larger society is very competitive, our schools are noted for their noncompetitive nature.

Q: Cattle herding is the mainstay around which all of Kapauku Papuan society revolves.

Q: Symbols are arbitrary.

Q: States are socially organized bodies of people who share ethnicity.

Q: Marijuana, despite conflicting research evidence, is a __________ drug, which means it has a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use. A) gateway B) cultural C) Schedule 1 D) psychoactive

Q: North American Indians form subcultures within the United States.

Q: Discuss the social and economic consequences of being female in American society.

Q: George Esber worked with architects to create more culturally responsive houses for the Navajo.

Q: Some Latino immigrants create informal settlements/shanty towns called __________ in order to provide housing in extreme conditions of poverty. A) colonias B) mobile ghettos C) boomburgias D) impromptu suburbias

Q: A larger culture is more likely to tolerate a subculture if their values and physical appearance are similar.

Q: __________ is the worst epidemic in human history. A) Influenza B) HIV/AIDS C) Malaria D) Tuberculosis

Q: To say that culture is shared means that all members of a society behave in the same way.

Q: "Sifting" and "sorting" are techniques used to ensure that the most able students are identified and provided resources with which to attain the highest of educational goals.

Q: A group of people without a common culture who are stranded together for a month on a desert island and who learn to work together for survival while they are there, may be said to constitute a society.

Q: __________ drugs are those used by athletes to improve performance. A) Schedule 1 B) Additive C) Restorative D) Narcotic

Q: Examples of socially learned behavior are particularly evident among other primates.

Q: How does sexism negatively affect men? In what ways would the world change positively for men if sexism did not exist anymore?

Q: Behavior that has been adaptive at one time may become maladaptive later.

Q: If you are part of a population that resides in a small town or the open countryside, you would be considered to be living in a __________. A) rural area B) suburban area C) metropolitan area D) new urban sprawl

Q: One of the negative consequences of China's one-child policy is that it __________. A) aided economic growth B) skewed the male/female ratio C) limited population growth D) encouraged marriage between ethnic groups