Question | Answer |
American Samoa is the focus of the gender chapter because that society? | Makes the least distinction between males and females |
A person’s sex is determined first and foremost on the basis of | Primary sex characteristics |
_________determines a baby’s sex. | The male biological parent |
Breast development, quality of voice, skeletal form are considered | Secondary sex characteristics |
In pre-Christian Samoa, ideal standards signifying manhood centered around | Body tattooing |
A man decides, consciously or unconsciously, that the woman he dates must be shorter and younger than he is. This decision can be classified as | Gender-schematic |
Which college major listed below is the most male-dominated? | Computer and information science |
___________ are internal bodily sensations that we experience in relationships with other people. | Social emotions |
In American Samoa, fa-afafines are | Males who have taken on the “way of women” |
An estimated ____% of girls between the ages of 3 and 11 in the U.S. have Barbie dolls. | 95 |
Men comprise approximately ____% of the workforce that is engaged in construction, labor, carpentry, and maintenance. | 90 |
Which one of the following countries allows openly gay men and lesbians to serve in the military? | Italy |
In which of the following areas of life are men, as a group, most likely to be disadvantaged relative to women? | Life expectancy |
Sociologist take a____ perspective when they emphasize in their research and teaching such themes as a right to bodily integrity, and autonomy, access to safe contraceptives, the right to choose, and freedom from sexual harassment. | Feminist |
The focus of the suit filed by the abandoned Filipinos is | The support of an estimated 8,600 children fathered by U.S. servicemen |
Iraq is situated in a region of the world holding____of the world’s known oil reserves. | Two-thirds |
The U.S. represents about ____% of the world’s population, yet it consumes ___% of the world’s annual oil production. | 5;25 |
“Domestication” means that | Plants and animals have been brought under human control |
Under a system of private ownership, ______own the means of production. | Individuals |
Iraq is a country that world-system theorists would classify as a _____economy. | Peripheral |
Japan, Germany, the United States, Canada, Italy and the United Kingdom posses ____economies. | Core |
Iraq’s Oil-for-Food program was administered by | The United Nations |
Which one of the following occupations is NOT projected to be among the five fastest-growing occupations between now and 2014? | Manufacturing workers |
When a single producer dominates a market, a(n) __________exists. | Monopoly |
The worldwide demand for oil and minerals is expected to increase because two countries which are home to 2.5 billion people, are experiencing dramatic economic growth. These countries are | India and China |
The two top foreign holders of U.S. debts are | China and Japan |
__________is the probability that an individual can achieve his or her will even against another individual’s opposition. | Power |
A “chief,” “king,” or “queen” possesses power based on which form of authority? | Traditional |
China under Mao Zedong, a leader who espoused overthrowing capitalist and foreign influence, can be classified as a(n) __________________government. | Totalitarian |
_________% of Iraqi marriages are between first and second cousins, | Fifty |
The average number of children that a woman bears in her lifetime is known as the | Fertility rate |
Which one of the following factors explains why Japan has one of the oldest populations in the world? | Long life expectancy |
Sara marries someone of the same religion as herself. She has followed the norm of | Endogamy |
It is estimated that between _____ % of children born are not the biological children of the men that believe they have fathered these children. | 2 and 10 |
Child bearing, care giving, managing households, educating children fall under the category of | Reproductive work |
The Tokyo Metropolitan government launched Family Bonding Day in response to the many problems it believes are connected to | Declining fertility |
Under the ie system, | A bride was known as the “bride of the family,” not the bride of the husband |
Juku is a Japanese term for | Cram schools |
Sociologist Randall Collins argues that women must _____ if they are to be men’s equals. | Have access to agents of violence control |
In which racial/ethnic category are men in the U.S. more likely to be caregivers to elderly family members? | Asian and Pacific Islander |
Which of the following is a core concept sociologist use to think about the family? | The aging of the population has no historical precedent |
In Japan, men and women are reluctant to marry because of | Projected stresses associated with helping their children through the juku system |
In Japan, approximately _____% of the elderly individuals live with their adult children. | 50 |
The family is an unchanging, stable entity. | False |
Sociologists argue that it is virtually impossible to keep track of everyone’s living relatives. | True |