Intro to Soc Test 4

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American Samoa is the focus of the gender chapter because that society?

Makes the least distinction between males and females

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A person’s sex is determined first and foremost on the basis of

Primary sex characteristics

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_________determines a baby’s sex.

The male biological parent

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Breast development, quality of voice, skeletal form are considered

Secondary sex characteristics

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In pre-Christian Samoa, ideal standards signifying manhood centered around

Body tattooing

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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

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Which college major listed below is the most male-dominated?

Computer and information science

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___________ are internal bodily sensations that we experience in relationships with other people.

Social emotions

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In American Samoa, fa-afafines are

Males who have taken on the “way of women”

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An estimated ____% of girls between the ages of 3 and 11 in the U.S. have Barbie dolls.

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Men comprise approximately ____% of the workforce that is engaged in construction, labor, carpentry, and maintenance.

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Which one of the following countries allows openly gay men and lesbians to serve in the military?

Italy

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In which of the following areas of life are men, as a group, most likely to be disadvantaged relative to women?

Life expectancy

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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

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The focus of the suit filed by the abandoned Filipinos is

The support of an estimated 8,600 children fathered by U.S. servicemen

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Iraq is situated in a region of the world holding____of the world’s known oil reserves.

Two-thirds

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The U.S. represents about ____% of the world’s population, yet it consumes ___% of the world’s annual oil production.

5;25

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“Domestication” means that

Plants and animals have been brought under human control

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Under a system of private ownership, ______own the means of production.

Individuals

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Iraq is a country that world-system theorists would classify as a _____economy.

Peripheral

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Japan, Germany, the United States, Canada, Italy and the United Kingdom posses ____economies.

Core

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Iraq’s Oil-for-Food program was administered by

The United Nations

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Which one of the following occupations is NOT projected to be among the five fastest-growing occupations between now and 2014?

Manufacturing workers

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When a single producer dominates a market, a(n) __________exists.

Monopoly

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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

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The two top foreign holders of U.S. debts are

China and Japan

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__________is the probability that an individual can achieve his or her will even against another individual’s opposition.

Power

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A “chief,” “king,” or “queen” possesses power based on which form of authority?

Traditional

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China under Mao Zedong, a leader who espoused overthrowing capitalist and foreign influence, can be classified as a(n) __________________government.

Totalitarian

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_________% of Iraqi marriages are between first and second cousins,

Fifty

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The average number of children that a woman bears in her lifetime is known as the

Fertility rate

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Which one of the following factors explains why Japan has one of the oldest populations in the world?

Long life expectancy

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Sara marries someone of the same religion as herself. She has followed the norm of

Endogamy

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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

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Child bearing, care giving, managing households, educating children fall under the category of

Reproductive work

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The Tokyo Metropolitan government launched Family Bonding Day in response to the many problems it believes are connected to

Declining fertility

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Under the ie system,

A bride was known as the “bride of the family,” not the bride of the husband

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Juku is a Japanese term for

Cram schools

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Sociologist Randall Collins argues that women must _____ if they are to be men’s equals.

Have access to agents of violence control

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In which racial/ethnic category are men in the U.S. more likely to be caregivers to elderly family members?

Asian and Pacific Islander

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Which of the following is a core concept sociologist use to think about the family?

The aging of the population has no historical precedent

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In Japan, men and women are reluctant to marry because of

Projected stresses associated with helping their children through the juku system

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In Japan, approximately _____% of the elderly individuals live with their adult children.

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The family is an unchanging, stable entity.

False

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Sociologists argue that it is virtually impossible to keep track of everyone’s living relatives.

True

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