California officials predicted that by 2014, all 6,063 public schools serving _____ would be declared in need of restructuring under No Child Left Behind
a. the Central Valley
b. the southern part of the state
c. poor students
d. chronic failures
Answer: c. poor students
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Toward the end of the 1970's, the American criminal justice system
a. increasingly emphasized rehabilitation of prisoners. b. turned away from rehabilitation in favor of incapacitation, deterrence, and punishment. c. eliminated mandatory prison terms, long sentences, and parole. d. solved the problem of overcrowding with shorter sentences
A political system is a social institution based on an established set of practices for applying and realizing a society's
A. manifest functions. B. latent functions. C. goals. D. roles.
Sociologists inspired by the __________ perspective would point out that innovation drives the economy and employment can launch the innovator into the ranks of the wealthiest
a. functionalist b. conflict c. symbolic interaction d. feminist
In a small town in the Midwest, all of the children attend the same school and most of the community members attend the same church. Everyone in this community knows everyone else, and they have shared numerous experiences with one another. This community would be characterized by Ferdinand Tönnies with the term
A. mechanical solidarity. B. Gemeinschaft. C. organic solidarity. D. Gesellschaft.