Which term is defined as a religious legitimation for a situation that otherwise might cause guilt or anger (such as defeat in a war or the existence of poverty among affluence)?

a. Theodicy
b. Theocracy
c. Deism
d. Doctrine


Answer: a. Theodicy

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a. social change b. unity c. conformity to norms d. immorality

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The Asian Indian immigrants' rate of naturalization was

A) 10 percent. B) 35 percent. C) 49 percent. D) 97 percent.

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With __________ research, interpretative description (words) rather than statistics (numbers) are used to analyze underlying meanings and patterns of social relationships

a. qualitative b. observational c. quantitative d. explanatory

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The capitalist economic system is predicated on a continually increased consumption of resources to produce growth. As such, the very principle of a capitalist economy is

A. inventive. B. unsustainable. C. constructive. D. irrational.

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