In which type of culture would you find the most openness to marriages outside one's own ethnic or social class division?
a) Exogamy
b) Endogamy
c) Polyandry
d) Patriarchy
a) Exogamy
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The study of the political life is relevant to sociology because:
a. all societies have always had some form of government b. the relationship between power and authority are a part of every society c. political science and sociology share macro and micro components and an interest in how structures influence individuals d. all of the above
Eric Wolf in Peasant Wars of the Twentieth Century asserts:
A. These wars were conflicts among peasants over land claims, and they were precursors to modern nationalist movements. B. These wars differed markedly depending on the culture of the region in which they took place. C. Peasants were mobilized along religious lines to take part in conflict. D. Sectarian violence was especially prevalent in rural areas and sparked civil wars. E. The great revolutions of the twentieth century originated in the countryside.
Sociologist Karl Marx believed that workers are exploited as capitalists maximize their profit by paying the workers less than the resale values of what they produce. Marx believed that this resulted in a feeling of powerlessness and estrangement that he called __________
a. anomie b. alienation c. stratification d. verstehen
The term school has its origins in a Greek word meaning
a. "leisure" or "recreation." b. "craftsmanship" or "hard work." c. "mastery." d. "accounting."