In the United States, people tend to ________ environmental threats. As a result, the wealthy are able to protect themselves, but no comprehensive effort exists to protect everyone, particularly the poor.

A. ignore
B. overreact to
C. use an aggressive approach to
D. use an individualized approach to


Answer: D

Sociology

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This Nobel laureate challenged the view that United States citizens are humanists

A. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. B. Nelson Mandela C. Wole Soyinka D. President Barack Obama

Sociology

The biological differences between men and women are __________

A) misleading because of the importance of other influences such as culture B) rigid and fixed after years of evolution C) primarily determined by generations of ancient religious practices D) nonexistent in the modern, egalitarian era

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Describe the maldistribution of health care in the U.S. and outside the U.S. How are these issues similar?

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology

Which social scientist has identified three functions in which racially prejudiced beliefs serve the dominant group (e.g., they provide a moral justification for maintaining an unequal society that routinely deprives a minority of its rights and privileges)?

A. Harry Edwards B. Thomas Pettigrew C. Arnold Rose D. Manning Nash

Sociology