SOCS 185 FINAL EXAM 1 AND 2 2026 KEY
SOCIOLOGY CONCEPTS AND THEORIES
REVISION PACK A+
◉ _____ percent of the world's carbon dioxide emissions come from
the United States. Answer: Twenty-five
◉ According to the text, the countries with the highest life
expectancy rate in the world today are. Answer: Japan, Hong Kong,
and San Marino.
◉ A social movement that advocates replacement of old ways with
something new and different is a _____. Answer: Revolutionary
movement
◉ In the ____________ family, spouses (husband and wife) and their
offspring constitute the core relationship. Answer: Nuclear
◉ According to your instructor, the Great Pacific Gyre (or garbage
dump) is ____. Answer: a floating "dump" in the Pacific Ocean, where
plastic debris accumulates
,◉ A ______ is a more or less persistent and organized effort on the
part of a relatively large number of people to bring about or resist
change. Answer: Social movement
◉ Certain racial and socioeconomic groups in society are far less
likely to have access to computers and the Internet, and this
phenomenon is called ____. Answer: The digital divide
◉ According to the text, the high proportion of couples who live
together, prior to becoming married, suggests that _______. Answer:
Cohabitation may become institutionalized as a new step between
dating and marriage
◉ _______ is a family structure in which there is one wife and two or
more husbands. Answer: Polyandry
◉ Normally, a population pyramid shows the distribution of the
_________. Answer: Population by age and sex
◉ According to the text, _________ describes the process by which a
society moves from traditional or preindustrial social and economic
arrangements to those characteristic of industrial societies. Answer:
Modernization
, ◉ In a given population, the difference between births, deaths, and
in/out migration per 1,000 is known as the society's _______. Answer:
Growth rate
◉ Children in ___________ societies are viewed as an economic asset or
benefit. Answer: Underdeveloped and agrarian
◉ The discipline that studies the interrelationships between the
living and nonliving organisms and their environment is _____.
Answer: Ecology
◉ In 2011, world population had reached __________ billion. Answer:
7
◉ ________________ is the science dealing with the size, distribution,
composition, and changes in population. Answer: Demography
◉ In terms of social change, ________ is the process that spreads
cultural traits from one social unit to another. Answer: Diffusion
◉ The number of live births per 1,000 members of a population in a
given year is the __________ rate. Answer: Crude birth
SOCIOLOGY CONCEPTS AND THEORIES
REVISION PACK A+
◉ _____ percent of the world's carbon dioxide emissions come from
the United States. Answer: Twenty-five
◉ According to the text, the countries with the highest life
expectancy rate in the world today are. Answer: Japan, Hong Kong,
and San Marino.
◉ A social movement that advocates replacement of old ways with
something new and different is a _____. Answer: Revolutionary
movement
◉ In the ____________ family, spouses (husband and wife) and their
offspring constitute the core relationship. Answer: Nuclear
◉ According to your instructor, the Great Pacific Gyre (or garbage
dump) is ____. Answer: a floating "dump" in the Pacific Ocean, where
plastic debris accumulates
,◉ A ______ is a more or less persistent and organized effort on the
part of a relatively large number of people to bring about or resist
change. Answer: Social movement
◉ Certain racial and socioeconomic groups in society are far less
likely to have access to computers and the Internet, and this
phenomenon is called ____. Answer: The digital divide
◉ According to the text, the high proportion of couples who live
together, prior to becoming married, suggests that _______. Answer:
Cohabitation may become institutionalized as a new step between
dating and marriage
◉ _______ is a family structure in which there is one wife and two or
more husbands. Answer: Polyandry
◉ Normally, a population pyramid shows the distribution of the
_________. Answer: Population by age and sex
◉ According to the text, _________ describes the process by which a
society moves from traditional or preindustrial social and economic
arrangements to those characteristic of industrial societies. Answer:
Modernization
, ◉ In a given population, the difference between births, deaths, and
in/out migration per 1,000 is known as the society's _______. Answer:
Growth rate
◉ Children in ___________ societies are viewed as an economic asset or
benefit. Answer: Underdeveloped and agrarian
◉ The discipline that studies the interrelationships between the
living and nonliving organisms and their environment is _____.
Answer: Ecology
◉ In 2011, world population had reached __________ billion. Answer:
7
◉ ________________ is the science dealing with the size, distribution,
composition, and changes in population. Answer: Demography
◉ In terms of social change, ________ is the process that spreads
cultural traits from one social unit to another. Answer: Diffusion
◉ The number of live births per 1,000 members of a population in a
given year is the __________ rate. Answer: Crude birth
