Intro To Sociology Test Week 8 Quiz 5 (32 pts)

2 out of 2 points The idea that religions can be understood as organizations in competition with one another for followers is known as: Answer : Selected Answer Correct Answer: Religious economy Religious economy • Question 2 2 out of 2 points Shared beliefs, values, norms, ideas, institutions, and organizations that create a common identity among a group of people is referred to as: Answer Selected Answer: Culture Correct Answer: Culture • Question 3 2 out of 2 points An item believed to have acquired transcendent or magical qualities connecting humans with the divine is known as: Answer Selected Answer: Totem Correct Answer: Totem • Question 4 2 out of 2 points The rise in worldly thinking, particularly as seen in the rise of science, technology, and rational thought, and a simultaneous decline in the influence of religion, can be described as: Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Secularizatio n Secularization • Question 5 2 out of 2 points A single people or nation governed by a political authority or state is commonly referred to as: Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Nation­state Nation­state The threat or use of physical violence to force compliance is referred to as: Answer Selected Answer: Coercion Correct Answer: Coercion • Question 7 2 out of 2 points Groups comprised of people who share the same concerns on a particular issue are referred to as: Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Interest groups Interest groups • Question 8 2 out of 2 points is power based on a belief in the lawfulness of enacted rules (laws) and the legitimate right of leaders to exercise authority under such rules. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Rational­legal authority • Question 9 2 out of 2 points Karl Marx introduced the idea of a , a pool of job­seekers whose numbers outpace the available positions and who contribute to keeping wages low and conditions of work tenuous. Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: reserve army of labor reserve army of labor • Question 10 2 out of 2 points Any human effort that adds something of value to the goods and services that are available to others is commonly known as: Answer Selected Answer: Work Correct Answer: Work • Question 11 2 out of 2 points An economic order characterized by the market allocation of goods and services, production for private profit, and private ownership of the means of producing wealth is referred to as: Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Capitalism Capitalism • Question 12 2 out of 2 points Large­scale, highly standardized manufacturing of identical commodities on a mechanical assembly line is known as: Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Mass production Mass production • Question 13 2 out of 2 points An institutionalized system for the scientific diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of illness is known as: Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Medicine Medicine • Question 14 2 out of 2 points Which of the following is the number one cause of premature death in the United States? Answer Selected Answer: Tobacco Correct Answer: Tobacco • Question 15 2 out of 2 points What is the definition of morbidity? Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: The rate of illness The rate of illness • Question 16 2 out of 2 points Activities intended to sustain, promote, and enhance health are referred to as: Answer Selected Answer: Correct Answer: Healthcare