Sociology MCQs

The most dramatic population trend in the United States throughout the twentieth century has been _____?

A. urbanization
B. suburbanization
C. the move to the sunbelt
D. the move to the “old homestead” in rural areas

What proportion of employment in nonurban counties in the United States is accounted for by agriculture ?

A. 9 per cent
B. 22 per cent
C. 41 per cent
D. 63 per cent

Wirth (1938) said that social relationships in the urban way of life were segmental because ____?

A. they were confined to particular areas of the city
B. people knew each other only through specific situational roles and not as whole rounded individuals
C. there were distinctive patterns of activity of each social class
D. they were based on face to face interaction with close friends and family

What is defined as the cultural practices and outlooks of a given community of people that set them apart from others ?

A. racism
B. ethnicity
C. identity
D. stereotyping

Human and animal societies share all but one of the following characteristics ?

A. population and common territory
B. shared beliefs and collective destiny
C. Both sexes and all ages
D. None of theses

Tonnies divided the social structure into Gemeinschaft and Gesellschafts The tighter and cohesive social entity was the salient feature of ____?

A. Gemeinschaft
B. Gesellschafts
C. Both of them
D. None of these

The collective value of all social networks (who people know) and the inclinations that arise from these networks to do things for each other (the norms of reciprocity) is called ____ ??

A. Social cohesion
B. Social Capital
C. Social bond
D. None of these

Division of labor social class formal government institutions and system of trade and commerce all are peculiar to any ______?

A. Urban Community
B. Rural Community
C. Both a and b
D. None of these

A group of people with the same or related occupations is usually termed as ____?

A. Professional community
B. Workplace community
C. Secondary group
D. None of these

Agriculture cannot absorb the population concentration of human activities and settlements around the downtown areas when the residential area shifts outward this is called ____?

A. Other occupations
B. Urbanization
C. Development
D. None of these

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