Deck 15: Social Change, Social Movements, and Collective Action

Question 1

______ involves variations over time in every aspect of the social world, ranging from changes affecting individuals to transformations having an impact on the globe as a whole.

A) Social change
B) Social movements
C) Social variations
D) Social transfer

Answer 1

A

Question 2

The key event in the history of the civil rights movement was ______.

A) the emergence of voting booths for blacks in 1957
B) restaurants building restrooms for blacks in 1952
C) whites and blacks attending dances together in 1953
D) the 1955 bus boycott in Alabama

Answer 2

D

Question 3

This social movement seeks to reverse changes in the United States associated with liberalism.

A) Tea Party
B) Arab Spring
C) Civil Rights Movement
D) Women's Movement

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The Tea Party wielded great power over and within the ______ Party.

A) Republican
B) Democratic
C) Independent
D) Third

Question 5

Which event is regarded by many as pivotal in the twentieth-century struggle for gay rights and denotes the beginning of the modern gay rights movement?

A) the Civil Rights Act of 1964
B) the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968
C) the 1969 uprisings at Greenwich Village's mafia-owned Stonewall Inn
D) the ACT/UP social action in 1989

Question 6

What is the belief that women are equal to men, especially socially, politically, and economically?

A) equalism
B) socialism
C) feminism
D) suffrage

Question 7

The first wave of the women's movement in the United States is traceable to the ______.

A) 1900s
B) 1750s
C) 1840s
D) 1620s

Question 8

Betty Friedan's book ______ had a strong effect on the second wave of the women's movement.

A) Nickel and Dimed
B) Women's Rights
C) The Doctrine of Women
D) The Feminine Mystique

Question 9

The gay and lesbian movement is one example of a(n) ______.

A) cultural movement
B) social movement
C) ethnic movement
D) social organization

Question 10

Which era has been described as "somewhat of a coming out period" for gays and lesbians in the United States?

A) The World War I era
B) The World War II era
C) The Cold War era
D) The Iraq War era

Question 11

What was the Lavender Scare?

A) a government sponsored attack on communists
B) a government sponsored attack on racial minorities
C) a government sponsored attack on employees who were considered security risks
D) a government sponsored attack on sexual minorities

Question 12

The ______ signaled a turning point for the history of gay and lesbian movements in the United States.

A) purple heart
B) Lavender Scare
C) Homophobia Scare
D) lesbian movement

Question 13

The law giving women the right to vote passed in ______.

A) 1920
B) 1950
C) 1960
D) 1970

Question 14

The defining characteristic of the third wave of the women's movement has been ______.

A) greater racial and ethnic inclusivity
B) gaining rights for women in the political world
C) bringing awareness to women in higher education
D) all of these

Question 15

The ______ banned discrimination based on not only race but also sex, religion, and national identity.

A) the Social Movement Act of 1962
B) the Civil Rights Act of 1964
C) the Social Change Act of 1965
D) the Equality Act of 1961

Question 16

The Arab Spring brought about social change and exemplifies both ______ and ______.

A) economic change; military action
B) group cohesion; civil rights movements
C) collective action; social movements
D) social movements; national movements

Question 17

The first wave of the women's movement focused largely on ______.

A) women's rights in the workplace
B) women's rights in the educational field
C) women's right to vote
D) women's freedom from domestic violence

Question 18

The focus of the World Women's Christian Temperance Union, which was founded in 1874, was ______.

A) educational opportunities for women
B) women's rights in the workplace
C) political rights for women
D) women's rights in the household

Question 19

Which one of the following is NOT a type of resource that is important in the mobilization of social movements?

A) hidden resources
B) moral resources
C) cultural resources
D) material resources

Question 20

The focus on what groups of people need to do to effectively bring about social change is referred to as the ______ theory.

A) resource mobilization
B) emergent norm
C) individual mobilization
D) cultural resource

Question 21

What does do the letters in T-E-A Party represent?

A) tolled enough America
B) taxed enough America
C) tolled enough already
D) taxed enough already

Question 22

The slogan of the World Social Form is ______.

A) Another world is possible
B) Freedom at any cost
C) Togetherness is the key
D) Fighting for truth

Question 23

Race ______ occurred in Los Angeles in 1992 after police officers, charged with beating black motorist Rodney King, were acquitted.

A) rampages
B) debaucheries
C) fights
D) riots

Question 24

What is true of the World Social Forum?

A) It is a very large social network that brings together people who share information on social movements and social change.
B) It is a conservative movement started by early members of the Tea Party to mobilize around the Affordable Care Act.
C) It is a social movement started by cyberactivists who wanted to form their own community to support globalization.
D) It was a successful social movement that died out after several years because it accomplished its goals.

Question 25

Social change is particularly characteristic of three areas per your author: globalization, consumption, and ______.

A) materialism
B) the internet
C) social institutions
D) community

Question 26

The World Social Forum, founded in 2001, is concerned mainly with ______.

A) peace among nations around the world
B) war in several countries
C) socialism taking root in some industrialized nations
D) the lack of democracy in global economic and political affairs

Question 27

If the Tea Party were to become ______, it would no longer be considered a social movement.

A) institutionalized
B) deinstitutionalized
C) sustainable
D) established

Question 28

Many ______ are organized via the internet and other social networking sites, oftentimes to rally for a certain cause.

A) instant mobs
B) flash mobs
C) collective crowds
D) innovative mobs

Question 29

______ consumers never fully embraced the idea of a consumer society.

A) American (U.S.)
B) German
C) Japanese
D) French

Question 30

Which one of the following is an example of cyberactivism?

A) the 2017 Washington Women's March
B) Alcoholics Anonymous
C) the Civil Rights Movement
D) the Women's Rights Movement

Question 31

Feminism asserts that ______.

A) women are better than men
B) women should have greater power than men
C) women dislike men
D) women are equal to men

Question 32

According to Zygmunt Bauman, the perspective on globalization involves increasing ______.

A) permanence
B) solidification
C) liquidity
D) density

Question 33

Which one of the following statements is TRUE regarding the success of a social movement?

A) Very few social movements start off as small.
B) Violence is counterproductive by turning off potential supporters and members.
C) Nonviolence is not a successful method for social movements.
D) The novelty of the movement is not important.

Question 34

Hurricane Katrina, which took place in 2005, is an example of a natural ______.

A) riot
B) calamity
C) tragedy
D) disaster

Question 35

The ______ theory is based on the idea that new norms are created because of some precipitating event, and they guide the often-nontraditional actions that characterize collective behavior.

A) emergent norm
B) innovative norm
C) changing norm
D) resource norm

Question 36

Riots, crowds, and disasters are all examples of ______.

A) integrative behavior
B) agglomerated behavior
C) collective behavior
D) united behavior

Question 37

According to Hochschild, political feelings are dividing Americans, many of whom retreat into emotionally toned ______.

A) enclaves
B) groups
C) communities
D) gangs

Question 38

Disasters are often natural in origin but can also be human caused. All the following are roles humans often play in bringing about and/or exacerbating the consequences of disasters, except ______.

A) building along fault lines and floodplains
B) building flimsy structures that are likely to be destroyed in a disaster
C) corporations and businesses not following safety procedures
D) ensuring that building and safety codes are carefully followed

Question 39

Some people in the United States feel that there are too many illegal immigrants who are living within the country's boundaries. The global growth in immigrants is an example of a(n) ______.

A) global liquid
B) emotional wall
C) global care chain
D) global flow

Question 40

Prior to the current epoch of globalization, one of the things that characterized people, things, and information was ______

A) location specificity
B) linearity
C) solidarity
D) less density

Question 41

A key concern of the World Social Forum, which was formed in 2001, was the lack of governmental surveillance in global affairs.

Question 42

Pepsi and Levi's Jeans are examples of well-known ______ names.

A) trademark
B) brand
C) brandmark
D) stigmatized

Question 43

One factor in determining whether a social movement will succeed is novelty, referring to the uniqueness of the movement and its goals.

Question 44

Since the election of Donald Trump, the Tea Party has started to take on some of the activist strategies of the Democratic Party.

Question 45

Collective action is less likely to lead to social change.

Question 46

Hurricane Katrina, which occurred in 2005, is an example of a disaster.

Question 47

Which of the following are characteristic of the Tea Party movement?

A) It is a political party.
B) It was brought into being intentionally.
C) It has sustained itself for over seven years.
D) It is a collective effort.

Question 48

According to your text, what company has been so successful with branding that they have created a culture?

A) Zappos
B) Taco Bell
C) Walmart
D) Nike

Question 49

Human-made disasters are often political in nature.

Question 50

The first wave of the women's movement in the United States can be traced back to the 1700s.

Question 51

Feminists believe that women are better than men.

Question 52

According to Zygmunt Bauman, the perspective on globalization involves decreasing liquidity.

Question 53

Feminism is the belief that women are equal to men, especially socially, politically, and economically.

Question 54

Which of the following characteristics about riots are TRUE?

A) Women, rather than men, are more likely to participate in riots.
B) People tend to live physically close to where the riots take place.
C) People who participate in riots tend to be young.
D) People who participate in riots feel as if their actions can make a difference.

Question 55

Same-sex marriages are legal in which of the following countries?

A) Germany
B) Spain
C) South Africa
D) Sweden

Question 56

The Tea Party has significant power within the Republican Party.

Question 57

Riots can have positive effects, including which of the following?

A) leading to improvements in police procedures
B) leading to politicians making changes to economic and social policies
C) leading to violent suppression of the people engaged in protest
D) opening a conversation between the public and the administrative/political sphere

Question 58

The women's movement and the Tea Party are examples of social movements.

Question 59

Riots are often motivated by frustrations over various kinds of abuses and the inability to do much about them under normal circumstances. Thus, riots are most likely to be spawned by ______.

A) police brutality
B) unjust economic policies
C) racism and ethnocentrism
D) disasters

Question 60

Social movements need five types of resources to be successful.

Question 61

Define the term social movement. Select one social movement from the readings and discuss three characteristics that demonstrate it is a social movement.

Question 62

Explain the relationship between globalization and cyberactivism. Include an example from the course or the reading in your discussion.

Question 63

Ritzer cites five types of resources necessary for successful social movements. List and explain the four that you see as most important. Give an example of each.

Question 64

Even though there are global brands, local and regional differences are important in many parts of the world.

Question 65

Discuss the three waves of the women's movement and the key characteristics associated with each wave.

Question 66

Identify three factors that determine whether a social movement will succeed. Apply those factors in an assessment of the Civil Rights Movement.

Question 67

What three factors must exist for a social movement to emerge?

Question 68

WikiLeaks is one of the most controversial examples of cyberterrorism.

Question 69

Social change is characteristic of globalization, consumption, and the internet.

Question 70

The emphasis in the global economy is on consumption and decreasing barriers to consumption flows.

Question 71

What is the key event in the history of the civil rights movement? Who was the leader of the movement? What were some of the characteristics of the civil rights movement?

Question 72

U.S. corporate logos have little impact at an international level.

Question 73

The first global computer virus was created in the United States.

Question 74

Define what is meant by the term collective action. Discuss the two ways in which social movements differ from other forms of collective action.

Question 75

Which period is known as the golden age for gays and lesbians in the United States? Who was Harvey Milk and what role did he play in the gay and lesbian social movement?

Question 76

Much of consumption remains largely, if not totally, local.

Question 77

What is third-wave feminism? What is cyberfeminism, and how is it leading to a fourth wave?