Deck 2: Families Throughout the World

Question 1

German sociologist Ferdinand Tonnies suggested that progressive loss of ________ is a result of industrialization and urbanization.

A)income
B)independence
C)intimacy
D)integrity

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following describes how structural functionalism views marriage?

A)It symbolizes the types of culturally approved relationships
B)It regulates behavior,roles,status,and inheritance.
C)It illustrates the competition for mates,resources,and power.
D)It serves to oppress women.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Which of the following is an ascribed status?

A)Career
B)Education
C)Race
D)Location

Answer 3

C

Question 4

What is the relationship between family and modernization?

A)Family members become closer as society modernizes.
B)Family relationships weaken as society modernizes.
C)There is less gender role differentiation as a society modernizes.
D)Family traditions strengthen as a society modernizes.

Question 5

Amanda is a student,an employee,and a mother.When the photographer takes her picture,she is sitting in her study group studying for the midterm.Which of the following is accurate? Amanda's ________ is a student and her ________ is studying.

A)status; role
B)ascribed status; achieved status
C)role; status
D)achieved status; ascribed status

Question 6

Maria and Pablo have been dating only a few months when they realize they are first cousins.What will prevent them from marrying?

A)Gesellschaft
B)Achieved status
C)Role
D)Incest taboo

Question 7

Sociologist Peter Berger has connected which characteristics to modernization?

A)A decline in the focus on the future
B)An increase in small cohesive communities
C)An increase in cultural traditions
D)A decline in importance of religious institutions

Question 8

Which norm would you find the most openness to marriages outside one's own ethnic or social class division?

A)Exogamy
B)Endogamy
C)Polyandry
D)Bilateral

Question 9

Which of the following explains the belief of upper-class people in India about contact with a Dalits?

A)They will be blessed.
B)They will be contaminated.
C)They will be shunned.
D)They will not be believed.

Question 10

According to World Systems Theory,what do core countries like the United States and Japan do to poorer countries?

A)Manipulate for profit
B)Increase wealth
C)Undermine traditions
D)Conserve the environment

Question 11

Julio is a teacher,and therefore stands in front of the classroom. His occupation is his ________,and where he therefore stands is his _________.

A)role; function
B)function; status
C)status; role
D)function; behavior

Question 12

If you were creating a society that allows for some control over reproduction for the sake of inheritance,which be the most effective strategy?

A)Monogamy
B)Polyandry
C)Polygamy
D)Patrilocality

Question 13

Nguyen and Phuong live in their native Vietnam and were just married.As shown in the opening vignette,tradition would dictate that they live with

A)her parents.
B)his parents.
C)her brother.
D)no one else.

Question 14

The problem of fistulas is related to

A)rapid industrialization in Southeast Asia.
B)patriarchy in healthcare.
C)patterns of kinship and descent.
D)the practice of exogamy.

Question 15

According to World System Theory,what results when wealthy countries bring employment to poor nations to benefit from low wages and other resources?

A)Fewer cash crops in the poor country
B)More industrialization in the poor nation
C)Less poverty in the poor nation
D)More isolation of poor families in the poor country

Question 16

Xixi,a member of the !Kung San people,is now 20 years old and looking for a wife.What strategy will be most effective for him?

A)Ask his friends to introduce him to some single women
B)Approach parents of a woman close to his age
C)Move to the city and get a good job
D)Impress others with his hunting skills

Question 17

What do families in Nyinba,Tibet practice in order to thrive in their environment,which is agrarian,harsh,and poor?

A)Monogamy
B)Polygyny
C)Polyandry
D)Patrilocality

Question 18

Sociologist William J.Goode used existing data from several regions of the world including sub-Saharan Africa,India,China,Japan,and several countries in the Middle East to examine how industrialization and modernization affected family patterns,including such issues as mate selection,kinship,marital relationships,and divorce.What did he conclude?

A)Mate selection becomes less free and more constrained.
B)There is a shift away from extended families.
C)Kinship evolves toward a matrilocal pattern.
D)Families become less egalitarian.

Question 19

Rebecca is legally married to Dan,but Dan also has three other wives he married in a religious ceremony.Rebecca and Dan practice

A)polyandry.
B)polygyny.
C)patriarchy.
D)patrilocal.

Question 20

In the opening vignette,sociologist Charles Hirschman and Nguyen Huu Minh's research suggests

A)cultural preference is easily destroyed by modernization.
B)modernization reduces the mutual benefits of joint living.
C)modernization has no effect on family life.
D)cultural preference remains strong even with modernization.

Question 21

What is the fundamental value that underlies the sex imbalance in India?

A)There is competition with China over economic power.
B)Women have recently been granted the right to initiate divorce.
C)Patriarchy leads to disvaluing females.
D)The country has made it easier for men to migrate elsewhere in search of work.

Question 22

Which most accurately explains the reason for the differences in marriage and family patterns between Sweden and India?

A)Sweden has a caste system.
B)India is a richer nation.
C)Sweden is more egalitarian.
D)India is a matriarchy.

Question 23

Haruki and Akira are newlyweds living in their native Japan and expecting their first child.If typical,how will their life be compared to a couple in the United States?

A)Haruki and Akira have a lower chance of divorce.
B)Haruki and Akira have a more gender equal marriage.
C)He will be a more involved father than an American father.
D)She will be much younger than an American newlywed.

Question 24

Sweden's child/family allowance demonstrates its support of

A)population control.
B)traditional marriage.
C)gender equality.
D)patriarchy.

Question 25

Which of the following best characterizes marriage and family patterns in Japan?

A)Japan is an egalitarian society with respect to gender.
B)Japan's birthrate is falling.
C)Japanese men and women are marrying at younger ages.
D)Japanese fathers are highly involved in the care of their children.