Question 1

What are the chemical elements released by burning fossil fuels and how do they form acid rain?

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Question 2

Trace how the automobile changed dating practices in suburban and rural America, the role of women as homemakers, and life on farms and in small villages.

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Question 3

What was a "night rider?"

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Question 4

Explain the different assumptions that unilinear and multilinear evolutionary theories have about the social changes in society.

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Question 5

All societies make and use technology. What is the difference between technology in the traditional sense and what the text refers to as new technology?

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Question 6

Explain Marx's model of historical change.

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Question 7

How does technology reshape a society? What are the four ways that technology reshapes a society? Define each.

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Question 8

Briefly summarize the evolutionary theory of social change proposed by Karl Marx and discuss why his theory is no longer used to explain social change.

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Question 9

What is a sustainable environment and how is it achieved?

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Question 10

The text describes fascinating advances in military technology that includes remote control drones, killer satellites, and laser guided bombs. Will advances such as these make the soldier of the twentieth century obsolete?

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Question 11

What is geopolitics and what role do the nations belonging to this group play in it?

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Question 12

Why is Marx's view on social order comparable to a "dog chasing his tail?"

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Question 13

How did the automobile change a woman's role from being a producer of food and clothing to a consumer of national-brand goods and ready-made clothes?

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Question 14

Based on Ogburn's theory, identify and explain the three processes of social change and provide an example of each process.

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Question 15

Why are the ancient civilizations of Egypt, Greece, and Rome classic examples of the cyclical theory of cultural evolution?

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Question 16

Why was it necessary for the world's most powerful nations to accept Russia as a member of the Group of 7 and to be considering China for membership?

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Question 17

What are the three processes by which technological advances promote social change?

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Question 18

How may new technologies that permit working at home affect marriage, family, and divorce?

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Question 19

What are the most significant changes in society due to technology?

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Question 20

Historically, four social revolutions have occurred as a result of new technologies. List the technologies which led to these social changes and their consequences.

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Quiz 22: Social Change and the Environment