Question 1

Mortality rate is also known as death rate per 500,000 individuals over a five-year period.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

What is the definition of the terms
-Crude death rate (CDR)

Accepted Answer

Death rate

Question 3

Consistent with the Amish philosophy of life and death:

Accepted Answer

A)  people who are near death are placed in a special building to avoid contaminating others 
B)  elaborate funerals are held 
C)  the coffin is placed in the house, and the funeral service is held in the house or barn 
D)  there is a strong taboo against talking about death. 
A)  people who are near death are placed in a special building to avoid contaminating others 
B)  elaborate funerals are held 
C)  the coffin is placed in the house, and the funeral service is held in the house or barn 
D)  there is a strong taboo against talking about death.

Question 4

What is the definition of the terms
-Thanatology

Accepted Answer

The study

Question 5

Whereas the death system used to be organized around death at an early age due to contagious diseases and infections, today's focus is on current lifestyle choices (such as smoking) and elderly conditions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What is the definition of the terms
-Pathologists

Accepted Answer

Physicians who speci

Question 7

Which function of the death system includes the challenges posed to the individual and the group by the loss of a member?

Accepted Answer

A)  warnings and predictions 
B)  preventing death 
C)  social consolidation 
D)  disposing of the dead 
A)  warnings and predictions 
B)  preventing death 
C)  social consolidation 
D)  disposing of the dead

Question 8

What is the definition of the terms
-Tsunami

Accepted Answer

A series of extremely long wav

Question 9

Examples of objects of the death system include all of the following EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  a noose 
B)  a death certificate 
C)  slow, solemn music intoned on an organ 
D)  an electric chair. 
A)  a noose 
B)  a death certificate 
C)  slow, solemn music intoned on an organ 
D)  an electric chair.

Question 10

What is the definition of the terms
-Morbidity

Accepted Answer

The answer of What is the definition of the terms
-Morbidity...

Question 11

Avoidance of the dying person was intensified through the nineteenth and early twentieth century because of fears associated with the suffering and contagious danger of people with:

Accepted Answer

A)  meningitis 
B)  cancer 
C)  syphilis 
D)  tuberculosis. 
A)  meningitis 
B)  cancer 
C)  syphilis 
D)  tuberculosis.

Question 12

Which of the following is a function of the death system?

Accepted Answer

A)  Warnings and predictions 
B)  Killing 
C)  Social consolidation after death 
D)  All of the above 
A)  Warnings and predictions 
B)  Killing 
C)  Social consolidation after death 
D)  All of the above

Question 13

Floodwaters churned through the cemetery in Hardin, Missouri, during the devastating floods of 1993. In trying to recover from the effects of the flood, the community:

Accepted Answer

A)  could not invest their limited energy to resources regarding the cemetery problem 
B)  asked a contractor to haul the bodies away for public health reasons 
C)  invested intensive effort into identifying the corpses and returning them to their designated burial places 
D)  feared contact with the corpses and avoided dealing with them as long as possible. 
A)  could not invest their limited energy to resources regarding the cemetery problem 
B)  asked a contractor to haul the bodies away for public health reasons 
C)  invested intensive effort into identifying the corpses and returning them to their designated burial places 
D)  feared contact with the corpses and avoided dealing with them as long as possible.

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT related to the reduction of vultures in India?

Accepted Answer

A)  reduced death anxiety because there is no longer this reminder of mortality 
B)  increased risk of tuberculosis and anthrax 
C)  interference with Tibetan Buddhist "sky burial" 
D)  intensified concern about pesticide effects. 
A)  reduced death anxiety because there is no longer this reminder of mortality 
B)  increased risk of tuberculosis and anthrax 
C)  interference with Tibetan Buddhist "sky burial" 
D)  intensified concern about pesticide effects.

Question 15

What is the definition of the terms
-Capital punishment

Accepted Answer

Execution carried ou

Question 16

One of the most disturbing facets of human sacrifice has been one of the more common in history: the ritual murder of children.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

For individuals between 25 and 44 years of age, ______ and ______ are among the highest death risks.

Accepted Answer

A)  heart disease; suicide 
B)  accidents; liver disease 
C)  accidents; suicide 
D)  COPD; accidents 
A)  heart disease; suicide 
B)  accidents; liver disease 
C)  accidents; suicide 
D)  COPD; accidents

Question 18

Heart disease has been the leading cause of death among Americans since 1940.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Poor women in the U.S. are less likely to be diagnosed and treated for breast cancer.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Mortality rate is also known as death rate per 500,000 individuals over a five-year period.

What is the definition of the terms -Crude death rate (CDR)

Consistent with the Amish philosophy of life and death:

What is the definition of the terms -Thanatology

Whereas the death system used to be organized around death at an early age due to contagious diseases and infections, today's focus is on current lifestyle choices (such as smoking) and elderly conditions.

What is the definition of the terms -Pathologists

Which function of the death system includes the challenges posed to the individual and the group by the loss of a member?

What is the definition of the terms -Tsunami

Examples of objects of the death system include all of the following EXCEPT:

What is the definition of the terms -Morbidity

Avoidance of the dying person was intensified through the nineteenth and early twentieth century because of fears associated with the suffering and contagious danger of people with:

Which of the following is a function of the death system?

Floodwaters churned through the cemetery in Hardin, Missouri, during the devastating floods of 1993. In trying to recover from the effects of the flood, the community:

Which of the following is NOT related to the reduction of vultures in India?

What is the definition of the terms -Capital punishment

One of the most disturbing facets of human sacrifice has been one of the more common in history: the ritual murder of children.

For individuals between 25 and 44 years of age, and are among the highest death risks.

Heart disease has been the leading cause of death among Americans since 1940.

Poor women in the U.S. are less likely to be diagnosed and treated for breast cancer.

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Mortality rate is also known as death rate per 500,000 individuals over a five-year period.

What is the definition of the terms -Crude death rate (CDR)

Consistent with the Amish philosophy of life and death:

What is the definition of the terms -Thanatology

Whereas the death system used to be organized around death at an early age due to contagious diseases and infections, today's focus is on current lifestyle choices (such as smoking) and elderly conditions.

What is the definition of the terms -Pathologists

Which function of the death system includes the challenges posed to the individual and the group by the loss of a member?

What is the definition of the terms -Tsunami

Examples of objects of the death system include all of the following EXCEPT:

What is the definition of the terms -Morbidity

Avoidance of the dying person was intensified through the nineteenth and early twentieth century because of fears associated with the suffering and contagious danger of people with:

Which of the following is a function of the death system?

Floodwaters churned through the cemetery in Hardin, Missouri, during the devastating floods of 1993. In trying to recover from the effects of the flood, the community:

Which of the following is NOT related to the reduction of vultures in India?

What is the definition of the terms -Capital punishment

One of the most disturbing facets of human sacrifice has been one of the more common in history: the ritual murder of children.

For individuals between 25 and 44 years of age, ______ and ______ are among the highest death risks.

Heart disease has been the leading cause of death among Americans since 1940.

Poor women in the U.S. are less likely to be diagnosed and treated for breast cancer.

As We Think About Death

What Is Death What Does Death Mean

Dying: Transition From Life

Hospice and Palliative Care

End-Of-Life Issues and Decisions

Suicide

Violent Death: Murder, Terrorism, Genocide, Disaster, and Accident

Euthanasia, Assisted Death, Abortion, and the Right to Die

Death in the World of Childhood

Bereavement, Grief, and Mourning

The Funeral Process

Do We Survive Death

How Can We Help Caregiving and Death Education

Good Life, Good Death Trying to Make Sense of It All

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For individuals between 25 and 44 years of age, and are among the highest death risks.