Question 1

Identify the demographic factor(s) that make financing the Social Security program problematic.

Accepted Answer

A)  More people are living beyond age 65. 
B)  After reaching 65, people live much longer than in earlier generations; average life spans are now 14 years longer than when Social Security was created in 1935. 
C)  There is a higher proportion of the population who are not working compared to the proportion who are. 
D)  all of the above 
A)  More people are living beyond age 65. 
B)  After reaching 65, people live much longer than in earlier generations; average life spans are now 14 years longer than when Social Security was created in 1935. 
C)  There is a higher proportion of the population who are not working compared to the proportion who are. 
D)  all of the above

Question 2

According to historian David Kennedy, there is NO precedent in U.S. history for one immigrant group to have the size and concentration that the

Accepted Answer

A)  Irish had in the Northeast. 
B)  African slaves had in the South. 
C)  Mexicans have in the Southwest. 
D)  Native Americans have in the West. 
A)  Irish had in the Northeast. 
B)  African slaves had in the South. 
C)  Mexicans have in the Southwest. 
D)  Native Americans have in the West.

Question 3

Identify which of the following is not evidence used to show that immigrants do not take jobs from U.S. citizens.

Accepted Answer

A)  Immigrants do not have negative effects on the wages of most Americans, but they do compete with the low-wage/poorly skilled segment of the work force. 
B)  Immigrants are more likely than the rest of the population to be self-employed, which creates jobs and strengthens local economies. 
C)  Immigrants are welcome and included in most American labor unions. 
D)  Immigrants do society's dirty work that many poor U.S. citizens are unwilling to do. 
A)  Immigrants do not have negative effects on the wages of most Americans, but they do compete with the low-wage/poorly skilled segment of the work force. 
B)  Immigrants are more likely than the rest of the population to be self-employed, which creates jobs and strengthens local economies. 
C)  Immigrants are welcome and included in most American labor unions. 
D)  Immigrants do society's dirty work that many poor U.S. citizens are unwilling to do.

Question 4

Which of the following is a problem of an aging society?

Accepted Answer

A)  inadequate income from pensions or Social Security 
B)  escalating health care costs 
C)  a slowdown in advances in the medical sciences 
D)  both A and B 
A)  inadequate income from pensions or Social Security 
B)  escalating health care costs 
C)  a slowdown in advances in the medical sciences 
D)  both A and B

Question 5

A pronounced effect of the new immigration will accelerate in the foreseeable future is an increased orientation toward multiculturalism.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Identify which of the following is an option new immigrants have for adapting to American society.

Accepted Answer

A)  They try to blend in as quickly as possible. 
B)  They resist the new ways and develop an adversarial stance toward the dominant society. 
C)  They focus more intensely on social networks created through ethnic ties. 
D)  all of the above 
A)  They try to blend in as quickly as possible. 
B)  They resist the new ways and develop an adversarial stance toward the dominant society. 
C)  They focus more intensely on social networks created through ethnic ties. 
D)  all of the above

Question 7

Workers over the age of 40 have difficulty finding work because _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  they are considered too old to retrain 
B)  they do not have a college degrees 
C)  immigrants have taken their jobs 
D)  they support offshoring 
A)  they are considered too old to retrain 
B)  they do not have a college degrees 
C)  immigrants have taken their jobs 
D)  they support offshoring

Question 8

Identify which of the following is not true of the new immigration?

Accepted Answer

A)  The volume of immigrants is relatively large. 
B)  New patterns of immigration are changing racial composition in the United States. 
C)  The new residents are primarily African and Asian. 
D)  Immigration now accounts for a large share of the nation's population growth. 
A)  The volume of immigrants is relatively large. 
B)  New patterns of immigration are changing racial composition in the United States. 
C)  The new residents are primarily African and Asian. 
D)  Immigration now accounts for a large share of the nation's population growth.

Question 9

The Immigration Act amendments of 1965, which removed the quota system that had earlier preserved the European character of the United States, has led to a new wave of immigrants.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

By the time a typical immigrant with a families dies, the immigrant and his/her family will have received $80,000 more in benefits than they paid in taxes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

One problem of an aging society is inadequate income from pension or Social Security alongside escalating health care costs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Corporate mergers involve corporate administrators deciding to move their businesses to another locality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Offshoring involve moving U.S. factories to places abroad where wages are lower, unions are weaker or nonexistent, and the business climate is more receptive.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

With a falling birth rate and advances in medicine, there has been a tenfold increase in the ________ segment of the population since 1900.

Accepted Answer

A)  adult 
B)  aging 
C)  adolescent 
D)  middle-aged 
A)  adult 
B)  aging 
C)  adolescent 
D)  middle-aged

Question 15

With the current political mood to eliminate affirmative action, new immigrants will have a more difficult time assimilating than their predecessors, and there will almost certainly be fewer social benefits available to them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

An increase in ________ is likely in today's environment as animosities intensify over tough economic times and a revival of racism.

Accepted Answer

A)  scapegoating 
B)  stereotyping 
C)  labeling 
D)  harassment 
A)  scapegoating 
B)  stereotyping 
C)  labeling 
D)  harassment

Question 17

________ is the movement of people across political boundaries.

Accepted Answer

A)  Globalization 
B)  Immigration 
C)  Balkanization 
D)  Assimilation 
A)  Globalization 
B)  Immigration 
C)  Balkanization 
D)  Assimilation

Question 18

One of the societal earthquakes is the aging of the population.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

With a falling birth rate and advances in medicine, there has been a tenfold increase in that segment of the aging population since 1900.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

New immigrants tend to locate where other poor people leave for obvious reasons like cheap housing; as a result, disadvantaged groups often must compete for relative advantage and conflict often results.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Identify the demographic factor(s) that make financing the Social Security program problematic.

According to historian David Kennedy, there is NO precedent in U.S. history for one immigrant group to have the size and concentration that the

Identify which of the following is not evidence used to show that immigrants do not take jobs from U.S. citizens.

Which of the following is a problem of an aging society?

A pronounced effect of the new immigration will accelerate in the foreseeable future is an increased orientation toward multiculturalism.

Identify which of the following is an option new immigrants have for adapting to American society.

Workers over the age of 40 have difficulty finding work because _______.

Identify which of the following is not true of the new immigration?

The Immigration Act amendments of 1965, which removed the quota system that had earlier preserved the European character of the United States, has led to a new wave of immigrants.

By the time a typical immigrant with a families dies, the immigrant and his/her family will have received $80,000 more in benefits than they paid in taxes.

One problem of an aging society is inadequate income from pension or Social Security alongside escalating health care costs.

Corporate mergers involve corporate administrators deciding to move their businesses to another locality.

Offshoring involve moving U.S. factories to places abroad where wages are lower, unions are weaker or nonexistent, and the business climate is more receptive.

With a falling birth rate and advances in medicine, there has been a tenfold increase in the ________ segment of the population since 1900.

With the current political mood to eliminate affirmative action, new immigrants will have a more difficult time assimilating than their predecessors, and there will almost certainly be fewer social benefits available to them.

An increase in ________ is likely in today's environment as animosities intensify over tough economic times and a revival of racism.

________ is the movement of people across political boundaries.

One of the societal earthquakes is the aging of the population.

With a falling birth rate and advances in medicine, there has been a tenfold increase in that segment of the aging population since 1900.

New immigrants tend to locate where other poor people leave for obvious reasons like cheap housing; as a result, disadvantaged groups often must compete for relative advantage and conflict often results.

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Exam 8: Structural Sources of Societal Change: Economic and Demographic

Identify the demographic factor(s) that make financing the Social Security program problematic.

According to historian David Kennedy, there is NO precedent in U.S. history for one immigrant group to have the size and concentration that the

Identify which of the following is not evidence used to show that immigrants do not take jobs from U.S. citizens.

Which of the following is a problem of an aging society?

A pronounced effect of the new immigration will accelerate in the foreseeable future is an increased orientation toward multiculturalism.

Identify which of the following is an option new immigrants have for adapting to American society.

Workers over the age of 40 have difficulty finding work because _______.

Identify which of the following is not true of the new immigration?

The Immigration Act amendments of 1965, which removed the quota system that had earlier preserved the European character of the United States, has led to a new wave of immigrants.

By the time a typical immigrant with a families dies, the immigrant and his/her family will have received $80,000 more in benefits than they paid in taxes.

One problem of an aging society is inadequate income from pension or Social Security alongside escalating health care costs.

Corporate mergers involve corporate administrators deciding to move their businesses to another locality.

Offshoring involve moving U.S. factories to places abroad where wages are lower, unions are weaker or nonexistent, and the business climate is more receptive.

With a falling birth rate and advances in medicine, there has been a tenfold increase in the ________ segment of the population since 1900.

With the current political mood to eliminate affirmative action, new immigrants will have a more difficult time assimilating than their predecessors, and there will almost certainly be fewer social benefits available to them.

An increase in ________ is likely in today's environment as animosities intensify over tough economic times and a revival of racism.

________ is the movement of people across political boundaries.

One of the societal earthquakes is the aging of the population.

With a falling birth rate and advances in medicine, there has been a tenfold increase in that segment of the aging population since 1900.

New immigrants tend to locate where other poor people leave for obvious reasons like cheap housing; as a result, disadvantaged groups often must compete for relative advantage and conflict often results.

The Sociological Perspective

The Structure of Social Groups

The Duality of Social Life: Order and Conflict

Culture

Socialization

Social Control

Deviance

Social Stratification

Class

Racial Inequality

Gender Inequality

The Economy

Power and Politics

Families

Education

Religion

Human Agency: Individuals and Groups in Society Changing Social Structures

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