Deck 7: Class, Capitalism, and Society

Question 1

The German sociologist Simmel considered _________ as a criterion for classifying groups.

A)nature of contact
B)interaction
C)size
D)nature of membership

Answer 1

size

Question 2

Capitalism may produce _____ who possess the means of production for the whole of society

A)bourgeoisie
B)proletariat
C)peasants
D)serfs

Answer 2

bourgeoisie

Question 3

In Capitalism, the Bourgeoisie exploits the _______

A)clergy
B)proletariat
C)peasant
D)serf

Answer 3

proletariat

Question 4

Institution is comparatively ___________.

A)permanent
B)temporary
C)artificial
D)transitory

Question 5

Fredrick Engels hypothesized that ______ would emerge as the final form ofcapitalism before the contradictions reach a point where capitalism cannotsustain itself and socialism emerges as its successor

A)liberal capitalism
B)free capitalism
C)state capitalism
D)world capitalism

Question 6

Who presented the idea of cultural lag'?

A)ogburn
B)malinowski
C)maciver
D)risley

Question 7

In which book did Marx and Engels comment that the history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles

A)das kapital
B)the poverty of philosophy
C)the german ideology
D)the communist manifesto

Question 8

According to Talcott Parsons, all the units of social structure are __________.

A)concrete
B)tangible
C)abstract
D)explicit

Question 9

Who are the owners of capital in Capitalism?

A)bourgeoisie
B)nobility
C)peasant
D)serf

Question 10

A class is defined by the ownership of ________

A)property
B)labour
C)work
D)status

Question 11

Human interaction is essentially _____________ interaction.

A)competitive
B)co-operative
C)communicative
D)deliberate

Question 12

___________ help meet the basic needs of society.

A)associations
B)social groups
C)social institutions
D)interactions

Question 13

___________ is the basic ingredient of social relationships.

A)group
B)awareness
C)bonding
D)interaction

Question 14

Name the system adopted by a given society to guide family or blood relationship.

A)marriage
B)culture
C)kinship
D)taboos

Question 15

Studies of social interaction, groups etc. belong to ------ sociology.

A)urban
B)macro
C)applied
D)micro

Question 16

The components of material culture are __________ and objective.

A)external
B)internal
C)tangible
D)both a&c

Question 17

Contact & communication are the two main conditions of social interaction. Who said so?

A)horton & hunt
B)park & burgess
C)ogburn & nimkoff
D)maciver & page

Question 18

Culture is the man-made part of environment. Who said so?

A)e. b. tylor
B)m.j. herskovits
C)r.brown
D)k. davis

Question 19

Who has described ?society as a web of social relationships. ?

A)mead
B)ogburn
C)leacock
D)maciver

Question 20

Who coined the term primary group?

A)comte
B)ginsberg
C)cooley
D)gisbert

Question 21

Studies of social interaction, groups etc. belong to ------ sociology.

A)urban
B)macro
C)applied
D)micro

Question 22

The principle of an aristocratic government is _______

A)political virtue
B)honour
C)moderation
D)fear

Question 23

Comte argued that the human mind, individual human beings, all knowledge, and world history develop through ____ successive stages

A)two
B)three
C)four
D)five

Question 24

In Capitalism, ______ class possess only their own labour power, which they must sell in order to survive

A)bourgeoisie
B)proletariat
C)peasant
D)serf