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I have posted a sample quiz below.  This is not the quiz you will see in class, but it will give you an idea of the structure of the quizzes I construct and the nature of the types of questions.

Sociology 101 Quiz        Name: ______________    

1. In the film "Eye of the Storm," we witnessed an experiment in a grade school classroom in which the teacher basically "constructed" a system of inequality.  Explain how the teacher constructed this system of inequality.   Be sure to mention specific examples from the film.

 

 

 

 

2. The film “Business of Hunger” discussed the agribusiness activities of multinational corporations in several “peripheral” nations of the world system and its effects on the local farmers.  These corporations focus on the cultivation of particular crops for export (from the peripheral nation) in response to the consumption patterns of core nations.  List ONE of the crops discussed in the film, the peripheral nation it was/is grown in AND, in a few sentences, discuss the effects on the farmers of the peripheral nation.

             Crop: _____________        Nation: _____________

             Effects:

 

 

3. List two of the six "fundamental social needs" or "functional imperatives" discussed in the text and in class that societies develop institutions (social structures) to meet.

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4. List four of the five basic "institutions" found in all known societies.

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5. Bureaucracies are characterized by these features: Division of Labor, Hierarchy, Written Rules and Regulations, Impartiality, and Meritocracy.  List two of the four "advantages of bureaucracy" according to lecture and the Ritzer reading (Footprints #17).

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6. List two of the "disadvantages" of bureaucracy discussed in the Ritzer reading (#17) and in class.

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7. In a few sentences, discuss one example of "informal organization" from the book or lectures.

 

 

 

ESSAY (Answer on back): In a coherent essay, explain the difference between  the structural-functionalist and the conflict perspectives for analyzing society.