Social Change, Social Movements, | Test Bank + Answers Ch.15 - Political Science Today 1st Edition with Answers by George Ritzer. DOCX document preview.
Chapter 15: Social Change, Social Movements, and Collective Action
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. Which of the following involves variations over time in every aspect of the social world, ranging from changes affecting individuals to transformations having an impact on the globe as a whole?
A. social change
B. social movements
C. social variations
D. social transfer
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Social Movements
Difficultly Level: Easy
2. Which of these is a characteristic of a social movement?
A. short-term duration
B. spontaneity
C. institutionalization
D. collective effort involving a significant amount of people
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Social Movements
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. What is the belief that women are socially, politically, and economically equal to men?
A. femininity
B. socialism
C. feminism
D. suffrage
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Feminist Movements
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. When did the first wave of the U.S. women's movement originate?
A. 1900s
B. 1750s
C. 1840s
D. 1620s
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Women’s Movement in the United States
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. The first wave of the women's movement focused largely on which of these?
A. women's rights in the workplace
B. women's rights in the educational field
C. women’s right to vote
D. women’s freedom from domestic violence
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Women’s Movement in the United States
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Betty Friedan's book ______ had a strong effect on the second wave of the women's movement.
A. Nickel and Dimed
B. Women's Rights
C. The Doctrine of Women
D. The Feminine Mystique
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well n other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Women’s Movement in the United States
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. Lindsay is a “third-wave feminist.” Which of these is associated with Lindsay’s “wave?”
A. greater racial and ethnic inclusivity
B. voting rights
C. social media usage
D. consciousness raising
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Women’s Movement in the United States
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. Besides the problem of alcohol, with which of these was the World Women's Christian Temperance Union concerned?
A. educational opportunities for women
B. women's rights in the workplace
C. political rights for women
D. women's rights in the household
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Global Women’s Movement
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. Which of these characterizes the women’s movement today?
A. unity and decline
B. diversity and globalization
C. unity and globalization
D. decline and religiosity
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Global Women’s Movement
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. When did the LGBTQ movement in the United States originate?
A. 1950s
B. 1890s
C. 1750s
D. 1620s
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: LGBTQ Movements
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. Which era has been described as “somewhat of a nationwide coming out experience” for gays and lesbians in the United States?
A. the World War I era
B. the World War II era
C. the Cold War era
D. the Iraq War era
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: World War II and the Lavender Scare
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. Which of the following refers to organized government purges of gay people that resulted in thousands of discharges from government service for those suspected of “sexual perversions?”
A. stonewall
B. Lavender Scare
C. Mattachine Society
D. Harvey Milk tragedy
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: World War II and the Lavender Scare
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. Which organization was founded in the 1950s to focus on the rights of gay women?
A. Daughters of Bilitis
B. Daughters of Mattachine
C. Mattachine Society
D. Lavender Scare Society
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The U.S.-Based Homophile Movement
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. Which marked the beginning of the modern gay rights movement?
A. the Civil Rights Act of 1964
B. the passage of the Fair Housing Act of 1968
C. the 1969 uprisings at Greenwich Village's Mafia-owned Stonewall Inn
D. the ACT/UP social action in 1989
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Stonewall
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. Which of these was instrumental in moving the gay and lesbian movement into a politics of queer spaces and identities?
A. stonewall
B. ACT UP and Queer Nation activism
C. the DSM
D. the Lavender Scare
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: HIV/AIDS, ACT UP, and Queer Nation
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. When was same-sex marriage legalized in the United States?
A. 1899
B. 1996
C. 2015
D. Same-sex marriage is still not legal in the United States.
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Ongoing Fight for Marriage Equality
Difficulty Level: Medium
17. Which of these is true for support of same-sex marriage in the United States?
A. It is not supported by most Americans.
B. Evangelical Protestants are much more likely to support same-sex marriage than are Catholics and mainline Protestants.
C. Women are only slightly more likely than men to support same-sex marriage.
D. Republicans are much more likely to support same-sex marriage than are Democrats.
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Ongoing Fight for Marriage Equality
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. Which of these banned discriminations based on race, sex, religion, and national identity?
A. the Social Movement Act of 1962
B. the Civil Rights Act of 1964
C. the Social Change Act of 1965
D. the Equality Act of 1961
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Civil Rights Movement
Difficulty Level: Easy
19. Which of these was the key event in the history of the civil rights movement?
A. the emergence of voting booths for Blacks in 1957
B. the 1955 bus boycott in Alabama
C. restaurants building restrooms for Blacks in 1952
D. Whites and Blacks attending dances together in 1953
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Civil Rights Movement
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. Which of these is true of the civil rights movement?
A. Women were not actively involved in it.
B. It was not covered in the media.
C. Most Whites strongly supported it.
D. It produced the Civil Rights Act which banned discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, and national origin.
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Civil Rights Movement
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. For a social movement to emerge, what must first be present?
A. media
B. protestors
C. grievances
D. violence
Learning Objective: 15.2: Explain how social movements emerge.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Emergence, Mobilization, and Impact of Social Movements
Difficulty Level: Medium
22. Which theory focuses on what groups of people need to do to effectively bring about social change?
A. resource mobilization
B. emergent norm
C. individual mobilization
D. cultural resource
Learning Objective: 15.2: Explain how social movements emerge.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Factors in the Emergence of a Social Movement
Difficulty Level: Medium
23. Which important resource in mobilizing social movements is associated with the legitimacy of the movement?
A. human resources
B. moral resources
C. cultural resources
D. material resources
Learning Objective: 15.2: Explain how social movements emerge.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Resources and Mobilization of Social Movements
Difficulty Level: Medium
24. Tommy was asked to participate in a social movement about immigrant and refugee rights because of his ability to speak four different languages and understand the local conditions of immigrants in his city. Which important resource in mobilizing social movements does Tommy possess?
A. human resources
B. moral resources
C. cultural resources
D. material resources
Learning Objective: 15.2: Explain how social movements emerge.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Resources and Mobilization of Social Movements
Difficulty Level: Medium
25. Which type of person is likely an ideal participant for a social movement based on criteria in your chapter?
A. a college student who has extra time to participate and who feels passionate about the cause
B. a very busy professor who teaches a social movements class
C. a wealthy donor who gives to many causes and is willing to give to the social movement
D. a person with social movement background
Learning Objective: 15.2: Explain how social movements emerge.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Participation
Difficulty Level: Hard
26. Erica is part of a social movement to save the environment. She is responsible for creating situations that bring attention to the importance of the environment to the media, public, and political leaders. Which of these is Erica responsible for?
A. tactics
B. goals
C. strategies
D. factors
Learning Objective: 15.2: Explain how social movements emerge.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Goals, Strategy, and Tactics
Difficulty Level: Medium
27. Which of the following statements is true regarding the success of a social movement?
A. Very few successful social movements start off small.
B. Enlisting violence can turn off potential supporters and members and can work against movement success.
C. Movements that avoid networking with other social movements are usually more successful.
D. Movements that are unique have a hard time getting media attention and becoming successful.
Learning Objective: 15.2: Explain how social movements emerge.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Factors in Success
Difficulty Level: Medium
28. Which group was effective in using Facebook to recruit Western women to join and to recruit men to travel to Syria to participate in the conflict?
A. Yellow Jackets
B. Hamas
C. Islamic State
D. Syrian Liberation Organization
Learning Objective: 15.2: Explain how social movements emerge.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Internet, Globalization, and Social Movements
Difficulty Level: Medium
29. Which theory is based on the idea that new norms are created considering some precipitating event, and they guide the often-nontraditional actions that characterize collective behavior?
A. emergent norm
B. innovative norm
C. changing norm
D. resource norm
Learning Objective: 15.3: Identify different types of collective action.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Collective Action
Difficulty Level: Medium
30. Which of these is a temporary gathering of a relatively large number of people in a common geographic location at a given time?
A. a mob
B. a crowd
C. a riot
D. a disaster
Learning Objective: 15.3: Identify different types of collective action.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Crowds
Difficulty Level: Easy
31. Riots, crowds, and disasters are all examples of ______.
A. integrative behavior
B. agglomerated behavior
C. collective behavior
D. united behavior
Learning Objective: 15.3: Identify different types of collective action.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Collective Action
Difficulty Level: Easy
32. Which of these is a temporary unruly collective action that causes damage to persons or property?
A. a crowd
B. a disaster
C. a riot
D. an anarchy
Learning Objective: 15.3: Identify different types of collective action.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Riots
Difficulty Level: Easy
33. Who is most likely to participate in a riot according to information from your text?
A. an elderly White man
B. a young woman who comes to a location specifically to participate in a riot
C. a young man who feels his actions can make a difference
D. Riots are unruly, and it is difficult to pick a typical participant.
Learning Objective: 15.3: Identify different types of collective action.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Riots
Difficulty Level: Medium
34. Which of these does Hurricane Maria exemplify?
A. a riot
B. a flash mob
C. a tragedy
D. a disaster
Learning Objective: 15.3: Identify different types of collective action.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Disasters
Difficulty Level: Easy
35. Which of these is true of disasters?
A. They are solely caused by natural phenomena.
B. The response to them is typically quick and effective.
C. They have been eliminated with technological upgrades in building codes.
D. The Challenger Shuttle incident is an example of a disaster.
Learning Objective: 15.3: Identify different types of collective action.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Human Involvement in Disasters
Difficulty Level: Medium
36. Prior to the current era of globalization, one common characteristic of people, things, and information was which of these?
A. location specificity
B. linearity
C. solidarity
D. less density
Learning Objective: 15.4: What are contemporary examples of the “liquids” and “flows” associated with globalization as the ultimate social change.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Globalization as the Ultimate Social Change
Difficulty Level: Medium
37. Zygmunt Bauman notes that globalization involves the increase of which of these?
A. permanence
B. solidification
C. liquidity
D. density
Learning Objective: 15.4: What are contemporary examples of the “liquids” and “flows” associated with globalization as the ultimate social change.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Global “Liquids”
Difficulty Level: Medium
38. Agnes, a small business owner in Wales, found that after the 2008 financial crisis in America, she could not get a loan from banks in her country. This is an example of which of these?
A. a global flow
B. a global economics
C. a global change
D. a global inequality
Learning Objective: 15.4: What are contemporary examples of the “liquids” and “flows” associated with globalization as the ultimate social change.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Global “Flows”
Difficulty Level: Medium
39. Some people in the United States think that too many undocumented immigrants live within the country's boundaries. The global growth in immigrants is an example of which of these?
A. a global liquid
B. an emotional wall
C. a global care chain
D. a global flow
Learning Objective: 15.4: What are contemporary examples of the “liquids” and “flows” associated with globalization as the ultimate social change.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Global “Flows”
Difficulty Level: Medium
40. Which of these is true of Edward Snowden’s WikiLeaks releases?
A. His information revealed that NSA had been secretly spying on the Obama administration.
B. His information revealed that the NSA had been spying on allied nations such as Germany.
C. His information release resulted in his detention by the Russian government.
D. His information release showed that government agencies rarely engage in global information sharing.
Learning Objective: 15.4: What are contemporary examples of the “liquids” and “flows” associated with globalization as the ultimate social change.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Cyberactivism
Difficulty Level: Medium
41. Which of the following is an example of cyberactivism?
A. the 2017 Washington Women’s March
B. Alcoholics Anonymous
C. the civil rights movement
D. the women’s rights movement
Learning Objective: 15.4: What are contemporary examples of the “liquids” and “flows” associated with globalization as the ultimate social change.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Cyberactivism
Difficulty Level: Medium
42. Which of the following consumers never fully embraced the idea of a consumer society?
A. American (U.S.) consumers
B. German consumers
C. Japanese consumers
D. French consumers
Learning Objective: 15.4: What are contemporary examples of the “liquids” and “flows” associated with globalization as the ultimate social change.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Local and Regional Differences
Difficulty Level: Easy
43. Pepsi and Levi’s Jeans are examples of well-known ______ names.
A. trademark
B. brand
C. brandmark
D. stigmatized
Learning Objective: 15.4: What are contemporary examples of the “liquids” and “flows” associated with globalization as the ultimate social change.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Global Brands
Difficulty Level: Easy
44. What is the name of a symbol that serves to identify and differentiate one product or service from others?
A. a trademark
B. a brand
C. a commodity
D. a label
Learning Objective: 15.4: What are contemporary examples of the “liquids” and “flows” associated with globalization as the ultimate social change.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Global Brands
Difficulty Level: Easy
45. According to your text, which company has been so successful with branding that they have created a culture?
A. Zappos
B. Taco Bell
C. Walmart
D. Nike
Learning Objective: 15.4: What are contemporary examples of the “liquids” and “flows” associated with globalization as the ultimate social change.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Global Brands
Difficulty Level: Easy
True/False
1. The women’s movement and the civil rights movement are examples of social movements.
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Social Movements
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Feminism is the belief that women are equal to men, especially socially, politically, and economically.
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Feminist Movements
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. The first wave of the women’s movement in the United States can be traced back to the 1700s.
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Feminist Movements
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. While the Nineteenth Amendment technically gave women the right to vote in 1848, women were not able to vote until it became law in 1920.
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Women’s Movement in the United States
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. The third wave of feminism has been critiqued for its lack of inclusivity of racial and sexual minorities.
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Women’s Movement in the United States
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. The National Organization of Women was a major factor in the second feminist movement.
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Women’s Movement in the United States
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. Since World War II, gays and lesbians in the United States have had equal rights with other U.S. citizens.
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: LGBTQ Movements
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. The homophobia scare was a term given to the government-sponsored attack on sexual minorities and those who engaged in same-sex behaviors.
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: World War II and the Lavender Scare
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. The 1970 uprisings at Greenwich Village's Stonewall Inn began the modern gay rights movement.
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Stonewall
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. Since 2015, only four U.S. states and the District of Columbia permit same-sex marriage.
Learning Objective: 18.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Ongoing Fight for Marriage Equality
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. The Montgomery boycott served as a model for future civil rights action and all other subsequent social movements.
Learning Objective: 18.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Civil Rights Movement
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. Gender discrimination occurred within the civil rights movement in the United States.
Learning Objective: 18.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Civil Rights Movement
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. The civil rights movement enlisted violence to eliminate racism.
Learning Objective: 18.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Civil Rights Movement
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. Grievances are necessary for the emergence of social movements.
Learning Objective: 15.2: Explain how social movements emerge.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Emergence, Mobilization, and Impact of Social Movements
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. Social movements require resources to bring about social change.
Learning Objective: 15.2: Explain how social movements emerge.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Factors in the Emergence of a Social Movement
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. Raymond is skilled in social media. A social movement scholar would identify Raymond as a moral resource.
Learning Objective: 15.2: Explain how social movements emerge.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Resources and Mobilization of Social Movements
Difficulty Level: Medium
17. Lorenzo is very well respected in his community and people have encouraged him to act as a leader to try to challenge discrimination in their community. A social movement scholar would identify Raymond as a cultural resource.
Learning Objective: 15.2: Explain how social movements emerge.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Resources and Mobilization of Social Movements
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. Material incentives are most likely to outweigh the risks and costs of participation in a social movement.
Learning Objective: 15.2: Explain how social movements emerge.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Participation
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. Civil disobedience is a nonviolent public act that is against the law aimed at changing government policies.
Learning Objective: 15.2: Explain how social movements emerge.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Goals, Strategy, and Tactics
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. One factor in determining whether a social movement will succeed is novelty or its uniqueness of the movement and its goals.
Learning Objective: 15.2: Explain how social movements emerge.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Factors in Success
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. The Internet is a crucial tool for social movements.
Learning Objective: 15.2: Explain how social movements emerge.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Internet, Globalization, and Social Movements
Difficulty Level: Easy
22. Collective behavior is identified as behavior that is random and uncontrolled.
Learning Objective: 15.3: Identify different types of collective action.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Collective Action
Difficulty Level: Medium
23. A crowd is characterized sociologically as “collective action.”
Learning Objective: 15.3: Identify different types of collective action.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Collective Action
Difficulty Level: Medium
24. Sam is in a crowd. According to emergent norm theory, Sam will comply blindly to whatever the crowd does.
Learning Objective: 15.3: Identify different types of collective action.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Crowds
Difficulty Level: Medium
25. The media can inflame riots.
Learning Objective: 15.3: Identify different types of collective action.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Negative Effects of Riots
Difficulty Level: Easy
26. Accidents have far greater impact than do disasters.
Learning Objective: 15.3: Identify different types of collective action.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Human Involvement in Disasters
Difficulty Level: Medium
27. Before globalization, life was more local, with greater social solidarity.
Learning Objective: 15.4: What are contemporary examples of the “liquids” and “flows” associated with globalization as the ultimate social change.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Globalization as the Ultimate Social Change
Difficulty Level: Medium
28. According to Zygmunt Bauman, the perspective on globalization involves decreasing liquidity.
Learning Objective: 15.4: What are contemporary examples of the “liquids” and “flows” associated with globalization as the ultimate social change.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Global “Liquids”
Difficulty Level: Medium
29. Japanese citizens are much more likely to embrace the idea of consumer society than are American citizens.
Learning Objective: 15.4: What are contemporary examples of the “liquids” and “flows” associated with globalization as the ultimate social change.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Local and Regional Differences
Difficulty Level: Easy
30. Even though there are global brands, local and regional differences are important in many parts of the world.
Learning Objective: 15.4: What are contemporary examples of the “liquids” and “flows” associated with globalization as the ultimate social change.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Local and Regional Differences
Difficulty Level: Easy
Essay
1. Define the term social movement. Select one social movement from the readings and discuss three characteristics that demonstrate it is a social movement.
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Social Movements
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. Discuss the waves of the women’s movement and the key characteristics associated with each wave.
Learning Objective: 15.1: Discuss the significance of social movements in the United States, as well in other parts of the world.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Feminist Movements
Difficulty Level: Hard
3. Ritzer cites five types of resources necessary for successful social movements. List and explain the four that you see as most important. Give an example of each.
Learning Objective: 15.2: Explain how social movements emerge
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Factors in the Emergence of a Social Movement
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. What three factors must exist for a social movement to emerge?
Learning Objective: 15.2: Explain how social movements emerge.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Factors in the Emergence of a Social Movement
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Identify and describe three factors that determine whether a social movement will succeed.
Learning Objective: 15.2: Explain how social movements emerge.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Factors in Success
Difficulty Level: Hard