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Chapter 13: Change Through Policy and the Law
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. What is one formal way societies reinforce their norms and expectations?
a. Laws
b. Shame
c. Exclusion
d. Conditioning
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the four major routes to social change.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: How Does Society Reproduce Itself?
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Nick is caught cheating in his high school English class. The school kicks him off the football team, an example of what informal reinforcement of norms?
a. Law
b. Exclusion
c. Social change
d. Regulation
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the four major routes to social change.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: How Does Society Reproduce Itself?
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. The adjustment of social and cultural norms over time is known as ______.
a. cultural disintegration
b. sociocultural evolution
c. generational upheaval
d. social change
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the four major routes to social change.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: How Does Society Reproduce Itself?
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. What is one way change can occur through state institutions?
a. Social movements
b. Cultural change
c. Elections
d. Protests
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the four major routes to social change.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: How Does Society Reproduce Itself?
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. How did the LGBTQ community win the right to legally recognized same-sex marriage?
a. They successfully argued to the Supreme Court that denying them is discrimination.
b. Continuous protests convinced lawmakers to pass new legislation legalizing it.
c. Heartfelt appeals to fairness moved the president to issue an executive order.
d. They called a general strike and refused to go to work until the law was changed.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the four major routes to social change.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: How Does Society Reproduce Itself?
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. Adam and Steve want to become parents by adopting a child. Their process has recently become easier because ______.
a. many states passed new laws allowing same-sex couples to adopt
b. the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution protects all citizens
c. the LGBTQ community boycotted all adoption agencies until they cooperated
d. the president signed an executive order to end discriminatory practices
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the four major routes to social change.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: How Does Society Reproduce Itself?
Difficulty Level: Medium
7. Why was the effort to gain the right to vote for women so difficult?
a. Social norms never evolve.
b. Both social norms and laws had to be changed.
c. Female lawmakers were not all supportive.
d. African American suffrage took political precedence.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the four major routes to social change.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: How Does Society Reproduce Itself?
Difficulty Level: Medium
8. Joan wears an asymmetrical hairstyle and outlandish clothing. How could society informally punish her for such deviance?
a. Joan may be suspended from school.
b. Joan will be arrested for causing a disturbance.
c. Joan could be isolated by her peers.
d. Joan will be prevented from voting.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the four major routes to social change.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: How Does Society Reproduce Itself?
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. Several states have passed laws to legalize marijuana for medical and recreational uses. This is an example of a(n) ______ social change.
a. intentional
b. gradual
c. unintentional
d. remedial
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the four major routes to social change.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: How Does Society Reproduce Itself?
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. What type of social change resulted from the printing press, and later with the introduction of the Internet?
a. Intentional
b. Swift
c. Unintentional
d. Catastrophic
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the four major routes to social change.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: How Does Society Reproduce Itself?
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. Kuno was born with a male anatomy, but identifies as female. The pace of society changing to accept this shifting gender identification is likely to be ______.
a. gradual
b. unintentional
c. swift
d. immediate
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the four major routes to social change.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: How Does Society Reproduce Itself?
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. If a region wants to be considered a state and it has security forces, a judicial system, and geographic territory, what does it lack?
a. An education system
b. Decision maker(s)
c. Police
d. Access to water
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain the rise of the modern state and compare the three major perspectives for understanding the evolution of the state.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Rise of the State
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. The only organization that has the legal right to use violence on you is a(n) ______.
a. court
b. army
c. state
d. religion
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain the rise of the modern state and compare the three major perspectives for understanding the evolution of the state.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Rise of the State
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. The only entity that is legally allowed to tax you is a(n) ______.
a. state
b. gang
c. religion
d. bureaucracy
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain the rise of the modern state and compare the three major perspectives for understanding the evolution of the state.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Rise of the State
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. According to Max Weber, where does the state get its power?
a. From the need of the people to have order
b. From its monopoly on legitimate use of violence
c. From the mandate of religious authority
d. From the fear it instills in its citizens
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain the rise of the modern state and compare the three major perspectives for understanding the evolution of the state.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Rise of the State
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. If the state uses violence in unacceptable ways, the people can best respond by ______.
a. gathering their own armies to fight
b. inviting a neighboring state to invade
c. protesting and using civil disobedience
d. creating and following their own laws
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain the rise of the modern state and compare the three major perspectives for understanding the evolution of the state.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Rise of the State
Difficulty Level: Medium
17. What theory of state development focuses on the need to recruit and train administrators?
a. The conflict perspective
b. The economic perspective
c. The militaristic perspective
d. The managerial perspective
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain the rise of the modern state and compare the three major perspectives for understanding the evolution of the state.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Managerial Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
18. Amaru is a public works administrator in his state. Applying the managerial perspective of statehood, his most important job as a bureaucrat is to ______.
a. intimidate people so they do not ask for too much
b. convince people the state can fulfill their needs
c. make sure everyone is happy all the time
d. reduce people’s expectations by working slowly
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain the rise of the modern state and compare the three major perspectives for understanding the evolution of the state.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Managerial Perspective
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. Which perspective on the development of states is most compatible with Weber’s assertion about power and violence?
a. The militaristic perspective
b. The managerial perspective
c. The economic perspective
d. The feminist perspective
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain the rise of the modern state and compare the three major perspectives for understanding the evolution of the state.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Militaristic Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
20. In what way does Charles Tilly assert that states are protection rackets?
a. Citizens cannot stop the state from abuse.
b. They demonstrate that absolute power corrupts absolutely
c. They trade security for tax money.
d. States start wars to reduce the population.
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain the rise of the modern state and compare the three major perspectives for understanding the evolution of the state.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Militaristic Perspective
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. According to Charles Tilly, what is the relationship between capitalists and state building in Europe?
a. Capitalists provide the money needed to wage war and assert control.
b. States tax capitalists to ensure that everyone is equal and protected.
c. Capitalists use the state to crush communists and anyone in the way.
d. States need capitalists to organize and keep track of taxable assets.
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain the rise of the modern state and compare the three major perspectives for understanding the evolution of the state.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Militaristic Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
22. What state building perspective is most closely related to the ideas of Karl Marx?
a. Managerial perspective
b. Militaristic perspective
c. Economic perspective
d. Violence perspective
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain the rise of the modern state and compare the three major perspectives for understanding the evolution of the state.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Economic Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
23. According to Marx, who does the state side with in conflicts over economic interests?
a. Proletarians
b. Communists
c. Capitalists
d. Socialists
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain the rise of the modern state and compare the three major perspectives for understanding the evolution of the state.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Economic Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
24. How do states support the needs of capitalists, according to the economic perspective of statehood?
a. By standardizing weights and measures and enforcing ownership laws
b. By using violence to force people to do business with corporations
c. By extracting natural resources and giving them freely to corporations
d. By actively suppressing dissent and protecting whoever pays it the most
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain the rise of the modern state and compare the three major perspectives for understanding the evolution of the state.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Economic Perspective
Difficulty Level: Medium
25. What type of state provides basic income, income security, and offers a range of social services?
a. Militaristic
b. Economic
c. Managerial
d. Welfare
Learning Objective: 13.3: Describe the welfare state and its functions in society
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Welfare State
Difficulty Level: Easy
26. Ilinka is a single mother of two children who uses public assistance to make sure she can feed her family. Which service do her food stamps illustrate?
a. Economic security
b. Basic income
c. Immigration policy
d. Protection
Learning Objective: 13.3: Describe the welfare state and its functions in society
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Welfare State
Difficulty Level: Medium
27. According to researcher Price Fisherback, what effects did the New Deal have by 1937?
a. Increases in the number of people on welfare and unemployment
b. Reductions in infant deaths, suicides, and deaths from infections
c. Reductions in military spending, and environmental regulations
d. Increases in military enlistments and patriotism
Learning Objective: 13.3: Describe the welfare state and its functions in society
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Welfare State in the United States
Difficulty Level: Easy
28. What is the trend in social welfare programs around the world since the 1990s?
a. Increased spending on most programs
b. Spending increased, but it became harder to become eligible
c. Reduced spending and fewer eligible people
d. Poor countries spent more, rich countries spent less
Learning Objective: 13.3: Describe the welfare state and its functions in society
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Welfare State in the United States
Difficulty Level: Easy
29. If a country uses taxes paid by the wealthy to fund programs for the poor, what is the net effect?
a. The income inequality gap shrinks.
b. Wealthy people dodge their taxes.
c. Impoverished people become lazy.
d. Class warfare increases due to resentment.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Describe the welfare state and its functions in society
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Welfare State in the United States
Difficulty Level: Medium
30. What type of social program is given to everyone?
a. Means-tested
b. Supplemental
c. Universal
d. Conditional
Learning Objective: 13.3: Describe the welfare state and its functions in society
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Welfare State in the United States
Difficulty Level: Easy
31. A social program that is given only to those who qualify is called a(n) ______ program.
a. universal
b. means-tested
c. supplemental
d. unconditional
Learning Objective: 13.3: Describe the welfare state and its functions in society
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Welfare State in the United States
Difficulty Level: Easy
32. Why is the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program considered a means-tested program?
a. Only senior citizens who need the money are eligible.
b. Everyone can get some of the money at retirement.
c. Wealthy and poor seniors both qualify for the program.
d. It replaces Social Security and everyone benefits.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Describe the welfare state and its functions in society
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Welfare State in the United States
Difficulty Level: Medium
33. Andrea attends public school near her home. Which type of program is Andrea utilizing?
a. Means-tested
b. Universal
c. Supplemental
d. Conditional
Learning Objective: 13.3: Describe the welfare state and its functions in society
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Welfare State in the United States
Difficulty Level: Medium
34. Tadesee needs to fill out lots of paperwork to secure a student loan to pay for college. This paperwork is used to determine if she qualifies for financial aid. In other words, student loans are ______.
a. universal
b. supplemental
c. means-tested
d. unconditional
Learning Objective: 13.3: Describe the welfare state and its functions in society
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Welfare State in the United States
Difficulty Level: Medium
35. What method did Ozturk use to measure the effectiveness of six means-tested social programs and their effects on income poverty?
a. Surveys
b. Correlational study
c. Case study
d. Interviews
Learning Objective: 13.3: Describe the welfare state and its functions in society
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Methods in Depth: Assessing the Effectiveness of Means-Tested Social Programs
Difficulty Level: Hard
36. According to Gulgun Bayaz Ozturk's research (2018), which group is most likely to fall into poverty?
a. Married with children households
b. Divorced male-led households
c. Female households with no children
d. Divorced female-led households
Learning Objective: 13.3: Describe the welfare state and its functions in society
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Methods in Depth: Assessing the Effectiveness of Means-Tested Social Programs
Difficulty Level: Easy
37. State-run efforts to make up for systematic discrimination or human rights violations are known as ______ programs.
a. universal
b. unconditional
c. reparations
d. remedy
Learning Objective: 13.4: Define reparation programs and illustrate how they have been used.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Reparation Programs
Difficulty Level: Easy
38. What is one benefit of a symbolic apology as a reparation program?
a. It acknowledges and takes seriously the harm that was done to the group.
b. It allows the dominant society to feel better about itself without costing money.
c. It permits the dominant culture to return to ignoring the victimized group.
d. The victimized group can use the apology as a way to gain money later.
Learning Objective: 13.4: Define reparation programs and illustrate how they have been used.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Reparation Programs
Difficulty Level: Easy
39. Japanese-Americans who were put in internment camps by the U.S. government during World War II eventually received $20,000 in reparations because their human rights were violated. What type of reparations are these?
a. Symbolic
b. Monetary
c. Means-tested
d. Conditional
Learning Objective: 13.4: Define reparation programs and illustrate how they have been used.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Reparation Programs
Difficulty Level: Medium
40. Big Bear was forced into a residential school by the Canadian government. Later, his family received an apology and some money. What type of reparations are these?
a. Monetary only
b. Symbolic only
c. Symbolic and monetary
d. Means-tested
Learning Objective: 13.4: Define reparation programs and illustrate how they have been used.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Reparation Programs
Difficulty Level: Medium
41. What is the primary way citizens influence and interact with government?
a. Elections
b. Protests
c. Petitions
d. Meetings
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: How the State Involves the Public
Difficulty Level: Easy
42. Which demographic group has the highest voter turnout rates in the U.S.?
a. Young African-Americans
b. Older Hispanics
c. Young White men
d. Older White people
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: How the State Involves the Public
Difficulty Level: Easy
43. What theory explains that young people vote at lower rates, but gradually get more involved as they age?
a. Life-cycle effect
b. Means-tested
c. Generational replacement
d. Civic tradition
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: How the State Involves the Public
Difficulty Level: Medium
44. What theory of voter participation argues that older people are more active than subsequent people in general?
a. Mandatory voting
b. Civic tradition
c. Generational replacement
d. Life-cycle effect
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: How the State Involves the Public
Difficulty Level: Easy
45. According to Blais and Loewen, how are today’s young people different from previous generations?
a. They are less interested in politics.
b. They are more educated and vote more.
c. They follow their parents’ voting patterns.
d. They are more likely to reject their parents.
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: How the State Involves the Public
Difficulty Level: Easy
46. What organizations do many people in Southeast Asia use to help the community grow and bond with each other?
a. Rotating credit associations
b. Private education
c. Mandatory public service groups
d. Child rearing co-ops
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Challenges Facing the Modern State
Difficulty Level: Easy
47. According to Putnam's study, Making Democracy Work, what is the biggest factor shaping how satisfied a citizen is with his or her government?
a. Cultural awareness
b. Civic tradition
c. Mandatory voting
d. Level of education
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Challenges Facing the Modern State
Difficulty Level: Medium
48. Minh quickly repays the money she borrowed during her turn from the rotating credit association so that someone else can benefit. Minh is concerned about ______.
a. socialization
b. social capital
c. social inequality
d. social change
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Challenges Facing the Modern State
Difficulty Level: Medium
49. The resources a person can draw upon in relation to others that help them to make decisions or take action are ______.
a. monetary
b. social capital
c. union dues
d. social norms
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Challenges Facing the Modern State
Difficulty Level: Easy
50. Lishan studied voter turnout in the United States and concluded that low participation may be the result of a lack of connection with others and low levels of trust in them. In other words, a lack of ______.
a. efficiency
b. collusion
c. social capital
d. education
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Challenges Facing the Modern State
Difficulty Level: Medium
51. The quality of the interconnections between values, norms, institutions, and associations, or ______, predicts the level of voter participation.
a. civicness
b. social capital
c. openness
d. efficacy
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Challenges Facing the Modern State
Difficulty Level: Medium
52. The rise of social media has increased the number of connections most people have, but what may be one counterintuitive result?
a. "Likes" determine how close we are to each other.
b. Social media exposes us to more information.
c. People have fewer close friends.
d. Older people are getting more connected.
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Decline of Close Social Connections
Difficulty Level: Easy
53. Casual social connections we make online, especially people who are friends of friends, are considered ______ by sociologists.
a. strong ties
b. weak ties
c. kinship ties
d. confidant ties
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Decline of Close Social Connections
Difficulty Level: Easy
54. Ensio feels that he can only discuss important issues with one person in his life, a situation similar to about ______ of the population.
a. two-thirds
b. three-quarters
c. half
d. one-tenth
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Decline of Close Social Connections
Difficulty Level: Easy
55. According to the General Social Survey, what is happening to the number of people considered our discussion partners for important issues?
a. The number is decreasing.
b. The number is increasing.
c. The number has been consistent.
d. The number has disappeared.
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Decline of Close Social Connections
Difficulty Level: Easy
56. How are education and the number of confidants related?
a. People with less than a high school education have more confidants.
b. Those with advanced degrees have fewer confidants.
c. Education has little bearing on the number of confidants.
d. As education levels increase, so does the number of confidants.
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Decline of Close Social Connections
Difficulty Level: Easy
57. Why do online friends not count as confidants?
a. They cannot provide the same emotional support as in-person friends.
b. Online friends can offer diverse opinions rather than echo chambers.
c. Social media friends are geographically closer than confidants.
d. Many social media “friends” are actually digital personas, or bots.
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Decline of Close Social Connections
Difficulty Level: Easy
58. According to Veenhof's research, a group that seems to particularly benefit from a wide online social network is ______.
a. the depressed
b. recent immigrants
c. the elderly
d. the recently bereaved
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Decline of Close Social Connections
Difficulty Level: Easy
59. What did the General Social Survey determine regarding Americans and their social ties?
a. People who are very well connected are increasing.
b. Social ties are deeper than ever, but less broad.
c. People are shifting away from ties formed in churches, neighborhood groups and sports teams.
d. Social media interactions are declining across all groups.
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Decline of Close Social Connections
Difficulty Level: Easy
60. An individual with a large group of Facebook friends, but few in-person friendships, has probably experienced ______.
a. rapid social change
b. the life-cycle effect
c. strong civic engagement
d. a decline in social capital
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Decline of Close Social Connections
Difficulty Level: Medium
True/False
1. Social change is often controversial and uncertain.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the four major routes to social change.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: How Does Society Reproduce Itself?
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Social change is rarely intentional.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the four major routes to social change.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: How Does Society Reproduce Itself?
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. Social change can happen within or outside state institutions.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the four major routes to social change.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: How Does Society Reproduce Itself?
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. The state’s monopoly on violence is seen as justified because it maintains order.
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain the rise of the modern state and compare the three major perspectives for understanding the evolution of the state.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Rise of the State
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. The European state arose partly because people realized there needed to be a final word in disputes.
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain the rise of the modern state and compare the three major perspectives for understanding the evolution of the state.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Managerial Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. War-making, state-making, and protection from enemies are required for a militaristic state.
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain the rise of the modern state and compare the three major perspectives for understanding the evolution of the state.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Militaristic Perspective
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. Countries with the highest GDP also spend the most on social services.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Describe the welfare state and its functions in society
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Welfare State
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. At the start of the Great Depression, the United States was the only industrialized nation with no social insurance policies.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Describe the welfare state and its functions in society
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Welfare State in the United States
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. The average divorced woman’s income decreases six times more than the average divorced man.
Learning Objective: 13.3: Describe the welfare state and its functions in society
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Methods in Depth: Assessing the Effectiveness of Means-Tested Social Programs
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. Reparations only take the form of money.
Learning Objective: 13.4: Define reparation programs and illustrate how they have been used.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Reparation Programs
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. Survivors of the Holocaust have received reparations for that crime against humanity.
Learning Objective: 13.4: Define reparation programs and illustrate how they have been used.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Reparation Programs
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. Reparations are a form of restorative justice.
Learning Objective: 13.4: Define reparation programs and illustrate how they have been used.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Reparation Programs
Difficulty Level: Easy
13. The rate of voter turnout in the United States has been fairly consistent since the early 1900s.
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: How the State Involves the Public
Difficulty Level: Easy
14. A higher level of education is correlated to an increased likelihood of voting.
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: How the State Involves the Public
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. Social capital is based on the amount of trust and confidence people feel for one another in social interactions.
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: How the State Involves the Public
Difficulty Level: Easy
Essay
1. How has technology changed the pace of social change? Use details and examples to support your answer.
Learning Objective: 13.1: Describe the four major routes to social change.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: How Does Society Reproduce Itself?
Difficulty Level: Hard
2. Compare and contrast the managerial, militaristic, and economic perspectives on the emergence of the state.
Learning Objective: 13.2: Explain the rise of the modern state and compare the three major perspectives for understanding the evolution of the state.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Rise of the State
Difficulty Level: Hard
3. In what ways has the United States attempted to relieve poverty? How effective have these efforts been?
Learning Objective: 13.3: Describe the welfare state and its functions in society
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Welfare State
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. Explain how reparation programs work, who uses them, and their effectiveness.
Learning Objective: 13.4: Define reparation programs and illustrate how they have been used.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Reparation Programs
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. How has the rise of online communities influenced in-person interactions? What trends have been found by researchers?
Learning Objective: 13.5: Explain how the state involves the public and how the relationship between the state and citizens changes over time.
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Decline of Close Social Connections
Difficulty Level: Hard
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