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Question 1:

What does sociology place emphasis on?
a) The development, structure, and functioning of human society: social relations, social institutions, group interaction, and social structures
b) The application of our understanding of society and its members in order to improve the well-being of all
c) Systems of government and how they serve citizens
d) The comparative study of human societies and cultures and their development

Question 2:

What does the “sociological imagination” involve?
a) Imagining social life through a single perspective
b) Understanding how society works
c) Understanding how society works in relation to one
d) Both B and C

Question 3:

Which of the following made sociology possible?
a) The French Revolution
b) The Renaissance
c) The Second World War
d) None of the above

Question 4:

Which early sociologist developed a set of values, embodied in early Protestantism, which he believed fuelled the development of modern capitalism?
a) Auguste Comte
b) Émile Durkheim
c) Max Weber
d) Karl Marx

Question 5:

The term “vertical mosaic” was coined by which of the following sociologists?
a) Harold Innis
b) Samuel Delbert Clark
c) John Porter
d) Everett C. Hughes

Question 6:

Which of the following sociologists developed the sub-discipline of rural sociology in Canada?
a) S.D. Clark
b) John Porter
c) Helen C. Abell
d) Annie Marion MacLean

Question 7:

Sociology is both the systematic and unsystematic study of society.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 8:

Sociology involves exploring the patterns in social variables that occur in social institutions.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 9:

C. Wright Mills coined the term “imaginative sociology.”
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 10:

Western sociology developed in nineteenth-century Europe as a response to dramatic social changes.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 11:

Karl Marx (1818–1883) wrote “The Division of Labour in Society.”
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 12:

The term “melting pot” is a metaphor frequently used to characterize Canada’s multicultural society.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Question 13:

The movement to Canadianize sociology occurred in the 1970s.
a) TRUE
b) FALSE

Higher Education

Foundations of Sociology: Chapter 1