First Unit

Question 1

sociology

Answer 1

-systematic study of human society and social interactions

Question 2

society

Answer 2

-a large social grouping that shares the same geographical territory and is subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations

Question 3

global interdependence

Answer 3

-a relationship in which the lives of all people are intertwined and one nations problems are a part of a larger global problem

Question 4

micro level analysis

Answer 4

• focuses on small groups rather than large scale social structures
• looks at social dynamics in an individual’s life

Question 5

macro level analysis

Answer 5

-examines whole societies, large scale social structures and social systems

Question 6

why study sociology? (6)

Answer 6

• behavior do you want to gain a better understanding of ourselves and social world
• common sense knowledge guides every day behavior
• most common sense knowledge/emotions are myths
• source is usually media
• sociologists use scientific standards research techniques because they’re accountable to scientific community
• patterns in human behavior

Question 7

sociological imagination

Answer 7

• the ability to see the relationship between individual experiences and the larger society
• helps us distinguish between personal troubles in public issues
• help you understand how your own personal troubles relate to the social context in which those experiences happen

Question 8

high income countries (3)

Answer 8

• highly industrialized, technologically advance, developed
• high standard of living
• Canada

Question 9

middle income countries (2)

Answer 9

• becoming industrialized, developing

- Mexico

Question 10

low income countries

Answer 10

• primarily agricultural, underdeveloped

- nations of Africa

Question 11

race

Answer 11

-groups of people distinguished by physical characteristics

Question 12

ethnicity

Answer 12

-A groups cultural heritage or identity

Question 13

class

Answer 13

-the relative location of a person or group within the larger society (money)

Question 14

sex

Answer 14

-biological differences between males and females

Question 15

gender

Answer 15

-meanings, believes, and practices associated with sex differences, referred to as masculinity and femininity

Question 16

social revolutions that influences the origins of sociology

Answer 16

• enlightenment
• industrialization
• urbanization

Question 17

enlightenment (2)

Answer 17

• an intellectual revolution and help people thought about social change and progress
• views on progress and equal opportunity led to political and economic revolutions

Question 18

industrialization (4)

Answer 18

• the process by which societies are transform from dependence on agriculture and homemade products to an emphasis on manufacturing
• time of economic, technological and social change (machines, factories)
• new class of “industrialists”
• people left rural communities

Question 19

urbanization (3)

Answer 19

• the process where an increasing proportion of the population lives in cities rather than rural areas
• people shifted from being producers of goods to consumers
• living and working conditions lead to new social problems such as: poverty, and adequate housing, crowding, unsanitary conditions, pollution, crying, child labor, no job security, hazardous conditions