Question 1: A church that is formally allied with the state and is the official religion of the society is referred to as:

Sect

Denomination

Ecclesia

Church

Question 2: A system of common beliefs and rituals centered on "sacred things" that unites believers and provides a sense of meaning and purpose is referred to as:

Culture

Society

Education

Religion

Question 3: Shared beliefs, values, norms, ideas, institutions, and organizations that create a common identity among a group of people is referred to as:

Culture

Society

Education

Religion

Question 4: The study of human cultures and societies and their development is known as:

Sociology

Humanities

Ethnography

Anthropology

Question 5: _____ is power based on a belief in the lawfulness of enacted rules (laws) and the legitimate right of leaders to exercise authority under such rules.

Rational-legal authority

Lawful authority

Legitimate authority

Rational-legal power

Question 6: Groups comprised of people who share the same concerns on a particular issue are referred to as:

Reference groups

Political parties

Interest groups

Civic groups

Question 7: A single people or nation governed by a political authority or state is commonly referred to as:

Nation-state

Country

State

Society

Question 8: The threat or use of physical violence to force compliance is referred to as:

Authority

Political intimidation

Coercion

Oppression

Question 9: An economic order characterized by the market allocation of goods and services, production for private profit, and private ownership of the means of producing wealth is referred to as:

Communism

Post-industrialization

Socialism

Capitalism

Question 10 : Karl Marx introduced the idea of a _____, a pool of job-seekers whose numbers outpace the available positions and who contribute to keeping wages low and conditions of work tenuous.

pool of unemployment

unemployed labor pool

reserve army of labor

labor army reserve

Question 11 : Any human effort that adds something of value to the goods and services that are available to others is commonly known as:

Production

Work

Labor

Vocation

Question 12 : Highly educated professionals who engage in mental labor and the manipulation of symbols are also known as:

Symbolic interactionists

Computer programmers

Symbolic analysts

Knowledge laborers

Question 13 : Which of the following best represents the sociological definition of health?

The extent to which a person experiences a state of mental, physical, and social well-being

The absence of illness and a positive sense of soundness

The extent to which a person is free from illness or able to perform day-to-day tasks

An institutionalized system for the scientific diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of illness

Question 14 : What is the definition of morbidity?

The rate of death

The rate of illness

The rate of incidence of physical ailments

The number of people who seek medicial attention in a given period of time

Question 15 : The science and practice of health protection and maintenance at a community level is referred to as:

Public health

Public health policy

Health care

Community health

Question 16 : Which of the following countries spends the most per capita on health care?

Norway

Switzerland

Japan

The United States