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Sociology 130 Exam 1
Fall 2001
Part I: Instructions: Multiple choice. Circle the one best response. (2 pts ea)
1. What is sociology?
A. The study of changing political environments B. The study of individualized behavior C. The study of human behavior in social groups D. The study of integrated commerce in market settings
2. In what nation did the discipline of rural sociology initially gain importance?
A. Canada B. United States C. Germany D. France E. England
3. In terms of land area, approximately what percentage of the Unites States are rural areas?
A. 35% B. 95% C. 65% D. 85%
4. What are the three missions of the Land Grant University?
A. Extension, Teaching, Social work B. Research, Extension, Philosophy C. Extension, Research, Teaching D. Medical, Legal, Research
5. Which of the following people most closely adopts the classical liberalism perspective?
A. Hillary Clinton B. Rush Limbaugh C. Tom Harkin D. Brad Pitt
6. The Homestead Act was enacted in the same year as:
A. The Morrill Act, which created Land Grant Universities B. The Smith Lever Act, which created cooperative extension C. The Farmers Act, which created the first farm subsidies D. The Hatch Act, which created Ag. Experiment Stations
7. The most recent creation of Land Grant institutions (1994) was directed to serving:
A. Farmers and rural residents B. Inner-city poor C. African-American residents D. Asian-Americans residents E. Native-American Indian residents
8. What does ascribed status mean?
A. A status earned through some type of activity B. A secret identity taken from another C. An assigned status D. A socially desirable status
9. Marx defined the have’s as the ___________ , and the have not’s as the ___________?
A. United States, Germany B. Workers, Laborers C. Bourgeoise, Proletariat D. Proletariat, Workers
10. Oprah’s defense to the lawsuit brought upon by Engler and three smaller cattle feeders was that
A. Her Fourth Amendment rights were violated B. Her First Amendment rights were violated C. She did not have to defend herself because the law was a Texas State law and she was not a citizen of Texas D. She was misquoted and in fact never said anything publicly disparaging about beef
16. Which is not a result of the industrialization of agriculture according to Neil Hamilton’s “How Industrialization is Restructuring Food Production?”
A. Lower cost of food B. More uniform food C. More predictability in food D. Higher transportation costs for wholesale foods
17. What is Starlink?
A. A seafood company in Minnesota B. Genetically modified corn C. An ocean liner D. A method for analyzing rural communities
18. What is rural according to Copp?
A. Farmers and their families B. Hicks C. People in towns of under 10, D. What is left of society when we have subtracted cities
19. According to David Freshwater (Rural America t the Turn of the Century), which resources for traditional rural occupations are threatened or facing depletion?
A. Lumber, air, fisheries B. Mines, lumber, fisheries C. Sunlight, lumber, mines D. Air, water, soil
20. According to the USDA-ERS article, Understanding Rural America, the well-being of rural America is not dependent upon _____________.
A. Good paying jobs B. Strong communities C. Remoteness D. Healthy natural environment
21. Robert Wolf, author of “Iowa: Living in the Third World” discusses:
A. Rescue efforts to Iowa’s sister region in Rwanda, which is plagued with famine B. Complaints about living in rural Iowa C. What life is like in Lansing, Iowa D. Complaints about money leaving the state’s economy
22. What social norm did many Jews violate when they moved to Postville, Iowa?
A. Unruly dress B. Theft C. Lawn care D. Leaving bills to be paid on credit
23. Most of the Jews in Postville originated from:
A. Tel Aviv B. Philadelphia C. New York D. Des Moines
24. Stephen Bloom became curious about the Lubavichers when he
A. Wanted to join their religion B. Wanted his son to have more Jewish friends C. Became curious about the going ons in Postville D. Read about them in Newsweek magazine
25. What cultural phenomena did Jewish residents want to protect their children from in Postville?
A. Assimilation B. Stratification C. Punctuality D. Sanctions
26. When Stephen Bloom evaluates Brugger’s bagels as soft crusted doughnuts, he…
A. is providing a possible marketing theme for the chain B. is endorsing the adoption of Jewish bread by his new Iowa hometown residents in Iowa City C. slips into a bit of an ethnocentrism made based on his New York roots D. writes from a cultural relativism perspective
29. Fill in the blank (12 points). To answer this question please use either…
Postville: A clash of cultures in Heartland America (either book or video) or How the West was Won Over
Check above the one you choose and using three elements from nonmaterial culture identify examples that: a) clash (or are at odds with) and b) are similar to (or shared with) or the existing local cultural setting.
Example that “Clashes”
Example that is “Shared” Cognitive Ideological
Normative
