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Subject : humanities
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Using one's social networks for some form of gain






2. Large movement of people from country to city






3. Social groups - institutions - individuals that provide socialization situations






4. The behaviors - obligations - and privileges attached to specific status






5. ID - Ego - super ego






6. A group with three members






7. Discretely informing someone of a flawed performance






8. A type of economy where you live off the land






9. The ways in which individuals affect groups and the ways in which groups influence individuals






10. Crime committed on behalf of legal organizations






11. Where all things are equal. (rights - beliefs ect.)






12. The ways in which individuals affect groups and the ways in which groups influence individuals






13. Replacing members - teaching recruits - producing industry goods and services - preserving order - maintaining a sense of purpose






14. Power that is illegitimate - that people do not accept as rightly exercised over them






15. A system of providing goods and services






16. Occupation within social structures or institutions






17. All the statuses






18. What the audience sees






19. The sense of solidarity or loyalty that individuals feel toward a group to which they belong






20. Opportunities for crimes that are woven into the texture of life






21. You choose to have a government to constrain disruptive individual choices - for an orderly society and benefits provided






22. Ways in which people express their leadership






23. Process that teaches culture to group members






24. Relationships that provide support and social cohesion






25. To much stuff






26. Social positions earned or obtained






27. Virtual transitions between status






28. Persons influencing each others behavior






29. The institutions and processes responsible for enforcing criminal law (e.g. police - courts and correctional system.






30. Also called 'societal protection' protecting the public by preventing a criminal from doing a crime again either through imprisonment or execution






31. Unity based on specialized rules that society depend on one another






32. The individual and collective resources available to a person through his or her social networks






33. 'audience' ignores flawed performances






34. The groups that you use to evaluate yourself






35. Effort to control others thought of us through self presentation and performance






36. Authority based on law or written rules and regulations; also called bureaucratic authority






37. The social mechanisms that regulate a person's actions






38. Change in technology that leads to societal transformation






39. Informational jobs






40. Crimes more commonly committed by lower class people on the streets of their communities






41. Based on pasturing of animals






42. Based on cultivating plants with hand tools






43. Impersonal relationships that involve only limited parts of one's personality






44. Society based on kinship - and intimate social relationships






45. Creating specialization of subsystems and institutions within the social structure






46. Groups that we identify with and feel loyalty toward






47. Any violation of rules or norms






48. Retribution - Deterrence - Incapacitation - Rehabilitation






49. Relationships that cross social barriers






50. People who are roughly the same age and interests