SOC 102 Quiz 4 Study Guide

Study Guide for Quiz #4 – SOC 102 – covering chapters 9 and 10 in Our Social World

Chapter 9: Social Change: Population, Urbanization, Globalization

1. Know the definitions of the three terms in the chapter title – population, urbanization, and globalization.
2. Who wrote the book titled An Essay on the Principle of Population and what did this person describe or propose in this book?
3. When a country goes from having high birth rates and high death rates to having low birth rates and low death rates, what is that process called?
4. Know what the following terms mean (definitions) and be able to recognize examples of each one:

The three demographic variables

Gentrification

Outsourcing

Modernization

Dependency theory

Demography and population (including what is the difference between the two)

Chapter 10: Social Institutions: The Family, Religion, and Politics/Government

1. Be prepared to define (describe) the following terms:
   1. Family of origin and Family of orientation. (similarities and differences)
   2. The Power Elite
   3. Authority
   4. The elements of religion
2. What do we know about divorce rates in the U.S.? Have they gone up or down? What other factors affect them (e.g. geography, age, parents marital status, number of children, prior divorces)?
3. What are the types of authority and who was the sociologist who defined these types?
4. What are the various types of leaders identified in the text? Know the definition of each type.
5. Max Weber wrote a book about how one particular religious change in a society led to a new type of economic system becoming dominant. What was the name given to the religious change and what was the name of the new economic system that came about due to this religious change?
6. How do each of the three major sociological perspectives view or understand marriage and the various ways it works or doesn’t work in society?
7. What is the meaning of the saying, “Religion is the opium of the people” and who is credited with the origination of that saying.