CLEP SOCIOLOGY PRACTICE questions with correct answers

These are always members of a person's family of orientation Correct Answer-Parent(s) A family unit that is composed of relatives in addition to parents and children who live in the same household Correct Answer-Extended family The concurrent marriage of a person of one sex (male or female) with two or more members of the opposite sex (male or female) Correct Answer-Polygamy The practice of marrying within one's own social group or category Correct Answer-Endogamy The social institution that ensures the maintenance of society through the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services Correct Answer-Economy Tangible objects that are necessary or desired Correct Answer-Goods Steel workers who process metal ore are engaged in what kind of production? Correct Answer-Secondary sector production Private ownership of the means of production, from which personal profits can be derived through market competition and without government intervention, is characteristic of Correct Answer-Capitalism