Test Bank 1
Answers are denoted with a star mark
CH.
Ch. 1. Th_e Personal Experience of Social Change
Social change can be understood as th_e accomplishment of:
a. th_e passing of time
*b. millions of people, living an_d dead
c. an unfolding plan of a deity more powerful than any human being
d. th_e men an_d women who made significant contributions t_o human progress
Who is th_e woman described in Ch. 1?
a. th_e author of science fiction novels
b. th_e CEO of one of th_e largest global corporations in th_e world
c. a scientist who was long forgotten but discovered in th_e 1980s
*d. no one special; just a woman who lived through much of th_e 20th century
Iris Summers’ children are described as:
*a. Baby Boomers
b. troubled an_d unable t_o fit into their time an_d place
c. a mixture of individuals with very special abilities
d. a soldier, a housewife, a doctor an_d a carpenter
When was th_e pace of social change probably th_e greatest?
a. th_e years between th_e founding of th_e United States an_d th_e Civil War
b. between 1492 an_d 1547
*c. th_e last half of th_e twentieth century
d. th_e years since th_e terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001
One of th_e main reasons people adopted their family name was:
*a a government wanted t_o keep tabs on them, t_o draft them into war or tax them
b. of their religion an_d their desire t_o be identified with it
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c. th_e need t_o marry “out of their lineage,” tha_t is, in order t_o avoid marrying a close relative
d. th_e rise in geographic mobility an_d th_e need t_o keep in touch with those left behind
Wha_t prominent people’s names provide a record of ethnic groups’ gains in th_e US?
a. Presidents of th_e United States
b. CEOs of th_e largest global corporations
c. any city’s telephone directory
*d. boxers or prizefighters
Wha_t popular technology was acquired by people of modest means beginning in 1900?
a. an automobile
b. a bicycle
*c. a Kodak Brownie camera
d. a clothes washing machine
Iris Summers grew up:
a.with a silver spoon in her mouth, tha_t is, affluent an_d privileged
b.before she was ready, having left school after 5th grade an_d having her first child at 15
c.in a large city an_d spent her formative years living in th_e top floor of an old tenement
*d. on a farm, poor, but in a largely self-sufficient family able t_o provide for most of its needs
During Iris Summers’ youth an_d early adulthood, wha_t great transformation was occurring:
a. science discovered th_e source of life
*b. farm life an_d agriculture, with millions of rural people an_d their children become part of th_e
urban labor force
c. women’s liberation an_d changing gender relations
d. nuclear weapons altered th_e balance of international power an_d th_e nature of war
Wha_t family relationship was common when Iris Summers was a girl an_d is again common, but
was more unusual in th_e middle of th_e last century?
a. children living with single parents
b. new couples buying homes an_d living close t_o their parents
c. blended families, with children of different biological parents forming a family when their parents
divorce an_d remarry
*d. multi-generational households, especially with adult children an_d their parents living under th_e
same roof
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When he was an adult, wha_t could Frank Summers, Iris’ husband, not understand about young
people?
*a. why they would marry before they had a good job an_d why they didn’t marry when they did have
a good job
b. their music an_d th_e way they danced without holding on t_o each other
c. why men an_d women didn’t wear their hair an_d dress differently, so he could easily tell th_e
difference between young men an_d young women
d. wha_t they could be talking about for so long on th_e phone, an_d later why they spent so much
time social networking
Iris Summers’ husband, Frank:
*a. worked as a civilian during World War Two
b. was killed in a highway accident, leaving Iris t_o raise their children
c. abandoned th_e family because he was jobless an_d could not support them
d. served an_d was seriously wounded in th_e Second World War
Wha_t social change occurred in th_e US during Iris Summers’ life tha_t was expected t_o happen as
well throughout th_e poorest parts of th_e world?
a. social inequality largely disappeared as equality of opportunity expanded t_o include everyone
*b. agriculture was transformed into an industrial operation an_d living standards rose as people
moved fr_om th_e countryside t_o cities
c. people became very conscious of th_e environment an_d people changed th_e way they live in
order t_o protect it for future generations
d. people had less an_d less interest in religion an_d accepted th_e authority of science
Wha_t was th_e most dramatic change in th_e geography of th_e world during Iris Summers’
lifetime?
a. th_e loss of forested land an_d th_e dramatic increase in farmland
b. th_e largest cities shifted fr_om being those located on th_e coasts t_o inland cities where they
were safer fr_om attack
c. immigration fr_om poor countries t_o richer countries swelled after mid-century
*d. 125 nations were added t_o th_e map of th_e world, most by gaining independence after an era of
European colonialism
Wha_t technology did Iris Summers think was th_e best thing t_o happen in her lifetime?
*a. television
b. indoor plumbing
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c. th_e home computer
d. nuclear weapons tha_t kept th_e world safe
During her lifetime Iris Summers:
*a. increasingly held th_e belief tha_t government should help th_e disadvantaged
b. became a prominent political figure, working on behalf of social change
c. divorced twice, each time thrusting her into poverty tha_t required her t_o find work
d. raised her brothers an_d sisters, her own children, an_d some of her grandchildren
Public awareness campaigns promoting auto safety:
a. are financed by governments with an interest in changing people’s behavior
*b. didn’t convince Iris Summers t_o wear a seat belt while riding in an automobile
c. were first aired on television
d. were ineffective in reducing traffic fatalities throughout th_e twentieth century
Wha_t change in women’s place in society most clearly distinguished Iris Summers fr_om her
daughters an_d granddaughters?
a. her daughters an_d granddaughters could decide when they wanted t_o have children by using
effective means of birth control an_d having th_e choice t_o terminate their pregnancies safely an_d
legally
b. her daughters an_d granddaughters were more likely t_o engage in premarital sex an_d marry at a
much later age
c. her daughters an_d granddaughters could run for political office without prejudice
*d. her daughters, an_d especially her granddaughters, were much more likely t_o want an_d need
t_o work outside th_e home
On average, among Iris Summers’ children’s generation who were married in th_e 1960s an_d
1970s:
*a. about half of all marriages ended in divorce
b. women gave birth t_o an average of 5 children
c. almost all experimented with drugs, an_d nearly one in five died fr_om a drug overdose
d. few women changed their last name t_o tha_t of their new husband
Wha_t social movement probably had th_e greatest impact on Iris Summers’ feelings?
a. th_e gay rights movement
b. th_e anti-abortion movement
Answers are denoted with a star mark
CH.
Ch. 1. Th_e Personal Experience of Social Change
Social change can be understood as th_e accomplishment of:
a. th_e passing of time
*b. millions of people, living an_d dead
c. an unfolding plan of a deity more powerful than any human being
d. th_e men an_d women who made significant contributions t_o human progress
Who is th_e woman described in Ch. 1?
a. th_e author of science fiction novels
b. th_e CEO of one of th_e largest global corporations in th_e world
c. a scientist who was long forgotten but discovered in th_e 1980s
*d. no one special; just a woman who lived through much of th_e 20th century
Iris Summers’ children are described as:
*a. Baby Boomers
b. troubled an_d unable t_o fit into their time an_d place
c. a mixture of individuals with very special abilities
d. a soldier, a housewife, a doctor an_d a carpenter
When was th_e pace of social change probably th_e greatest?
a. th_e years between th_e founding of th_e United States an_d th_e Civil War
b. between 1492 an_d 1547
*c. th_e last half of th_e twentieth century
d. th_e years since th_e terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001
One of th_e main reasons people adopted their family name was:
*a a government wanted t_o keep tabs on them, t_o draft them into war or tax them
b. of their religion an_d their desire t_o be identified with it
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c. th_e need t_o marry “out of their lineage,” tha_t is, in order t_o avoid marrying a close relative
d. th_e rise in geographic mobility an_d th_e need t_o keep in touch with those left behind
Wha_t prominent people’s names provide a record of ethnic groups’ gains in th_e US?
a. Presidents of th_e United States
b. CEOs of th_e largest global corporations
c. any city’s telephone directory
*d. boxers or prizefighters
Wha_t popular technology was acquired by people of modest means beginning in 1900?
a. an automobile
b. a bicycle
*c. a Kodak Brownie camera
d. a clothes washing machine
Iris Summers grew up:
a.with a silver spoon in her mouth, tha_t is, affluent an_d privileged
b.before she was ready, having left school after 5th grade an_d having her first child at 15
c.in a large city an_d spent her formative years living in th_e top floor of an old tenement
*d. on a farm, poor, but in a largely self-sufficient family able t_o provide for most of its needs
During Iris Summers’ youth an_d early adulthood, wha_t great transformation was occurring:
a. science discovered th_e source of life
*b. farm life an_d agriculture, with millions of rural people an_d their children become part of th_e
urban labor force
c. women’s liberation an_d changing gender relations
d. nuclear weapons altered th_e balance of international power an_d th_e nature of war
Wha_t family relationship was common when Iris Summers was a girl an_d is again common, but
was more unusual in th_e middle of th_e last century?
a. children living with single parents
b. new couples buying homes an_d living close t_o their parents
c. blended families, with children of different biological parents forming a family when their parents
divorce an_d remarry
*d. multi-generational households, especially with adult children an_d their parents living under th_e
same roof
,Test Bank 3
When he was an adult, wha_t could Frank Summers, Iris’ husband, not understand about young
people?
*a. why they would marry before they had a good job an_d why they didn’t marry when they did have
a good job
b. their music an_d th_e way they danced without holding on t_o each other
c. why men an_d women didn’t wear their hair an_d dress differently, so he could easily tell th_e
difference between young men an_d young women
d. wha_t they could be talking about for so long on th_e phone, an_d later why they spent so much
time social networking
Iris Summers’ husband, Frank:
*a. worked as a civilian during World War Two
b. was killed in a highway accident, leaving Iris t_o raise their children
c. abandoned th_e family because he was jobless an_d could not support them
d. served an_d was seriously wounded in th_e Second World War
Wha_t social change occurred in th_e US during Iris Summers’ life tha_t was expected t_o happen as
well throughout th_e poorest parts of th_e world?
a. social inequality largely disappeared as equality of opportunity expanded t_o include everyone
*b. agriculture was transformed into an industrial operation an_d living standards rose as people
moved fr_om th_e countryside t_o cities
c. people became very conscious of th_e environment an_d people changed th_e way they live in
order t_o protect it for future generations
d. people had less an_d less interest in religion an_d accepted th_e authority of science
Wha_t was th_e most dramatic change in th_e geography of th_e world during Iris Summers’
lifetime?
a. th_e loss of forested land an_d th_e dramatic increase in farmland
b. th_e largest cities shifted fr_om being those located on th_e coasts t_o inland cities where they
were safer fr_om attack
c. immigration fr_om poor countries t_o richer countries swelled after mid-century
*d. 125 nations were added t_o th_e map of th_e world, most by gaining independence after an era of
European colonialism
Wha_t technology did Iris Summers think was th_e best thing t_o happen in her lifetime?
*a. television
b. indoor plumbing
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c. th_e home computer
d. nuclear weapons tha_t kept th_e world safe
During her lifetime Iris Summers:
*a. increasingly held th_e belief tha_t government should help th_e disadvantaged
b. became a prominent political figure, working on behalf of social change
c. divorced twice, each time thrusting her into poverty tha_t required her t_o find work
d. raised her brothers an_d sisters, her own children, an_d some of her grandchildren
Public awareness campaigns promoting auto safety:
a. are financed by governments with an interest in changing people’s behavior
*b. didn’t convince Iris Summers t_o wear a seat belt while riding in an automobile
c. were first aired on television
d. were ineffective in reducing traffic fatalities throughout th_e twentieth century
Wha_t change in women’s place in society most clearly distinguished Iris Summers fr_om her
daughters an_d granddaughters?
a. her daughters an_d granddaughters could decide when they wanted t_o have children by using
effective means of birth control an_d having th_e choice t_o terminate their pregnancies safely an_d
legally
b. her daughters an_d granddaughters were more likely t_o engage in premarital sex an_d marry at a
much later age
c. her daughters an_d granddaughters could run for political office without prejudice
*d. her daughters, an_d especially her granddaughters, were much more likely t_o want an_d need
t_o work outside th_e home
On average, among Iris Summers’ children’s generation who were married in th_e 1960s an_d
1970s:
*a. about half of all marriages ended in divorce
b. women gave birth t_o an average of 5 children
c. almost all experimented with drugs, an_d nearly one in five died fr_om a drug overdose
d. few women changed their last name t_o tha_t of their new husband
Wha_t social movement probably had th_e greatest impact on Iris Summers’ feelings?
a. th_e gay rights movement
b. th_e anti-abortion movement
