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SOCIOLOGY 111 FINAL EXAM {IVY TECH}
2025 BRAND NEW ACTUAL EXAM WITH
ANSWERS.
1. Neocolonialism - correct answer -Also called economic
imperialism, this is the domination of newly independent
countries by larger countries using foreign business interests
that causes colonial-style economies to continue, which often
caused monoculture (a country only producing one main export
like sugar, oil, etc).
2. World systems analysis - correct answer -a multidisciplinary,
macro-scale approach to world history and social change which
emphasizes the world-system (and not nation states) as the
primary (but not exclusive) unit of social analysis.
3. Modernization Theory - correct answer -a model of economic
and social development that explains global inequality in terms
of technological and cultural differences between nations
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4. Colonialism - correct answer -Attempt by one country to
establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and
cultural principles in another territory.
5. Achieved status - correct answer -a social position that a
person can acquire on the basis of merit, reflects personal
skills, abilities, and efforts.
6. Master status - correct answer -the social position that is the
primary identifying characteristic of an individual
7. Ascribed status - correct answer -the social status a person is
assigned at birth or assumed involuntarily later in life
8. Effects of social isolation on children - correct answer -loss of
social network, can lead to mental illnesses
9. The world of the profane - correct answer -not concerned with
religion or religious purposes
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10. The world of the sacred - correct answer -considered to be
the central characteristic of religion
11. Minority - correct answer -5 traits are 1 unequal treatment
and less power over their lives, 2 distinguishing physical or
cultural traits like skin color or language, 3 involuntary
membership in the group, 4 awareness of subordination, and 5
high rate of in-group marriage
12. Majority - correct answer -does not involve higher numbers
but refers to the group that has power
13. Graying in society - correct answer -increasing elderly
population
14. Sociology - correct answer -the systematic study of human
society and social interaction
15. Culture shock - correct answer -four different phases:
honeymoon, frustration, adjustment and acceptance
SOCIOLOGY 111 FINAL EXAM {IVY TECH}
2025 BRAND NEW ACTUAL EXAM WITH
ANSWERS.
1. Neocolonialism - correct answer -Also called economic
imperialism, this is the domination of newly independent
countries by larger countries using foreign business interests
that causes colonial-style economies to continue, which often
caused monoculture (a country only producing one main export
like sugar, oil, etc).
2. World systems analysis - correct answer -a multidisciplinary,
macro-scale approach to world history and social change which
emphasizes the world-system (and not nation states) as the
primary (but not exclusive) unit of social analysis.
3. Modernization Theory - correct answer -a model of economic
and social development that explains global inequality in terms
of technological and cultural differences between nations
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4. Colonialism - correct answer -Attempt by one country to
establish settlements and to impose its political, economic, and
cultural principles in another territory.
5. Achieved status - correct answer -a social position that a
person can acquire on the basis of merit, reflects personal
skills, abilities, and efforts.
6. Master status - correct answer -the social position that is the
primary identifying characteristic of an individual
7. Ascribed status - correct answer -the social status a person is
assigned at birth or assumed involuntarily later in life
8. Effects of social isolation on children - correct answer -loss of
social network, can lead to mental illnesses
9. The world of the profane - correct answer -not concerned with
religion or religious purposes
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10. The world of the sacred - correct answer -considered to be
the central characteristic of religion
11. Minority - correct answer -5 traits are 1 unequal treatment
and less power over their lives, 2 distinguishing physical or
cultural traits like skin color or language, 3 involuntary
membership in the group, 4 awareness of subordination, and 5
high rate of in-group marriage
12. Majority - correct answer -does not involve higher numbers
but refers to the group that has power
13. Graying in society - correct answer -increasing elderly
population
14. Sociology - correct answer -the systematic study of human
society and social interaction
15. Culture shock - correct answer -four different phases:
honeymoon, frustration, adjustment and acceptance
