Social Issues in Canada Review Questions
Course Introduction
This course examines key social issues shaping contemporary Canadian society, exploring topics such as immigration, Indigenous peoples, multiculturalism, inequality, gender, and the environment. Students will analyze the historical roots and current dynamics of these challenges, considering the roles of government, social movements, and public policy. Through critical discussion and case studies, the course encourages a deeper understanding of the social structures and forces influencing everyday life in Canada and assesses potential strategies for fostering social justice and positive change.
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The Sociology Project Introducing the Sociological Imagination 1st Canadian Edition by Jeff Manza
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Chapter 1: The Sociological Imagination
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Q1) Sociologists' understanding of social contexts,social interactions,and social structures teaches us that people __________.
A)typically present themselves in the same way to everyone they meet
B)often behave in highly unpredictable ways
C)never present themselves in the same way twice
D)present themselves in different ways based on the social situation they are in
Answer: D
Q2) Which critical development influenced the development of sociology?
A)industrialization
B)urbanization
C)agriculturalization
D)population growth
Answer: A
Q3) Which of the following is an example of an institution?
A)your home
B)marriage
C)playing basketball in a league
D)the shopping mall
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Social Theory
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Q1) Organic solidarity describes a(n)__________ society that is characterized by
A)modern;an extensive division of labour
B)modern;a dominant form of solidarity
C)undeveloped;a minimal division of labour
D)undeveloped;extended families linked horizontally
Answer: A
Q2) According to structural functionalism,within a social system individuals take on particular roles and while in those roles______.
A)behave as they please
B)focus on how to change
C)tend to act in a certain way
D)create conflict with others
Answer: C
Q3) Simmel argued that group membership in society was a series of __________.
A)social systems
B)horizontally aligned groups
C)overlapping social circles
D)structures of social order
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Studying the Social World
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Q1) What is data coding?
A)analyzing the data for reports or publications
B)organizing data according to key categories and concepts
C)transferring data to pictorial displays
D)packaging the data in a statistical program for sharing
Answer: B
Q2) You want to conduct a research study on the sexual behaviours of married couples in rural Canada.You plan on interviewing individuals using an in-depth survey method.After approval from your institutional review board and finding individuals to interview,but before you conduct the interviews,what is needed to make sure that this project is ethical?
A)approval from the Canadian Sociological Association
B)approval from the chair of your sociology department
C)the informed consent of all participants
D)agreement from another researcher to conduct follow-up interviews with all respondents
Answer: C
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Chapter 4: Social Interaction
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Q1) How do our interactions with individuals and groups impact our social development in both adulthood and childhood? Discuss significant others,reference groups,and role models in your answer.
Q2) Your evening is not going as planned.While at a bar,you accidentally knock over a man's drink.Although the spill was an accident,it has ruined his date's clothing and he is very angry.What is the most likely next step in this conflict's interaction ritual chain?
A)You get punched in the face.
B)He begs you for mercy.
C)You get insulted.
D)A full-scale bar fight breaks out.
Q3) What happens to people who are incapable of viewing rules as flexible guidelines for rational and appropriate behaviour?
A)They strike people as silly or incompetent.
B)They get along better with authority figures than other types of people.
C)They become leaders of complex organizations.
D)They go more or less unnoticed.
Q4) How does the generalized other help us to conform to the rules and expectations of society?
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Chapter 5: Social Structure
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Q1) How does socialization instil roles and norms in the individual?
Q2) Of the following behaviours,which is least likely to be considered a norm violation?
A)talking too loud in a movie theatre
B)physically assaulting a police officer
C)leaving a public restroom without washing your hands
D)standing too close to strangers at the bus stop
Q3) When social structure breaks down so does social order;which of the following best illustrates a breakdown in social structure?
A)Wall Street after the housing market crashed
B)New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
C)shoppers in a new mall
D)a parking lot after a sporting event
Q4) Social structures get their power from ________.
A)their durability
B)their flexibility
C)their physicality
D)their interactivity
Q5) How and why do interest groups tend to work to maintain social structure?
Q6) How is social structure like the structure of a tall building?
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Chapter 6: Culture, media, and Communication
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Q1) Symbols communicate an idea while being distinct from the __________ itself.
A)culture
B)community
C)social context
D)idea
Q2) Sociologist Pierre Bourdieu thought about the kinds of resources that have a bearing on people's lives in terms of __________.
A)cultural capital,economic capital,and class capital
B)economic capital,political capital,and social capital
C)economic capital,social capital,and cultural capital
D)economic capital,political capital,and cultural capital
Q3) You are a corporate advertising executive.You want your message to get out to as many mainstream North Americans as possible.Which of the following approaches would best accomplish this goal?
A)Purchase ad space in a theatre playbill.
B)Come up with a clever ad for the Super Bowl.
C)Donate money to the United Way.
D)Sponsor a tattoo and body-piercing convention.
Q4) How do corporations contribute to the framing of media?
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Chapter 7: Power and Politics
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Q1) Big business needs security to make the kinds of investments that create jobs and produce economic growth,according to __________.
A)the New Deal
B)the business confidence theory
C)tax and transfer policies
D)pluralism
Q2) Poverty,crime,drug abuse,and racism are examples of __________.
A)the welfare state
B)social problems
C)deviance
D)public policies
Q3) David Jones is a Green Party candidate for city council,which elects one candidate from each of five city districts.He garnered 25 percent of the vote in his district,but took no seat on the city's governing council.Why,do you theorize,this is so?
A)City council seats are subject to proportional representation.
B)City council seats are not subject to proportional representation.
C)The Green Party raised insufficient funds for the campaign.
D)Jones lacked sufficient citywide exposure.
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Chapter 8: Markets, organizations, and Work
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Q1) Alana is enrolled in a university-level business strategy course.She is required to submit an in-depth case analysis of a business affected by coercive isomorphism.Of the following businesses,which do you think represents the most fruitful subject for her analysis?
A)a sporting goods retailer
B)a pharmaceuticals firm
C)a 24-hour fitness facility
D)an Internet marketing services firm
Q2) Explain the concept of scientific management and how it has influenced workplaces in North America.
Q3) How does serving a niche help organizations survive?
Q4) Bill believes that he needs to keep his employees focused on precise tasks and that he needs to decide on how things need to be done,not his employees.Which of the following is Bill engaged in?
A)Scientific management
B)Assembly line management
C)Deskilling management
D)Braverman's style of management
Q5) How has the organization known as Apple Computer changed and survived over time?
Q6) Why are entrepreneurs important to market economies?
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Chapter 9: Social Stratification, inequality, and Poverty
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Q1) The concept of __________ is at the heart of the study of social stratification.
A)cultural identity
B)consumption patterns
C)demography
D)inequality
Q2) The dominant system of inequality prior to the advent of capitalism is known as
A)slavery
B)the caste system
C)the class system
D)feudalism
Q3) __________ refers to the receipt of money over a period of time,whereas __________ refers to the net value of assets that one has at a given point in time.
A)Wealth;income
B)Income;wealth
C)Capital;wealth
D)Wealth;salary
Q4) Why is it important to make the distinction between income and wealth?
Q5) How is inequality of opportunity measured?
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Chapter 10: Race and Ethnicity
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Q1) What research method do sociologists use to study patterns and representations of minorities in magazines,television shows,and movies? Raja moved from India to Canada.Leaving India is an example of ______and moving to Canada is an example of
A)immigration,emigration
B)migration,immigration
C)migration,emigration
D)emigration,immigration
Q2) During which of the following immigration eras did Canada adopt the use of a security certificate?
A)Post-9/11
B)Humanitarian Measures: 1970-2001
C)Post-War Expansion Years: 1946-1970
D)The Wars and the Great Depression,1915-1946
Q3) What is the top remittance-receiving country?
A)Mexico
B)China
C)India
D)Germany
Q4) Explain the second-generation effect.
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Chapter 11: Gender and Sexuality
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Q1) Eric and Carrie hooked up after a party last night.They have never hooked up before.What is the most likely outcome of their hookup?
A)They probably did not have intercourse.
B)Carrie probably had an orgasm,but Eric didn't.
C)Carrie probably initiated the hookup.
D)Both of them probably had orgasms.
Q2) __________ challenge the notion that gender is binary.
A)Transgendered individuals
B)Lesbians
C)Heterosexuals
D)Women
Q3) As long as she can remember Sara has always wanted to be a kindergarten teacher.Which of the following explanations would a sociologist most likely give to explain Sara's occupational goals?
A)Sara has been gender socialized.
B)Sara is naturally a nurturing person.
C)Sara's parents encouraged her to engage in gender-neutral activities as a young child.
D)Sara is probably immune to gender socialization.
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Chapter 12: Families and Family Life
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Q1) Earl is married and has two children.His spouse and his children comprise his
A)family of orientation
B)family of procreation
C)extended family
D)blended family
Q2) In 2000,what percentage of children lived in a two-parent household with a working father and a nonworking mother?
A)10
B)21
C)35
D)47
Q3) How does the United States compare with other countries in terms of social policies that support families and how could that government modify its policies in order to benefit diverse family forms?
Q4) Why is it misleading to label the homemaker-breadwinner family type that rose to prominence in Canada in the 1950s "traditional" or "ideal," and how have families changed since then?
Q5) What are the criticisms of the family decline perspective?
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Chapter 13: Sociology of Religion
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Q1) Ancient Greek and Roman mythology would be categorized as what type of religion?
A)polytheistic
B)Christian
C)atheist
D)animistic
Q2) The fastest-growing religion in the United States is __________.
A)Catholicism
B)Protestantism
C)Mormonism
D)no religious preference
Q3) Someone who believes in salvation through personal religious conversion is considered __________.
A)evangelical
B)Catholic
C)atheist
D)Jewish
Q4) Analyze Durkheim's arguments about religion as a crucial social function for people and society.
Q5) Why are North American churches so segregated?
Q6) What is the relationship between conventionality and the religiosity of women?
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Chapter 14: Education
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Q1) Billy wants to work with troubled youth like his father did.His father had a college diploma;however,all of the posting for jobs that work with youth require a university degree.This is an example of which of the following?
A)social inflation
B)credential closure
C)social closure
D)credential inflation
Q2) What schools receive less funding for schools?
A)schools in First Nations communities
B)schools in Newfoundland
C)schools in the Yukon
D)schools in Quebec
Q3) ____________ allows students to progress through the system regardless of performance.
A)social passing
B)soft passing
C)credential passing
D)capital passing
Q4) Is schooling equally available to all children around the world? Explain your answer.
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Chapter 15: Health and Medicine
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Q1) Why is life expectancy shorter for Americans than Europeans?
A)The American healthcare system isn't as good.
B)Europeans are wealthier.
C)Europeans have better genetics.
D)Not everyone has equal access to the healthcare system in the U.S.
Q2) The Ontario government passed Bill 45,the Making Healthier Choices Act.The goal of this policy is to encourage consumers to choose healthier options and to create pressure for businesses to offer them.This is an example of which of the following?
A)population model of prevention
B)school board health initiative
C)genetic model of prevention
D)governing approach to health risk
Q3) Who oversaw the cirriculumn in medical schools?
A)the medical school itself
B)The Canadian Medical Association
C)College of Physicians and Surgeons
D)The Public Health Association
Q4) Explain the significance of medicalization,particularly in relation to women and healthcare.
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Chapter 16: Crime, deviance, and Social Control
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Q1) What criminal activity ultimately brought Enron executives to justice?
A)overcharging California's energy users
B)forcing elderly people to get off the power grid
C)false profit reporting
D)damaging individual property
Q2) Which of the following is an example of an unwritten norm?
A)returning library books on time
B)understanding personal space
C)waiting until 18 to smoke cigarettes
D)crossing the street at the crosswalk
Q3) Which of the following is the most likely to be both a symbolic boundary and physical boundary?
A)the doors of a synagogue
B)a street crossing
C)a book cover
D)a railroad track
Q4) A key reason for sending people to prison is vengeance.This notion goes back to the very first codifications of law.Provide a definition and commentary.
Q5) Define sanctions and the two forms discussed in your textbook.Include examples.
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Chapter 17: Social Movements and Revolutions
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Q1) Social movements are similar to __________ because they express feelings and thoughts that have not been formalized into language by journalists,lawmakers,and the like.
A)unwritten norms
B)art
C)informal laws
D)aesthetic responses
Q2) In what way do cultural sociologists believe they have a better theory than political process theorists? Provide one movement as an example.
Q3) What purpose does a social movement serve in a civil society,especially in light of its leadership?
A)A social movement is a warning sign of revolution.
B)A social movement allows for a release valve for dissatisfied people.
C)A social movement forces elites to recognize new fears and desires in a specific social group.
D)A social movement can train youth for future leadership roles.
Q4) The political process approach to the study of social movements stresses their political nature.What do such movements attempt to achieve and what does success "look like"?
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Chapter 18: Environmental Sociology
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Q1) Which world river is threatened by the damming projects of the developing nations through which it and its tributaries flow?
A)the Amazon
B)the Yellow
C)the Nile
D)the Mississippi
Q2) A study of Aboriginal tribes in Australia noted that each clan adopted an animal or plant as the ______ of the clan.
A)religious identity
B)mascot
C)animal symbol
D)totem
Q3) Explain why scientists are switching from the term "global warming" to "climate change."
Q4) What is a "throw-away society"?
A)a society that is not working toward sustainability
B)a society that uses Styrofoam
C)a society that uses products for convenience and disposability
D)a society that does not have enough landfills
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Chapter 19: Population
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Q1) Which of the following diseases,because it is infectious,is more likely than the others to be associated with the initial phase of the epidemiological transition?
A)arthritis
B)cancer
C)diabetes
D)flu
Q2) Which of the following would a government trying to decrease fertility rates in its country most likely do?
A)provide more educational opportunities for women
B)eliminate expensive policies like Social Security
C)reduce access to healthcare for unmarried individuals
D)restrict access to contraceptives
Q3) Epidemiology is the study of __________ events in populations,their characteristics,their causes,and their consequences.
A)age-related
B)death-related
C)health-related
D)marriage-related
Q4) Explain which factors influence fertility and how.
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Chapter 20: Globalization
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Q1) Gross domestic product (GDP)is equal to the value of __________.
A)the consumer price index
B)all exports sold regionally within a defined period
C)all imports sold domestically within a defined period
D)all goods and services sold within a defined period
Q2) What is China's position in the global value chain and what are Chinese export processing zones like?
Q3) As developing countries try to industrialize,what competitive disadvantage do they face?
A)pressures to sell imported goods across regional markets already being produced by more experienced firms from richer countries
B)producing for underserved markets not yet targeted by more experienced firms from richer countries
C)producing for markets that are already being served by more experienced firms from richer countries
D)restrictions on imported goods already being produced by more experienced firms from richer countries
Q4) Explain the relationship of outsourcing to global value chains.
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