Which of these classification terms when in use would never have been used to describe for example Ghana in Africa ?

Related Mcqs:

1. The terms “Primary “and “Secondary “thus describe a type of relationship and do not imply that one is more____________ than other?

   A. formal
   B. Informal
   C. Important
   D. None of these

2. How do sociologists describe former Third World societies that have moved towards an economic base in industrial production ?

   A. developing countries
   B. peripheral countries
   C. globalizing countries
   D. newly industrializing countries

3. De Gournay coined the phrase an illness of bureau mania to describe ?

   A. the chaos of informal organizations
   B. the compulsion to work in offices
   C. the developing power of officials
   D. politicians abuse of power and influence

4. Which term does John Thompson use to describe the sort of social relations created by the mass media ?

   A. face-to-face interaction
   B. mediated interaction
   C. mediated quasi interaction
   D. mediated multiple -interaction

5. What term is used to describe the way that the varied aspects of an individual’s identity-such as class ethnicity gender disability and location -interact to produce complex patterns of inequality poverty and discrimination ?

   A. intersectionality
   B. ascription
   C. mobility
   D. meritocracy

6. What term is used to describe the movement of individuals up or down the social scale during the course of their working lives ?

   A. open mobility
   B. lateral mobility
   C. intragenerational mobility
   D. intergenerational mobility

7. Structural-Functionalists describe society as_______________?

   A. a complex network of interaction at a micro-level
   B. a source of conflict inequality and alienation
   C. an unstable structure of social relations
   D. a normative framework of roles and institutions

8. Critics of the spread of Western cultural products across the globe argue that a cultural empire has been created What term do they use to describe this ____________?

   A. media saturation
   B. media globalization
   C. media penetration
   D. media imperialism

9. What does Berger (1963) describe as a metaphor for social reality ?

   A. a fairground rides
   B. a circus
   C. a puppet theatre
   D. a ballet

10. Why does Mike Davis (1990) describe Los Angeles as a city of quartz ?

    A. it has more millionaires than any other city
    B. it has been hardened against the poor
    C. it has been hardened against than any other US city
    D. it has a policy of promoting opportunity for all