Sociology Mcqs – MCQs

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1.The saying "It's not what you know, but who you know" highlights the significance of relationships. Which concept does this best illustrate?

2.According to Fulcher & Scott, which of the following is not considered a defining feature of a community?

3.What factor is expected to significantly shape urban areas over the next five decades?

4.Which of the following is NOT identified by Riley Dunlap as a fundamental role that the natural environment plays for humans?

5.Gerald Suttles classifies a gated community as which type of neighborhood?

6.Herbert Gans identified city inhabitants who stay to enjoy the city's distinctive cultural and intellectual offerings as which of the following?

7.The global urban population is increasing rapidly. It was 49% in 2005 and is projected to reach 60% by which year?

8.The New Urbanism movement, which began in the 1980s, aimed to reduce reliance on what?

9.What term describes the process when the population and human activities concentrate near city centers but the residential zones expand outward, surpassing the capacity of agriculture to support them?

10.What is the term used to describe a collection of individuals engaged in the same or similar professions?

11.Which type of community is characterized by division of labor, social stratification, formal government structures, and organized trade and commerce?

12.What term describes the combined worth of all social connections (the people individuals know) and the resulting tendencies to support each other (norms of mutual assistance)?

13.According to Tönnies, which type of social group is characterized by close-knit and strong community bonds?

14.Which of the following traits is NOT commonly found in both human and animal societies?

15.Which term describes the shared cultural habits and perspectives of a specific group that distinguish them from other groups?

16.According to Wirth (1938), why are social connections in urban life considered segmental?

17.In the United States, what percentage of jobs in nonmetropolitan counties is attributed to the agricultural sector?

18.What has been the most significant population shift in the United States during the twentieth century?

19.What term did Herbert Gans use to describe city dwellers who favor residing within their close-knit ethnic neighborhoods?

20.According to Louis Wirth, what term describes the unique behavioral patterns that emerge in sizable and stable communities?

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