Author Question: While sociologists realize there is no such thing as biologically determined race, they recognize ... (Read 96 times)

a0266361136 · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

While sociologists realize there is no such thing as biologically determined race, they recognize that the consequences of perceived differences among people are real. To make this distinction, social scientists use the concept of ____.

a. ethnicity
b. ascribed status
c. social race
d. subordination
e. caste

Question 2

The most important characteristic of the second demographic transition is

a. a reduction in the net migration rate.
b. a decline in fertility from slightly above replacement level to slightly below.
c. an increase in mortality.
d. the progress achieved in adult literacy.
e. the shift from gesellschaft to gemeinschaft patterns of social organization.