• University of Calgary

• SOCI 201

Sociology 201 Final Exam Review

75-80 mc and t/f questions total

2 hours to complete

Religion, crime, urbanization/population, environmental issues, and politics and social

movements

Not cumulative

According to our lecture on crime and deviance, it is clear that most crime in Canada is ______

crime.

A. Property

B. Violent

C. Other

D. None of the above

-despite what the media may suggest, most crime is not deemed violent. Most crimes are

property crimes. Violent crime is (12-13%)

Which of the following sociologists believed that religion performed a gap-filling role?

A. Marx

B. Weber

C. Durkheim

D. Both A and B

E. Both A and C

F. Both A and C minus B plus A

-Durkheim believed that religion would continue in society because it responded to

questions not answered by science. Religion fills in the gaps.

-Dawkins argued that there exist questions that science cannot answer. If science cannot

answer them, then surely religion cannot either. Why think otherwise?

Which of the following cities is described as “the city without a downtown”?

A. Toronto

B. New York

C. Los Angeles

D. Washington

E. Edmonton

-Where is the Bible Belt in Canada

A. East coast Alberta

Manyt people believe that so call bible belt exist in Alberta

-The answer was stated in class and it is in New society, ___% of Americans claim that they

are born again?

A. 10

B.25

C. 40

D 50

E 60

-According to bibby, 40% of Americas idtenfiy themselves as born again

Most numereous religious group

Roman catholic

T/F Mala prohibita means crime as being bad in itself while mala in se means crime is

simply a legal violation

False

Accoring to Merton, a mentally ill criminal would be categorized as a _____

A. Rebel

B. Conformist

C. Retreatist

D. Innovator