1. _____ has been played out in British society in the traditional hostility between-upper-middle class managers and their working class employees.a. Class consciousness

2. According to Islam, those who hold property are regarded asb. Trustees

3. Mores arec. The norms that are seen as central to the functioning of a society and its social life

4. Identify the incorrect statement pertaining to the caste system in India.a. It was supported by Hinduismb. It has been abolished in Indiac. It has been completely uprooted from the country's social lifed. Traditionally mobility between castes within an individual's lifetime was not possible

5. The system of values and norms that are shared among a group of people and that when taken together constitute a design for living best definesb. Culture

6. According to _____ the way to achieve nirvana is to lead a severe ascetic lifestyle of material and physical self-denial, devoting life to a spiritual rather than material quest.d. Hinduism

7. The emphasis on individualism in the U.S. results in all of the following disadvantages excepta. Difficulty to achieve cooperation both within a company and between companiesb. Difficulty in building teams within an organization to perform collective tasksc. Executives are not exposed to different ways of doing businessd. Managers tend to develop good general skills but lack the company-specific experience

8. _____ is/are best defined as shared assumptions about how things ought to be.c. Values

9. Which of the following cannot be characterized as a religion?a. Confucianism

10. Hofstede's uncertainty avoidance dimension consideredb. The extent to which different cultures socialized their members into accepting ambiguous situations and tolerating uncertainty

11. According to sociologists which of the following branches of Christianity has the most important economic implications?c. Protestant

12. In china, class divisionsb. Were strengthened during the high point of communist rule

13. Which Islamic banking method is the most widely used among the world's Islamic banks, primarily because it is the easiest to implement?d. Murabaha

14. A central value of Japanese culture is the importance attached toa. Group membership

15. Identify the incorrect statement pertaining to the caste system in India.e. It has been completely uprooted from the country's social life

16. Religion may be defined asa. Shared beliefs and rituals that are concerned with the realm of the sacred

17. The individualism vs. collectivism dimension of Hofstede's study exploredb. The relationship between the individual and his or her fellows

18. It has been argued that the success of Japanese enterprises in the global economy has been based partly all of the following excepta. The close cooperation among different functions within Japanese companiesb. The cooperation between a company and its suppliers on issues such as design, quality control and inventory reductionc. The high degree of managerial mobility between companiesd. The diffusion of self-managing work teams

19. Hofstede's masculinity vs. femininity dimension examinedc. The relationship between gender and work roles

20. _____ are social conventions concerning things such as the appropriate dress code in a particular situation, good social manners, eating with the correct utensils, neighborly behavior and the like.d. Folkways

21. Identify the sociologist who made a connection between Protestant ethics and "the spirit of capitalism" that has since become famous.e. Max Weber

22. A group of people who share a common set of values and norms form ab. Society

23. An act, as simple as shaking hands when meeting new people is an example ofc. Symbolic behavior

24. The _____ dimension of Hofstede's study explores how a society deals with the fact that people are unequal in physical and intellectual capabilities.d. Power distance

25. Hofstede's dimension of Confucian dynamisma. Captures attitudes toward time, persistence, ordering by status, protection of face, respect for tradition and reciprocation of gifts and favors

26. The social organization of Western society tends to emphasize one. Individual achievement

27. The second largest of the world's religions ise. Islam

28. This is a less rigid form of social stratification in which social mobility is possible.a. Class system

29. During the 1960s and 1970s, class divisions in _____ raised the cost of doing business there, relative to other European countries.b. Great Britain

30. A class systemc. Allows an individual to change his or her position via personal achievements

31. Ethical systems areb. A set of moral principles or values, that are used to guide and shape behavior

32. These strata are typically defined on the basis of characteristics such as family background, occupation and income.c. Social strata

33. This is an Islamic banking method where banks lend money to a business and rather than charging that business interest on the loan, they take a share in the profits that are derived from the investment.d. Mudarabah

34. _____ is the most widely practiced religion in the world.a. Christianity

35. Which of the following refers to the extent to which individuals can move out of the strata into which they are born?a. Social mobility

36. A Japanese executive's ritual of presenting a business card to a foreign business executive is an example ofe. Folkways

37. A condition where people tend to perceive themselves in terms of their class background and this shapes their relationships with members of other classes is known asb. Class consciousness

38. Class consciousnessc. Is a condition where people tend to perceive themselves in terms of their class background

39. Three values central to the Confucian system of ethics have very important economic implications. Which of these is not one among them?a. Rule-based lawb. Reciprocal obligationsc. Honesty in dealings with othersd. Loyalty

40. While _____ is the mother tongue of the largest number of people in the world, the most widely spoken language isa. Chinese; English

41. Which of the following is not true regarding culture?a. It is a system of values and norms that are shared among a group of peopleb. Culture is evolvingc. Culture is staticd. It involves the knowledge and beliefs of people

42. A _____ is a closed system of stratification in which social position is determined by the family into which a person is born and change in that position is usually not possible during an individual's lifetime.b. Caste system

43. The emergence of class-consciousness in Great Britain can be attributed toc. The relative lack of class mobility

44. Which of the following observations is correct?d. The Koran speaks approvingly of free enterprise

45. According to Max Weber,a. Devout Hindus would be less likely to engage in entrepreneurial activity than devout Protestants

46. Buddhismb. Stresses the afterlife and spiritual achievement47. Confucianismc. Teaches the importance of attaining personal salvation through right action

48. _____ are the routine conventions of everyday life.a. Folkways

49. The belief in the superiority of one's own culture is known asb. Ethnocentrism

50. Social rules and guidelines that prescribe appropriate behavior in particular situations are best described asb. Norms

51. Which of the following statement about values and norms of a culture is not true?a. They are influenced by social structure and religion b. They are the evolutionary product of a number of factors c. They do not influence social structure and religion d. The values and norms of a society do not emerge fully formed