Read each question carefully and then select the best answer.
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1 |  |  Most people in the United States see the nuclear family as the preferred family arrangement. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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2 |  |  Some cultures permit the marriage of one man to more than one woman at the same time. This practice is referred to polyandry. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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3 |  |  Kinship is determined totally by biological or marital ties. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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4 |  |  The United States follows the system of patrilineal descent. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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5 |  |  The term "Protestant work ethic" is derived from the writings of Durkheim. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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6 |  |  Functionalists generally take a positive view of the bureaucratization of education. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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7 |  |  Immediately following the Industrial Revolution, the prevailing form of capitalism was what is termed socialism. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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8 |  |  Under socialism, the means of production and distribution in a society are collectively, rather than privately, owned. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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9 |  |  As of 2003, China, Cuba, and Vietnam remained socialist societies ruled by Communist parties. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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10 |  |  Capitalism does not tolerate monopolistic practices. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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11 |  |  According to C. Wright Mills, power is the ability to exercise one's will over others. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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12 |  |  According to your text, there are three basic sources of power within any political system: force, coercion, and domination. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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13 |  |  In a political system based on traditional authority, legitimate power is conferred by custom and accepted practice. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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14 |  |  The term charismatic authority refers to power made legitimate by law. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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15 |  |  C. Wright Mills' power elite model is, in many respects, similar to the work of Karl Marx. |
|  | A) | True |
|  | B) | False |
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