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Study Guide – Sociology: Unit 14 Education and Religion
1. Define Monotheism:______________________________________________________________________
2. Define polytheism:_______________________________________________________________________
3. Define totemism:_________________________________________________________________________
4. What is tracking?_________________________________________________________________________
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5. What is the hidden curriculum?______________________________________________________________________
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6. Define animism:__________________________________________________________________________
7. What is a cult?___________________________________________________________________________
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8. What is a charter school?___________________________________________________________________
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9. Define schooling:_________________________________________________________________________
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10. What does secular mean?__________________________________________________________________
11. What are the 3 educational issues facing the US?_______________________________________________
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12. What are the 3 functions of religion?_________________________________________________________
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13. What are 3 examples of monotheistic religions?________________________________________________
14. Define sect:____________________________________________________________________________
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15. What are the three basic types that belief systems can be organized into?____________________________
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16. Define ritual, what are some examples?______________________________________________________
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17. What is the best known polytheistic religion?__________________________________________________
18. What are the functions of education?_________________________________________________________
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19. Define sacred:__________________________________________________________________________
20. Define profane:_________________________________________________________________________
21. Define tracking:_________________________________________________________________________
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22. Define ecclesia:_________________________________________________________________________
23. How does school choice and vouchers work?__________________________________________________
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24. What are some reasons parents choose homeschooling?__________________________________________
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25. What is the world’s largest religion?_________________________________________________________
26. Which sociologist stated that all societies make a distinction between the sacred and profane?___________________
27. What factors help maintain inequality in education according to conflict sociologists?_________________________
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28. Who said religion was the opium of the people? What was he talking about?________________________
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