In the United States, how do citizens MOST commonly give their consent to the government? A) through jury duty

B) by voting in elections

C) by canvassing in neighborhoods

D) through attending a university

Which of the following is one of the innovations that neolithic farmers become more productive? a) plow b) windmill c) tractor d) reaper

Asociologist wants to study a culture that occurs in some women’s prisons: “state families,” in which individual prisoners take on certain roles within a group of like-minded prisoners. there is previous evidence that younger prisoners will use older inmates who play the roles of grandparents as a resource before they will turn to staff for and advice. the lieutenant in charge of a dorm of long-term prisoners offers to gather volunteers to speak to the researcher and also offers to vouch for the integrity of the researcher. the use of this staff is: a valid use of a statistical technique referred to “snowball sampling” wherein the inclusion of the first subject leads to the recruitment of another one subject. a useful tactic in obtaining a sample of prisoners who both meet the criteria and who will be honest with the researcher. wrong and is prohibited; subject selection needs to be free from intervention by prison authorities or prisoners. acceptable only when the researcher’s irb grants a special waiver.

In what ways did the compromise of 1850 and the kansas-nebraska act of 1854 differ from the missouri compromise? both compromises used the established 36°30′ parallel to determine if territories would become free or slave states. both compromises used the mason-dixon line to determine if the territories would become free or slave states. both compromises let territories use popular sovereignty to determine if they would become free or slave states. both compromises only granted congress the power to determine if territories would become free or slave states.