At the beginning of the introduction, riis provides an explanation for the title of his book - “one half of the world does not know how the other half lives”. what explanation for this situation does he provide? is his explanation valid today? for the second question, think in terms of modern attitudes and beliefs about social welfare policies designed to the poor and public sentiment towards those who receive these benefits.

Chapter 1 what is the sociological perspective? why did durkheim say that some people are more likely to commit suicide? what does it mean that sociology us to see that “things are not as they seem"? what is the "sociological imagination"? how did industrialization and urbanization lead to the development of sociology? who is the "father" of sociology (and coined the term sociology)? what was the major goal of sociology’s pioneers like comte and durkheim? what did herbert spencer say? what did karl marx think caused social change? when did sociology become established as an academic discipline in the u.s.? what did w.e.b. dubois say was the major problem of the 20th century? what is the functionalist view of society? what is the main focus of the conflict perspective? why are gender and race important to the conflict perspective? what is the symbolic interactionist perspective? chapter 2 why is culture vital to human survival, and how is that different from animal instinct? what is the sapir-whorf hypothesis? what is a norm? what are mores and folkways? how does the u.s. compare to other nations in terms of how multicultural or culturally diverse it is? what is a subculture? what is a counterculture? what is cultural lag? can you give an example? what is the ethnocentrism vs. cultural relativism debate about?

What name is given to the money that had to be paid by germany in ww2

2. explain the two different types of egyptian calendars. 3. what architectural advances did the ancient egyptians make? what impact do these advances have on our lives today? 4. what did egyptian art usually depict? how does this compare to forms of art that we see today? 5. what all was found in king tut’s tomb?