Description
Complete the quiz in a Word document. This is an open book quiz. The answer to each question
must be 100-125 words.
Topic 6
1. Compare and contrast the conflict and the functionalist perspective relative to the political
system in the United States. Select one current issue such as healthcare, immigration, or one of
your choosing and discuss the issue from both perspectives.
2. Describe your family dynamics from the functionalist, conflict, and symbolic interactionist
perspectives.
3. What are the sociological characteristics of religion in the United States? Build an argument
that religion is likely to remain a strong feature of life in the United States or why religion may
not remain a strong feature in the lives of Americans.
4. Select one of the sociological perspectives, the functionalist, conflict, or symbolic interactionist,
and analyze the problems facing K-12 education in the United States. Describe three or four
solutions that you would like to present to your local school board to improve the educational
system.