GRADE 12 MID-TERM REVIEW GUIDE

1. ABOUT THE EXAM:

A. The exam will consist of two types of questions,
multiple choice and open questions.
B. It will be structured according benchmarks, meaning
you will be provided a benchmark followed by
multiple choice questions and/or open questions
pertaining to that particular benchmark.
C. Your Mid-Term will come from Standard One, Two,
Three and Four

2. OBJECTIVES AND CONCEPTS

UNIT 1
1.1 Discuss the development of the field of sociology as a
social science.
- Why did sociology come about
- What is sociology
1.2 Identify early leading theorists within social science
(e.g., Auguste Comte, EmileDurkheim, Herbert
Spencer, Max Weber, C. Wright Mills, and Karl
Marx).
-Know the leading theorists and what they are
responsible for
UNIT 2
2.1 Define the key components of a culture, such as
language and communication, technology,values,
norms, and symbols.
-Be able to define each and explain them with
examples
2.2 Explain the differences between a culture and a
society.
2.3 Recognize the influences of genetic inheritance and
culture on human behavior.
-understand the difference between nurture and
nature
2.5 Identify and explain the factors that promote cultural
diversity within a country.
-3 levels of culture
-cultural universals
-cultural relativism
2.6 Compare and contrast different types of societies,
such as hunting and gathering, agrarian,industrial, and
post-industrial.
-what do these societies have in common? How are they
different?
UNIT 3
3.1 Describe how social status affects social order (e.g.,
upper class/middle class/lowerclass;
professional/blue collar/unemployed).
-social classes
-status, ascribed status, achieved status, master
status
-class mobility (how to move from class to class)
3.2 Explain how roles and role expectations can lead to
role conflict (e.g., roles of menand women; age;
racial and/or ethnic groups within different
societies).
-roles, reciprocal roles, role set, role expectation,
role performance, role conflict, role strain
UNIT 4
4.1 Identify major characteristics of social groups
familiar to the students
-time, size (dyad, triad, small group) and organization
(formal group, informal group,reference group, in-
groups and out-group, ecommunities, social
networks)of groups – you will have to identify these
with groups you know
4.7 Explain how students are members of primary and
secondary groups and how those group
memberships influence students’ behavior
3. SAMPLE QUESTIONS:

1. State three of the famous sociologists mentioned in the

text and briefly describe each person’s major contributions
to the social sciences (6 marks).
2 . Use a Venn diagram to compare and contrast types of
societies.
3 . Cultural relativism is
a) how a person has the same culture as their family
b) how to balance between personal beliefs and interests
with those of society
c) to observe or analyze at another society without bias
d) to observe other peoples’ family interactions