Richard knight describes the public and private land in the west. which statement represents one aspect of this landscape?
a. the private lands in the west have shallower soils and less water than nearby public land.
b. only a tiny percentage of private lands adjacent to public land are ranch lands.
c. the families that hold bureau of land management and us forest service grazing permits also own more than 100 million acres of private land.
d. if ranching operations fail, private ranch lands will revert to federal government ownership.

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?

Open opinion / / / if a juvenile committed murder, should the juvenile be in prison for life or be free and seek instead? which and why?

Why are governments formed? what role does government play in society? what would life be like without government? what purpose of government would have the most dramatic effect on society if it were taken away? which purpose of government has the greatest effect on your daily life?