Q1} How has technology affected your life? Be specific as to what changes, and in what ways. Q2) Do you believe the long-term consequences of increased technological dependence are going to be good or bad? Explain. How do you see technology’s effect on society 20 years from now? Q3} Complete the “Pillars of Society Matrix” worksheet. Use your assigned Readings and the GCU Library for research support. While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. Q4)ccess the Quiz 7 attachment and answer each of the four questions. This is an open book quiz. The answer to each question must be 100-125 words. Complete by the end of Topic 7.
SOC-100
Short-Answer Quiz 7
Complete the quiz in a Word document. This is an open book quiz. The answer to each question
must be 100-125 words.
Topic 7
1. Describe the Malthusian debate relative to food in the United States today. What are the
major contributing factors to the lack of food? Propose both private and governmental
solutions to the lack of food issues in the United States.
2. What are the challenges for citizens of both urbanization and suburbanization?
3. Examine how social change has affected at least two generations in your family. Give
examples of societal changes such as technology, media, or social movements that may
have had a major impact. This could include you, your parents, grandparents, children,
relatives etc.
4. What environmental issues do you view as significant for your generation? What steps
need to occur to support a sustainable environment?
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SOC-100 Pillars of Society Matrix
Part 1: Matrix
Instructions: Complete the matrix below. Each cell/cube of the matrix needs to have a three- to five-sentence response.
Pillars
What have you read
What have you observed
about how the economy about how the economy
impacts each of society’s impacts each of society’s
pillars today? (Use your
pillars today? (Draw upon
textbook and other academic
readings.)
How does your community
impact the pillars?
How has technology
impacted each of the
pillars?
your own personal
experience.)
Politics
Marriage
and Family
Religion
Education
Part 2: Summary
Instructions: Write a 100-150-word summary of your matrix. Cite one to two resources you used to complete the matrix.
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