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In 1989, which country became the first to permit legal same-sex partnerships with many of the benefits of marriage?

Comparing school performance, researchers have found that the most important cause of the achievement gap between rich and poor children is ________

An example of the cultural capital advantage of well-to-do students in U.S. schooling is parents who ________

Throughout the life course, gender shapes ________

Superstorm Sandy, which devastated parts of the East Coast in 2012, is best thought of as an example of which of the following types of disasters?

In what way do “new social movements” differ from those in the past?

In which of the following clusters of states do we find the least racial and ethnic diversity?

Peter Berger describes modernization in terms of several important changes. Read the responses below and select the one that is NOT a pattern of change that Berger links to modernity.

In the United States, our culture makes us think that modernity always involves which of the following?

Herbert Marcuse challenged Max Weber by claiming that modern societies ________