Defining Adulthood in Canada

b

According to your text, emerging adulthood spans from the ages of 18 to 44.

a) True

b) False

b

The work of Furstenberg et al. has shown that the timing and sequencing of traditional markers of adulthood have remained predictable and consistent over time.

a) True

b) False

a

In Pre-industrial societies, there was no adolescence as we know it today.

a) True

b) False

b

In Pre-industrial times, children from working class and upper class families were often sent from their families to work in other households.

a) True

b) False

b

During the time of Industrialization and Urbanization, children were sent with their fathers to work on farms.

a) True

b) False

b

Working-class families gladly accepted mandatory schooling for their children when child labour laws were established and children were forbidden from working in factories.

a) True

b) False

b

The concepts of individual choice and self-reliance are significant in Islam.

a) True

b) False

c

According to your text, adulthood begins ...

a. when someone moves away from home

b. when someone turns 18

c. when adolescence ends

d. when one gets married

d

Which of the following would most likely NOT be used by social historians?

a. Poems

b. Novels

c. Newspapers

d. Research essays

a

The work of cultural anthropologists like Colin Turnbull suggest that "primitive" human societies expect their young to leave the family home ....

a. when they reach sexual maturity

b. when they are married

c. when they get a job

d. when they finish school