Trial Papers:

https://thsconline.github.io/s/v/7428/North%20Sydney%20Girls%202019
https://thsconline.github.io/s/v/7428/North%20Sydney%20Girls%202018

Multiple Choice Questions

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2022
1. Distinguish between evolutionary change and transformative change. Support your
answer with a relevant example. (3 marks)
2. Evaluate the suitability of ONE social theory in explaining continuity in a country you
have studied. Refer to ONE of the following aspects of the country: (9 marks)
• Beliefs, values and lifestyles
• Education
• Family life and population changes
• Gender roles and the status of men and women
• The legal system and political processes.
Name of country studied: ____
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3. Explain the effect of westernisation on cultural continuity. Support your answer with a
relevant example. (5 marks)
4. To what extent has resistance to social change influenced progress in ONE country? (7
marks)

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5. Explain why social change is considered a complex process. Support your answer with a
relevant example. (4 marks)
6. To what extent has empowerment influenced social change in ONE country you have
studied? (8 marks)
2020
7. How can social change influence society at the micro level? (3 marks)
8. To what extent are cooperation and conflict likely to influence future directions in ONE
country you have studied? (9 marks)
2019
9. How does ONE theory explain social and cultural continuity? (4 marks)
10. Discuss the role of tradition in the rate and direction of change in ONE country. (8 marks)
2018
11. A school principal has proposed increasing the number of hours of school sport for each
student. Justify the use of ONE research method to investigate parents’ views about the
proposal. (4 marks)
12. Discuss the effects of modernisation on ONE society. (8 marks)
2017
13. Identify TWO characteristics of quantitative research. (2 marks)
14. Using a contemporary example, describe the nature of power in ONE country you have
studied (4 marks)
15. For a country you have studied, apply a social change theory to explain change in ONE
of the following aspects. • Beliefs, values and lifestyles • Education • Family and
population • Gender roles and the status of men and women • The legal system and
political processes (6 marks)
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16. Identify ONE example of continuity in authority at the meso level. (2 marks)
17. How can a researcher demonstrate social and cultural literacy when using ONE
qualitative research method? (5 marks)
18. To what extent has ONE change benefited the lives of people in ONE country you have
studied? (5 marks)
2015
19. Using ONE example, account for resistance to social change at the macro level of
society. (3 marks)
20. How well does ONE social theory explain the role of technology in social change in ONE
Country? (9 marks)
2014
21. Explain ONE ethical consideration when conducting a focus group with young teenagers
to investigate violence in video games. (3 marks)
22. Evaluate the success of ONE strategy that has been used to manage change in the
country you have studied. (9 marks)
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