Decide whether the following statements are true or false. If the statement is false give the right one instead.

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 513.

1. The word “society” means not only social community, the way people live together and the institutions they develop in order to do so but also the fashionable people in an area.

2. In the USA the needs and desires of society are put before those of individuals.

3. Americans believe that individuals should take responsibility for their own situations and not expect society to take care of them.

4. In Britain people try to improve their own position at the expense of others, because British society is more selfish and individualistic.

5. The USA is a class-based and Great Britain – a status-based society.

6. In the US a person's class or social status depends not on their family background but on their personal achievements and wealth.

7. Such traditional institutions as government, religion and family values are of paramount importance for both American and British societies.

8. The Establishment in Great Britain includes not only upper-class and white representatives but also people of modern multiracial society.

9. The white mainstream is much stronger in the USA than in Great Britain.

10. The roles of men and women in both countries have changed and women now expect and have the right to similar treatment and opportunities as men.

11. Britain and the USA are both young societies.

12. Many young people have a strong social conscience and work to change things that seem unfair.