Question 1

Max Weber said social stratification involved three distinct dimensions: economic class, social prestige, and political power.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Summarize the Davis-Moore thesis.Specifically, what are the functional consequences of inequality for society as a whole? Illustrate the thesis by pointing out various jobs and the relative rewards each job commands.Conclude by noting several criticisms of the Davis-Moore thesis.

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The Davis-Moore thesis is a sociological...

Question 3

In 2011, median family income in the United States was $60,974.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

People who marry and stay married accumulate only half as much wealth as people who remain single.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In general, societies that have caste systems have economies that are

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A)   based on hunting and gathering.
B)   industrial.
C)   agrarian.
D)   postindustrial.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

During the last twenty years, which category of the U.S.population has experienced the largest gains in average income?

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A)   the lowest-paid 20 percent
B)   the middle 20 percent
C)   the highest-paid 20 percent
D)   All income categories have experienced about the same level of upward social mobility.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

State several ways in which caste and class systems differ.

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Caste and class systems differ in severa...

Question 8

At the top of the system of inequality in the former Soviet Union were the

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A)   industrial capitalists.
B)   intelligentsia, or educated professionals.
C)   apparatchiks, or high government officials.
D)   hereditary nobility.E) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 9

A caste system is defined as

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A)   social stratification based on ascription, or birth.
B)   social stratification based on personal achievement.
C)   a meritocracy.
D)   any social system in which categories of people are unequal.E) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 10

Recent welfare reform has greatly reduced the poverty rate in the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The working class is sometimes called the "lower-middle class."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In most poor families in the United States, no family member has a full-time job.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The richest 5 percent of U.S.families own about what percentage of privately owned property?

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A)   3 percent
B)   13 percent
C)   33 percent
D)   63 percentE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 14

Critics of the 1996 welfare reforms claim the new system

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A)   has done little to reduce poverty in the United States.
B)   has strengthened families in the United States.
C)   encourages welfare dependency.
D)   encourages unmarried women to have children.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

According to Lisa Keister's research,

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A)   social mobility has never existed in the United States.
B)   social mobility is the same for people at all levels of the wealth hierarchy.
C)   social mobility is lowest for people in the middle of the wealth hierarchy.
D)   social mobility is lowest for people at the top and the bottom of the wealth hierarchy.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 16

How has the expansion of the global economy affected class structure in the United States?

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The expansion of the global economy has ...

Question 17

A category of people defined as "untouchable" because they perform work that is viewed as "unclean" has been part of social stratification in

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A)   India.
B)   Canada.
C)   Sweden.
D)   the former Soviet Union.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

U.S.society does not have social stratification.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In the United States, which age category has the highest poverty rate?

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A)   children under the age of eighteen
B)   people in their thirties
C)   middle-aged persons about forty years of age
D)   seniors over sixty five years of ageE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 20

What is the difference between income and wealth?

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Income and wealth are two distinct conce...

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