Question 1

Social stratification is found in most-but not all-societies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The historical replacement of caste systems with class systems

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A)  brings an end to most social inequality.
B)  replaces one kind of inequality with another.
C)  means that individuals experience less social mobility.
D)  means that categories of people become more clearly unequal.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 3

Today, U.S.workers have far fewer legal protections than U.S.workers had a century ago, when the industrial age was just beginning.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Work involving mostly mental activity is called

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A)  blue-collar work.
B)  white-collar work.
C)  pink-collar work.
D)  agrarian work.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 5

Max Weber claimed that social position was based on a person's

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A)  economic class.
B)  degree of social status or prestige.
C)  amount of power.
D)  All of these are correct.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 6

For more than 1,500 years, Japanese society operated with a

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A)  class system.
B)  meritocracy.
C)  caste system.
D)  large middle class.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Caste systems are typical of high-income societies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In general, societies that have caste systems have economies that area.based on hunting and gathering.

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A)  industrial.
B)  agrarian.
C)  postindustrial.D) A) and B)
E) A) and C)

Question 9

Max Weber claimed that agrarian societies give special importance to which dimension of social inequality?

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A)  economic class
B)  social prestige or honor
C)  power
D)  control of informationE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 10

Marx thought of inequality in terms of two main classes.In contrast, Weber envisioned inequality in terms of

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A)  a socioeconomic ranking.
B)  three main classes.
C)  everyone gradually sinking into poverty.
D)  society as one large middle class.E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

Question 11

Explain the differences in the approach to social stratification of Karl Marx and Max Weber.How did each envision stratification? Why is Weber's approach more complex? Which approach do you think better represents social inequality in the United States? Why?

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Question 12

England's aristocracy contained about what share of the entire country's population?

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A)  50 percent
B)  25 percent
C)  5 percent
D)  half of one percentE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 13

Compared with people in United States, people in Great Britain are more likely to experience social mobility.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Looking around the world today, income inequality is greatest in which of the following regions?

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A)  North America
B)  Latin America
C)  Europe
D)  ChinaE) B) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 15

Social stratification is a concept that refers to

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A)  specialization in productive work.
B)  ranking categories of people in a hierarchy.
C)  the idea that some people are more talented than others.
D)  All of these are correct.E) All of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 16

The concept of structural social mobility refers to

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A)  cultural beliefs that justify social stratification.
B)  change in social position due to people's own efforts.
C)  change in the social position of many people due to changes in society itself.
D)  change in a family's social position from one generation to the next.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 17

Weber agreed with Marx that a socialist revolution would result in complete social equality.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

If you agreed that the "bell curve" thesis is correct, which of the following would you point to as the key to high social standings today?

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A)  family background
B)  intelligence
C)  race
D)  genderE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 19

The former Soviet Union was a classless society without social stratification.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

If you have a job that involves manual labor, you are doing

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A)  blue-collar work.
B)  white-collar work
C)  service work.
D)  farming.E) All of the above
F) A) and C)

Exam 10: Social Stratification

If you agreed that the "bell curve" thesis is correct, which of the following would you point to as the key to high social standings today?

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Looking around the world today, income inequality is greatest in which of the following regions?

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England's aristocracy contained about what share of the entire country's population?

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