SC1050- Social Structure (Ch. 4), Social Stratification (Ch. 7) & Global Stratification (Ch. 8)
In 2014, the wealthiest 20 percent of households in the United States received approximately __________ of the total income pie.
Selected Answer: a. 50 percent
Which of the following countries would best be described as a Third World nation?
Selected Answer: a. Ethiopia
Role conflict and role strain are essentially the same thing.
Selected Answer: a. False
A 2016 Oxfam report indicated that the richest 62 individuals in the world own as much wealth as the poorest half of the world's population.
Selected Answer: a. True
A(n) __________ status is a social position conferred at birth or received involuntarily later in life, based on attributes over which the individual has little or no control, such as race/ethnicity, age, and gender.
Selected Answer: a. ascribed
The terms "First World," "Second World," and "Third World" categorize countries according to __________.
Selected Answer: a. degree of economic development
Schools, churches, and corporations are examples of __________ groups.
Selected Answer: a. secondary
A __________ is a socially defined position in a group or society characterized by certain expectations, rights, and duties, and it exists independently of the specific people occupying the position.
Selected Answer: a. status
According to the United Nations, the gap in literacy rates between women and men has virtually disappeared.
Selected Answer: b. False
In the United States, people over the age of 65 are the most likely to be poor.
Selected Answer: b. False
Women's lower socioeconomic status is the primary explanation for poverty in the United States today.
Selected Answer: b. False
According to the definition from the United Nations, people who can only write their name or simple figures are not considered literate.
Selected Answer: b. True
There have been no improvements in health status, literacy, and lessening of extreme poverty throughout the world over the past 50 years.
Selected Answer: b. True
Which region of the world has the lowest life expectancy for persons born in 2015?
Selected Answer: b. sub-Saharan Africa
Jane defines herself first and foremost as a student. For Jane, being a student is considered her _________ status.
Selected Answer: b. master
Nations with industrializing economies, particularly in urban areas, and moderate levels of national and personal income are termed __________.
Selected Answer: b. middle-income countries
The __________, named after a U.S. secretary of state, provided massive sums of money in direct aid and loans to rebuild the European economic base destroyed during World War II.
Selected Answer: c. Marshall Plan
Low-income countries are primarily __________ and have little industrialization and low levels of national and personal income.
Selected Answer: c. agrarian nations
Global stratification_________________________________________.
Selected Answer: c. involves the unequal distribution of wealth, power, and prestige on a global basis
__________ is the most likely to have life-threatening consequences, such as when a homeless person freezes to death on a park bench.
Selected Answer: c. Absolute poverty
After several decades of development programs sponsored by the World Bank and the United Nations, global poverty __________.
Selected Answer: c. continued to increase
Sociologists define a(n) __________ as a larger, more specialized group in which members engage in more impersonal, goal-oriented relationships for a limited period of time.
Selected Answer: c. secondary group
A __________ is a socially defined position in a group or society characterized by certain expectations, rights, and duties, and it exists independently of the specific people occupying the position.
Selected Answer: c. status
The average life expectancy at birth of people in low-HDI countries is about __________ years less than that of people in very-high-HDI nations.
Selected Answer: d. 20
In 2014, the wealthiest 20 percent of households in the United States received approximately __________ of the total income pie.
Selected Answer: d. 50 percent
Which of these is an example of an achieved status?
Selected Answer: d. husband
__________ poverty refers to the condition in which people do not have the means to secure the most basic necessities of life.
Selected Answer: d. Absolute
China, North Korea, Vietnam, Cuba, and portions of the former Soviet Union have been considered examples of __________ nations.
Selected Answer: d. Second World
Jorge is a male born to Mexican American parents; he was assigned these positions at birth. He is an adult and—if he lives long enough—will someday become an "older adult," later in life. All of these are considered __________ statuses.
Selected Answer: d. ascribed
Regardless of a person's other characteristics, which of these is most likely to become a stigmatized master status?
Selected Answer: d. homeless
The __________ is a measure of the number of deaths per thousand live births in a calendar year.
Selected Answer: d. infant mortality rate
For any particular status, __________ refers to how a person actually behaves within her role.
Selected Answer: d. role performance
Carlos is a freshman at the local college. As a student, he is feeling pressure. He wants to party like the rest of his fraternity brothers, but at the same time, he wants to maintain his 4.0 grade point average. Sociologists would say that Carlos is experiencing _________.
Selected Answer: d. role strain
