SOCI Lesson 6 Quiz

A greater emphasis on educating young people

What has been the main factor that has aided the financial situations of many countries in Latin America?

Lack of education

Which is an effect of absolute poverty that also contributes to its cyclical nature?

Working Class

Which of the following is a strata in the Gilbert-Kahl Model of the American Class System?

Working Poor

Which of the following is a strata in the Gilbert-Kahl Model of the American Class System?

Wallerstein's classification uses neutral terms that allow his classification of nations to be less biased and appear less ethnocentric.

Which statement explains why Immanuel Wallerstein's classification is preferred by sociologist?

Once poverty has entered an geographic location, it is very difficult to get rid of.

Which statement would you find in the analysis of poverty by Neckerman and Torche?

1/3

With the recent Occupy Wall Street Movement, the people of the United States keep hearing about the top 1%. How much of the United State's wealth rests in the hands of the wealthiest top 1% of people?

Global stratification examines a myriad of different types of prejudice and inequality, while social stratification covers the social class and standing of individuals.

How is global stratification different from social stratification?

A meritocracy

Elisa graduated from college with a double major and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa society. She was then offered a job in New York where she worked 12 hours a day and produced excellent results. Within two years she had over 100 employees working under her. Elisa's hard work was rewarded with a raise and a bonus. This form of promotion is based on the principles of:

Stratification

A hierarchical arrangement of people/groups is referred to as which of the following?

Stratification

A system by which society ranks categories of people in a hierarchy is referred to as which of the following?

Endogamus

It was time for Oli to marry. He had finished school and was starting a job. His parents chose a bride for him whose parents had the same amount of wealth and belonged to the same class as they did. Oli and his bride will have a(n) _________ marriage.

Underground economy

Maria babysits as a form of income while she is in college. Because the amounts she gets per job are not huge, Maria never bothers to report her earnings to the IRS. Maria is a part of the_____________.

Business

Officials from which of the following groups are among the Power Elite?

Social inequality is relative and therefore, difficult to compare across cultures.

One main issue in studying global social inequality is:

Middle Class

Parents in which of the following class positions are more likely to punish a child for intent than actual consequences?

Middle Class

Parents in which of the following class positions are most likely to favor internal development?

Upper class is often defined as having control over one's life and the lives of people around you, while the middle class is often defined as having control only over one's own life.

Since the social classes in the United States do not have any clear boundaries, how is a sociologist supposed to determine whether their subjects are in the upper class or the middle class?

Power Elite

C.Wright Mills revealed that most important decisions in the U.S. are made largely behind the scenes by which of the following?

We can be responsible consumers and research products before buying them.

Child labor and sweatshops have existed since the Industrial Revolution and even before that. Many products sold today are created in these sweatshops, even though, living in the 21st century, we like to think we are above such practices. What is one practical way we can try and stop multinational companies from using such labor?