ch 5 sociology

The Kurds are a people group with no homeland. They often are the victims of intimidation and violence which has resulted in their impoverished status as a group. A sociologist studying the Kurds would likely approach his conclusions from the _____ theoretical perspective.

Conflict

An example of slavery, according to Anti-Slavery International, is: a. Factories employing adults at salary level b. Factories using child labor c. Children attending school d. Children playing with friends

Factories using child labor

_______ is research of mobility between generations (IE: grandparents to parents to grandchildren to great grandchildren)

Inter-generational Mobility

According to Immanuel Wallerstein's theory, Which countries are economically dependent on more advanced nations and have very little industrialization or means of production?

Peripheral Countries

In Wallerstein's World Systems Theory, there are some in between nations who may not be as fully advanced as others but they may still have the opportunity to exploit some countries. Which types of countries are these?

Semi-peripheral countries

_____ refers to the ability to change positions within a social stratification system.

Social Mobility

One main issue in studying global social inequality is: a. Most countries keep their economic situations secret. b. Social inequality is relative and therefore, difficult to compare across cultures. c. The presence of tourism can make a country look richer than it really is. d. Most people live beyond their means which gives a false sense of wealth to a society.

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

Max Weber said______ are access to basic opportunities and resources in the market place.

life chances

The way that a society sorts people into rankings based on measures of factors such as wealth, income, race, education, gender, power, etc. is called

social stratification

The two types of stratification systems are _______, which do not allow change in social position and ______, which are based on achievement and allow movement between levels.

closed systems; open systems