Introductory Sociology 1101 - Lesson 8 Quiz (100%)

Which historical event was greatly responsible for global stratification as we see it today?

The Industrial Revolution

What is the most significant threat to the relatively high standard of living people are accustomed to in the United States?

The decline of the middle class

88 million people live on less than $1.00 a day. These people are said to be living in ________.

Absolute poverty

Which continent has the greatest number of impoverished nations in the world?

Africa

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

Underground economy

Which factor is considered when evaluating someone's standard of living?

All of the Above (Income, employment, class)

In the United States, where outsourcing is almost always addressed negatively, companies still get away with outsourcing. How do they do this?

Americans want lower prices for their consumable products, and the only way for companies to deliver those low prices is to outsource the work to cheaper laborers

With the recent Occupy Wall street Movement, the people of the US keep hearing about the top 1%. How much of the US wealth results in the hands of the wealthiest top 1% of people?

1/3

Elisa graduated from college with 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 rise and a bonus. This form of promotion is based on the principles of:

A meritocracy

Which number does the World Bank use to determine the status and classification of each nation?

Gross National Income per Capita

Hope is desperate for the new designer pure that she saw while widow shipping at her local mall She knew every girl in school would covet her bad an wish to be liker her. When she walked in, she whipped out her credit card and purchased the $5,000 bag. This kind of purchasing is called:

Conspicuous consumption

Areas that once had vast economic growth and large amounts of industry, but are now suffering from the effects of outsourcing are going through a period of:

Deindustrialization

Cate is the daughter of a Senator and the former CEO of a Fortune 500 company. Harry grew up on a farm, tilling the land for a living. They are planning a June wedding. They will have a(n) _______ marriage.

Exogamous

An example of slavery, according to Anti-Slavery International, is:

Factories using child labor

How is global stratification different from social stratification?

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

What seems to be the key (although not the rule) to upward social mobility?

How much education you have

One main issue in studying global social inequality is:

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

The two regions with the highest risk of social unrest are:

Sub-Saharan Africa and the Middle East-North Africa region

The Davis-Moore Thesis states:

That the more society values a particular profession, the more the people in that profession will make.

Immanuel Wallerstein's classification of nations uses which set of terms?

core nation, peripheral nation, semi-peripheral nation