Question 1

Olga works as an district sales manager for a small corporation.Which of the following categories correctly describes her work?

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A)  blue-collar
B)  white-collar
C)  capitalist
D)  agrarianE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 2

A __________ system is based primarily on ascription.

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A)  class
B)  casteC) A) and B)
D) undefined

Question 3

In Canada,who of the following is likely to have the highest annual earnings?

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A)  engineers
B)  university professors
C)  physicians
D)  the Prime MinisterE) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

If you were born into a traditional caste system,you would expect that,based on birth,you would be:

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A)  raised to do a certain type of job.
B)  required to marry someone of your own social category.
C)  encouraged to socialize with other people within your own category.
D)  All of the above are correct.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

In Karl Marx's analysis,another name for the capitalist class is the:

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A)  nobility.
B)  aristocracy.
C)  proletariat.
D)  bourgeoisie.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 6

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) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 7

Marx claimed social stratification would end with the creation of a socialist economy.What was Weber's view?

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A)  Weber thought socialism would reduce economic differences but also create a political elite,increasing differences in power.
B)  Weber thought capitalism could not be changed.
C)  Weber thought socialism would create a new high-prestige nobility.
D)  Weber agreed with Marx.E) B) and D)
F) C) and D)

Question 8

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) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 9

Who identified four reasons why no Marxist revolution has taken place?

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A)  Weber
B)  Spencer
C)  Dahrendorf
D)  DurkheimE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 10

In all societies,kinship plays a part in social stratification because:

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A)  children determine their own social position based on their personal talents and efforts.
B)  parents pass their social position on to their children.
C)  children usually end up with a social position higher than that of their parents.
D)  all children begin life with about the same social standing.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

In English history,the aristocracy included:

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A)  the hereditary nobility.
B)  the highest church officials.
C)  the royal family.
D)  All of the above are correct.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

If you lived in a society with a traditional caste system,you would expect your marriage to be:

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A)  polygamous.
B)  exogamous.
C)  based on romantic love.
D)  endogamous.E) B) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 13

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 the above are correct.E) C) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 14

Comparing societies in history and around the world,we see that social stratification may involve differences in:

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A)  what is unequal.
B)  how unequal people are.
C)  why people are unequal.
D)  All of the above are correct.E) B) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 15

Which of the following is NOT an claim made in the book The Bell Curve?

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A)  General intelligence exists.
B)  Environment factors and socialization are responsible for 75-80% of the variation we see in human intelligence.
C)  Society is currently dominated by a cognitive elite.
D)  The poor are more likely to have higher crime rates and rates of drug abuse.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 16

When Marx argued that capitalism "reproduces the class structure," he meant that:

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A)  it is really ordinary people who create social inequality.
B)  society operates so that class differences are carried from one generation to the next.
C)  class differences are the same throughout history.
D)  society could never abolish class inequality.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 17

Half of all the people in Great Britain today consider themselves to be in the:

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A)  upper class.
B)  middle class.
C)  working class.
D)  lower class.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

By the fifth century C.E. ,Japan was an agrarian society that operated with a:

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A)  class system.
B)  meritocracy.
C)  caste system.
D)  large middle class.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 19

In general,societies that have caste systems have economies that are:

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A)  based on hunting and gathering.
B)  industrial.
C)  agrarian.
D)  postindustrial.E) B) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 20

The study of social stratification at all levels involves a mix of facts and _______ about the shape of a just society.

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A)  figures
B)  values
C)  politics
D)  debatesE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Exam 10: D: Social Stratification

In English history,the aristocracy included:

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Half of all the people in Great Britain today consider themselves to be in the:

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

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In all societies,kinship plays a part in social stratification because:

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Who identified four reasons why no Marxist revolution has taken place?

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Marx claimed social stratification would end with the creation of a socialist economy.What was Weber's view?

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When Marx argued that capitalism "reproduces the class structure," he meant that:

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The historical replacement of caste systems with class systems:

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Comparing societies in history and around the world,we see that social stratification may involve differences in:

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In general,societies that have caste systems have economies that are:

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Which of the following is NOT an claim made in the book The Bell Curve?

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The study of social stratification at all levels involves a mix of facts and _______ about the shape of a just society.

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

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If you lived in a society with a traditional caste system,you would expect your marriage to be:

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A __________ system is based primarily on ascription.

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In Canada,who of the following is likely to have the highest annual earnings?

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Olga works as an district sales manager for a small corporation.Which of the following categories correctly describes her work?

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In Karl Marx's analysis,another name for the capitalist class is the:

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If you were born into a traditional caste system,you would expect that,based on birth,you would be:

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By the fifth century C.E. ,Japan was an agrarian society that operated with a:

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