WEEK 5
• Question
1
0 out of 3 points
The idea that social inequality
benefits society is associated with the:
• Question
2
0 out of 3 points
Compared to other high-income
nations, the United States has:
• Question
3
3 out of 3 points
Max Weber claimed that agrarian
societies give special importance to which dimension of social inequality?
• Question
4
3 out of 3 points
The historical replacement of
caste systems with class systems:
• Question
5
0 out of 3 points
The concept of structural social
mobility refers to:
• Question
6
0 out of 3 points
Why do societies with class
systems keep some elements of caste (such as the inheritance of wealth) rather
than becoming complete meritocracies?
• Question
7
0 out of 3 points
In general, societies that have
caste systems have economies that are:
• Question
8
3 out of 3 points
Work involving mostly mental
activity is called:
• Question
9
3 out of 3 points
At the lowest level of social
stratification in ancient Japan were the:
• Question
10
0 out of 3 points
A common micro-level pattern
involving social interaction is that:
• Question
11
3 out of 3 points
People of low social position are
more liberal on _____ issues and more conservative on _____ issues.
• Question
12
0 out of 3 points
If you followed the lead of Max
Weber, you would think of social stratification in terms of:
• Question
13
3 out of 3 points
In the United States, the median
income for African American families is about _____ as much as that for a
non-Hispanic, white family.
• Question
14
0 out of 3 points
About _____ of the richest people
in the United States gained at least some of their fortune from inheritance.
• Question
15
0 out of 3 points
The concept “feminization of
poverty” refers to the fact that, in the United States:
• Question
16
0 out of 3 points
The concept “conspicuous
consumption” refers to:
• Question
17
0 out of 3 points
In the United States, an
increasing percentage of the poor are:
• Question
18
0 out of 3 points
In the United States, which age
category has the highest poverty rate?
• Question
19
3 out of 3 points
The wealthiest 1 percent of U.S.
families (the “super-rich”) controls about _____ of the nation’s
privately held wealth.
• Question
20
0 out of 3 points
Today, the wealth of the average
U.S. family is about:
