Question 1: __________________ is based primarily on money and material possessions, and power and prestige are attainable by levels of education, income, property, and social connections.
a) an agricultural system
b) a caste system
c) a class system
d) a gendered system
Question 2: The Davis-Moore Thesis states:
a) That the more society values a particular profession, the more the people in that profession will make.
b) That people constantly move up and down the social ladder, and this creates an unstable economy which will eventually collapse on itself.
c) That economic hardship and skyrocketing inflation is the cause for all social stratification in the United States.
d) That Karl Marx was correct and that stratification can only be solved by converting to a socialist government.
Question 3: An increasing proportion of poor families throughout the world are headed by women, a trend often referred to as the _____________.
a) gender role poverty
b) subjective poverty
c) feminization of poverty
d) relative poverty
Question 4: Mohit spent his days combing through garbage in Mumbai, India with his brothers and sisters. Sometimes he would find food, or something to sell for money. He never tried to overcome his lower-class status because he had seen his friends try and fail. So, he accepted his fate, and tried to live life as best he could in a closed society. Mohit is an example of someone living under:
a) a dictatorship
b) a meritocracy
c) an oligarchy
d) a caste system
Question 5: According to UMUC Reading #4, which of the following is NOT a key point related to social stratification?
a) Social stratification is relatively stable over generations.
b) Social stratification doesn't involve economic equality only; it also involves beliefs.
c) Social stratification is a characteristic of society, not of individual people.
d) Social stratification first became a social problem in the United States in the 1920s.
Question 6: Which sociological theorist viewed stratification as a multidimensional concept that includes not only wealth, but class, status, and power?
a) Gerhard Lenski
b) Karl Marx
c) Herbert Gans
d) Max Weber
Question 7: In a meritocracy, workers are primarily rewarded based on
a) oligarchy
b) social ties (through friends or family)
c) personal effort (hard work)
d) level of attractiveness
Question 8: Which of the following is most associated with high status consistency?
a) caste system
b) matrilineal system
c) class system
d) egalitarian system
Question 9: A state of living in which people can afford necessities but are unable to meet their society's standard of living is referred to as
a) absolute poverty
b) relative poverty
c) subjective poverty
d) feminization of poverty
Question 10: Immanuel Wallerstein's classification of nations uses which set of terms?
a) first world, second world, third world
b) primary nation, secondary nation, tertiary nation
c) super powers, allies of super powers, enemies of super powers
d) core nation, peripheral nation, semi-peripheral nation
Question 11: Which theory holds that global inequality is primarily caused by core nations (or high-income nations) exploiting semi-peripheral and peripheral nations (or middle-income and low-income nations), creating a cycle of dependence?
a) modernization theory
b) symbolic interactionism
c) feminization of poverty theory
d) dependency theory
Question 12: In regards to global inequality, conflict theory focuses on
a) how individuals create a sense of self-worth regardless of their income
b) the creation and reproduction of inequality
c) why global inequality exists and what purposes it serves
d) the meanings people attach to global stratification