Exam 9: Global Stratification

How does Weber's view of social class differ from that of Marx's view?

How does the class system in the United States resemble, and differ from, a caste system?

What was the fourth category of nations added to the Most Industrialized, Industrializing, and Least Industrialized model?

What are the three models of global stratification discussed by the author? Why did the author choose one particular model over the others?

According to Gaetano Mosca, every society is stratified by ________ to ensure that society's work gets done.

What is the primary way by which the British maintain their class system from one generation to the next?

As the Internet provides new opportunities for social networking, those in power in China are attempting to maintain their control by blocking access to Facebook and Twitter in Internet cafes and search engines.

In colonial America, immigrants were transported to the new world "on credit" by the captain of the ship, who then sold their services to wealthy colonists who paid their passage. In return, these immigrants worked for a specified period of time and were known as ________ or ________.

What was Gaetano Mosca's primary argument for the reason why society is stratified?

Bartholomew is a member of the second estate in Europe during the middle ages. In view of this, what is Bartholomew's most likely social location?

The Most Industrialized Nations are almost equally distributed between the Northern and Southern hemispheres of the world.

Why did President McKinley explain America's conquest of the Philippines as being motivated by the desire to "educate the Filipinos, and uplift and civilize and Christianize them"? How did this approach differ from the European reasons for colonialism?

According to Melvin Tumin, which of the following high school seniors will most likely attend college?

What were the three estates in the estate stratification system of the middle ages?

Melvin Tumin advanced the concept of merit as the primary factor in determining social class.

The Least Industrialized Nations account for more than two-thirds of the world's population.

What single factor controlled one's social class, according to Karl Marx?

Multinational corporations often funnel money to elites in the Least Industrialized Nations to create a "favorable business climate." In reality, this term refers to the creation of ________ and ________.

The Industrialized Nations control of the Least Industrialized Nations through debts owed to them, which is referred to as ________.

In some societies, closely related members of the ruling class and the upper class marry to preserve their power and wealth within their families. This is a practice known as ________.