Exam 9: Global Stratification

The spread of an economic system based on investing to make profits, which is becoming the world's dominant economic system, is referred to as ________.

Based on the classical view, what were the three causes of slavery?

A form of the caste system that, until recently, was legal in South Africa was called ________.

What is the major means of control used by the neocolonialists to maintain global stratification?

What are the two most striking characteristics of the British class system?

Which two theorists concluded that the universality of stratification can be explained by the necessity to motivate the most qualified people to fill the most important and demanding positions in a society?

The division of large numbers of people into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige is referred to as ________.

In his book, The Ruling Class, Gaetano Mosca offered three arguments regarding society and power. All of the following represent his arguments EXCEPT for which one?

Because of apartheid, South Africa has become a democratic nation with power more evenly shared by all citizens.

John Kenneth Galbraith's theory of global stratification, referred to as a culture of poverty, is based on a concept first proposed by ________.

Why do the oil-rich countries of the Middle East fail to fit into the classifications of Most Industrialized or Industrializing?

The sociologist who believed that social class is made up of three components - property, power, and prestige - was ________.

What were the three major causes of slavery prior to life in the American colonies?

Define social stratification and discuss the four systems of social stratification.

Racism has traditionally been the cause of slavery.

What is the basis of India's caste system?

In neocolonialism, "mother" nations establish military outposts within the controlled nation to protect their capital investments.

All societies use gender as a means of stratification. Discuss the consequences of this gender stratification.

Gaetano Mosca emphasized that every society is stratified based on power.

What was the purpose of colonialism as it was practiced by the major European powers during eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries?