Exam 9: Global Stratification

The Acme Corporation has adopted "Tiny Brothers" as a means of controlling employees. What is a "Tiny Brother"?

In societies that use a caste system for stratification, what is ablution?

Some nations have traditionally been in poverty from one generation to the next, relying on tradition rather than experimenting with new technology that might improve their standard of living. This explanation for global stratification is called ________.

While multination corporations exploit cheap labor, they also create positive consequences (latent functions). What unanticipated positive consequence did your author identify is the result of multinational corporations?

Two countries previously classified as Least Industrialized Nations that are building strong competition with Western nations because of cheap telecommunications and outsourced jobs from multinational corporations are ________ and ________.

Indentured servitude is a gray area between contract labor and slavery.

Chinese leaders putting tight controls on Internet cafes and search engines, blocking access to Facebook and Twitter is an example of which means elites use to maintain stratification?

The replacement of India's caste system with a social class system is an example of the strains in today's global stratification system.

What did Karl Marx predict after workers were exploited year after year by the capitalist class?

The impetus for colonialism was the advent of the Industrial Revolution.

Discuss how elites maintain stratification, and point out the benefits and liabilities of each method.

Although it is expensive, coercion is the most effective means by which elites can maintain stratification of their societies.

Who or what are the "Asian Tigers"?

What prediction was made by Karl Marx regarding the behavior of workers in a capitalist society?

Describe the world system theory of stratification as developed by Immanuel Wallerstein.

Which of the following characteristics is most associated with the class system?

Raul is a member of the Kshatriya who recently engaged in an intimate act with a member of the Dalit. Raul has seen the error of his ways, however, and wants to make amends for his indiscretions. Which statement best explains Raul's next course of action?

What term did Lenin and Trotsky use to describe the intermediate step between the czarist society prior to the revolution and the ideal society they hoped to establish?

Which of the following led to the discontinuation of the terms "First World," "Second World," and "Third World" to describe global stratification?

India's caste system is slowly being replaced by a system marked by…