Question 1

The former Soviet Union was a classless society without social stratification.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Compared with people in United States, people in Great Britain are more likely to experience social mobility.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Social stratification is found in most-but not all-societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

England's aristocracy contained about what share of the entire country's population?

Accepted Answer

A) 50 percent 
B) 25 percent 
C) 5 percent 
D) half of one percent 
A) 50 percent 
B) 25 percent 
C) 5 percent 
D) half of one percent

Question 5

Weber agreed with Marx that a socialist revolution would result in complete social equality.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Work involving mostly mental activity is called

Accepted Answer

A) blue-collar work. 
B) white-collar work. 
C) pink-collar work. 
D) agrarian work. 
A) blue-collar work. 
B) white-collar work. 
C) pink-collar work. 
D) agrarian work.

Question 7

If you have a job that involves manual labor, you are doing

Accepted Answer

A) blue-collar work. 
B) white-collar work 
C) service work. 
D) farming. 
A) blue-collar work. 
B) white-collar work 
C) service work. 
D) farming.

Question 8

In general, societies that have caste systems have economies that area.based on hunting and gathering.

Accepted Answer

A) industrial. 
B) agrarian. 
C) postindustrial. 
A) industrial. 
B) agrarian. 
C) postindustrial.

Question 9

Max Weber claimed that social position was based on a person's

Accepted Answer

A) economic class. 
B) degree of social status or prestige. 
C) amount of power. 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) economic class. 
B) degree of social status or prestige. 
C) amount of power. 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 10

The historical replacement of caste systems with class systems

Accepted Answer

A) brings an end to most social inequality. 
B) replaces one kind of inequality with another. 
C) means that individuals experience less social mobility. 
D) means that categories of people become more clearly unequal. 
A) brings an end to most social inequality. 
B) replaces one kind of inequality with another. 
C) means that individuals experience less social mobility. 
D) means that categories of people become more clearly unequal.

Question 11

Explain the differences in the approach to social stratification of Karl Marx and Max Weber.How did each envision stratification? Why is Weber's approach more complex? Which approach do you think better represents social inequality in the United States? Why?

Accepted Answer

Karl Marx and Max Weber both had differe

Question 12

Social stratification is a concept that refers to

Accepted Answer

A) specialization in productive work. 
B) ranking categories of people in a hierarchy. 
C) the idea that some people are more talented than others. 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) specialization in productive work. 
B) ranking categories of people in a hierarchy. 
C) the idea that some people are more talented than others. 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 13

Marx thought of inequality in terms of two main classes.In contrast, Weber envisioned inequality in terms of

Accepted Answer

A) a socioeconomic ranking. 
B) three main classes. 
C) everyone gradually sinking into poverty. 
D) society as one large middle class. 
A) a socioeconomic ranking. 
B) three main classes. 
C) everyone gradually sinking into poverty. 
D) society as one large middle class.

Question 14

Max Weber claimed that agrarian societies give special importance to which dimension of social inequality?

Accepted Answer

A) economic class 
B) social prestige or honor 
C) power 
D) control of information 
A) economic class 
B) social prestige or honor 
C) power 
D) control of information

Question 15

Today, U.S.workers have far fewer legal protections than U.S.workers had a century ago, when the industrial age was just beginning.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

For more than 1,500 years, Japanese society operated with a

Accepted Answer

A) class system. 
B) meritocracy. 
C) caste system. 
D) large middle class. 
A) class system. 
B) meritocracy. 
C) caste system. 
D) large middle class.

Question 17

If you agreed that the "bell curve" thesis is correct, which of the following would you point to as the key to high social standings today?

Accepted Answer

A) family background 
B) intelligence 
C) race 
D) gender 
A) family background 
B) intelligence 
C) race 
D) gender

Question 18

The concept of structural social mobility refers to

Accepted Answer

A) cultural beliefs that justify social stratification. 
B) change in social position due to people's own efforts. 
C) change in the social position of many people due to changes in society itself. 
D) change in a family's social position from one generation to the next. 
A) cultural beliefs that justify social stratification. 
B) change in social position due to people's own efforts. 
C) change in the social position of many people due to changes in society itself. 
D) change in a family's social position from one generation to the next.

Question 19

Caste systems are typical of high-income societies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Looking around the world today, income inequality is greatest in which of the following regions?

Accepted Answer

A) North America 
B) Latin America 
C) Europe 
D) China 
A) North America 
B) Latin America 
C) Europe 
D) China

Exam 10: Social Stratification

The former Soviet Union was a classless society without social stratification.

Compared with people in United States, people in Great Britain are more likely to experience social mobility.

Social stratification is found in most-but not all-societies.

England's aristocracy contained about what share of the entire country's population?

Weber agreed with Marx that a socialist revolution would result in complete social equality.

Work involving mostly mental activity is called

If you have a job that involves manual labor, you are doing

In general, societies that have caste systems have economies that area.based on hunting and gathering.

Max Weber claimed that social position was based on a person's

The historical replacement of caste systems with class systems

Explain the differences in the approach to social stratification of Karl Marx and Max Weber.How did each envision stratification? Why is Weber's approach more complex? Which approach do you think better represents social inequality in the United States? Why?

Social stratification is a concept that refers to

Marx thought of inequality in terms of two main classes.In contrast, Weber envisioned inequality in terms of

Max Weber claimed that agrarian societies give special importance to which dimension of social inequality?

Today, U.S.workers have far fewer legal protections than U.S.workers had a century ago, when the industrial age was just beginning.

For more than 1,500 years, Japanese society operated with a

If you agreed that the "bell curve" thesis is correct, which of the following would you point to as the key to high social standings today?

The concept of structural social mobility refers to

Caste systems are typical of high-income societies.

Looking around the world today, income inequality is greatest in which of the following regions?

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