Question 1

Caste systems encourage romantic love and personal choice as the basis of marriage.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

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

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A)  blue-collar work.
B)  white-collar work.
C)  service work.
D)  farming.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 3

Compared to the U.S.society,Japanese society exhibits more caste elements.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The Davis-Moore thesis implies that societies without social inequality would be the most productive.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

When Marx argued that capitalism "reproduces the class structure," he meant that

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A)  it is really ordinary people who create social inequality.
B)  society operates and carries class differences from one generation to the next.
C)  class differences are the same throughout human history.
D)  society could never abolish class inequality.E) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 6

People living in societies with class systems,compared with those living in societies with caste systems,tend to think of others in terms of social categories instead of as individuals.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The Davis-Moore thesis states that social stratification has consequences that are beneficial to society.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In general,income disparity is greater in lower-income nations than it is in higher-income nations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The historical practice in England of passing on property to only the first-born male descendant is called

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A)  the law of the estates.
B)  the law of meritocracy.
C)  the law of status consistency.
D)  the law of primogeniture.E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 10

If you lived in a society with a traditional caste system,you would expect your marriage to be

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A)  polygamous.
B)  exogamous.
C)  based on romantic love.
D)  endogamous.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 11

Karl Marx claimed that social stratification in high-income nations,such as the Great Britain and the United States,reflect a capitalist economy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

In English history,the aristocracy included

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A)  the hereditary nobility,the highest church officials,and the royal family.
B)  wealthy merchants,the hereditary nobility,and the royal family.
C)  the hereditary nobility and the royal family.
D)  the royal family only.E) None of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 13

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

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

Question 14

Which of the following types of societies has no categories of people who are better off than others?

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A)  industrial societies
B)  hunting and gathering societies
C)  agrarian societies
D)  horticultural and pastoral societiesE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 15

Weber described stratification as a complex socioeconomic status ranking.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

A caste system is defined as

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A)  social stratification based on ascription,or birth.
B)  social stratification based on personal achievement.
C)  a meritocracy.
D)  any social system in which categories of people are unequal.E) C) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

In Japan,as in other societies with a long history of caste,today people may not always discuss _____ openly,but it is never far from the surface when people size up one another socially.

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A)  family background
B)  personal talent
C)  educational degree
D)  the economyE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

The concept of social mobility refers to changes in people's positions in the social hierarchy.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Olga works as a district sales manager for a small corporation.This category of work can be described as

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A)  blue-collar.
B)  white-collar.
C)  capitalist.
D)  agrarian .E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 20

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 10: Social Stratification

Compared to the U.S.society,Japanese society exhibits more caste elements.

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The concept of social mobility refers to changes in people's positions in the social hierarchy.

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People living in societies with class systems,compared with those living in societies with caste systems,tend to think of others in terms of social categories instead of as individuals.

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

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

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A caste system is defined as

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The Davis-Moore thesis states that social stratification has consequences that are beneficial to society.

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The Davis-Moore thesis implies that societies without social inequality would be the most productive.

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When Marx argued that capitalism "reproduces the class structure," he meant that

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In English history,the aristocracy included

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Which of the following types of societies has no categories of people who are better off than others?

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Karl Marx claimed that social stratification in high-income nations,such as the Great Britain and the United States,reflect a capitalist economy.

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

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The historical practice in England of passing on property to only the first-born male descendant is called

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In Japan,as in other societies with a long history of caste,today people may not always discuss _____ openly,but it is never far from the surface when people size up one another socially.

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If you lived in a society with a traditional caste system,you would expect your marriage to be

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Olga works as a district sales manager for a small corporation.This category of work can be described as

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Caste systems encourage romantic love and personal choice as the basis of marriage.

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In general,income disparity is greater in lower-income nations than it is in higher-income nations.

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Weber described stratification as a complex socioeconomic status ranking.

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