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If a person were living during Karl Marx's lifetime and worked at the Smittertown ironworks,Marx would consider that person a member of the ________.


A) proletariat
B) lumpenproletariat
C) bourgeoisie
D) middle class

E) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

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According to the functionalists,stratification is universal. Discuss the reasons Kingsley Davis and Wilbert Moore concluded that stratification is inevitable.

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Davis and Moore maintained that every so...

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


A) wealth
B) power
C) race
D) gender

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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What are the four classifications of nations identified in world system theory?

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(1)core nations;(2)s...

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

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Characteristics with which American peop...

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In every society,from the hunting and gathering society to the postindustrial society,the MOST common basis for social stratification has been ________.


A) race
B) income
C) education
D) gender

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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In Mass Media in Social Life,"What Price Freedom? Slavery Today," the realities of slavery in Sudan and the efforts to buy slaves their freedom are described. Suggest alternative strategies that might be pursued by the citizens or the government of the United States to discourage slavery and free slaves in Sudan.

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Answers will vary. American citizens cou...

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Apply Gaetano Mosca's argument to explain stratification in the class you are taking and its relationship to the university's overall hierarchical structure.

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Students should consider their class as ...

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The fact that some slaves served as tutors in Roman homes indicates that ________.


A) most slaves were women
B) some slaves were children
C) slaves were not always viewed as inferior
D) slaves had darker skin that their masters

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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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 ________.


A) Vietnam; Indonesia
B) China; India
C) Japan; Brazil
D) Indonesia; Taiwan

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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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?


A) No society can exist unless it is organized.
B) Leadership means an inequality of power.
C) Human nature is self-centered.
D) People in power use their positions to seize greater rewards for others.

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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


A) Max Weber
B) Talcott Parsons
C) Karl Marx
D) Lewis Coser,Jr.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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

A) True
B) False

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At the steel plant,all minorities hired are assigned to work the battery pits,one of the dirtiest jobs in the mill. Even so,the battery pit workers wear this assignment as a badge of honor and have developed a close social bond that transcends the time they spend at the mill. How would Karl Marx describe their solidarity?


A) The workers are experiencing false class consciousness.
B) The workers are victims of social stratification.
C) The workers' sense of fairness has been influenced by primogeniture.
D) The workers share class consciousness.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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The key to effectively maintaining social stratification involves the privileged class controlling ideas and information rather than depending on the use of force.

A) True
B) False

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In which of the following societies might slavery MOST likely exist?


A) the pastoral society
B) the agricultural society
C) the industrial society
D) the hunting and gathering society

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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What is the basis of India's caste system?


A) race
B) religion
C) ethnicity
D) education

E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

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


A) gender,racism,and social class
B) debt,crime,and war
C) gender,politics,and ethnicity
D) racism,religion,and gender

E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

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How are the stratification systems in the United States,Great Britain,and the former Soviet Union similar and different? Why have the stratification systems in the United States and Great Britain endured for centuries,while the system in the old Soviet Union crumbled in about 75 years?

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In the United States,stratification is b...

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The concept of the maquiladoras was made possible by the passage of the ________.


A) Taft-Hartley Trade Act
B) North American Free Trade Agreement
C) Sherman Anti-Trust Act
D) International Commerce Act of Latin America

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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