Holt Sociology Stratification Race Gender

Stratification exists in ___ societies.

• All

• No

• some

• only pre-industrial

A system in which people can neither rise nor fall socially in called a (n) ____ systems.

• Class

• Caste

• Proletarian

• Indentured

The wealthiest thousand people in the world who have as much as a third of the human population are know collectively as ___.

• The upper-middle class

• The World-Systems

• The Global Superclass

• The Proletarians

According to Wallersteins classification, the nations that industrialized first are known as the ___ nations.

• Core

• Peripheral

• Semi-peripheral

• External

Which of the following is associated with the Culture of Poverty?

• Lack of technology

• Religion fatalism

• Factory jobs

• Upward mobility

What did Max Weber add to the conflict explication for stratification?

• Money is power

• Property is power

• Charisma is power

• None of the above

___ is an individuals net worth, while ___ is what he or she receives each year.

• Wealth; income

• Income; wealth

• Real estate; wealth

• Income; taxable income

We have a ___ system in the US, but are taught to deny it.

• Caste

• Class

• Feudal

• Communist

Which of the following is not apart of the “Three Worlds” model?

• Least-industrial societies

• Industrializing societies

• Most-industrial societies

• Post-industrial societies

Why do sociologists criticize the “Culture of Poverty” theory?

• It costs taxpayers too much

• It places too much emphasis on popular culture

• It blames the victim

• It is inherently racist