sociology quiz 8

Stratification on the global level is often seen as a divide of Global North and ______.

• Global West

• Global South

• Capitalized East

• Capitalized West

Which of these describes the phenomenon of economic assistance given by countries or global institutions to foreign countries to promote development or social welfare?

• outsourcing

• foreign aid

• world-systems theory

• globalization loans

Relative poverty is a measure of what people need to survive.

• True

• False

Social mobility is defined as the ability to move up higher in the social system.

• True

• False

Which of these is defined as the ability to get others to do what you want them to do?

• 
  status

• social class

• Power

• wealth

The ability or inability to change one's place within the social classes in a society is called which of these?

• stratification

• mobilization

• social mobility

• social mobility

Globalization is associated with narrowed global disparities in life span and health outcomes.

• True

• False

Where do the clear majority (70%) of those in the bottom billion live?

• India

• China

• Africa

• Mexico

In global stratification, the ______ has dominated, controlled, exploited, and oppressed the Global South.

• Capitalized West

• Capitalized East

• Global West

• Global North

Countries that recently industrialized are commonly found in the middle-income category range.

• True

• False