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What Are the Explanations for Poverty?

Authored by Neil Robertson

Social Studies

10th Grade

What Are the Explanations for Poverty?
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which explanation sees poverty as a subculture whose norms and values differ from the mainstream?

Marxist theory

Culture of poverty

Cycle of deprivation

Underclass thesis

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In the culture-of-poverty account, the outlook that “nothing will ever change so there’s no point trying” is called:

Meritocracy

Individualism

Fatalism

Social exclusion

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The idea that poverty is passed from parents to children and then to grandchildren is known as the:

Cycle of deprivation

Culture of poverty

Underclass

Relative deprivation trap

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Supporters of the cycle-of-deprivation view say the best solution is to:

Cut welfare benefits

Abolish capitalism

Increase policing in poor areas

Ensure every child leaves school with useful qualifications

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

New-Right writer Charles Murray’s underclass consists mainly of people who:

Work long hours but earn little

Choose not to work and rely on welfare benefits

Are trapped by low educational attainment

Suffer ill-health from poor diet

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Murray argues the way to reduce poverty is to:

Cut benefits so people are forced to find jobs

Expand university places

Raise the minimum wage sharply

Build more council housing

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Marxists blame poverty primarily on a society where:

Individuals make poor lifestyle choices

Welfare payments encourage dependency

The rich exploit the poor

The poor lack motivation

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