WorksheetsSoc-Family Chapter 4
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The social process of determining who does what work and for what reward is called
job placement
division of labor.
social inequality.
education
The process by which labor produces wealth that is not controlled by the laborers but by others is called
economics
Marxism.
exploitation.
employment
Employees of a retail restaurant chain work to generate profit for the corporation, and that wealth is controlled by executives. Conflict theorists call this
unjust.
social class.
proletariat.
exploitation
Max Weber originated the concept of life chances, which refers to
a person’s chance of living to old age.
the statistical likelihood of becoming wealthy.
the practical opportunity to achieve material success.
the randomness of being born into one social class or another.
A young adult whose parents can provide funds for college, reliable health care, and emotional support stands a better chance of achieving her material goals in life. This situation is an example of
life chances
social class.
social mobility.
education.
Being a member of a family or other exclusive group gives individual members access to all of the resources of that group. Sociologists call these resources
social capital
wealth
connections.
life chances
Members of the upper class often marry each other, maintaining the deep pool of social capital available to them. This mate selection practice is called
in-group.
class identity.
endogamy.
class distinction.
The disparity in economic status and security between upper and lower classes is called
capitalism
class identity
inequality
the Gini index
The Gini index is a
measure of wealth.
measure of inequality
tool for understanding poverty.
measure of social mobility
The difference between one’s class origin and class destination is known as
a. life chances.
b. social m
social mobility
“rags to riches.”
social capital.
In the text’s discussion of poverty in single-parent households, which of the following is the most important factor separating children of single mothers from those whose parents are married and living together?
money
time
social capital
education
Which of the following is true about the government’s role in our social class system?
The amount of government intervention with the poor is higher in the United States than in other developed countries.
The government does not practice progressive taxation in the United States.
The government sets the poverty line.
Government benefits, like food stamps and welfare, give an unfair advantage to lower-income people.
In the General Social Survey, only 2.7 percent of Americans identify as
upper class
middle class
working class
lower class
In the General Social Survey, 7.9 percent of Americans identify as
upper class
middle class
working class
lower class
The social class gap between those with Internet access and those without is known as
digital inequality
internet inequality
the digital gap
the digital divide.
On the Gini index, which measures income inequality, a score of 1 indicates .
complete inequality
complete equality
average levels of inequality
moderately high levels of inequality
In his book Evicted (2016), Matthew Desmond explored the soaring housing prices in American cities. He found that most poor families in the rental market spend__________________________ of
their income on housing expenses.
over one-fourth
almost one-third
over half
three-fourths
What does economist Joseph Stiglitz mean when he argues that the rise of the 1 percent is self-fulfilling?
Elite individuals earn their positions through handwork and merit alone, without the help of their network, thereby fulfilling their potential.
Income inequality is decreasing as elite individuals find fulfillment through charity work.
The concentration of wealth among elite individuals benefits the economy overall.
Elite individuals increasingly gain control over positions and institutions that shape the rules and make accumulating more wealth possible.
Which of the following is problematic about the government’s measurement of the poverty line?
The price of food is not reflected in the measurement.
The calculation includes government benefits such as tax credits
It does not account for differences in the cost of living by region.
It is not updated frequently enough.
Which of the following is true about the study of social class?
The working class was most severely hit by the recession of the late 2000s.
More people identify as “lower class” than the actual rates of poverty would suggest.
Almost half of U.S. society identifies as working class.
Most sociologists have given up on precisely defining social classes.
