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Social Studies
8th -
University
Intro to Sociology Chapter 9 (OpenStax)
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- 1. Multiple Choice
What factor makes caste systems closed?
They are run by secretive governments.
People cannot change their social standings.
Most have been outlawed.
They exist only in rural areas.
- 2. Multiple Choice
What factor makes class systems open?
They allow for movement between the classes.
People are more open-minded.
People are encouraged to socialize within their class.
They do not have clearly defined layers.
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which of these systems allows for the most social mobility?
Caste
Monarchy
Endogamy
Class
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which person best illustrates opportunities for upward social mobility in the United States?
First-shift factory worker
First-generation college
Firstborn son who inherits the family business
First-time interviewee who is hired for a job
- 5. Multiple Choice
Which statement illustrates low status consistency?
A suburban family lives in a modest ranch home and enjoys a nice vacation each summer.
A single mother receives food stamps and struggles to find adequate employment.
A college dropout launches an online company that earns millions in its first year.
A celebrity actress owns homes in three countries.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Based on meritocracy, a physician’s assistant would:
receive the same pay as all the other physician’s assistants
be encouraged to earn a higher degree to seek a better position
most likely marry a professional at the same level
earn a pay raise for doing excellent work
- 7. Multiple Choice
In the United States, most people define themselves as:
middle class
upper class
lower class
no specific class
- 8. Multiple Choice
Structural mobility occurs when:
an individual moves up the class ladder
an individual moves down the class ladder
a large group moves up or down the class ladder due to societal changes
a member of a family belongs to a different class than his or her siblings
- 9. Multiple Choice
The behaviors, customs, and norms associated with a class are known as:
class traits
power
prestige
underclass
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which of the following scenarios is an example of intragenerational mobility?
A janitor belongs to the same social class as his grandmother did.
An executive belongs to a different class than her parents.
An editor shares the same social class as his cousin.
A lawyer belongs to a different class than her sister.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Occupational prestige means that jobs are:
all equal in status
not equally valued
assigned to a person for life
not part of a person’s self-identity
- 12. Multiple Choice
Social stratification is a system that:
ranks society members into categories
destroys competition between society members
allows society members to choose their social standing
reflects personal choices of society members
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which graphic concept best illustrates the concept of social stratification?
Pie chart
Flag poles
Planetary movement
Pyramid
- 14. Multiple Choice
The GNI PPP figure represents:
a country’s total accumulated wealth
annual government spending
the average annual income of a country’s citizens
a country’s debt
- 15. Multiple Choice
The basic premise of the Davis-Moore thesis is that the unequal distribution of rewards in social stratification:
is an outdated mode of societal organization
is an artificial reflection of society
serves a purpose in society
cannot be justified
- 16. Multiple Choice
Unlike Davis and Moore, Melvin Tumin believed that, because of social stratification, some qualified people were _______ higher-level job positions.
denied the opportunity to obtain
encouraged to train for
often fired from
forced into
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which statement represents stratification from the perspective of symbolic interactionism?
Men often earn more than women, even working the same job.
After work, Pat, a janitor, feels more comfortable eating in a truck stop than a French restaurant.
Doctors earn more money because their job is more highly valued.
Teachers continue to struggle to keep benefits such as health insurance.
- 18. Multiple Choice
When Karl Marx said workers experience alienation, he meant that workers:
must labor alone, without companionship
do not feel connected to their work
move from one geographical location to another
have to put forth self-effort to get ahead
- 19. Multiple Choice
Conflict theorists view capitalists as those who:
are ambitious
fund social services
spend money wisely
get rich while workers stay poor
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