Choose the best answer for each multiple choice question. Usually, multiple choice questions include two or more answers that might appear to be correct but there is always one best answer.
1. The division of people based on how to relate to each other based on property, power, and prestige is referred to as:
a. global stratification
b. social class
c. social stratification
d. means of production
2. Social stratification:
a. is universal
b. only occurs in post industrial societies
c. no longer applies to modern societies
d. global rather than local
3. Social stratification can involve:
a. gender
b. slavery
c. class
d. all of these
4. The position that social stratification helps societies survive is part of the _______________ perspective.
a. symbolic interaction
b. conflict
c. functionalist
d. class conflict
5. To maintain a system of social stratification, elites control:
a. ideologies and information
b. laws
c. military and police
d. all of these
6. The idea that industrialization led to the formation of four groups of nations is referred to as:
a. colonialism
b. World Systems theory
c. culture of poverty
d. neocolonialism
7. The following is an example of neocolonialism:
a. United States government provides a loan to Vietnam to help Vietnam strengthen its infrastructure
b. Apple Corporation managing the mines in the Republic of Congo and paying off local politicians to keep the locals from protesting
c. globalization of capitalism
d. farmers in Bolivia only grow enough food to sustain their families and local communities
8. Globalization of capitalism maintains the economic interdependence between:
a. multinational corporations and consumers
b. core, semiperiphery, and periphery nations
c. politicians and voters
d. technology advanced and least advanced nations
9. According to the World Systems theory, the United States is classified as:
a. core nation
b. semiperiphery nation
c. periphery nation
d. external nation
10. Slavery, caste, estate, and class are examples of:
a. racial inequality
b. systems of social stratification
c. colonialism
d. world systems
Critical Thinking Question
What unintended consequences have emerged from multinationals' global search for cheap labor and resources?
Answer
Read the section in Chapter 7 titled: Unanticipated Consequences (under the Multinational Corporations header)
Answers: 1. C 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. D 6. D 7. A 8. B 9. A 10. B
a. global stratification
b. social class
c. social stratification
d. means of production
2. Social stratification:
a. is universal
b. only occurs in post industrial societies
c. no longer applies to modern societies
d. global rather than local
3. Social stratification can involve:
a. gender
b. slavery
c. class
d. all of these
4. The position that social stratification helps societies survive is part of the _______________ perspective.
a. symbolic interaction
b. conflict
c. functionalist
d. class conflict
5. To maintain a system of social stratification, elites control:
a. ideologies and information
b. laws
c. military and police
d. all of these
6. The idea that industrialization led to the formation of four groups of nations is referred to as:
a. colonialism
b. World Systems theory
c. culture of poverty
d. neocolonialism
7. The following is an example of neocolonialism:
a. United States government provides a loan to Vietnam to help Vietnam strengthen its infrastructure
b. Apple Corporation managing the mines in the Republic of Congo and paying off local politicians to keep the locals from protesting
c. globalization of capitalism
d. farmers in Bolivia only grow enough food to sustain their families and local communities
8. Globalization of capitalism maintains the economic interdependence between:
a. multinational corporations and consumers
b. core, semiperiphery, and periphery nations
c. politicians and voters
d. technology advanced and least advanced nations
9. According to the World Systems theory, the United States is classified as:
a. core nation
b. semiperiphery nation
c. periphery nation
d. external nation
10. Slavery, caste, estate, and class are examples of:
a. racial inequality
b. systems of social stratification
c. colonialism
d. world systems
Critical Thinking Question
What unintended consequences have emerged from multinationals' global search for cheap labor and resources?
Answer
Read the section in Chapter 7 titled: Unanticipated Consequences (under the Multinational Corporations header)
Answers: 1. C 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. D 6. D 7. A 8. B 9. A 10. B
Scoring Guide:
10-9: Excellent
8-7: Very Good
6-5: You need more practice
4 and below: You need to re-read the text more carefully.
10-9: Excellent
8-7: Very Good
6-5: You need more practice
4 and below: You need to re-read the text more carefully.