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Sixty percent of the world's population lives in the

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A)   Most Industrialized Nations.
B)   Industrializing Nations.
C)   Least Industrialized Nations.
D)   Western Nations.

Question 2

Describe India's caste system.

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India's cast system is based on religion...

Question 3

Most of the countries of the former Soviet Union and its former satellites in Eastern Europe fall into the category of the

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A)   Most Industrialized Nations.
B)   Industrializing Nations.
C)   Least Industrialized Nations.
D)   Unclassified Nations.

Question 4

The United States, Canada, Great Britain, France, Japan, Australia, and other countries make up the

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A)   Most Industrialized Nations.
B)   Industrializing Nations.
C)   Least Industrialized Nations.
D)   League of Nations.

Question 5

In Marx's theory, those who were exploited because they do not own the means of production were called the

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A)   bourgeoisie.
B)   proletariat.
C)   clergy
D)   superclass. B

Question 6

The bourgeoisie are

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A)   the proletariat.
B)   capitalists.
C)   Marx's term for socialists.
D)   low in prestige.

Question 7

The main way the British perpetuate their class system from one generation to the next is through

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A)   education.
B)   surveillance.
C)   the absence of a middle class.
D)   wealth.

Question 8

_____ stress that conflict, not function, is the reason that we have social stratification.

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A)   Conflict theorists
B)   Functionalists
C)   All sociologists of this century
D)   Despite the name, no conflict theorists

Question 9

Over a century ago, Mosca said that

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A)   leadership requires inequalities of power.
B)   it is possible for societies to exist without any organization.
C)   people in power can be trusted not to use their positions to seize greater rewards for themselves.
D)   in a just society, anyone can be a follower or a leader.

Question 10

Which category of nations has the most land?

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A)   Most Industrialized Nations
B)   Industrializing Nations
C)   Least Industrialized Nations
D)   Most Populous Nations

Question 11

Discuss the "three Ps" of social class, according to Max Weber.

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The "three Ps" are property, prestige, and power. (Weber actually used the terms of class, power, and status.) Property, which leads to power, which leads to prestige; prestige, which can lead to power, which can lead to property; power, which leads to property, which leads to prestige.

Question 12

Who receives the most and the least resources under the functionalist view? Under the conflict theory view?

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In the functionalist view most resources...

Question 13

_____ Weber _____ Marx viewed property as the only source of power.

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A)   Neither; nor
B)   Both; and
C)   Not; but
D)   Notably; but not

Question 14

When workers identified with the interests of capitalists, Marx called it _____ class consciousness.

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A)   false
B)   misguided
C)   optimistic
D)   budding

Question 15

The terms that do not imply value judgments about some parts of the world while splitting it up into conceptual groups are

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A)   First, Second, and Third Worlds.
B)   Most Industrialized, Industrializing, and Least Industrialized.
C)   Best, Better, and Worst.
D)   Developed, Developing, and Primitive.

Question 16

In a class system, what is the main basis for social stratification?

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A)   Sexual orientation
B)   Money
C)   Appearance
D)   Kindness

Question 17

Which of the following statements about slavery is true?

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A)   It is a product of modern times.
B)   Racism is the usual basis for it.
C)   It has been common throughout history.
D)   It is always considered an inheritable condition. C

Question 18

The heritage of neocolonialism

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A)   does not affect people in the West today.
B)   can be found only in history books.
C)   affects people in the West today, in the wars fought and terrorism coming from the affected areas.
D)   is proudly claimed by the nations affected.

Question 19

According to sociologist Michael Harrington, when colonialism went out of style, it was replaced by

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A)   functionalism.
B)   conflict theory.
C)   multinational corporations.
D)   neocolonialism.

Question 20

The tools, factories, land, and investment capital used to produce wealth make up the

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A)   bourgeoisie.
B)   proletariat.
C)   means of production.
D)   class consciousness.

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