Monday, November 25, 2019
Social Class and Correct Answer Essays
Social Class and Correct Answer Essays Social Class and Correct Answer Paper Social Class and Correct Answer Paper * Question 1 0 out of 2 points | | | Why is ideology more effective than force as a means to maintain stratification? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    Ideology appeals to reason, and people naturally prefer reason over coercion. | Correct Answer:|    Coercion is ineffective because it breeds hostility and nourishes rebellion. | | | | | * Question 2 2 out of 2 points | | | What is the ideology supporting the concept that a societys ruler is Gods direct representative on earth to administer justice and punish evil doers? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    the divine right of kings| Correct Answer:|    the divine right of kings| | | | | * Question 3 2 out of 2 points | | | What name is given to the association of wealthy and powerful nations that meets regularly to discuss global issues and determine world economic policy? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    the Group of Eight| Correct Answer:|    the Group of Eight| | | | | * Question 4 2 out of 2 points | | | Mahashury is a member of the Vaishya caste. In view of this, which of the following occupations or positions does she hold in her community? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    She is a trader who brings silk and fine cloth to New Delhi to sell to the wealthy. | Correct Answer:|    She is a trader who brings silk and fine cloth to New Delhi to sell to the wealthy. | | | | | * Question 5 2 out of 2 points | | | What name describes companies that operate across many national boundaries which helps the Most Industrialized Nations maintain global dominance? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    multinational corporations| Correct Answer:|    multinational corporations| | | | | * Question 6 2 out of 2 points | | What is the explanation of global stratification that includes core nations, semiperiphery nations, periphery nations, and external areas? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    world system theory| Correct Answer:|    world system theory| | | | | * Question 7 2 out of 2 points | | | Who was the American sociologist who studied race relations in the post-Civil War Sou th and characterized the entire white South as an armed camp to keep Negroes in slavery and to kill the black rebel? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    W. E. B. DuBois| Correct Answer:|    W. E. B. DuBois| | | | * Question 8 2 out of 2 points | | | Workers in the maquiladoras along the United States and Mexican border make $10 a day which is only a fraction of what American workers were paid to do the same work. Why is it unlikely, however, that the Mexican workers will go on strike to demand better wages? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    Workers in other nations are eager to do the work for only a dollar or two a day. | Correct Answer:|    Workers in other nations are eager to do the work for only a dollar or two a day. | | | | | * Question 9 2 out of 2 points | | What classification of nations contains 16 percent of the worlds population, 31 percent of the worlds land, and are concentrated in the northern hemisphere? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    Most Industrialized Nations| Correct Answer:|    Most Industrialized Nations| | | | | * Question 10 0 out of 2 points | | | In Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates what is the unique status for which young boys are enslaved? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    To perform work in small places such as attics and wells. | Correct Answer:|    To serve as jockeys in camel races. | | | | | * Question 11 2 out of 2 points | | Which statement best summarizes what Karl Marx predicted regarding the differences in social classes within a society? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    Workers will revolt when they overcome the class consciousness that blinds them. | Correct Answer:|    Workers will revolt when they overcome the class consciousness that blinds them. | | | | | * Question 12 2 out of 2 points | | | In the three-world model, what quality distinguishes a First World nation? Answer| | | | | Selected Ans wer:|    a capitalist economy| Correct Answer:|    a capitalist economy| | | | | * Question 13 2 out of 2 points | | What is the major means by which neocolonialists maintain their superiority and control over other nations of the world? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    They manipulate trade and the debt owed by the weaker nations. | Correct Answer:|    They manipulate trade and the debt owed by the weaker nations. | | | | | * Question 14 2 out of 2 points | | | In democracies, what are the two methods used by the ruling elite to control information? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    technology and the selective release of information| Correct Answer:|    technology and the selective release of information| | | | | Question 15 2 out of 2 points | | | Traditionally, what were the three factors on which slavery was based? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    war, debt, crime| Correct Answer:|    war, debt, crime| | | | | * Question 16 2 out of 2 points | | | Who was the sociologist who argued that stratification applies only to societies that have at least minimal resources and can accumulate surpluses? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    Gerhard Lenski| Correct Answer:|    Gerhard Lenski| | | | | * Question 17 2 out of 2 points | | | What is the lowest caste in Indias caste system? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    the Dalit| Correct Answer:|    the Dalit| | | | | * Question 18 2 out of 2 points | | | In the former Soviet Union what was the major basis of stratification? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    political position within the Communist Party| Correct Answer:|    political position within the Communist Party| | | | | * Question 19 2 out of 2 points | | | In the New World, what group did the colonists first attempt to enslave, even though this effort failed? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    Native Americans| Correct Answer:|    Native Americans| | | | | * Question 20 2 out of 2 points | | What are the three most important variables in determining ones place in the social stratification system? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    property, power, prestige| Correct Answer:|    property, power, prestige| | | | | - * Question 1 0 out of 2 points | | | Why is ideology more effective than force as a means to maintain stratification? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    Ideology appeals to reason, and people naturally prefer reason over coercion. | Correct Answer:|    Coercion is ineffective because it breeds hostility and nourishes rebellion. | | | | * Question 2 2 out of 2 points | | | What is the ideology supporting the concept that a societys ruler is Gods direct representative on earth to administer justice and punish evil doers? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    the divine right of kings| Correct Answer:|    the divine right of kings| | | | | * Question 3 2 out of 2 points | | | What name is given to the association of wealthy and powerful nations that meets regularly to discuss global issues and determine world economic policy? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    the Group of Eight| Correct Answer:|    the Group of Eight| | | | * Question 4 2 out of 2 points | | | Mahashury is a member of the Vaishya caste. In view of this, which of the following occupations or positions does she hold in her community? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    She is a trader who brings silk and fine cloth to New Delhi to sell to the wealthy. | Correct Answer:|    She is a trader who brings silk and fine cloth to New Delhi to sell to the wealthy. | | | | | * Question 5 2 out of 2 points | | | What name describes companies that operate across many national boundaries which helps the Most Industrialized Nations maintain global dominance? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    multinational corporations| Correct Answer:|    multinational corporations| | | | | * Question 6 2 out of 2 points | | | What is the explanation of global stratification that includes core nations, semiperiphery nations, periphery nations, and external areas? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    world system theory| Correct Answer:|    world system theory| | | | | * Question 7 2 out of 2 points | | | Who was the American sociologist who studied race relations in the post-Civil War South and characterized the entire white South as an armed camp to keep Negroes in slavery and to kill the black rebel? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    W. E. B. DuBois| Correct Answer:|    W. E. B. DuBois| | | | | * Question 8 2 out of 2 points | | | Workers in the maquiladoras along the United States and Mexican border make $10 a day which is only a fraction of what American workers were paid to do the same work. Why is it unlikely, however, that the Mexican workers will go on strike to demand better wages? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    Workers in other nations are eager to do the work for only a dollar or two a day. | Correct Answer:|    Workers in other nations are eager to do the work for only a dollar or two a day. | | | | * Question 9 2 out of 2 points | | | What classification of nations contains 16 percent of the worlds population, 31 percent of the worlds land, and are concentrated in the northern hemisphere? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    Most Industrialized Nations| Correct Answer:|    Most Industrialized Nations| | | | | * Question 10 0 out of 2 points | | | In Kuwait, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates what is the unique status for which young boys are enslaved? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    To perform work in small places such as attics and wells. Correct Answer:|    To serve as jockeys in camel races. | | | | | * Question 11 2 out of 2 points | | | Which statement best summarizes what Karl Marx predicted regarding the differences in social classes within a society? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    Workers will revolt when they overcome the class consciousness that blinds them. | Correct Answer:|    Workers will revolt when they overcome the class consciousness that blinds them. | | | | | * Question 12 2 out of 2 points | | | In the three-world model, what quality distinguishes a First World nation? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    a capitalist economy| Correct Answer:|    a capitalist economy| | | | | * Question 13 2 out of 2 points | | | What is the major means by which neocolonialists maintain their superiority and control over other nations of the world? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    They manipulate trade and the debt owed by the weaker nations. | Correct Answer:|    They manipulate trade and the debt owed by the weaker nations. | | | | | * Question 14 2 out of 2 points | | | In democracies, what are the two methods used by the ruling elite to control information? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    technology and the selective release of information| Correct Answer:|    technology and the selective release of information| | | | | * Question 15 2 out of 2 points | | | Traditionally, what were the three factors on which slavery was based? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    war, debt, crime| Correct Answer:|    war, debt, crime| | | | | * Question 16 2 out of 2 points | | | Who was the sociologist who argued that stratification applies only to societies that have at least minimal resources and can accumulate surpluses? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    Gerhard Lenski| Correct Answer:|    Gerhard Lenski| | | | | * Question 17 2 out of 2 points | | | What is the lowest caste in Indias caste system? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    the Dalit| Correct Answer:|    the Dalit| | | | | * Question 18 2 out of 2 points | | | In the former Soviet Union what was the major basis of stratification? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    political position within the Communist Party| Correct Answer:|    political position within the Communist Party| | | | * Question 19 2 out of 2 points | | | In the New World, what group did the colonists first attempt to enslave, even though this effort failed? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    Native Americans| Correct Answer:|    Native Americans| | | | | * Question 20 2 out of 2 points | | | What are the three most important variables in determining ones place in the social stratification syste m? Answer| | | | | Selected Answer:|    property, power, prestige| Correct Answer:|    property, power, prestige| | | | |
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