strayer soc100 quiz 5 100 % correct answer graded one

WEEK 5
• Question
1
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The idea that social inequality
benefits society is associated with the:

• Question
2
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Compared to other high-income
nations, the United States has:

• Question
3
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Max Weber claimed that agrarian
societies give special importance to which dimension of social inequality?
• Question
4
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The historical replacement of
caste systems with class systems:
• Question
5
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The concept of structural social
mobility refers to:
• Question
6
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Why do societies with class
systems keep some elements of caste (such as the inheritance of wealth) rather
than becoming complete meritocracies?

• Question
7
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In general, societies that have
caste systems have economies that are:

• Question
8
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Work involving mostly mental
activity is called:
• Question
9
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At the lowest level of social
stratification in ancient Japan were the:

• Question
10
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A common micro-level pattern
involving social interaction is that:

• Question
11
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People of low social position are
more liberal on _____ issues and more conservative on _____ issues.

• Question
12
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If you followed the lead of Max
Weber, you would think of social stratification in terms of:

• Question
13
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In the United States, the median
income for African American families is about _____ as much as that for a
non-Hispanic, white family.

• Question
14
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About _____ of the richest people
in the United States gained at least some of their fortune from inheritance.

• Question
15
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The concept “feminization of
poverty” refers to the fact that, in the United States:
• Question
16
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The concept “conspicuous
consumption” refers to:
• Question
17
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In the United States, an
increasing percentage of the poor are:

• Question
18
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In the United States, which age
category has the highest poverty rate?

• Question
19
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The wealthiest 1 percent of U.S.
families (the “super-rich”) controls about _____ of the nation’s
privately held wealth.

• Question
20
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Today, the wealth of the average
U.S. family is about: