Question 1

In 1917, the Russian Revolution placed productive property under the control of _____.

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A)   the capitalists
B)   a meritocracy
C)   the nobility
D)   the stateE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 2

If you were born into a traditional caste system, you would expect that, based on birth, you would be

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A)   educated generally so you could select your own job.
B)   required to marry someone of your own social category.
C)   encouraged to socialize with other people outside of your own category.
D)   capable of bettering your family's position through merit.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

Using the sociological perspective, we see that social stratification

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A)   gives some people more privileges and opportunities than others.
B)   places everyone at birth on a level playing field.
C)   ensures that hard work will lead people to become wealthy.
D)   means that what people get out of life is pretty much what they put into it.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

What is status consistency? Give an example.

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Question 5

Which of the following types of societies comes closest to being egalitarian?

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A)   hunting and gathering
B)   horticultural/pastoral
C)   industrial
D)   post-industrialE) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 6

Ravi was born into a caste system in a small village in Sri Lanka. He can expect to

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A)   earn his social position through his own efforts.
B)   change his social position many times during his life.
C)   have the same social standing as his parents.
D)   choose his life's work for himself after finishing college.E) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 7

Define structural social mobility. How does it differ from individual social mobility?

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Question 8

In English history, the aristocracy included

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A)   the hereditary nobility.
B)   serfs and peasants who worked the land.
C)   the retainers of royalty.
D)   military leaders.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

Today, Canadian workers have far fewer legal protections than U.S. workers had a century ago, when the industrial age was just beginning.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

In class systems, social categories are more clearly and rigidly defined than they are in caste systems.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The historical replacement of caste systems with class systems

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A)   brings an end to most social inequality.
B)   replaces one kind of inequality with another.
C)   means that individuals experience less social mobility.
D)   means that categories of people become more clearly unequal.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 12

A caste system is defined as

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A)   social stratification based on ascription or birth.
B)   social stratification based on personal achievement.
C)   a meritocracy.
D)   any social system in which categories of people are unequal.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 13

By the fifth century CE, Japan was an agrarian society that operated with a

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A)   class system.
B)   meritocracy.
C)   caste system.
D)   large middle class.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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