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37545 Intro to Sociology Online

Unit 7 Assignment

Question 1

Which of the following IS NOT one of the three main systems of stratification?

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class

caste

slavery

religion

Question 2

Which of the following is the MOST LIKELY cause for a person to be enslaved?

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to pay off a debt

through war and conquest

for commtting a crime

for being of a specific race

Question 3

Who make up the majority of modern slaves today, and what is the most common activity of these slaves?

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adult males; field work

elderly; housework

women and children; sex slaves

adult females; domestic work

Question 4

All of the following are used to keep a caste system in place from generation to generation EXCEPT:

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restrictions on occupations

restrictions on marriage

restrictions on residence

restrictions on political participation

Question 5

You are in the computer information specialist program. You possess skills that are highly sought after and can choose between several nice paying jobs. Your high wages are the reward for the years of hard work acquiring difficult skills. Which of the three sociological theories would justify your new high paying job?

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structural-functionalism

symbolic interactionism

conflict theory

world dominance theory

Question 6

Which theory of how the world’s nations became stratified would focus on how “mother” countries would exploit the wealth of “host” countries?

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colonialism

dependency theory

world sytems theory

globalization

Question 7

A small, poor country has one resource for export. They export this resource primarily to one large, wealthy country. Which theory of how the world’s nations became stratified would explain this?

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colonialism

dependency theory

world systems theory

globalization

Question 8

The United States is the lone super power in the world. It is the largest contributor to international organizations such as the World Bank and International Monetary Fund. It has enormous influence in the United Nations. You live in a country that has borrowed heavily from the World Bank and are in debt. Your country’s economy is undergoing harsh reform measures that put a large number of people out of work. There are shortages of many items including food. You blame the United States. Which theory of maintaining global stratification would support this scenario?

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colonialism

neocolonialism

globalization

world systems theory

Question 9

Go to the following web page which discusses the increase in the number of billionaires. In 2015 there were _____ of all billionaires which represented a _________ increase from the previous year.

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612; 2.5%

1442; 3.2%

2473; 6.4%

3752; 8.7%

Question 10

Go to the following census bureau web page on Income, Poverty , and Health Care Coverage for 2017 After reading the information, which of the following statements below is IN?

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in 2017, the percentage of people without health insurance coverage for the entire calendar year was 8.8 percent, or 28.5 million

among the race groups, households maintained by Hispanics had the highest median income in 2017, $81,331

real median household income increased by 1.8 percent between 2016 and 2017

the 2017 female-to-male earnings ratio was 0.805, not statistically different from the 2016 ratio

Question 11

The gap between what CEO’s make and the average worker has increased over the past few decades. Go to the Executive Paywatch website, maintained by the AFL-CIO which looks at this increasing gap between CEO pay compared to workers. Scroll down until the second company in the list and then click on the words Federal Data Corporation to see how much their CEO Frank Bisignano earns. In 2017 he made _______times as much as the median employee’s pay.

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419

776

2028

3665

Question 12

Go the the following web page at the Center of Budget and Policy Priorities. According to the graph in the middle of the page titled, “Percentage Change in After Tax Income Since 1979”, what happened to the the income of the top 1% and the bottom 20%?

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top 1% decrease of 9%, bottom 20% increase of 43%

top 1% increase of 281%, bottom 20% increase of 16%

top 1% increase of 43%, bottom 20% increase of 9%

top 1% decrease of 8%, bottom 20% decrease of 43%

Question 13

Which of the following IS NOT a component of social class?

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educational attainment

income

prestige

religion

Question 14

All of the following are reasons why some jobs have more prestige than other jobs EXCEPT:

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they pay more

they require less abstract thought

they require more education

they offer greater freedom and self-direction

Question 15

For which social class is education MOST responsible for their position in society?

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capitalist

lower middle

upper-middle

working poor

Question 16

According to the online text, which social class should have the LOWEST divorce rates?

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capitalist

lower middle

working class

working poor

Question 17

According to the online text, which social class will have the lowest life expectancy age?

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upper middle

lower middle

working class

working poor

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Question 18

Motorala lays off 1,000 workers in Northern Illinois, but Microsoft hires 1,000 new workers in Seattle. What type of social mobility is this?

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exchange

intergenerational

structural

illusionary

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Question 19

The “feminization of poverty” refers to:

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where one quarter of all families headed by women live in poverty

where one third of all families headed by women live in poverty

where one half of all families headed by women live in poverty

where two thirds of all families headed by women live in poverty

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Question 20

Go to the following web page on British colonialism in India. The author made all of the following statements in the article EXCEPT?

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an economist named Patnaik calculated that Britain drained a total of nearly $45 trillion from India during the period 1765 to 1938

Britain used the windfall from this fraudulent system to fuel the engines of imperial violence – funding the invasion of China in the 1840s and the suppression of the Indian Rebellion in 1857

during the entire 200-year history of British rule in India, there was an almost 100 fold increase in per capita income

Britain retained control of India not out of benevolence but for the sake of plunder and that Britain’s industrial rise depended on violent theft from other lands and other peoples

Question 21

Go to the following web page on the State of Homelessness in America 2016. Scroll down to page eight of the report and look at the pie chart at the top of the page. The study found that families (both chronically and non-chronically) comprise approximately _____% of the homeless population.

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13.8%

23.7%

36.5%

48.2%

Question 22

Go to the following web page on homelessness in the United States http://www.nationalhomeless.org/factsheets/why.html To what two factors does this fact sheet attribute the rise of homelessness in these decades?

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shortage of affordable housing; increase in poverty

shortage of affordable housing; mental health issues

mental health issues; increase in poverty

divorce; mental health issues

Question 23 Go to the following web page that looks at the Number of Homeless Students in the United States. According to the report cited, how many students in the United States are homeless during the year?

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1.1 million

2.1 million

4.3 million

5.5 million

Question 24

Which theory of global stratification believes that the wealthy countries can play an important role in helping the poor countries?

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culture of poverty

modernization

neocolonialism

world system theory

Question 25

C. Wright Mills uses which phrase to describe the group of people who control American society?

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aristocrats

the “family”

the power elite

the American Oligarchy

Question 26

Go to the following web page on U.S. Overseas Troops Deployment. Scroll down until you get to the map titled, “Overseas Deployment”. Then answer the questions below.

a) The United States has approximately _______ overseas bases.

b) U.S. troops are deployed in _______countries.

c) The annual cost to maintain these troops is $___________ dollars.

Question 27

List one way described in the online text that the poor do not get a special advantage.

Question 28

View the video on the Criminalization of Poverty below. After watching the video, then answer the following questions:

If you are having a difficult time seeing the video, then click on the following link: http://media.mtvnservices.com/embed/mgid:arc:video:comedycentral.com:0da1d3d3-6c38-4885-83fe-3e6693522e4b

1) What was the percent of people failing Florida’s required drug test for welfare recipients?

2) How much money did the state of Florida lose on the drug testing program?

3) Two people who collect their paycheck through taxes were asked by the reporter to pee into a cup and refused. What occupation were they?

Question 29

Watch the video below on income inequality. After viewing the video, answer the questions below:

If you are having a difficult time seeing the video, then click on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuqGrz-Y_Lc

1) For the study on “candy in a bowl for children” what were the results?

2) In the modified monopoly game, what did the researches discover about the players who took on the role of the rich person?

3) What did the researchers discover when wealthy people took the role of a poor person in the modified monopoly game?

Question 30

Watch the video below on Human Trafficking in the United States. After viewing the video, answer the following questions:

If you are having a difficult time seeing the video, then click on the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hh5CtZo6-vE

1) What methods are used by sex traffickers to lure someone into becoming a sex slave?

2) Where do most of the labor trafficked persons in the United States come from? What are these workers promised?