stratification test

In sociologist Daniel Rossides's model of the class system of the U.S., which social class contains the smallest portion of the population?

Karl Marx argued that social, economic, and political inequalities are dependent on:

In Karl Marx's view of class conscious workers in revolt, who will guide the working class in its struggle?

In Karl Marx's view, social relations during any period of history depend on who controls the:

One shortcoming of Karl Marx's work is that he failed to anticipate the:

Which of the following did Max Weber suggest were analytically distinct components of stratification?

The federal tax policies of the last four decades, especially in the 1980s and in the eight years from 2001 to 2008, have favored:

The commonly used "poverty line" measure of poverty used by the federal government is used to measure which type of poverty?

Which of the following refers to a floating standard of deprivation by which people at the bottom of a society are judged to be disadvantaged in comparison to the nation as a whole?

The fact that an unemployed coal miner in Appalachia has a higher standard of living than a doctor in Congo, illustrates the idea that:

By 2007, the number of female householders accounted for 53 percent of the poor in the U.S. This alarming trend is referred to as:

Which of the following groups experiences the highest levels of chronic poverty?

Max Weber referred to people's opportunities to provide themselves with material goods, positive living conditions, and favorable experiences as:

Which of the following refers to the movement of individuals or groups from one position of society's stratification system to another?

A condition in which members of a society have different amounts of wealth, prestige, or power is called:

Which of the following terms is used by sociologists to refer to a structured ranking of groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in society?

An individual's salary and wages are referred to as:

all of a person's material assets, including land, stocks, and other types of property

An ascribed status is a social position:

attained by a person largely through his or her own efforts.

A system of enforced servitude in which people are legally owned by others is known as:

Which of the following terms is used to refer to hereditary systems of rank that are relatively fixed, immobile, and generally religiously dictated?

A system of stratification under which peasants were required to work land leased to them by nobles in exchange for military protection was known as a (an):

A class system employs a social ranking based primarily on:

the means of production are largely in private hands, and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulation of profit.

Which term is used by Karl Marx to refer to the capitalist class that owns the means of production?

Karl Marx used the term "proletariat" to refer to:

.a subjective awareness held by members of a class regarding their common vested interests and the need for collective political action to bring about social change

Which of the following terms did Karl Marx use to refer to an attitude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect the class's objective position?

Max Weber uses the term "class" to refer to people who share a similar level of:

people who share the same prestige or lifestyle, independent of their class position

Max Weber defined __________ as the ability to exercise one's will over others

What term did Thorstein Veblen use to describe the behavior of those at the top of the social hierarchy when they engage in such activities as jetting off to a remote destination for dinner?

The objective method of assessing social class assigns individuals to classes on the basis of

respect and admiration with which an occupation is regarded by society

Which term is used to refer to the reputation that a specific person has within an occupation?