Question 1

The world inequality report (2018) argues that between 1980-2016 strong growth in emerging markets was associated with:

Accepted Answer

A)  No change in inequality levels 
B)  The eradication of inequality 
C)  Decreased inequalities 
D)  Increased inequalities 
A)  No change in inequality levels 
B)  The eradication of inequality 
C)  Decreased inequalities 
D)  Increased inequalities D

Question 2

Since the 1970s many countries have experienced:

Accepted Answer

A)  A slight increase in income inequalities 
B)  Dramatic increase in income inequalities 
C)  A decline in income inequalities 
D)  No change to their levels of income inequality 
A)  A slight increase in income inequalities 
B)  Dramatic increase in income inequalities 
C)  A decline in income inequalities 
D)  No change to their levels of income inequality B

Question 3

Since 1960 the gap between the per-capita GDP of the US and Latin America has grown by:

Accepted Answer

A)  155% 
B)  53% 
C)  13% 
D)  206% 
A)  155% 
B)  53% 
C)  13% 
D)  206% D

Question 4

Meritocracy describes:

Accepted Answer

A)  The appointment of friends and family to positions of power regardless of their skill set 
B)  Rewards generated through an individual's ability and effort 
C)  Rewards gained through a person's social network 
D)  When individuals take credit for another person's work 
A)  The appointment of friends and family to positions of power regardless of their skill set 
B)  Rewards generated through an individual's ability and effort 
C)  Rewards gained through a person's social network 
D)  When individuals take credit for another person's work

Question 5

Which of the following is an existential inequality?

Accepted Answer

A)  Unequal access to income 
B)  Unequal access to healthcare 
C)  Unequal allocations of political rights 
D)  Unequal allocations of wealth 
A)  Unequal access to income 
B)  Unequal access to healthcare 
C)  Unequal allocations of political rights 
D)  Unequal allocations of wealth

Question 6

Jonathan Mijs (2019) argues that most people who live in more inequal societies are:

Accepted Answer

A)  Unsympathetic to inequality 
B)  Unaware of the true extent of inequality 
C)  Fully informed on the extent of inequality 
D)  Upper class 
A)  Unsympathetic to inequality 
B)  Unaware of the true extent of inequality 
C)  Fully informed on the extent of inequality 
D)  Upper class

Question 7

Socially constructed differences concerning bodily health and lifespan are called:

Accepted Answer

A)  Vital inequalities 
B)  Existential inequalities 
C)  Resource inequality 
D)  Life inequalities 
A)  Vital inequalities 
B)  Existential inequalities 
C)  Resource inequality 
D)  Life inequalities

Question 8

Which theorist distinguished 4 main types of capital?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pierre Bourdieu 
B)  Karl Marx 
C)  Max Weber 
D)  Friedrich Engels 
A)  Pierre Bourdieu 
B)  Karl Marx 
C)  Max Weber 
D)  Friedrich Engels

Question 9

What type of inequality refers to unequal access to income, wealth or education?

Accepted Answer

A)  Monetary inequality 
B)  Vital inequality 
C)  Resource inequality 
D)  Income inequality 
A)  Monetary inequality 
B)  Vital inequality 
C)  Resource inequality 
D)  Income inequality

Question 10

Class refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  Your level of poverty 
B)  What a person has in comparison to others 
C)  Where you live 
D)  Your status in society 
A)  Your level of poverty 
B)  What a person has in comparison to others 
C)  Where you live 
D)  Your status in society

The world inequality report (2018) argues that between 1980-2016 strong growth in emerging markets was associated with:

Since the 1970s many countries have experienced:

Since 1960 the gap between the per-capita GDP of the US and Latin America has grown by:

Meritocracy describes:

Which of the following is an existential inequality?

Jonathan Mijs (2019) argues that most people who live in more inequal societies are:

Socially constructed differences concerning bodily health and lifespan are called:

Which theorist distinguished 4 main types of capital?

What type of inequality refers to unequal access to income, wealth or education?

Class refers to:

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Exam 10: Class

The world inequality report (2018) argues that between 1980-2016 strong growth in emerging markets was associated with:

Since the 1970s many countries have experienced:

Since 1960 the gap between the per-capita GDP of the US and Latin America has grown by:

Meritocracy describes:

Which of the following is an existential inequality?

Jonathan Mijs (2019) argues that most people who live in more inequal societies are:

Socially constructed differences concerning bodily health and lifespan are called:

Which theorist distinguished 4 main types of capital?

What type of inequality refers to unequal access to income, wealth or education?

Class refers to:

What Is Sociological About the Digital Society

What Is Sociological About the Environment

What Is Sociological About Crime

What Is Society

Sociology of an Interconnected World

Classical Sociologies

Contemporary Social Thory

Beyond the Qualitativequantitative Divide

Methods Visual, Internet

Gender

Race

Age

Families and Households

Intimacies and Relationships

Work

Health

Education

Religion

Cultures and Consumption

War and Violence

Science and Technology

Migrations

Social Movements

Sociology As a Science

Public Sociology

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