Exam 9: Class and Global Inequality

The United States has a progressive taxation policy.

Jenny works as a receptionist at a local medical office.The money she earns at her job is enough to buy her family the essentials to survive.According to Karl Marx,to which group does Jenny belong?

Marquita earns ten dollars an hour working at a coffee shop.Her earnings are called

What is the best match to Karl Marx's term "bourgeoisie"?

Mansoor tells you he believes that many countries in Africa are poor because other nations exploited Africa's labor and natural resources for their own benefit.As a result,it was difficult for Africa's poor nations to build their own economies.Which theory is Mansoor explaining?

Power and wealth inequalities between nations in the world is called

How would world systems analysis classify a nation that has extensive global power and controls major aspects of the world economy?

What term refers to the use of the military,political,and economic power of one society to dominate people of another society?

Which class position is marked by chronic unemployment and an inability to maintain a consistent relationship with the economy?

Karl Marx and Max Weber viewed struggles for power as the cause of class inequality.

In world systems analysis,nations are classified as

In her research,Annette Lareau found differences in how middle-class and working-class parents raised their children.Which term did she use for how middle-class parents raised their children?

Discrimination based on someone's economic resources and lifestyle is called

What is the main focus of world systems analysis?

A country redesigned its tax policy so that the tax rate was reduced for individuals earning larger amounts of money.For example,a household making $50,000 a year would pay 23 percent in taxes while a household making $200,000 would pay 23 percent taxes only on the first $150,000 of their income and no taxes on the income above $150,000.This is called

The term global stratification refers to the differences in power and wealth between nations in the world.

An online news story describes a poor nation at war with the wealthy nation that controlled its economic and political systems.The poor nation wanted to become independent but the wealthy nation refused to allow economic and political freedom,citing that the nation did not have the resources needed to survive without the assistance of the wealthy nation.This is an example of

What are the two major social sources of global inequality?

Mario earned millions of dollars by taking the money he earned though his business and reinvesting it into real estate.The money that he invested is called

You have just read a news story about a wealthy nation invading a poor nation after the discovery of massive oil deposits in the country.The wealthy nation sent in its military to take control of the people of the country and eventually take control of the economic and political systems so that the wealthy nation can drill for oil without interference.This is an example of