Deck 10: Class

Question 1

Class refers to:

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

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Socially constructed differences concerning bodily health and lifespan are called:

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

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following is an existential inequality?

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

Answer 3

C

Question 4

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

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

Question 5

Meritocracy describes:

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 6

Which theorist distinguished 4 main types of capital?

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

Question 7

Since the 1970s many countries have experienced:

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

Question 8

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

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

Question 9

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

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

Question 10

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

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