Deck 10: C: Social Stratification

Question 1

Max Weber claimed that agrarian societies give special importance to which dimension of social inequality?

A)economic class
B)social prestige or honor
C)power
D)control of information

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Individuals in class systems typically exhibit more status inconsistency than people in caste systems.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The common ideology of a class system states that success and wealth typically result from:

A)sheer luck.
B)family background.
C)flaws in society.
D)personal talent and effort.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Half of all the people in Great Britain today consider themselves to be in the:

A)upper class.
B)middle class.
C)working class.
D)lower class.

Question 5

At the lowest level of social stratification in ancient Japan were the:

A)shogun.
B)burakumin or "outcasts."
C)samurai or "warriors."
D)Shudra.

Question 6

According to Karl Marx,social stratification in a capitalist society always involves:

A)class conflict.
B)negotiation and compromise leading to stability.
C)the abolition of work itself.
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 7

What is status consistency? Give an example.

Question 8

In Canada,social inequality is a matter of only people's talents and abilities.

Question 9

Comparing societies in history and around the world,we see that social stratification may involve differences in:

A)what is unequal.
B)how unequal people are.
C)why people are unequal.
D)All of the above are correct.

Question 10

In general,societies that have caste systems have economies that are:

A)based on hunting and gathering.
B)industrial.
C)agrarian.
D)postindustrial.