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Inequality due to Poverty and Class MCQ

Inequality due to Poverty and Class MCQ

1. Assets (or possessions) or net worth (the difference between the value of assets and the amount of debt for an individual, family, or household) is called wealth

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Correct Answer: True

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2. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) describes the Federal program that provides low-income Americans with subsidies for food purchases; formerly known as the food stamp program

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Correct Answer: True

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3. Social position revolving around characteristics such as education, prestige, and religious affiliation is called Status

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Correct Answer: True

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4. Socioeconomic Status (SES) explains a conceptualization of social class in terms of a continuum or index based on social and ________ factors

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Correct Answer: Economic

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5. Public programs intended to help those who are most vulnerable in a society is called

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Correct Answer: Social Safety Net

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6. Upward or downward movement in social position by groups or individuals over time is called

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Correct Answer: Social Mobility

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7. Social Insurance Programs explains a Programs for which individuals pay into the system and earn “entitlement” to services

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Correct Answer: True

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8. A sense of belonging to or membership in a group or a society is called

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Correct Answer: Social Inclusion

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9. The insights individuals have about other people’s lives that allow them to understand the circumstances and realities of other people’s living conditions is called _______ Empathy

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Correct Answer: Social

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10. The belief that anyone can rise from humble beginnings to become wealthy and successful simply by applying him- or herself is called Self-Made myth

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Correct Answer: True

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11. Relative Measure of Poverty explains A measure that looks at individuals or groups relative to the rest of their community or society rather than setting an absolute line

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Correct Answer: True

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12. The aspect of social structure related to political affiliations and connections is called

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Correct Answer: Power

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13. Measures of poverty used by the US Census Bureau that take into account age, family size, and number of children in a household is called Poverty Thresholds

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Correct Answer: True

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14. Poverty Guidelines explains A simplified version of the US Census Bureau poverty thresholds that takes into account only family size; the poverty guidelines are used to set the federal poverty level (FPL).

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Correct Answer: True

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15. Deficiencies in necessary material goods or desirable qualities, including economic, social, political, and cultural is called poverty

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Correct Answer: True

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16. Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) explains the US federal legislation passed in 1996 that eliminated Aid to Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) and established Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF); also known as welfare reform

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Correct Answer: True

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17. Means-Tested Programs for which people qualify by having a certain income level, usually at or up to _____percent of the poverty line.

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Correct Answer: 185

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18. Differences between individuals or groups in the quantities of scarce resources they possess is called

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Correct Answer: Inequality

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19. Money that comes into a family or household from a variety of sources, such as earnings, unemployment compensation, workers’ compensation, Social Security, pension or retirement income, interest, and dividends is called Income

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Correct Answer: True

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20. The hypothesis that societies are complex systems whose parts work together to maintain cohesion and stability is called

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Correct Answer: Functionalist Theory

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21. Extreme Poverty Neighborhoods describes the Areas (usually based on census tracts) that have poverty rates of _____ percent or more.

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Correct Answer: 40

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22. Relative equality in how social and economic resources are distributed in a society is called

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Correct Answer: Distributive Justice

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23. The contradictions in an existing economic and social order that create a push for change, which eventually leads to new economic conditions and social relations is called Dialectical Materialism

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Correct Answer: True

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24. Culture of Poverty Thesis explains The idea that living in poverty leads to the acquisition of certain values and beliefs that perpetuate remaining in poverty

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Correct Answer: True

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25. A person’s social position relative to the economic sector is called

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Correct Answer: Class

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26. The separation of workers from their human nature in the capitalist production process—that is, the separation between the labor to make something and the object itself is called

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Correct Answer: Alienation

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27. A threshold or line (usually based on income) at or below which individuals or groups are identified as living in poverty is called Absolute Measure of Poverty

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Correct Answer: True

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28. Africa is the epicenter of the AIDS pandemi

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Correct Answer: True

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29. The defining of HIV/AIDS as a sexual epidemic rather than a public health threat occurred during the Stage 2 legitimization process.

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Correct Answer: False

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30. TANF is best described as an entitlement program.

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Correct Answer: False

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31. Inequalities built into our social structure create and perpetuate poverty .

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Correct Answer: True

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32. Data reveal that wealth is more equally distributed and more concentrated than income.

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Correct Answer: False

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33. All of the following have been linked to health problems of the poor except

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Correct Answer: Lack of motivation to exercise.

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34. Jen is a 4th grade teacher in a poor, urban school district. She frequently describes her students as smart yet unmotivated and lazy. Jen believes the parents of her students are uninvolved because they don't value education. Jen is likely a proponent of

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Correct Answer: The culture of poverty.

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35. What was the overall intent of PRWORA?

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Correct Answer: To reduce recipients’ dependence on government assistance

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36. The New Deal is to __________ as the Great Society is to __________.

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Correct Answer: Social Security; Head Start

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37. Under the New Deal, __________ programs became the most controversial, and __________ were the most popular.

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Correct Answer: Categorical assistance; social insurance

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38. Which of the following is an example of categorical assistance under the New Deal?

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Correct Answer: Aid to Dependent Children

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39. Which program has been credited with lifting more children out of poverty than any other government program?

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Correct Answer: The Earned Income Tax Credit

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40. How does the SPM's poverty calculation differ from the official measure of poverty?

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Correct Answer: The SPM estimates become higher for most groups

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41. Based on 2013 figures, which group has the highest poverty rate in the United States?

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Correct Answer: Blacks

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42. Which is true of the poverty threshold?

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Correct Answer: It doesn't include foster children or families living in military barracks.

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