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Economic Inequalities MCQ

Wealthier children tend to develop ______, connections to people who can help them access jobs or other positions of advancement in society.

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Correct Answer: Social capital

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______ is a social movement that began in 2011 as a protest aimed at economic inequality.

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Correct Answer: Occupy Wall Street

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SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. ______ and ______ are U.S. policies that have historically decreased economic inequality.

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Correct Answer: The New Deal
The War on Poverty

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Solutions based on the ______ would ensure that people enter jobs that best fit their skills and that the most difficult and important jobs pay the most.

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Correct Answer: Davis-Moore hypothesis

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Solutions based on ______ would ensure that people don’t stay rich because they were born rich, or laws and policies are equal and don’t give some people an advantage over others.

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Correct Answer: Social reproduction theory

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SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following social problems are caused by economic inequality?

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Correct Answer: Health problems
Loss of contribution to society
Harm to the environment
Increased violence

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SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following social problems causes economic inequality?

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Correct Answer: Racism
Sexism
Educational Inequalities

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______ is defined by an individual who moves up or down in social class within their own lifetime.

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Correct Answer: Intragenerational mobility

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______ is where one generation moves up or down in social class compared to previous generations.

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Correct Answer: Intergenerational mobility

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The U.S. income inequality has ______ since the late 1970s.

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Correct Answer: Increased

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The ______ reflects the viewpoint that inequality is good for society.

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Correct Answer: Davis-Moore hypothesis

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The United States is an example of a ______ society—the greatest economic rewards go to those who work the hardest.

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Correct Answer: Meritocratic

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People have social and economic mobility in a ______ system.

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Correct Answer: Social class

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Slavery, caste, and estate systems are examples of ______ societies.

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Correct Answer: Stratified

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Income or wealth gap is known as ______.

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Correct Answer: Economic inequality

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Monetary value of your assets (what you own, such as money, property, etc.) minus your debts (what you owe, such as loans, etc.) is called

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Correct Answer: Wealth

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Separated into ranked groups with different levels of material goods, prestige, and power is called Stratified

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Correct Answer: True

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The way a society is set up as a system through certain rules, laws, interactions, and expected behaviors is called

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Correct Answer: Social structure

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A theoretical perspective that characterizes schools as organizations that reproduce social stratification, helping society function but also benefiting some more than others and making that inequality appear fair is called Social reproduction theory

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Correct Answer: True

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Remaining in the social class into which you were born because of structural factors that make mobility more difficult is called

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Correct Answer: Social class reproduction

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One’s position in a hierarchical society, defined by education, occupation, and income, and in which upward or downward movement may occur is called

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Correct Answer: Social class

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Connections to people who can help you access jobs or other positions to advance in society is called

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Correct Answer: Social capital

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Laws or procedures that allow the government to move money/resources from one group of people to another (and/or to public institutions) to reduce economic inequality is called

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Correct Answer: Redistribution policies

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A political/economic perspective promoting free, unrestricted trade is called Neoliberalism

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Correct Answer: True

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Owing more than the value of what you own is called

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Correct Answer: Negative wealth

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The ability to move up or down in social class is called

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Correct Answer: Mobility

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A society in which greater economic rewards go to people who work the hardest and do the best work is called Meritocracy

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Correct Answer: True

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_______ is Upward or downward movement in social class within an individual’s lifetime, such as a middle-class employee who loses their job and eventually falls into the lower class

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Correct Answer: Intragenerational mobility

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_________ is Upward or downward movement in social class from one generation to another, such as a child achieving a higher social class than their parents

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Correct Answer: Intergenerational mobility

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Money received through paid work, rental property, government payouts, and the like is called income

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Correct Answer: True

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The process of creating a world economy with few restrictions on trade is called globalization

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Correct Answer: True

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____________, tastes, and preferences learned in a specific social class that help convince others that you belong in that class is called Cultural capital

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Correct Answer: Informal knowledge

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The income and/or wealth gap among individuals, groups, or countries is called

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Correct Answer: Economic inequality

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The viewpoint that inequality is good for society because it ensures people are rewarded more for doing more complex, difficult jobs is called Davis-moore hypothesis

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Correct Answer: True

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