Deck 9: Sociology of the Family

Question 1

____ is the social honor accorded individuals.

A) Bridewealth
B) Prestige
C) Wealth
D) Value

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Horticultural societies are _____.

A) tribes
B) chiefdoms
C) empires
D) either tribes or chiefdoms

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Which is not a basis of social inequality in tribes?

A) wives
B) material possessions
C) number of freckles
D) they all are bases for social inequality

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which is not a basis of social inequality in chiefdoms?

A) hereditary leaders
B) the "aristocracy" of the chief's family
C) material inequality
D) success in corn-eating contests

Question 5

In which societies is social inequality most pronounced?

A) Agrarian societies
B) Hunting/Gathering societies
C) Horticultural societies
D) Industrial societies

Question 6

The limit on material inequalities in tribes is _____.

A) strict laws.
B) size of the hut (one can only store so many things there)
C) if the "big man" is thought to be hoarding too much, the tribe will kill him
D) the extent of the "big man's" generosity.

Question 7

In agrarian societies membership in each class is _____.

A) arbitrary
B) hereditary
C) unimportant
D) subject to the whim of the great Khans

Question 8

Which class has the highest rank in agrarian societies?

A) the aristocracy
B) the retainer
C) the farmers/peasants
D) the slaves and criminals

Question 9

Which class is highest ranked in India?

A) the Brahmins
B) the Kshatria
C) the Sudra
D) the Untouchables

Question 10

The lowest members in a _____ society have a much higher standard of living than the lowest members in the other societies.

A) Hunting/Gathering
B) Horticultural
C) Agrarian
D) Advanced Industrial

Question 11

_____ is the area of the US with the highest inequality.

A) the Midwest
B) the northeast
C) the northwest
D) the south and New York

Question 12

______ is generally what we talk about when we talk about the average income in the US.

A) the mode income
B) the mean income
C) the median income
D) the cumulative income

Question 13

Real Median household income in the US is approximately $_____.

A) 20,000
B) 50,000
C) 200,000
D) 2,000

Question 14

Which household typically has the highest medium income?

A) Household where the wife is in the labor force
B) Household where the wife isn't in the labor force
C) Household where the pets are in the labor force
D) Household where nobody works

Question 15

_____ has a lower percentage of poverty than the other choices.

A) Nevada
B) Arizona
C) Maine
D) North Carolina

Question 16

_____ is/are often directly inherited.

A) Income
B) Wealth
C) Wives
D) Jobs

Question 17

Except at the very top and bottom, status groupings tend to correspond most closely to _____.

A) income groupings
B) wealth groupings
C) occupational groupings
D) Monday night football groupings

Question 18

Which group is typically the most insecure group in American society?

A) The top out-of-sight group
B) The middle
C) Mid proletarian
D) Bottom out-of-sight

Question 19

The Rockefellers would be a member of which group?

A) The top out-of-sight group
B) The middle
C) Mid proletarian
D) Bottom out-of-sight

Question 20

A Bus driver would be in the ____ group.

A) The top out-of-sight group
B) The middle
C) Mid proletarian
D) Bottom out-of-sight

Question 21

People get into white-collar occupations by ____.

A) assaulting their coworkers
B) bribing public officials
C) going to school
D) going to jail

Question 22

Why has there been increased upward mobility recently?

A) increased fluidity of society.
B) structural changes in the economy.
C) lax lending standards.
D) the legalization of fully automatic weapons.

Question 23

_____ is the richest nation in terms of GDP per capita.

A) Sweden
B) Germany
C) Canada
D) USA

Question 24

Of rich countries, ____ has the highest level of real income inequality.

A) Sweden
B) Germany
C) Canada
D) USA

Question 25

What shape does the history of inequality take?

A) an obelisk
B) a hill
C) an orange
D) a plateau

Question 26

Hunting/Gathering societies are very stratified.

Question 27

There are differences in prestige in Hunting/Gathering societies.

Question 28

Horticultural societies have more social stratification than Hunting/Gathering societies.

Question 29

Material possessions are the basis of some social inequality in tribes.

Question 30

There is more social inequality in tribes than in chiefdoms.

Question 31

There are limits on material inequality in chiefdoms.

Question 32

In agrarian societies there is no mobility between classes.

Question 33

The Indian caste system is a very rigid form of ranked groups.

Question 34

There is less inequality in the USA than in premodern Japan.

Question 35

There is very little inequality in the USA.

Question 36

There is more income inequality in Texas than in Nebraska.

Question 37

North Carolina has a higher median income than Utah.

Question 38

Median household income has increased steadily over the years.

Question 39

Inequality has risen since the 1950s.

Question 40

The south is poorer than the north.

Question 41

While there is a lot of income equality in the US, there is very little wealth economy.

Question 42

The ranking of a status group always corresponds to its income and wealth ranking.

Question 43

Generally, people agree on the prestige of a given occupation.

Question 44

A doctor is an example of a member of the High proletarian group.

Question 45

People on welfare would be categorized in the Destitute group.

Question 46

There has been considerable upward occupational mobility in the past century.

Question 47

As the economy has developed, there have been more blue collar jobs created at the expense of white collar jobs.

Question 48

The USA is richer than Germany in terms of GDP per capita.

Question 49

Inequality is higher in the USA than in Mexico.

Question 50

Blue collar fathers are likely to have a son in a white-collar job.

Question 51

Describe the structure of a typical Hunting/Gathering society.

Question 52

Describe the structure of a typical Horticultural society.

Question 53

Describe the structure of a typical Agrarian society.

Question 54

Why is the Median income, and not the mode or mean normally used when describing the US average income?

Question 55

How has average income changed over time?

Question 56

Why didn't the "wife swap" described in the text work?

Question 57

Name and describe 3 different groups in US society.

Question 58

Why has there been more upward mobility for workers recently?

Question 59

Why are Americans richer than citizens of other countries?

Question 60

Why is there more inequality in the USA than in other rich countries?

Question 61

Describe levels of inequality in hunting and gathering, horticultural, agrarian and industrial societies.What types of societies have the most inequality?

Question 62

What are the trends in family income in the U.S.? What are the trends in income inequality?