Test Bank For Essentials of Sociology 12th Edition

Test Bank For Essentials of Sociology 12th Edition

Chapter 7: Global Stratification

Multiple-Choice Questions

TB_Q7.1.1

_____ is the division of large numbers of people into layers according to their relative property, power, and prestige.

1. Social stratification
2. Bonded labor
3. Ideology
4. Caste system

Answer: a. Social stratification

Learning Objective: LO 7.1 Compare and contrast slavery (including bonded labor), caste, estate, and class systems of social stratification.

Topic/Concept: Systems of Social Stratification

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand the Concepts

TB_Q7.1.2

Which of the following statements about slavery is true?

1. It is a product of modern times.
2. Racism is the usual basis for it.
3. It has been common throughout history.
4. It is always considered an inheritable condition.

Answer: c. It has been common throughout history.

Learning Objective: LO 7.1 Compare and contrast slavery (including bonded labor), caste, estate, and class systems of social stratification.

Topic/Concept: Systems of Social Stratification

Difficulty Level: Difficult

Skill Level: Analyze It

TB_Q7.1.3

In some instances, slavery was

1. temporary.
2. sought after by the slaves.
3. not a case of people owning other people.
4. due to the owners being in debt to the slaves.

Answer: a. temporary.

Learning Objective: LO 7.1 Compare and contrast slavery (including bonded labor), caste, estate, and class systems of social stratification.

Topic/Concept: Systems of Social Stratification

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand the Concepts

TB_Q7.1.4

What is the difference between bonded labor and slavery?

1. They are actually different terms for the same thing.
2. Bonded labor is entered into voluntarily (or arranged by parents).
3. Some people own other people in bonded labor.
4. Slavery is entered into voluntarily.

Answer: b. Bonded labor is entered into voluntarily (or arranged by parents).

Learning Objective: LO 7.1 Compare and contrast slavery (including bonded labor), caste, estate, and class systems of social stratification.

Topic/Concept: Systems of Social Stratification

Difficulty Level: Difficult

Skill Level: Analyze It

TB_Q7.1.5

_____ refers to beliefs about the way things ought to be that justify social arrangements.

1. Social stratification
2. Ideology
3. Endogamy
4. Apartheid

Answer: b. Ideology

Learning Objective: LO 7.1 Compare and contrast slavery (including bonded labor), caste, estate, and class systems of social stratification.

Topic/Concept: Systems of Social Stratification

Difficulty Level: Easy

Skill Level: Remember the Facts

TB_Q7.1.6

A person’s status is a lifelong condition determined by birth in

1. social democracy.
2. bonded labor.
3. a caste system.
4. all forms of social stratification.

Answer: c. a caste system.

Learning Objective: LO 7.1 Compare and contrast slavery (including bonded labor), caste, estate, and class systems of social stratification.

Topic/Concept: Systems of Social Stratification

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand the Concepts

TB_Q7.1.7

In endogamy, one

1. marries within one’s group.
2. is forbidden to marry within one’s group.
3. has multiple wives.
4. does not marry at all.

Answer: a. marries within one’s group.

Learning Objective: LO 7.1 Compare and contrast slavery (including bonded labor), caste, estate, and class systems of social stratification.

Topic/Concept: Systems of Social Stratification

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Remember the Facts

TB_Q7.1.8

The system of separating racial–ethnic groups that was practiced in South Africa was called

1. slavery.
2. bonded labor.
3. apartheid.
4. the caste system, which was imported from India.

Answer: c. apartheid.

Learning Objective: LO 7.1 Compare and contrast slavery (including bonded labor), caste, estate, and class systems of social stratification.

Topic/Concept: Systems of Social Stratification

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand the Concepts

TB_Q7.1.9

In the estate stratification system of medieval Europe, which was one of the three groups or “estates”?

1. Soldiers
2. Clergy
3. Sociologists
4. Techies

Answer: b. Clergy

Learning Objective: LO 7.1 Compare and contrast slavery (including bonded labor), caste, estate, and class systems of social stratification.

Topic/Concept: Systems of Social Stratification

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand the Concepts

TB_Q7.1.10

In a class system, what is the main basis for social stratification?

1. Sexual orientation
2. Money
3. Appearance
4. Kindness

Answer: b. Money

Learning Objective: LO 7.1 Compare and contrast slavery (including bonded labor), caste, estate, and class systems of social stratification.

Topic/Concept: Systems of Social Stratification

Difficulty Level: Moderate

Skill Level: Understand the Concepts