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1 .       The movement of people from one social position to another in the stratification hierarchy is known as: 

 
 
 
 


2 .       A situation in which everyone or nearly everyone who wants to work can find a job is called: 

 
 
 
 


3 .       In the United States, the official poverty line is based on: 

 
 
 
 


4 .       The new international division of labor refers to: 

 
 
 
 


5 .       In preindustrial economies, most workers engage in: 

 
 
 
 


6 .       In contrast to cyclical unemployment, which occurs as a result of lower rates of production during recessions in the business cycle, structural unemployment occurs when: 

 
 
 
 


7 .       Poverty tends to be concentrated in certain places in our country, particularly in: 

 
 
 
 


8 .       Which of the following is classified as a social insurance program? 

 
 
 
 


9 .       Which of the following War on Poverty programs was cancelled during the Reagan administration in the early 1980s? 

 
 
 
 


10 .       Investing U.S. money and other resources in facilities located in other nations where indigenous workers do the work previously done by U.S. workers is known as: 

 
 
 
 






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