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True-False questions



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Question 1.
The high-, middle-, low-income model of global stratification is based on whether or not nations are capitalistic democracies or socialistic dictatorships.

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Question 2.
Over a billion people in the world today live in absolute poverty.

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Question 3.
Based on the model of social stratification developed by Karl Marx, there are only two classes based on their access to the means of production.

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Question 4.
The economic gain derived from wages, salaries, income transfers, and ownership of property was called power by Max Weber.


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Question 5.
Class divisions in the United States, although diverse in characteristics, are relatively evenly divided by number.


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Question 6.
The vast majority of poor people in the United States are women and children.

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Question 7.
The initial wave of welfare programs can be traced to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal of the 1930s.


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Question 8.
A lack of human capital and blaming the victim are two aspects of the structural explanation of poverty.

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Question 9.
The belief that social stratification is a side effect of the capitalist system is most aligned with the conflict perspective.


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Question 10.
Inner cities have the vast majority of all inadequate housing found in the United States.

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