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1
The form of poverty in which a person meets all of his or her basic
needs, but has no savings is called __________.
class conflict
functional poverty
relative poverty
egalitarianism
CONCEPT
Poverty, Welfare and Power
2
According to __________, gender is a socially-constructed concept that
has a significant impact on our lives.
miscegenation
intersectionality
feminism
pluralism
CONCEPT
Feminism
3
A professor has social prestige, but not much economic wealth.
A professor, therefore, does not have __________.
, status consistency
a place in a meritocracy
social mobility
class position
CONCEPT
Class System
4
Society is tied to the past, and to established ways of doing things.
Alternative ways of organizing society have not been considered.
This corresponds to which of Rostow's stages of modernization?
Traditional stage
Take-off stage
Stage of mass consumption
Stage of highly advanced technology
CONCEPT
Modernization and Dependency Theory
5
Which of the following is an example of neocolonialism?
The United States invades Iraq and works to build a democratic nation.
A multinational mining corporation gains control of the tin mines in Bolivia
through close ties with (and payments to) the Bolivian government.
The United States facilitates the assassination of a socialist president so that
a capitalist military leader can come to power in Chile.
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