JCJC Sociology Final Test With
Complete Solution
_____ refers to actions taken to sabotage the efforts of people who are thought to be
legally harming the environment. - Answer Eco-sabotage
June was the president of her neighborhood association, which in that group afforded
her a high - Answer status
If we use the analogy that some U.S. families have an income that could be represented
by the height of Mount Everest, then the average American family has an income that is
about _____ feet off the ground. - Answer 15
Based on the histories of lottery winners, sudden wealth brings - Answer a threat
Philanthropist Bill Gates has given away - Answer $30 billion
The reason why families headed by a mother, rather than by a mother and father or a
father alone, are more likely to be poor is because - Answer women average only 72% of
what men earn.
C. Wright Mills called the top people in U.S. corporations, the military, and politics who
make the nation's major decisions the - Answer power elite
_____ is Wright's term for a position in the class structure that generates contradictory
interests. - Answer Contradictory class locations
The total value of everything that someone owns, minus debts, is - Answer wealth.
_____ is the ability to carry out your will, even over the resistance of others. - Answer
power
What percentage of the nation's wealth is owned by the wealthiest 1% of Americans? -
Answer 35%
What percentage of the nation's wealth is owned by the wealthiest 10% of Americans? -
Answer 77%
In tracking income in the United States from 1935 to 2013, - Answer income inequality
has increased since 1970.
In his modification of Marx's model of social classes, Wright added - Answer managers
Compared to the working class, the lower middle class generally has - Answer higher
income
Which statement is true about people toward the bottom of the class structure? -
, Answer They are less likely to be politically active.
Which statement about poverty is true? - Answer More children than adults are poor.
_____ mobility is movement either up or down the social class ladder due more to
changes in society than to the actions of individuals. - Answer structural
As you go down the social-class ladder, what happens to your mental health? - Answer It
worsens
The region of the United States that has the most poverty is the - Answer South
Marx's model of the social classes included - Answer workers.
Which occupation has the most prestige in the United States—physician, banker,
actress, or plumber? - Answer Physician
When it comes to religion, the lower classes tend to be attracted to - Answer more
expressive worship services and louder music.
Members of the _____ tend to think of themselves as having "real jobs" and regard the
"suits" above them as paper pushers. - Answer working class
Status consistency refers to - Answer ranking high or low on all three dimensions of
social class.
_____ is material possessions. - Answer property
What proportion of all African American adults works at white-collar jobs today? -
Answer One-fourth
Based on the histories of lottery winners, sudden wealth brings - Answer threat
Ranking high on some dimensions of social class and low on others is called - Answer
status inconsistency
_____ exploits minority groups for economic gain. - Answer Internal colonialism
____ is an act of unfair treatment directed against an individual or a group. - Answer
discrimination
The United States government's relocation of Native Americans to reservations is an
example of - Answer direct population transfer
Julio had a strong sense of ethnic identity. Our ethnic identity is _____ by our group
having smaller numbers in a society and being the object of discrimination. - Answer
heightened
Immigrants to the United States from Poland, Ireland, Italy, and Germany are examples
of - Answer white ethics
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