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CHAPTER 2
Wealth and Poverty: Canadian and Global Economic Inequities
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following is analogous to the “American Dream” as described in Chapter 2?
a. standard of living
b. meritocracy
c. social stratification
d. generational mobility
e. downward structural social mobility
Answer: b Page: 24 Difficulty: M
2. Which of the following conditions occur when people do not have the means to secure
the most basic necessities of life (food, clothing, and shelter)?
a. Basic poverty
b. Absolute poverty
c. Relative poverty
d. Minimal poverty
e. Maximal poverty
Answer: b Page: 24 Difficulty: M
3. Which of the following conditions occur when people cannot maintain a standard of
living in comparison to that of other members of their society or group?
a. Basic poverty
b. Absolute poverty
c. Relative poverty
d. Minimal poverty
e. Maximal poverty
Answer: c Page: 25 Difficulty: M
4. Which of the following refers to countries with highly industrialized economies;
technologically advanced industrial, administrative, and service occupations; and
relatively high levels of national and per capita (per person) income?
a. Low income nations
b. Middle income nations
c. High income nations
d. Maximal income nations
e. Minimal income nations
Answer: c Page: 24 Difficulty: M
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5. Which of the following refers to countries changing from agrarian to industrial
economies?
a. Low income nations
b. Middle income nations
c. High income nations
d. Maximal income nations
e. Minimal income nations
Answer: b Page: 24 Difficulty: M
6. Which of the following refers to primarily agrarian countries that have little
industrialization and low levels of national and personal income?
a. Low income nations
b. Middle income nations
c. High income nations
d. Maximal income nations
e. Minimal income nations
Answer: a Page: 24 Difficulty: M
7. Which of the following refers to the hierarchical arrangement of large social groups based
on their control of basic resources?
a. social inequality.
b. social stratification.
c. social structure.
d. social diversity.
e. social interaction.
Answer: b Page: 26 Difficulty: E
8. Which of the following refers to the extent to which individuals have access to important
societal resources such as food, clothing, shelter, education, and health care?
a. power.
b. prestige.
c. wealth.
d. income.
e. life chances.
Answer: e Page: 26 Difficulty: E
9. Which of the following refers to the value of all economic assets, including personal
property, and income-producing property, minus one’s liabilities or debts?
a. power.
b. prestige.
c. wealth.
d. income.
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e. life chances.
Answer: c Page: 26 Difficulty: E
10. Which of the following refers to the economic gain derived from wages, salaries, and
income transfers?
a. power.
b. prestige.
c. wealth.
d. income.
e. life chances.
Answer: d Page: 26 Difficulty: E
11. Which of the following refers to ability of people to achieve their goals despite opposition
from others?
a. power.
b. prestige.
c. wealth.
d. income.
e. life chances.
Answer: a Page: 26 Difficulty: E
12. Which of the following refers to respect, esteem, or regard accorded to an individual or
group by others?
a. power.
b. prestige.
c. wealth.
d. income.
e. life chances.
Answer: b Page: 26 Difficulty: E
13. Which of the following refers to people who are chronically poor and viewed as socially
marginal?
a. Lower middle class
b. Lower class
c. Working poor
d. Underclass
e. Working class
Answer: c Page: 27-28 Difficulty: E
14. Which of the following refers to people who work full-time in (often) unskilled
positions?
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TEST BANK
,Social Problems in a Diverse Society Canadian 4th Edition Kendall Test Bank
CHAPTER 2
Wealth and Poverty: Canadian and Global Economic Inequities
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
1. Which of the following is analogous to the “American Dream” as described in Chapter 2?
a. standard of living
b. meritocracy
c. social stratification
d. generational mobility
e. downward structural social mobility
Answer: b Page: 24 Difficulty: M
2. Which of the following conditions occur when people do not have the means to secure
the most basic necessities of life (food, clothing, and shelter)?
a. Basic poverty
b. Absolute poverty
c. Relative poverty
d. Minimal poverty
e. Maximal poverty
Answer: b Page: 24 Difficulty: M
3. Which of the following conditions occur when people cannot maintain a standard of
living in comparison to that of other members of their society or group?
a. Basic poverty
b. Absolute poverty
c. Relative poverty
d. Minimal poverty
e. Maximal poverty
Answer: c Page: 25 Difficulty: M
4. Which of the following refers to countries with highly industrialized economies;
technologically advanced industrial, administrative, and service occupations; and
relatively high levels of national and per capita (per person) income?
a. Low income nations
b. Middle income nations
c. High income nations
d. Maximal income nations
e. Minimal income nations
Answer: c Page: 24 Difficulty: M
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5. Which of the following refers to countries changing from agrarian to industrial
economies?
a. Low income nations
b. Middle income nations
c. High income nations
d. Maximal income nations
e. Minimal income nations
Answer: b Page: 24 Difficulty: M
6. Which of the following refers to primarily agrarian countries that have little
industrialization and low levels of national and personal income?
a. Low income nations
b. Middle income nations
c. High income nations
d. Maximal income nations
e. Minimal income nations
Answer: a Page: 24 Difficulty: M
7. Which of the following refers to the hierarchical arrangement of large social groups based
on their control of basic resources?
a. social inequality.
b. social stratification.
c. social structure.
d. social diversity.
e. social interaction.
Answer: b Page: 26 Difficulty: E
8. Which of the following refers to the extent to which individuals have access to important
societal resources such as food, clothing, shelter, education, and health care?
a. power.
b. prestige.
c. wealth.
d. income.
e. life chances.
Answer: e Page: 26 Difficulty: E
9. Which of the following refers to the value of all economic assets, including personal
property, and income-producing property, minus one’s liabilities or debts?
a. power.
b. prestige.
c. wealth.
d. income.
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e. life chances.
Answer: c Page: 26 Difficulty: E
10. Which of the following refers to the economic gain derived from wages, salaries, and
income transfers?
a. power.
b. prestige.
c. wealth.
d. income.
e. life chances.
Answer: d Page: 26 Difficulty: E
11. Which of the following refers to ability of people to achieve their goals despite opposition
from others?
a. power.
b. prestige.
c. wealth.
d. income.
e. life chances.
Answer: a Page: 26 Difficulty: E
12. Which of the following refers to respect, esteem, or regard accorded to an individual or
group by others?
a. power.
b. prestige.
c. wealth.
d. income.
e. life chances.
Answer: b Page: 26 Difficulty: E
13. Which of the following refers to people who are chronically poor and viewed as socially
marginal?
a. Lower middle class
b. Lower class
c. Working poor
d. Underclass
e. Working class
Answer: c Page: 27-28 Difficulty: E
14. Which of the following refers to people who work full-time in (often) unskilled
positions?
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