Chapter 7 Practice Quiz

Social Inequality
. Which theory states that if you allow the rich the freedom to accumulate wealth and make investments, the wealth will eventually make its way down to the average worker and eventually the poor?

. Which province had the highest undergraduate and graduate tuition fees for Canadian full-time students in 2015–16?

. Which term refers to sports that offer people from poorer socio-economic backgrounds the chance to reap large financial rewards as professional athletes?

. Which term refers to the belief that anyone can "make it" if he or she is willing to work really hard?

. In 2013, the bottom 20 per cent of Canadian households earned less than ___________.

. According to the text, what definition of middle class do politicians in Canada prefer to use?

. When was the term precariat coined?

. Which of the following groups played a major role in the appearance of Airbnb, Uber, Lyft?

. How many classes did Marx have in his view of capitalist society?

. What did Marx call the resources needed to produce goods and hence wealth?

. Hegemony is used to maintain the power used by the dominant class.

. Marx and Engels stressed three elements as contributing to social inequality: wealth, prestige, and power.

. Arnold Schwarzenegger fits the Weberian perspective of middle class that goes beyond Marx's social stratification model.

. According to Marx, class is relational.

. The mining operations of the international giant De Beer in Attawapiskat between 2008-2019 enhanced self-sustainability in this Cree community.

. A counter-ideology is the set of beliefs put forward by society's dominant culture or classes.

. Albert Memmi argued for class reductionism in colonial studies in his book The Colonizer and the Colonized.

. The federal government reaction to Attawapiskat Chief's hunger strike in 2012 was sympathetic.

. In 2011, the Attawapiskat Cree First Nation declared a state of emergency, citing inadequate housing and lack of sanitation.

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