Sociology of Poverty Test Bank
Course Introduction
Sociology of Poverty examines the social, economic, and political factors that contribute to poverty and inequality within societies. The course explores the structural roots of poverty, diverse theoretical perspectives, and the lived experiences of those affected. Students analyze how race, gender, class, and globalization intersect to shape patterns of disadvantage, and assess the impacts of policies and programs designed to reduce poverty. By engaging with empirical research, case studies, and policy debates, students gain a deeper understanding of the complexities of poverty and the challenges involved in achieving social justice.
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Social Problems 13th Edition by D. Stanley Eitzen
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Chapter 1: The Sociological Approach to Social Problems
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Q1) There is __________ among sociologists as to what constitutes a social problem.
Answer: disagreement
Q2) Based on the measures used in the text,which of the following is the most accurate?
A) A greater proportion of the government is run by women in the United States than in Scandinavian countries.
B) The United States was among the worst countries in the rate of deaths for children under age five.
C) Japan is the best country in the world in which to be a mother.
D) Women have it better in the United States than in any other country in the world.
Answer: B
Q3) The United States,with about 4.5 percent of the world's population,consumes __________ of the world's energy.
A) one-third
B) one-fourth
C) one-half
D) three-fourths
Answer: B
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Chapter 2 Wealth and Power: The Bias of the System
AMultiple-Choice
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Q1) Why it is problematic that the information we receive is increasingly under monopolized control? How do these monopolies affect social,cultural,and political landscape?
Answer: Ideal Answer The ideal answer should include:
1. Describe how the media helps define reality.
2. Describe the reasons why diverse opinions are rarely heard.
3. Illustrate the ways in which reporting is sometimes compromised by conflict of interest.
4. List the ways in which a media giant may push a specific political stance.
5. Describe the ways the messages we see tend to focus on individual problems.
6. Conclude with a discussion of the trend toward more rather than less media concentration.
Q2) By reducing taxes,the government has eliminated waste,given the poor more money to spend and invest,and improved the economy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) The __________ are the people who occupy the most influential roles in society. Answer: power elite
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Chapter 3: World Population and Global Inequality
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Q1) In the first stage of modern demographic transition the __________.
A) population growth is low
B) birth rate is low
C) death rate is low
D) economy is predominantly agricultural
Answer: D
Q2) According to Bill Gates,the market drives scientists,thinkers,and governments to develop drugs to combat preventable diseases in developing nations.
A)True
B)False
Answer: FALSE
Q3) The United States spends about __________ a year on defense.
A) $1 billion
B) $7 billion
C) $100 billion
D) $700 billion
Answer: D
Q4) __________ have an urban population of more than 10 million.
Answer: megacities
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Chapter 4: Threats to the Environment
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Q1) Which of the following contributes to the greenhouse effect?
A) Plant absorption of carbon monoxide
B) Burning of leaves from intense sun in the rainforests
C) Chlorofluorocarbon accumulation in the atmosphere
D) Low levels of plant decomposition
Q2) The U.S.system of capitalism depends on __________.
A) the socioeconomic equality of citizens
B) the maximization of profit
C) the decrease of overconsumption
D) improvement of the environment
Q3) Which of the following is associated with environmental classism?
A) The poor often have dangerous jobs and are residentially segregated.
B) The rich have the most unwanted jobs.
C) All corporations are champions of environmental justice.
D) The poor live in the most desirable neighborhoods.
Q4) Automobile emissions are one of the leading causes of air pollution in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q5) The United States discards __________ percent of the world's resources.
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Chapter 5 Demographic Changes in the United States: The
Browning and Graying of Society
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Q1) Families that make the decision to care for their elderly parents while caring for their own children are considered __________.
A) to be crazy
B) a nursing home start-up company
C) a elderly family structure
D) a sandwich family structure
Q2) With the increase in immigration in the United States,__________.
A) Latinos are now the absolute majority of the population in the United States
B) the United States will have to sell Texas back to Mexico
C) African Americans will be the absolute majority of the U.S. population
D) the nation is shifting from an Anglo-White society rooted in Western culture
Q3) Social Security is considered a regressive tax because __________.
A) people are more likely to be in ill health
B) it takes a larger percentage from people with lower incomes
C) long-term care expenses are universally paid by Obamacare
D) the government pays it for the citizens
Q4) At the beginning of 2012,the population of the United States was approximately 313,000,000,which is the __________ highest population in the world.
Q5) How are immigration and agency related?
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Chapter 6 Problems of Place: Urban Suburban and Rural
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Q1) When developers and speculators look to gentrify communities they like purchasing warehoused property because __________.
A) the warehouse gives them space to start a business
B) the informal economy of the residents brings in more taxes
C) they are in the more affluent parts of the city
D) they don't have to deal with getting rid of poor residents
Q2) A suburban city of at least 100,000 that has experienced double-digit growth each decade since it became urban is an example of __________.
A) urban sprawl
B) redlining
C) a boomburg
D) gentrification
Q3) Over the past three decades,the __________ government has made huge cuts in dollars and services for central cities.
Q4) Suburbanization has been directly subsidized by the federal government. A)True B)False
Q5) What health-related concerns exist for urban residents? Ideal
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Chapter 7: Poverty
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Q1) Identify and discuss the myths about poverty that abound in American society.Why do these myths prevail?
Q2) The costs associated with childhood poverty equal about $500 billion per year.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Kyle believes that success in the world is a result of one's own ability and social class is the result of hard work and sacrifice.Kyle believes the world is characterized by
A) a meritocracy
B) a bell curve
C) a culture of poverty
D) institutional discrimination
Q4) Which of the following is a claim made by modern-day Social Darwinists Jensen,Herrnstein,and Murray?
A) African Americans are more well endowed mentally than Whites.
B) Mental ability is inherited, and success depends on mental ability.
C) The poor are poor because they lack the same values as their better-off peers.
D) Differences in success are due solely work ethic.
Q5) What are the causes and social implications of the feminization of poverty?
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Chapter 8: Racial and Ethnic Inequality
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Q1) As compared to Whites,African Americans and Latinos are more likely to
A) be unemployed
B) work white-collar jobs
C) have a Bachelor's degree
D) work for higher pay
Q2) The terms "majority" and "minority" refer to the actual numbers of people in certain groups.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Racial stratification provides Whites with a number of things,including
A) better jobs
B) slave labor
C) complete political control
D) racial purity
Q4) What is the significance of the census allowing citizens to choose more than one racial category?
Q5) Explain the differences in White and minority income.
Q6) At least __________ hate crime(s)occur(s)on a college campus every day.
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Chapter 9: Gender Inequality
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Q1) __________ is society's unequal distribution of wealth,power,and privilege between men and women.
A) Patriarchy
B) Matriarchy
C) Gender stratification
D) Androgyny
Q2) __________ are still oppressed by religious institutions.
Q3) Language perpetuates male dominance by __________ women.
A) ignoring, trivializing, and sexualizing
B) marking, shirking, and categorizing
C) sifting, noting, and sorting
D) dominating, marginalizing, and classifying
Q4) How do toys play a part in gender socialization? Use examples from your own toys as a child to illustrate the role of toys and play in the process of socialization. Ideal
Q5) The organization of the labor force is such that there are two separate segments: the __________ sector involving domestic and farm work,and the __________ sector involving industrial work.
Q6) The __________ social movements have been aimed at overcoming gender inequality.
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Chapter 10: Sexual Orientation
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Q1) __________ effectively began the modern gay rights movement.
A) Stonewall
B) The 1987 march on Washington
C) "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"
D) The AIDS crisis
Q2) A conscious effort to reject dominant norms,a more egalitarian income arrangement,and more equal levels of experienced discrimination are all potential reasons why homosexual households are __________.
A) more egalitarian
B) less egalitarian
C) more stable
D) less stable
Q3) This chapter takes the position that gays are a minority group subject to all of the same pressures and persecution that all minority groups face and thus advocates that the problem with homosexuality is that it _________.
A) is defined and labeled as deviant
B) goes against God's will
C) defies universal cultural norms
D) is unnatural
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Chapter 11: Disability and Ableism
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Q1) The Americans with Disabilities Act has ended discrimination against people with disabilities.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act was originally called the __________.
A) Education for all Handicapped Children Act
B) No Child Left Behind Act
C) Education for All Act
D) Children with Disabilities Education Act
Q3) The way people with able bodies view people with disabilities and the institutionalization of these views are central concerns of the __________.
A) psychological model
B) individual approach to disability
C) social model of disability
D) ontological model
Q4) Why do the authors of the text consider abortion a "thorny" issue in the context of disability?
Q5) Explain what is meant by the matrix of domination.
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Chapter 12: Crime and Justice
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Q1) Plea bargaining especially benefits the poor and those of moderate means because it saves them the expense of a lengthy trial while at the same time ensuring their rights and more lenient treatment.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Uniform Crime Reports focus on __________.
A) crimes reported to the police
B) organized crime
C) political crime
D) corporate crime
Q3) What is the authors' explanation for the relationships between social class and the justice system?
A) The kinds of crimes listed by the FBI are those of the upper classes.
B) The police and others in the criminal justice system assume that upper-class people are criminal.
C) Economic deprivation may induce people to turn to crime to ease their situations.
D) People in the lower classes have social networks that help them to avoid detection and prosecution.
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Chapter 13: Drugs
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Q1) Mary is a scientist who is focused on developing a drug that will help people to overcome shyness.She is a(n)__________.
A) psychologist
B) pharmacologist
C) psychiatrist
D) sociologist
Q2) At one point in our nation's history,alcohol was classified as a __________ and outlawed.
A) narcotic
B) psychoactive drug
C) gateway drug
D) cultural drug
Q3) Opiates were declared illegal in a limited context in the nineteenth century due to __________.
A) concern for the large number of Civil War veterans who had become addicts
B) the Progressive Movement's focus on health
C) anti-Chinese sentiment
D) the women's suffrage efforts
Q4) Explain what would have to be done to change this situation.
Q5) Crimes committed to produce money for drugs are typically __________.
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Chapter 14: The Economy and Work
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Q1) Jill believes that Adam Smith was essentially correct when he claimed that people could pursue their own personal interests because the __________ would keep society from disintegrating as everyone competes for consumers and profit.Thus,she consistently opposes government intervention into the market.
A) laws of the marketplace
B) laws of society
C) social contract
D) marketplace masses
Q2) __________ is a common occupational danger that plagues workers today.
A) Seasonal Affective Disorder
B) Cancer
C) ADHD
D) Emphysema
Q3) The unemployment rate for African Americans is __________ the rate for Whites.
A) at least twice as high as
B) about the same as
C) half
D) three-quarters
Q4) How and why have unions lost power? What may happen as a result?
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Chapter 15: Families
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Q1) __________ includes distinctive acts of violence and nonviolence and acts of omission and commission that place children at risk.
A) Wife abuse
B) Child abuse
C) Family value
D) Pronatalism
Q2) The breadwinner-homemaker pattern __________.
A) is the ideal family form according to social scientists
B) is related to social class
C) primarily occurs to immigrants and racial minorities
D) is required by law
Q3) Unemployment and financial instability put __________ at risk of abuse.
A) parents
B) women
C) men
D) children
Q4) Many immigrants who have come to the United States have come in __________.
Q5) Everyone in the family experiences family events in the same way.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 16: Education
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Q1) "Sifting" and "sorting" __________.
A) do not occur in schools
B) are techniques used to determine which students will occupy high-status positions in society and which students will occupy low-status positions
C) are techniques used to ensure that the most able students are identified and provided resources with which to attain the highest of educational goals
D) refer to the process of selecting sports teams in schools
Q2) Jim has done some research about education in other countries and is appalled at what he sees when he compares the United States.He is most concerned about the amount of time U.S.schoolchildren spend in school.He is a proponent of __________ as a part of school reform.
A) less standardized testing
B) more physical education
C) a shorter school day and year
D) a longer school day and year
Q3) Charter and private schools often result in increased racial __________.
Q4) Discuss the way that family economic resources affect the quality of poor children's education.
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Chapter 17: The Healthcare System
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Q1) The ways that privilege in society translates into better healthcare include that the privileged __________.
A) are less knowledgeable about positive health habits
B) live in urban environments in the crucial first five years of life
C) have better access to quality healthcare
D) are more motivated to care about their health
Q2) The fact that two-thirds of new HIV infections occur among Black women illustrates __________.
A) that Black women do not care about their long-term health
B) the intersection of race, class, and gender with HIV
C) the lack of public awareness about HIV
D) that White people are less genetically susceptible to HIV infection
Q3) Women are less likely to have health insurance because __________.
A) they do not suffer from the severe health issues that characterize their male counterparts
B) they are more likely employed in part-time jobs that do not provide health insurance
C) they are more likely to risk unnecessary surgery for cosmetic reasons
D) their husbands and partners prohibit them from having health insurance
Q4) The elderly take an average of __________ prescription drugs per person.
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Q1) When assessing the success or failure of a war effort,it is important to look down the line.Ten years after the war in Iraq began the Sunnis and the Shiites are __________,which is having a major __________ effect on the rest of the world.
A) at civil war; negative
B) at civil war; positive
C) at peace; negative
D) at peace; positive
Q2) The Boston Tea Party is viewed as a patriotic act by Americans,but was seen as an act of terrorism by the British.This exemplifies which of the following concepts?
A) Terrorism is a social construction
B) Preemptive war
C) Preventive war
D) The Bush Doctrine
Q3) Because they do not risk the lives of soldiers,drone strikes have very little opposition.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain how the USA PATRIOT Act affects civil liberties.
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Chapter 19: Progressive Plan to Solve Social Problems
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Q1) Sociologists understand the deterministic view to __________.
A) be the most complete understanding of society
B) be an organization set up to provide social services for the poor
C) be too strong.
D) mean that individuals cannot make a difference
Q2) Following World War II and lasting for about three decades,society became more inclusive in the United States.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Funds to finance a progressive agenda could come from __________.
A) decreasing taxes
B) eliminating corporate welfare
C) reducing the education budget
D) eliminating food stamps
Q4) The sociological perspective is inherently __________ the individualistic emphasis in the United States.
A) challenging to B) supportive of C) combined with D) intertwined with
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