David Green began as a clerk in a bank, but by working hard and going to school at night, he has become its president. Mr. Green's career is an example of what may be called:
a. horizontal mobility
b. intergenerational mobility
c. intragenerational mobility
d. structural mobility
Question 2Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the modernization process in developing nations?
a. It increases average life expectancy.
b. It leads to increased political participation by a larger number of people.
c. It results in higher productivity.
d. It tends to occur at the same rate in all nations.
Question 3A change in the social class of an individual within his or her own lifetime is termed:
a. horizontal mobility
b. intergenerational mobility
c. intragenerational mobility
d. spatial mobility
Question 4Which of the following terms refers to a nation that is undergoing a set of transformations in its institutions whose effect is to increase the productivity of its people, their health, their literacy, and their ability to participate in political decision making?
a. developing nation
b. evolving nation
c. progressive nation
d. third world nation
Question 5All of the following are key elements in Max Weber's analysis of inequality in capitalist societies EXCEPT:
a. economic resources
b. individual talent
c. political power
d. social status
Question 6The term third world is used to describe those nations:
a. having a socialist government
b. that have not yet joined the United Nations
c. that have won independence from colonial dominance since World War II
d. whose citizens are not allowed to emigrate to the United States
Question 7According to Marx, a socialist society would be a classless society because:
a. governments would assure equal opportunity for everyone
b. individual differences would no longer be important
c. people would no longer be interested in material things
d. the institutions that produced inequality would be eliminated
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