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meagbuch

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on: Jul 2, 2018
The historical trend that states that advances in technology first increase but then flatten social inequality is ________
 
  a. conspicuous consumption.
  b. the Davis-Moore thesis.
  c. the bell curve.
  d. the Kuznets curve.

Question 2

Comparing societies in history and around the world, we see that social stratification may involve differences in ________
 
  a. many societies lack social stratification.
  b. all societies are the same.
  c. ways in which people are unequal and how unequal they are vary from society to society.
  d. patterns of social inequality do not change over time.


dreamfighter72

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Reply #1 on: Jul 2, 2018
Answer to Question 1

Answer: c

Answer to Question 2

Answer: c


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