Author Question: All systems based on inequality (such as race, caste, etc.), regardless of their local ... (Read 66 times)

newbem · **on:** Jul 10, 2018

All systems based on inequality (such as race, caste, etc.), regardless of their local specificities, share which of the following features?

A) Physical characteristics of the dominant group differ from the underprivileged.
B) Underprivileged groups accept the status quo.
C) The position of the dominant group is maintained by belief alone.
D) People are relegated to particular levels of entitlement.

Question 2

Social ranking on the basis of caste is __________.

A) of great ritual importance in India but has no economic or political importance
B) an example of a primary social group
C) an ascribed system
D) no longer an operational social system in India