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wages

100

12.1% earned less than __$ an hour. 

A. 2$

B. 4$

C. 6$

D. 8$

C. 6$

200

21.2 percent earned less than __$ an hour 

A. 2$

B. 4$

C. 6$

D. 8$

D. 8$

300

In the year __, to raise a family of three above the official poverty line, one would need to work full-time (defined as averaging thirty-five hours per week across fifty-two weeks) at 7.50$ an hour. 

A. 1952

B. 1992

C. 1982

D. 1999

D. 1999

400

Table 3.3 highlights that nearly a third of family heads were working at jobs paying less then __ $ an hour, putting them at significant risk of poverty. 

A. 5$

B. 10$

C. 15$

D. 20$

B. 10$

500

What does table 3.3 in the textbook show? 

A. Inability of the labor market to support various family sizes above poverty threshold levels 

B. Cumulative percent of the American Population Working below various hourly wage levels 

C. Comparative analysis of social welfare policies 

D. The widespread life course risk of poverty 

B. Cumulative percent of the American Population Working below various hourly wage levels 

U.S. vs. Europe

100

compared to other western industrialized countries, the united states devotes far __ resources to programs aimed at assisting the economically unstable. 

A. advanced 

B. more 

C. fever 

D. educated 

C. fewer

200

the united states allocates a __ proportion of its GDP to social welfare programs than any other industrialized country except Japan. 

 

A. larger

B. educated 

C. advanced 

D. smaller 

D. smaller 

300

As Charles Nobles writes, "The U.S. welfare state is striking precisely because it is so ___ in scope and ambition" 

A. advanced 

B. educated 

C. large 

D. limited 

D. limited

400

A wide range of social and insurance programs largely ___ families from falling into poverty 

A. push 

B. prevent 

B. prevent 

500

Which of the following country has universal health coverage? 

A. America 

B. Greenland 

C. Puerto Rico 

D. France 

D. France 

structural vulnerability

100

There are __ basic premises underlying the structural vulnerability perspective 

A. 1 

B. 2

C. 3

D. 4

C. 3

200

A lack of human capitol ___ the likelihood of events in the labor market will occur. 

A. increases 

B. decreases 

A. increases 

300

Which of the following is not an example of human capital characteristics? 

A. Going to college at St. John's University 

B.  Doing your homework 

C. Sitting in class, talking to your friends 

D. Making a jeopardy for your class to review a topic

C. Sitting in class, talking to your friends

400

The dynamic of poverty can be described as a game of ___ and those with the least advantages would be found left standing. 

A. uno 

B. jeopardy 

C. charades  

D. musical chairs 

D. musical chairs 

500

Human capital is strongly influences by the impact of ___ on this process A. friends B. the government C. social class D. family

C. social class 

youtube video

100

What college created the video we watched? 

A. St. John's University 

B. Boston college 

C. Harvard University 

D. Brown University 

C. Harvard University 

200

Where did the youtube video take place?

A. New York 

B. Boston 

C. Long Island 

D. chicago

B. boston

300

What characteristics tell you how your students will score on a test?

A. how much their parents make every year 

B. how often they show up to class 

C. what their ethnicity is 

D. absolutely nothing 

D. absolutely nothing 

400

What is the main problem that they discuss in the youtube video? 

A. segregation 

B. disenfranchised individuals 

C. inequalities in education 

D. systematic lack of political power 

C. inequalities in education 

500

What can we do as teachers to help lessen the inequality gaps? 

A. treat everyone equally 

B. educate the children culturally 

C. teach children to help each other 

D. all of the above 

D. all of the above