1) What is the difference between absolute and relative poverty?

2) Briefly identify and describe the three forms of slavery described in the text.

3) What is the difference between a class system and a caste system?

4) What are the three types of labourers identified by Weber?

5) In Wallerstein's world systems theory, what are the four categories of nations?

6) According to the functionalist perspective, what causes global stratification?

7) According to the feminist perspective, what causes global stratification?

8) According to the symbolic interactionist perspective, what causes global stratification?

9) According to the conflict perspective, what causes global stratification?

10) What are Walter Rostow's five stages of economic growth?