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Chapter 18: Review Game
Test Description: Chapter 18: Social Welfare Policymaking
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Define Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act.
A
the amount of funds collected between any two points in time.
B
it considers what a family must spend for an “austere” standard of living, and number of poor people
C
The official name of the “welfare reform” law of 1996.
D
the “shares” of the national income earned by various groups.
2) Define feminization of poverty.
A
it considers what a family must spend for an “austere” standard of living, and number of poor people
B
the increasing concentration of poverty among women, especially unmarried women and their children
C
government benefits that certain qualified individuals are entitled to by law, regardless of need.
D
policies that provide benefits to individuals, either through entitlement or means-testing.
3) Define poverty line.
A
the value of assets owned.
B
the “shares” of the national income earned by various groups.
C
it considers what a family must spend for an “austere” standard of living, and number of poor people
D
the amount of funds collected between any two points in time.
4) Define wealth.
A
the value of assets .
B
The official name of the “welfare reform” law of 1996.
C
it considers what a family must spend for an “austere” standard of living, and number of poor people
D
government programs available only to individuals below the poverty line.
5) Define income.
A
The official name of the “welfare reform” law of 1996.
B
government benefits that certain qualified individuals are entitled to by law, regardless of need.
C
the amount of funds collected between any two points in time.
D
the increasing concentration of poverty among women, especially unmarried women and their children
6) Define income distribution.
A
policies that provide benefits to individuals, either through entitlement or means-testing.
B
the “shares” of the national income earned by various groups.
C
the amount of funds collected between any two points in time.
D
government programs available only to individuals below the poverty line.
7) Define means-tested programs.
A
government programs available only to individuals below the poverty line.
B
government benefits that certain qualified individuals are entitled to by law, regardless of need.
C
it considers what a family must spend for an “austere” standard of living, and number of poor people
D
the value of assets owned.
8) Define entitlement programs.
A
the amount of funds collected between any two points in time.
B
government benefits that certain qualified individuals are entitled to by law, regardless of need.
C
it considers what a family must spend for an “austere” standard of living, and number of poor people
D
the value of assets owned.
9) Define social welfare.
A
the “shares” of the national income earned by various groups.
B
government benefits that certain qualified individuals are entitled to by law, regardless of need.
C
government programs available only to individuals below the poverty line.
D
policies that provide benefits to individuals, either through entitlement or means-testing.
10) a tax by which the government takes a greater share of the income of the rich than of the poor (ex. a rich family pays 50% of its income in taxes and a poor family pays 5%)
A
proportional tax
B
regressive tax
C
Earned Income Tax Credit
D
progressive tax
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