MPrep Peace & Justice Unit 3

Income inequality in the US, looked like what structure or shape between 1910 and 2010

word can be defined as “a social and economic doctrine that calls for public not private ownership/ control of property

Find the TRUE statement below.

The most famous work of Marx is known as the “_________ Manifesto”…

What is the biggest key to “social mobility”?

“Last Judgment” seen as interwoven into fabric of “economic justice”, appears in which of 4 New Testament gospels?

famous billionaire businessman argues for a rule in which he should NOT be paying a lower tax rate than his secretary?

economic system where most means of production are privately owned & production is guided through operation of markets

16^th amendment to the Constitution made the income tax “progressive”, what other common tax is NOT progressive

In all of the graphs from Slides 34-36, the American people were generally divided into how many “sections”?

  Capitalism has been the dominant system in the Western world since the end of what “way of life” from the Middle Ages?

top marginal tax rate in the US from1936-1980 was always ABOVE this %, meaning the rich paid a lot into economic system

In a Communist state, which below would NOT be a “major means of production”?

What area of life did Marx refer to as “the opium of the people”?

One of the Catholic Social Teachings related to “economic justice” is entitled “Option for the Poor and ___________”…

country, led by the revolutionary tactics of Vladimir Lenin, took the ideas of Marx to form a new type of government?

Contrary to conventional wisdom, studies show that 83% of children from low-income families have at least one ______...

a person could not really understand “economic justice” without a full understanding of which historical figure

Pope wrote, “It is necessary to…provide all individuals with the basic conditions to enable them to share in development

a middle-class American would have had the best chance to live a decent and successful life in which of these years?

Which of the following Biblical quotes does not fit with the others?

What animals are part of the “Last Judgment” parable?

Which of the following is NOT an example of a socialistic enterprise functioning within the American economy?

Which of the following concepts is talked about the most in the New Testament?

In 2nd economic quarter of 2023, the bottom half of U.S. earners together controlled how much of the nation’s economy?

What was the main point of this “Last Judgment” parable?

today we also have to say ‘thou shall not’ to an economy of exclusion and inequality.  Such an economy kills.”?

other Catholic Social Teaching related to “economic justice” is entitled “The ______ of Work and the Rights of Workers”…

how many of the 3.8 bil. richest people would you need to equal the combined wealth of the 3.8 bil. poorest people?

economic doctrine that aims to replace private property and a profit-based economy with public ownership