chapter 5

Question 1

2 approaches to poverty

Answer 1

1. role of government

2. distribution of wealth

Question 2

absolute poverty

Answer 2

does household net fall above or below predetermined line that government calculates

Question 3

relative poverty

Answer 3

measure of household income relative to average income in a specific area

Question 4

means testing

• definition
• ex

Answer 4

• must meet poverty criteria to be eligible for it

- food stamps

Question 5

wealth

• definition
• ex

Answer 5

group of assets that a person or family hold that has monetary value
-real state, property, stocks

Question 6

income

Answer 6

measure of annual pay that comes from a product of labor

Question 7

what is more unequal? wealth or income

Answer 7

wealth

Question 8

majority of wealth owned by

Answer 8

about 10% of population

Question 9

women earn ___ cents on the male dollar

Answer 9

77

Question 10

deserving poor

-undeserving poor

Answer 10

• children, disabled people, widows, seniors

- able bodies

Question 11

Elizabethan poor laws

Answer 11

government decided that poor people needed to be addressed by community

Question 12

new deal developed 2 things

Answer 12

1. social insurance

2. public assistance

Question 13

social insurance

-public assistance is for who?

Answer 13

• payroll deductions

- deserving poor

Question 14

temporary assistance for needy families (TANF)

Answer 14

provides states with block grants

-community service or vocational training

Question 15

medicaid

Answer 15

provides federal matching funds to states to cover the costs of medical care and services for low income people

Question 16

supplemental security income

• eligible for
• funding from

Answer 16

• 65 yrs or older; disabled people

- funding from federal revenues

Question 17

healthy meals for healthy americans

Answer 17

• women and children at nutritional risk

- vouchers to use at authorized food stores

Question 18

earned -income tax credit

• definition
• who is it for
• what does it do to poverty line
• provides what
• administered by

Answer 18

• wage supplement for people in low wage jobs
• low wage workers
• decrease
• an incentive to work
• internal revenue service

Question 19

social constructs

• definition
• 2 beliefs

Answer 19

• perceived social realities
• 1. people are poor because they are lazy
     
     2. poverty is a result of failures in the economy