Chapter 7

Question 1

Social stratisfication

Answer 1

ranking people and rewards received often based on wealth, power and prestige

Question 2

Income distribution

Answer 2

from 1970-2000 income for bottom 90% of tax payers dropped by 0.1%. Top 10% saw incomes increase significantly

Question 3

Wealth inequality is ________

Answer 3

worsening

Question 4

Social inequality

Answer 4

the unequal distribution of wealth, power or prestige

Question 5

Caste system

Answer 5

born into a social class

Question 6

Apartheid

Answer 6

20% Caucasians in Africa had power over Africans

Question 7

Social class

Answer 7

a system of stratification based on wealth, property, prestige and power

Question 8

Intersectionality

Answer 8

a concept on how different categories of inequality intersect to shape the lives of individuals and groups

Question 9

High % of Americans living near or below ________ level

Answer 9

poverty

Question 10

Power

Answer 10

the ability to carry out your will and impose it on others

Question 11

Power elite

Answer 11

small group of people who have immense power

Question 12

Prestige

Answer 12

level of esteem associated with one’s status and social standing

Question 13

Upper class

Answer 13

1%, significant wealth

Question 14

Upper middle class

Answer 14

15%, income over 100,000

Question 15

Middle class

Answer 15

30%, 40-80k

Question 16

10% of senior citizens live at the ______ line

Answer 16

poverty

Question 17

Nearly 1/2 of the _______ in the US are poor or near poor

Answer 17

children

Question 18

Urban underclass

Answer 18

social class living in disadvantaged neighborhoods, marked by poverty, family disruption, male unemployment and lack of role models in high status jobs

Question 19

Poor neighborhoods increased problems are:

Answer 19

health, schools, employment, crime

Question 20

Social mobility

Answer 20

ability to change social class

Question 21

Functionalism ch7

Answer 21

social stratification is inevitable and helps in the smooth functioning of society

Question 22

Conflict theory ch7

Answer 22

social inequality based on an unjust system and not the people who live under it

Question 23

Symbolic interactionism ch7

Answer 23

how people perceive poverty and wealth

Question 24

Social mobility

Answer 24

movement of individuals or groups within the system of social classes

Question 25

Relative deprivation

Answer 25

measure of poverty based on living standards within a society

Question 26

Absolute deprivation

Answer 26

objective measure of poverty based on inability to meet minimal standards of food, shelter, clothing, or health care

Question 27

Culture of poverty

Answer 27

entrenched attitudes among the poor that leads to accepting their fate rather than attempting to improve their lot

Question 28

Residential segregation

Answer 28

geographical separation of the poor from the rest of an areas population