Social Class

Question 1

social class

Answer 1

group who share similar socio-economic position based on wealth, education, income, occupation

Question 2

stratification

Answer 2

puts categories of people into a hierarchy

Question 3

income

Answer 3

money a person owns from employment or investments

Question 4

wealth

Answer 4

total money you have or if you sold off all your assets

Question 5

capitalists

Answer 5

1%, makes money from things they own

Question 6

upper-middle class

Answer 6

well-educated

Question 7

middle class

Answer 7

high school diploma and some college experience

Question 8

working class

Answer 8

high school or trade school

Question 9

working poor

Answer 9

insecure and low-wage jobs

Question 10

underclass

Answer 10

part-time, unemployed, inconsistent and unreliable work

Question 11

social mobility

Answer 11

movement from ascribed to achieved position

Question 12

upward mobility

Answer 12

movement to a higher social class

Question 13

downward mobility

Answer 13

movement to a lower social class

Question 14

cumulative advantages

Answer 14

advantages that are built up over generations and contribute to social class inequality

Question 15

racial wealth gap

Answer 15

difference in wealth between black and white

Question 16

meritocracy

Answer 16

personal responsibility and individual effort are sole determinants of success

Question 17

GINI index

Answer 17

measures inequality across countries

Question 18

absolute poverty

Answer 18

those without basic necessities, such as water, food, shelter

Question 19

relative poverty

Answer 19

takes into account relative economic status of people

Question 20

poverty threshold

Answer 20

minimum income level to obtain necessities of life

Question 21

high-poverty neighborhoods

Answer 21

40% of the population is poor

Question 22

homeless

Answer 22

lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence

Question 23

point-in-time counts

Answer 23

estimates of sheltered and unsheltered homeless

Question 24

chronically homeless individual

Answer 24

person with a disability

Question 25

sheltered homeless

Answer 25

people staying in emergency shelters

Question 26

unsheltered homeless

Answer 26

sleeps in a public or private place that is not designated for sleeping