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Question 1

When a person is treated unfairly because of membership of a minority group, such as race.

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discrimination

Question 2

Belief (or system based on it) that one race is inherently superior to another.

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racism

Question 3

Poverty - when you have most of the basics, but much less than most others.

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relative

Question 4

A system by which society ranks people into a hierarchy of different status and social rewards.

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social stratification

Question 5

To be a minority group means that you lack...

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power to define yourself

Question 6

Poverty when you don't have the basics (adequate food, housing, etc)

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absolute

Question 7

The idea of the United States as a/an _____ fits the concept of assimilation.

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melting pot

Question 8

Mobility BETWEEN generations (parent works to get child to move up).

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intergenerational

Question 9

Trail of Tears, ghettoization of Jews - physically or socially separating people.

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segregation

Question 10

If you are defined by biologically transmitted traits that society considered important.

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it is your race

Question 11

The superclass (highest portion of upper class) often share.

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defined by wealth

Question 12

Belief in inherent superiority of one sex over another, creating stratification.

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sexism

Question 13

A pluralist aspires toward...

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equal worth of all groups in society

Question 14

One's belief on how society should be structured in terms of inequality.

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ideology

Question 15

What usually DOES NOT define one's social class.

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political party

Question 16

This, that, or the other: Heiress

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Celebrity fragrance

Question 17

This, that, or the other: Promiscuous

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spelling bee word (winning word)

Question 18

Lower classes are manipulated to find reasons to fight each other, rather than common ground.

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false consciousness

Question 19

If "Whites" become less than 50% of the population in 2045, does that mean they are a minority?

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only if they lack power

Question 20

The lower pay and that women are more likely to be caregivers for children - this accusation:

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feminization of poverty

Question 21

Comfort class includes...

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nurses

Question 22

Men + women have different access to occupations, power/influence, and are rewarded differently

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gender stratification

Question 23

Most countries have this: mix between ascribed and achieved status determine class position.

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class system

Question 24

When women rule the family, the country, or the world...

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matriarchy

Question 25

This, that, or the other: Eureka

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drag queen name (from Ru Paul's Drag Race)

Question 26

US has been traditionally male-dominated, making it this...

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patriarchy

Question 27

Lower part of upper class has highly skilled, "credentialed" people such as...

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physicians

Question 28

Ethnicity is your shared...

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cultural heritage

Question 29

I say "wage-earners" some Sociologist will reply...

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working class

Question 30

Rising group in "working class" in the "gig economy" - private contractors who lack security.

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self-employed

Question 31

Becoming aware of your social position and the consequences and benefits to being in your class

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class consciousness

Question 32

The "Final Solution" in the Holocaust involved trying to kill off groups of people.

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genocide

Question 33

Which stated that structural mobility has made it tougher to get to upper classes in US today.

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um, both did

Question 34

Having high status consistency means that class status is...

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uniform across most/all parts of your life

Question 35

Belief in a system that creates equality between sexes and may require laws to enforce.

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feminism

Question 36

Ascribed status determines your social class, very rigid.

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caste system

Question 37

Lower paying jobs that traditionally are majority female are called ____ collar jobs.

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pink

Question 38

This, that, or the other: Radiance

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Celebrity fragrance

Question 39

Social class is the ____ in a society that have common status/attributes.

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position

Question 40

When you oversimplify attributes of a group of people...

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stereotype

Question 41

Plumbers, electricians, and people who do more physical labor are called ___ collared workers.

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blue

Question 42

Vertical mobility is when I move...

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up or down in social class

Question 43

This, that, or the other: Peppermint

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drag queen name (from Ru Paul's Drag Race)

Question 44

Economy changes, creates or eliminates jobs - causing social mobility to happen.

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structural

Question 45

Not associated with "white collar" jobs

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landscaping

Question 46

Moving from one social class to another.

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social mobility

Question 47

To be sexual assault, something needs to be of a sexual nature that is deliberate, repeated, +

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unwelcome

Question 48

If that unequal treatment is built into the operation of society it is called.

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institutional

Question 49

When mobility happens because of one's efforts.

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positional

Question 50

A meritocracy is based on.

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achieved status

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