Soc-Ch11-Quiz

A key to gaining and maintaining social class that has been emphasized in class.

Absolute poverty means this...

NOT a factor defining social stratification in the US.

TRIVIA: "Oracle of Omaha" orders drive-through McDonalds breakfast on his way to work. #4 richest in US.

TRIVIA: This tech billionaire (worth about $66 billion) who has given over $25 million to combat and treat COVID.

How many years I live in an area has a significant effect on my social class (trivia-ish).

Property, savings, personal items that have value AFTER you subtract your debts.

A philosophy major who switches to art history is the college version of...

Money you make from work, stock dividends, property sales, and interest.

This graph shows a huge gap between Black and White wealth, especially for middle-age and older.

World War II helped pull the American labor force out of the Great Depression, creating this type of mobility.

TRIVIA: Presidential candidate for a hot minute. This politician is also the 9th wealthiest American.

Hard work and efforts leads to a person climbing the social ladder.

America's poor do not have the same luxuries, access to housing, quality of food...

Social mobility that one person achieves on their own within their lifetime.

_______ of poverty. Women have lower earnings and higher poverty rates in American society.

TRIVIA: Google co-founder with Larry Page, worth nearly $107 billion.

TRIVIA: The surname shared by the 10th, 11th, and 12th wealthiest Americans.

"I want to thank my working-class parents for putting me through college so I could become a doctor"...