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Unit 4 - Sociology - Stratification
Wealth=Assets
What is absolute poverty?
Unit 4 - Sociology - Stratification
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What is absolute poverty?
Being unable to acquire the basics to live
Not having enough to live comfortably
None of the above
Being in more poverty than your peers
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Wealth=Assets
True
False
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You worked hard in school, working your minimum wage job. Now you get a better job, this is?
Social Mobility
Horizontal Mobility
Inter-generational mobility
Vertical Mobility
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In a caste system, can you move up or down?
Yes
Only if you are a male
No
Only for certain classes
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What is the difference between race and ethnicity
Race is culture, Ethnicity is biology
Race is about physical characteristics, ethnicity is culture
Race is biology, Ethnicity is culture
There is no difference
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What is Social Mobility?
The capability to move your assets
The capability to live where you wish in Society
The Capability to find new groups of friends
The capability to move up or down in Society
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What is relative poverty?
Not having enough to live comfortably
None of the above
Being in more poverty than your peers
Being unable to acquire the basics to live
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Which groups suffer from poverty the most?
Women, Children, Disabled, Elderly, Minorities
Women, Minorities, Children
Minorities, Women, Elderly
Elderly, Disabled
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What is the difference between de jure and de facto segregation?
De Facto is by law, De Jure is natural
De Facto is just the way it is, De jure is by jury decree
None of the above
De Facto is natural, De Jure is by law
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Billy's parents constantly ask him about his grades, they do this because they want him to...
achieve inter-generational mobility
be annoyed at their constant asking
suffer
get angry and yell at them
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Prestige
Power+Wealth=Prestige
Stratification+Wealth=Prestige
Wealth+Social Class=Prestige
Power+Social Class=Prestige
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What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
There is no difference
One is about culture, the other is biology
Prejudice is negative thoughts, discrim. is negative actions
Prejudice is negative actions, discrim is negation thoughts
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Stratification is a fancy word for
Criminality
Deviance
Inequality
Stratosphere
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What is Socioeconomic Status?
the bare amount of money required to live
The status someone has in society
the status of an economy
the status of the middle class within a society
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In a class system, how do you acquire your status?
Inheritance
Religious affiliation
Skin color
Hard work and effort
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Limited access to resources, limited education for children, what are these two things?
Effects of Poverty
Socioeconomic Status
Impacts of Social Status
Impacts of low social class
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A social class is....
portion of society that share similar economic situations
A social group that has common traditions
Moving up or down in social standing
A group or set of people or things with common features
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Bob works at McDonalds, he then gets a job at Burger king. What type of mobility was this?
Vertical Mobility
Inter-generational Mobility
Social Mobility
Horizontal Mobility
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Age, Race, Ethnicity, Income, Number of children, these are all examples of what?
Demographic information
Cultural Traditions
Census Data
Personality Traits
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Power=ability to control behavior of others
False
True
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In a class system, can you move up or down?
Yes - Only for men
No
Only for certain classes
Yes
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What is the current federal poverty level?
13,860
14,600
14,000
13,975
