People who do not earn enough money to pay for a safe place to live and for food

 Which of the following is true of low-income nations?

 When you add up all the economic resources a person has, such as her savings, home, personal property, etc., you have determined that person’s

 Which of the following is true of middle-income nations?

 Which of the following best describes the functionalist theory of social stratification?

 The most distinguishing characteristic of a caste system is that

 Some sociologists believe that many poor nations are poor because

A disabled 56-year-old man with no source of income other than disability payments from the federal government most likely belongs to the

 Which of the following is an example of intergenerational mobility?

 Which of the following is characteristic of low-income nations?

 Which of the following refers to the different layers of people who possess varying amounts ofscarce resources

 Which of the following is least likely to live in poverty in the United States today?

 Irina moves from a job as a computer programmer to a job as a Webpage designer. This is most likely an example of

 How is poverty measured in the United States?

 What is one reason that industrialization enables nations to develop?

 After attending night school for five years, Sondra moves from a job as a warehouse worker to a job as a bank executive. This is most likely an example of

 Which of the following best characterizes an open-class system?

 Which of the following statements is true of prestige?

A position such as being a high-school teacher is likely to have more prestige than

 What word best describes the amount of money a person earns within a specific time period?

 Which of the following best describes how Americans regard class consciousness?

 Which of the following describes rates of poverty for African Americans and Latinos?

 Which of the following is characteristic of middle-income nations?

 Which of the following is a consequence of industrialization?

 To which social class do most Americans think they belong?

 Which of the following best describes what Karl Marx meant by false consciousness?

A major characteristic of the aristocracy is that

 One criticism of globalization is that it

 Karl Marx believed that the only thing of value that the proletariat had was

 Which of the following is an indicator that is used to measure poverty?

 What is one reason that many Americans today risk downward mobility?

 According to conflict theory, social stratification exists because

A skilled plumber would most likely be a member of the

 Which of the following would be considered part of a person’s wealth?

 Which of the following people would most likely be a member of the working poor?

 What occurs when an agrarian society experiences industrialization?

 Which of the following best explains why women have a higher risk of being poor?

 Which of the following best describes how social class is related to social stratification?

 Which of the following is true about a caste system?

 How does horizontal mobility differ from vertical mobility?

 each layer in a stratification system

 change in class that takes place over a generation

 the state in which one is unable to secure life’s necessities

 movement from an economy based on agriculture to one based on manufacturing

 the group that owns the means of production

 measure of poverty by economic disparity

 changing from one social class to another

group that labors without ownership

 changing occupations within the same class

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