5 Written Questions

1. system of stratification that has a governing elite, a few leaders who broadly hold the power of society.
2. a condition whereby no differences in wealth, power, prestige, or status based on nonnatural conventions exist.
3. mobility that is inevitable from changes in the economy.
4. a term commonly used to describe those individuals with nonmanual jobs that pay significantly more than the poverty line—though this is a highly debated and expansive category, particularly in the United States, where broad swathes of the population consider themselves middle class.
5. a society of commerce (modern capitalist society, for example) in which the maximization of profit is the primary business incentive.

5 Matching Questions

1. Income
2. Dialectic
3. Wealth
4. Upper class
5. Bourgeoisie

1. a a two-directional relationship, one that goes both ways.
2. b a family's or individual's net worth (that is, total assets minus total debts).
3. c money received by a person for work or from returns on investments.
4. d a term for the economic elite.
5. e the capitalist class.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. religion-based system of stratification characterized by no social mobility.
   1. Bourgeoisie
   2. Caste system
   3. Estate system
   4. Class system
2. the working class.
   1. Proletariat
   2. Wealth
   3. Bourgeoisie
   4. Dialectic
3. a society where status and mobility are based on individual attributes, ability, and achievement.
   1. Income
   2. Dialectic
   3. Meritocracy
   4. Middle class
4. an individual's position in a stratified social order.
   1. Bourgeois society
   2. Social mobility
   3. Socioeconomic status (SES)
   4. Ontological equality
5. structured social inequality or, more specifically, systematic inequalities between groups of people that arise as intended or unintended consequences of social processes and relationships.
   1. Social equality
   2. Dialectic
   3. Estate system
   4. Stratification

5 True/False Questions

1. Equality of outcome → a position that argues each player must end up with the same amount regardless of the fairness of the "game."

   True        False

2. Status-attainment model → a system of stratification based on social prestige.

   True        False

3. Ontological equality → the notion that everyone is created equally in the eyes of God.

   True        False

4. Equality of opportunity → the idea that inequality of condition is acceptable so long as the rules of the game, so to speak, remain fair.

   True        False

5. Status hierarchy system → politically based system of stratification characterized by limited social mobility.

   True        False