Hillbilly Elegy Vocab

Multiple Choice

What is the term that refers to the estimated minimum yearly income needed to secure the needed things in life like food, housing, and transportation?

• poverty line

• economic insecurity

• Rust Belt

• Psychological Resilience

Multiple Choice

What is the term that refers to the idea that everyone who lives in the U.S. should have an equal opportunity to succeed and move up in life?

• Psychological Resilience

• Economic Insecurity

• American Dream

• Rust Belt

Multiple Choice

What is the region of the U.S. called that is sometimes negatively characterized by its aging factories and declining industry?

• Poverty Line

• Rust Belt

• Socioeconomic Status

• West Coast

Multiple Choice

What are the small group of elite universities called that are known for low acceptance rates and high prestige?

• Southeastern Conference

• Ivy League

• Law Review Schools

• PAC 10

Multiple Choice

What is the term for the anxiety produced from fear financial trouble that might be difficult to recover from?

• Economic Insecurity

• Poverty Line

• Socioeconomic Status

• Cynicism

Multiple Choice

a person who derives advantage from something, especially a trust, will, or life insurance policy

• industrious

• beneficiary

• psychological resilience

• cynic

Multiple Choice

the state or quality of being hardworking and diligent

• psychological resilience

• industriousness

• beneficiary

• cynicism

Multiple Choice

the process and outcome of successfully adapting to difficult or challenging life experiences.

• psychological resilience

• socioeconomic status

• cynicism

• beneficiary

Multiple Choice

an inclination to believe that people are motivated purely by self-interest

• cynicism

• poverty line

• economic insecurity

• lineage

Multiple Choice

 a measure of one's combined economic and social status

• poverty line

• socioeconomic status

• economic insecurity

• beneficiary