Social Stratification

1.Karl Marx called the working class’ acceptance of capitalist principles this:

• Proletariat

• Bourgeoisie

• False Consciousness

• Self-Concept

This social class is sometimes referred to as the 1%

• Upper Class

• Upper Middle Class

• Working Poor

• Underclass

The amount of money a person makes in a given time period is known as

• Wealth

• Income

• Net Worth

• Poverty

The total amount of money and assets a person owns

• Wealth

• Income

• Net Pay

• Poverty

Welfare reforms of the late 1990’s did all of the following except

• Placed time limits on welfare benefits

• Required education and/or job training

• Limited welfare benefits to families

• Gave more local control regarding benefits

According to Marx, this group was taken advantage of by owners and had nothing of value except their own labor

• Bourgeoisie

• Proletariat

• Underclass

• Middle Class

A mail carrier works hard to give his son the opportunity to go to college and then medical school to become a doctor. This is an example of:

• Horizontal Mobility

• Intragenerational Mobility

• Intergenerational Mobility

• Downward Mobility

Which characteristic does not make a person more likely to live in poverty

• male

• female

• Hispanic

• Black

• Child

System with no social mobility

• Open class

• Caste

• Capitalist

• Socialist

Group that has become extremely wealthy through their own efforts

• Upper upper class

• Lower upper class

• Upper middle class

• Working class