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Economic Inequality

Authored by Heath Hutcheson

Social Studies

10th - 12th Grade

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Economic Inequality
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Socioeconomic Status is defined as what?

A minimum level of subsistence that no family should be expected to live below.

A floating standard of deprivation by which people at the bottom of a society, whatever their lifestyles, are judged to be disadvantaged in comparison with the nation as a whole.

Changes in a person’s social position within his or her adult life.

A measure of social class that is based on income, education, and occupation.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Absolute Poverty is defined as what?

A minimum level of subsistence that no family should be expected to live below.

The movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank.

The position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status.

Changes in the social position of children relative to their parents.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Relative Poverty is defined as what?

The movement of individuals or groups from one position in a society’s stratification system to another.

The movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank.

A floating standard of deprivation by which people at the bottom of a society, whatever their lifestyles, are judged to be disadvantaged in comparison with the nation as a whole.

The movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same rank.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Social Mobility is defined as what?

The position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status.

The movement of individuals or groups from one position in a society’s stratification system to another.

Changes in a person’s social position within his or her adult life.

A measure of social class that is based on income, education, and occupation.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Open System is defined as what?

The position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status.

Allows little or no possibility of moving up.

The movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank.

The movement of an individual from one social position to another of the same rank.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Closed System is defined as what?

The position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status.

Changes in a person’s social position within his or her adult life.

Changes in the social position of children relative to their parents.

Allows little or no possibility of moving up.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Horizontal Mobility is defined as what?

A minimum level of subsistence that no family should be expected to live below.

The movement of a person from one social position to another of a different rank.

The position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status.

Changes in a person’s social position within his or her adult life.

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