Social Stratification

1. The structured ranking of groups of people into categories, ranks, or social classes is known as -

• social mobility

• social stratification

• social statics

• social dynamics

2. The ability to move between different social classes, also known as social mobility, is a defining characteristic of which type of social stratification system?

• closed system

• open system

3. In which type of social stratification system do people have more control over the types of jobs they can have and who they can marry?

• closed system

• open system

4. In which type of social stratification system are people more likely to marry within their own social group, a practice known as endogamy?

• closed system

• open system

5. Which of the following statements is true or correct?

• The top 1% of the population in the United States earns significantly more income than the bottom 99% of the population

• In the United States a small percentage of the country's population controls most of the nation's wealth

• Roughly 40% of families in the United States have no wealth at all.

• All of these statements are correct

6. In which type of social stratification system are people much less likely to experience any social mobility, and their social positions are determined mainly at birth?

• closed system

• open system

7. What dimension of social stratification is made up of one's assets and earnings, minus any debts they have?

• income

• wealth

• power

• social prestige

8. Research has indicated that in recent years both income inequality and wealth inequality have increased in the United States.

• True

• False

9. What dimension of social stratification is made up of one's earnings, through both their salary and any investments they may have?

• wealth

• power

• social prestige

• income

10. Social inequality is a natural outcome/effect of the division of people in a society into different social categories or different social classes.

• True

• False