Social Stratification Review

the creation of layers of people who possess unequal shares of resources.

• Strata

• Status

• Norms

• Class

A change in the occupational, political, or religious status of a person that causes a change in their

societal position best describes ______________________.

• Regional Mobility

• Horizontal Mobility

• Vertical Mobility

• Inconsistency

Switching from one position to another without a change in social status best describes ______________________.

• Regional Mobility

• Horizontal Mobility

• Vertical Mobility

• Inconsistency

An independent business owner most likely belongs to which social class?

• Working Class

• Upper Middle Class

• Lower Middle Class

A business executive most likely belongs to which social class?

• Upper Class

• Working Class

• Upper Middle Class

• Lower Middle Class

A manager at a fast food restaurant most likely belongs to which social class?

• Upper Class

• Working Class

• Upper Middle Class

• Lower Middle Class

The sanctity of private property and the right of individuals to profit from one’s labors is best defined as ______________________.

• Caste System

• Estate System

• Socialism

• Capitalism

The land gentry owned huge expanses of land on which serfs toiled. The serfs had more freedom than slaves had but typically lived in poverty and were subject to arbitrary control by the nobility describes which system best?

• Caste System

• Estate System

• Socialism

• Capitalism

Production is controlled by the people as a whole and the government represents the people which owns everything in society. Everyone receives equal shares. This best defines which of the following?

• Caste System

• Estate System

• Socialism

• Capitalism

People are born into unequal groups based on their parents’ status and remain in these groups for the rest of their lives. Which system does this define?

• Caste System

• Estate System

• Socialism

• Capitalism