Sociology Ch. 8 Social Stratification

In many major cities you will see these types of people asking for help.

• laborers

• homeless individuals
• unemployed

Social Stratification is....

• hierarchical arrangement of individuals or groups based on social class

• a term used in geology to describe rock layers
• a method of cooking meat over an open flame

This is a segment of a population whose members hold similar amounts of scarce resources.

• Social class
• Economic group
• Wealth category

This country has a high rate of death for children under the age of 5.

• China
• Nigeria
• Brazil

Karl Marx predicted that this group of people would rule society.

• bourgeoisie
• aristocracy
• proletariat

This is the amount of money that person receives within a given time period.

• Expense
• Income
• Savings

This is the total economic resources held by a person or group.

• Net worth
• Total value
• Wealth

The top 1% of the US population controls this much of the wealth.

• 60%
• 33%

• 25%

Power is strictly held by the wealthy.

• True

• False

This is recognition, respect, and admiration attached to social positions.

• social standing
• prestige

• social hierarchy