Unit 3 Social Inequalities Test Review

The lowest legal wage that can be paid to most workers.

• Poverty

• Real Wages

• Globalization

• Minimum Wage

the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions

• Poverty

• Real Wages

• Minimum Wage

• Relative Poverty

The trend toward increased cultural and economic connectedness between people, businesses, and organizations throughout the world.

• Poverty

• Real Wages

• Globalization

• Minimum Wage

• Relative Poverty

a condition that exists when people may be able to afford necessities but are still unable to maintain an average standard of living.

• Poverty

• Real Wages

• Globalization

• Minimum Wage

• Relative Poverty

What form of social stratification places some people as owners of others?

• caste system

• apartheid

• slavery

• class system

The division of large numbers of people into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige is social ________.

• diversification

• distance

• stratification

• in-group

In which stratification system is endogamy (not mixing with people outside of your group) most likely to occur?

• caste

• class

• socialist

• democracy

According to Marx, social class depends on

• property, power, and prestige

• ascribed status

• the means of production

• how hard you work

A situation in which an individual wishes to get a paid job but is unable to do so, is

• underemployment

• unemployment

• slavery

• welfare system

According to World System Theory, the US is known today as a ____ nation.

• Core

• Periphery

• Third

• External Area