CC: Social Stratification #21

Stratification is a 

• all of the above

• individual differences

• characteristic of society 

Children from wealthy families are more likely to 

• live longer and be healthier

• get married 

• dropout of high school 

Horizontal change is most common in the U.S.

• true

• false

a system that is incredibly rigid would be considered 

• open 

• closed

In a feudal or caste system ___ determined your social order

• hard work

• fairness

• who you know

• birth

The Apartheid of South Africa and Jim Crow laws of the American south were the legal separation of black people from other groups

• false

• true

The main difference between a caste system and class system is

• social mobility 

• who is in them 

• where they are located 

Socioeconomic Status tends to include all of the following EXCEPT:

• Income

• Education

• Marital Status

• Occupational Prestige