Social Stratification Test

Write the correct vocabulary term that matches with the definition: To take unfair advantage of.

• Utilize

• Manipulate

• Leverage

• Utilize

• Manipulate

• Leverage

• Exploit

• Exploit

Write the correct vocabulary term that matches with the definition: Working class acceptance of capitalist ideas and values (Karl Marx).

• Proletariat

• Proletariat

• Class Consciousness

• Bourgeoisie

• Bourgeoisie

• False Consciousness

• False Consciousness

• Class Consciousness

Write the correct vocabulary term that matches with the definition: Amount of money received by an individual or group over a specific time period.

• Salary

• Revenue

• Income

• Wage

• Revenue

• Income

• Wage

• Salary

Write the correct vocabulary term that matches with the definition: Recognition, respect, and admiration attached to social positions.

• Designation

• Prestige

• Social standing

• Role

• High status

• Title

• Function in society

• Position

Write the correct vocabulary term that matches with the definition: A segment of society whose members have similar economic circumstances, norms, and status.

• Caste

• Social Class

• Community

• Socioeconomic Status

• Social Class

• Community

• Socioeconomic Status

• Caste

Write the correct vocabulary term that matches with the definition: The ranking of people or groups in according to their unequal access to scarce resources.

• Unequal distribution of resources

• Social Stratification

• Social Stratification

• Inequality

• Movement between social classes

• Social Mobility

• A group of people with similar economic status

• Class

Write the correct vocabulary term that matches with the definition: Total economic resources held by a person or group.

• Financial resources

• Wealth

• Money received

• Economic assets

• Accumulated resources

• Income

• Resources owned

• Capital

Write the correct vocabulary term that matches with the definition: People employed in low-skill jobs with the lowest pay, who do not earn enough to rise out of poverty.

• Working Poor

• Working Poor

• Minimum Wage Earners

• Underclass

• Low-wage Workers

• Minimum Wage Earners

• Underclass

• Low-wage Workers

Write the correct vocabulary term that matches with the definition: People typically unemployed who come from families that have been poor for generations.

• Middle class

• Middle class

• Underclass

• Upper class

• Upper class

• Underclass

• Working class

• Working class

The absence of enough money to secure life’s necessities is known as ________.

• Poverty

• Wealth

• Abundance

• Prosperity