sociology ch 9&10 Word Scramble

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describes a condition in which members of society have differing amounts of wealth, prestige, or power	social inequality
a structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal economic rewards and power in a society	stratification
salaries and wages	income
term encompassing all a person's material assets, including land, stocks, and other types of property	wealth
social position assigned to a person by society without regard for the person's unique talents or characteristics	ascribed status
is a social position that a person attains largely through his or her own efforts	achieved status
the most extreme form of legalized social inequality for individuals and groups	slavery
hereditary ranks that are usually religiously dictated and that tend to be fixed and immobile.	castes
feudalism, required peasants to work land leased to them by nobles in exchange for military protection and other services	estate system
an economic system in which the means of production are held largely in private hands and the main incentive for economic activity is the accumulative of profits	capitalism
capitalist class, owns the means of production, such as factories and machinery	bourgeoisie
the working class	proletariat
attitude held by members of a class that does not accurately reflect their objective position	false accusation
refers to a group of people who have similar level of wealth and income	class
refer to people who have the same prestige or lifestyle	status group
the ability to exercise one's will over others	power
describes a set of cultural beliefs and practices that helps to maintain powerful social, economic, and political interests.	dominant ideology
a measure of social class that is based on income, education, and occupation	socioeconomic status
refers to a minimum level of subsistence that no family should be expected to live below	absolute poverty
a floating standard of deprivation by which people at the bottom of a society, whatever their lifestyles, are judged to be disadvantaged in comparison with the nation as a whole	relative poverty
female householders accounted for 26 percent of nation's poor; by 2007, that figure had risen to 53 percent	feminization of poverty
describes the long-term poor who lack training and skills	underclass
opportunities to provide themselves with material goods, positive living conditions, and favorable life experiences	life chances
the poor, minorities, and those who live in rural communities and inner cities are not getting connected at home or at work	digital divide
The movement of individuals or groups from one position in a society's stratification system to another	social mobility
implies that the position of each individual is influenced by his or her achieved status	open system
Each occupation has the same prestige ranking	horizontal mobility
If they change rankings	vertical mobility
changes in the social position of children relative to their parents	Intergenerational mobility
involves changes in social position within a person's adult life	Intragenerational mobility
In Karl Marx's view, a subjective awareness held by members of a class regarding their common vested interests and need for collective political action to bring about social change	Class consciousness
a social ranking based primarily on economic position in which achieved characteristics can influence social mobility	class system
tax breaks, direct payments, and grants that the government makes to corporations	corporate welfare
Karl Marx's term for the working class in a capitalist society	Proletariat
the area of common culture along the border between Mexico and the United States	borderlands
the maintenance of political, social, economic, and cultural domination over a people by a foreign power for an extended period	colonization
an approach that contends the industrialized nations continue to exploit developing countries for their own gain	dependency theory
the worldwide integration of government policies, cultures, social movements, and financial markets through trade and the exchange of ideas	globalization
the value of a nation's goods and service	gross national product
universal moral rights possessed by all people because they are human	human rights
the far-reaching process by which periphery nations move from traditional or less developed institutions to those characteristics of more developed societies	modernization
a functionalist approach that proposes that modernization and development will gradually improve the lives of people in developing nations	modernization theory
a commercial organization that is headquartered in one country but does business throughout the world	multinational corporation
continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries	remittances
a view of the global economic system as one divided between certain industrialized nations that control wealth and developing countries that are controlled and exploited	world systems analysis

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