Social Class in the United States - IVCC

Social Cla
United

Chapt

ass in the
States

ter 11

Homelessness i
problem in

a. Y
b. N

is a major social
n the U.S.

Yes
No

Increasing econom
problem in

a. Y
b. N

mic inequality is a
n the U.S.

Yes
No

Affluent people w
financial securit
tolerant of contro
such as hom

a. Y

b. N

with education and
ty are also more
oversial behavior
mosexuality.

Yes

No

The dimensions o
are income, w
schooling, a

a. occupatio
b. gender
c. ancestry
d. race and

of social inequality
wealth, power,
and _____.

onal prestige

ethnicity

The dimensions o
are income, w
schooling, a

• The correct answer
prestige.

of social inequality
wealth, power,
and _____.

r is a. occupational

Intergenerational
___

a. a change in social
during a person’s

b. upward or downwa
children in relation

c. social mobility ove
past century

d. the long-term tren
within a family

social mobility is
___.

l position occurring
lifetime
ard social mobility of
n to their parents
er the course of the

nd in social mobility

Intergenerational
___

• The correct answer
downward social mo
relation to their pare

social mobility is
___.

r is b. upward or
obility of children in
ents.

The deprivation o
relation to those w

called _

a. absolute po
b. the feminiza
c. relative pov
d. comparative

of some people in
who have more is
_____.

overty
ation of poverty
verty
e poverty

The deprivation o
relation to those w

called _

• The correct ans
poverty.

of some people in
who have more is
_____.

swer is c. relative

The age catego
population that
percentage of peo

___

a. children
b. young people in
c. middle-aged pe
d. senior citizens o

ory of the U.S.
has the highest
ople in poverty is
___.

n their 20s
eople
over the age of 65

The age catego
population that
percentage of peo

___

• The correct ans

ory of the U.S.
has the highest
ople in poverty is
___.

swer is a. children.

The total amount o
minus any debts,

a. power
b. wealth
c. persona
d. income

of financial assets,
, is called _____.

al property

The total amount o
minus any debts,

• The correct ans

of financial assets,
, is called _____.

swer is b. wealth.

Working-class pe
described

a. upper-m
b. lower cla
c. average-
d. lower-mi

eople can also be
as _____.

middle class
ass
-middles
iddle class

Working-class pe
described

• The correct answer
class.

eople can also be
as _____.

r is d. lower-middle

The real incom
Americans

a. changed little in th
b. risen dramatically

decades
c. actually declined d

decades
d. risen slowly and s

two decades

me of African
has _____.

hree decades
over the last two

during the last two

steadily over the last

The real incom
Americans

• The correct answer
in three decades.

me of African
has _____.

r is a. changed little

Lewis suggests th
poverty lie

a. official corruptio
b. too few available
c. lack of governm
d. a lower-class su

hat the causes of
e in _____.

on
e jobs
ment action
ubculture of poverty

Lewis suggests th
poverty lie

• The correct answer
subculture of povert

hat the causes of
e in _____.

r is d. a lower-class
ty.

Wilson suggests
cause of povert

a. official corruptio
b. loss of jobs in th
c. lack of governm
d. a lower-class su

s that the primary
ty lies in _____.

on
he inner city
ment action
ubculture of poverty

Wilson suggests
cause of povert

• The correct answer
the inner city.

s that the primary
ty lies in _____.

r is b. loss of jobs in

In terms of health
high-income fa

a. live in safer and le
environments

b. are more likely to
health as “excellen

c. live longer lives
d. all of the above

h, people living in
amilies _____.

ess stressful

describe their own
nt”

In terms of health
high-income fa

• The correct answer

h, people living in
amilies _____.

is d. all of the above.

The 20% of the U.S. pop
greatest change in i
generation

a. the top 20%
b. the middle 20%
c. the lowest 20%
d. All have seen t

pulation that has seen the
income over the last
n is _____.

%
%
the same change.