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What is the most significant threat to the relatively high standard of living people are accustomed to in the United States?

A) The decline of the middle class
B) The feminization of poverty
C) The growth of the upper class
D) The stagnation of wages for workers

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Which historical event was greatly responsible for global stratification as we see it today?

A) World War I
B) The Fall of the British Empire
C) The French Revolution
D) The Industrial Revolution

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Mohit spent his days combing through garbage in Mumbai, India with his brothers and sisters.Sometimes he would find food, or something to sell for money.He never tried to overcome his lower-class status because he had seen his friends try and fail.So, he accepted his fate, and tried to live life as best he could in a closed society.Mohit is an example of someone living under:

What is particularly unique about the United States middle class?

Which factor is considered when evaluating someone's standard of living?

It was time for Oli to marry.He had finished school and was starting a job.His parents chose a bride for him whose parents had the same amount of wealth and belonged to the same class as they did.Oli and his bride will have an) _________ marriage.

Whose work do conflict theorists rely on to help form their arguments surrounding social stratification?

Cate is the daughter of a Senator and the former CEO of a Fortune 500 company.Harry grew up on a farm, tilling the land for a living.They are planning a June wedding.They will have an) ___________ marriage.

The Davis-Moore Thesis states:

Since the social classes in the United States do not have any clear boundaries, how is a sociologist supposed to determine whether their subjects are in the upper class or the upper-middle class?

With the recent Occupy Wall Street Movement, the people of the United States keep hearing about the top 1%.How much of the United State's wealth rests in the hands of the wealthiest top 1% of people?

A person's position in a country's social stratification is determined by:

Hope is desperate for the new designer purse that she saw while window shopping at her local mall.She knew every girl in school would covet her bag and wish to be like her.When she walked in, she whipped out her credit card, and purchased the $5,000 bag.This kind of purchasing is called:

In 2008 the United States, as well as the rest of the world, felt the effects of the recession.After the collapse of the housing market, people lost their jobs and they quit spending money.Many people could not afford their mortgages anymore and their homes went into foreclosure.For many people, it was a time of __________.

Elisa graduated from college with a double major and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa society.She was then offered a job in New York where she worked 12 hours a day and produced excellent results.Within two years she had over 100 employees working under her.Elisa's hard work was rewarded with a raise and a bonus.This form of promotion is based on the principles of:

What seems to be the key although not the rule) to upward social mobility?

Symbolic interactionists have come to the conclusion that:

Charlotte was born to a lower class family in rural Pennsylvania.After taking a job in the mail room of a large corporate office, Charlotte is slowly promoted through the ranks and becomes CEO of the company by the age of 50.Compared to her parents, Charlotte's story demonstrates what type of social stratification?

One main issue in studying global social inequality is:

GNI PPP, or gross national income divided by purchasing power parity, helps measure: