SOCL 2001 Final Review Exam UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Stratification - CORRECT ANSWER Structural ranking of people based on resources
Inequality - CORRECT ANSWER Unequal distribution of resources
Stratification increases when... - CORRECT ANSWER societies grow in wealth and complexity
Mechanical - CORRECT ANSWER Organic solidarity → Industrialization shift
Industrial societies - CORRECT ANSWER High division of labor, high stratification
Agrarian societies - CORRECT ANSWER Centralized power, merchant class, severe
stratification
Advanced horticultural societies - CORRECT ANSWER Irrigation, metalwork, large armies
Simple horticultural societies - CORRECT ANSWER Farming with simple tools, some leisure
Hunting & gathering societies - CORRECT ANSWER Small, nomadic, little stratification
Organic solidarity - CORRECT ANSWER Leads to division of labor
Class system - CORRECT ANSWER Open system based on wealth/income
Slave system - CORRECT ANSWER Humans treated as property
Estate system - CORRECT ANSWER Medieval Europe, ascribed status, limited mobility
, Closed system - CORRECT ANSWER Little/no mobility based on birth
Open system - CORRECT ANSWER Allows achievement-based mobility
Caste system - CORRECT ANSWER Status fixed at birth
Weber: social status - CORRECT ANSWER Honor/prestige
Weber: social class - CORRECT ANSWER Wealth and life chances
Power - CORRECT ANSWER Ability to control others
SES - CORRECT ANSWER Income, education, occupation
Upper class types - CORRECT ANSWER Old money & new money
Anxious middle class - CORRECT ANSWER White, married, some college
Lower class - CORRECT ANSWER Most difficulty finding jobs
Feminization of poverty - CORRECT ANSWER Increase in poor single mothers
Poverty - CORRECT ANSWER Lack of basic needs
Life chances - CORRECT ANSWER Opportunities to improve life
Working class - CORRECT ANSWER Majority (blue-collar/service jobs)
Intergenerational mobility - CORRECT ANSWER Change across generations
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Stratification - CORRECT ANSWER Structural ranking of people based on resources
Inequality - CORRECT ANSWER Unequal distribution of resources
Stratification increases when... - CORRECT ANSWER societies grow in wealth and complexity
Mechanical - CORRECT ANSWER Organic solidarity → Industrialization shift
Industrial societies - CORRECT ANSWER High division of labor, high stratification
Agrarian societies - CORRECT ANSWER Centralized power, merchant class, severe
stratification
Advanced horticultural societies - CORRECT ANSWER Irrigation, metalwork, large armies
Simple horticultural societies - CORRECT ANSWER Farming with simple tools, some leisure
Hunting & gathering societies - CORRECT ANSWER Small, nomadic, little stratification
Organic solidarity - CORRECT ANSWER Leads to division of labor
Class system - CORRECT ANSWER Open system based on wealth/income
Slave system - CORRECT ANSWER Humans treated as property
Estate system - CORRECT ANSWER Medieval Europe, ascribed status, limited mobility
, Closed system - CORRECT ANSWER Little/no mobility based on birth
Open system - CORRECT ANSWER Allows achievement-based mobility
Caste system - CORRECT ANSWER Status fixed at birth
Weber: social status - CORRECT ANSWER Honor/prestige
Weber: social class - CORRECT ANSWER Wealth and life chances
Power - CORRECT ANSWER Ability to control others
SES - CORRECT ANSWER Income, education, occupation
Upper class types - CORRECT ANSWER Old money & new money
Anxious middle class - CORRECT ANSWER White, married, some college
Lower class - CORRECT ANSWER Most difficulty finding jobs
Feminization of poverty - CORRECT ANSWER Increase in poor single mothers
Poverty - CORRECT ANSWER Lack of basic needs
Life chances - CORRECT ANSWER Opportunities to improve life
Working class - CORRECT ANSWER Majority (blue-collar/service jobs)
Intergenerational mobility - CORRECT ANSWER Change across generations
