Chapter 7

What is the term that refers to a form of wealth that can be stored for the future?

Thomas Malthus believed that the human population grows ____________, but the ability to produce food increases ____________.

You are dependent on your professor for your grade. Your professor, in turn, is dependent on you for his or her job. Hegel would call this a(n):

Which standard of equality is most concerned with the distribution of resources?

What term refers to the notion that everyone is created equal in the eyes of God?

The game of Monopoly follows the rules of what standard of equality?

The modern capitalist society is an example of which type of society?

A system in which advancement is based on individual achievement or ability is referred to as:

An example of the ideology of equality of condition put into practice is:

The examination of how race and ethnicity affect income is really an examination of:

Each society has a type of social stratification. How does the United States justify its type of stratification system?

Which of the following is NOT a type of social stratification mentioned in your text?

A type of stratification that is based on hereditary notions of religious and theological purity and in which there is little to no individual mobility within the strata is the:

Under what system is your societal position related to your position in the economic market?

Sometimes individuals seek to assert or increase their status, not just through occupation but also through:

A stratification system with a governing elite—that is, few leaders who broadly hold the power in society—is called a(n):

Mills argues that there are three major institutional forces in modern American society in which the power of decision making has become centralized. Which of the following is NOT one of these forces?

Sociologists often describe an individual's position in a stratified social order that attempts to classify groups, individuals, families, or households in terms of indicators such as occupation, income, wealth, and education. Sociologists call this:

Economists and sociologists believe that the United States is stratified along what lines?

Which term refers to everything you own minus debts (such as a mortgage on your home and credit card debt)?