Social Class and Sport
Vocabulary
Cost Of Sport
Class mobility
100
This sport is played by the lower-middle class and is a group sport. (It is played using one ball which is usually orange)
What is basketball?
100
A category of people who share similar positions in society based on their economic level, education, occupation, and social interaction.
What is Social Class?
100
What is the average cost of one year at a sport's academy?
 what is 60,000?
100

Athletes use this to improve social status

What is sports?


200
This sport is played mainly by the lower class and is played individually while still being a part of a team.
What is wrestling?
200

assigning classes according to levels of power, prestige, and wealth

What is social stratification?

200
The average cost for this GROUP of sports is 600 a year
What are team sports?
200

The average salary of a WNBA player 

What is $72,000?

300
This sport is played only by the upper class and can cost up to 100,000 annually
What is Equestrian?
300

an economic system based on the accumulation and investment of capital by individuals who then use it to produce goods or services

What is Capitalism?
300
The average income for a family of four in 2012
What is 51,373?
300

Assets learned through sport that is used in one’s career

What is determination?

400
This team sport is played by girls in the lower-middle class
What is softball?
400

makes up the top 1 per- cent of U.S. households, and members of this class control about 35 percent of the nation’s wealth.

What is upper-class?
400
This sport can cost up to 25-50,000 a year. 
What is tennis?
400

Percentage of high school athletes that become professional

What is 0.15%?

500
This sport is played by the upper class and also by the upper middle class it is an individual sport
What is Golf?
500

the largest economic group in the United States. They must carefully choose their expenses for daily living and leisure spending.

What is the middle class?
500
This sport can cost up to 100,000 annually
What is equestrian? 
500

Sports help build this


What is social and cultural capital?

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