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Mo' Money Mo' Problems
Bad & Bougie
Down & Out
Cost of Livin'
American
Dream
100
The ranking of people or groups according to their unequal access to scarce resources
What is social stratification
100
total economic resources held by a person or group
What is wealth
100
amount of money received by an individual or group over a specific time period
What is income
100
segment of society whose members hold similar amounts of resources and share values, norms, and an identifiable lifestyle
What is social class
100
the ability to control the behavior of others, even against their will
What is power
200
identification with the goals & interests of a social class
What is class consciousness
200
recognition, respect, and admiration attached to social positions
What is prestige
200
People employed in low-skill jobs with the lowest pay who do not earn enough to rise out of poverty
What is working poor
200
the absence of enough money to secure life's necessities
What is absolute poverty
200
people typically unemployed who came from families that have been poor for generations
What is underclass
300
a trend in U.S. society in which women and children make up an increasing proportion of the poor.
What is feminization of poverty
300
a change upward or downward in occupational status or social class
What is vertical mobility
300
class that owns the means of production
What is bourgeoisie
300
a measure of poverty based on the economic disparity between those at the bottom of a society and the rest of the society
What is relative poverty
300
class that labors without owning the means of production
What is proletariat
400
a change in status or class from one generation to the next
What is intergenerational mobility
400
the movement of individuals or groups between social classes
What is social mobility
400
a stratification structure that does not allow for social mobility
What is caste system
400
a change in occupation withing the same social class
What is horizontal mobility
400
adoption of the ideas of the dominant class by the less powerful class
What is false consciousness
500

An economic system where one's status is based on their successes and accomplishments

What is meritocracy

500
a system in which social class is based on merit and indivual effort; movement is allowed between classes
What is open-class system
500
typical income of 2 million dollars or more
What is upper class
500

Group with average income of $120,000

What is Upper Middle Class

500
lowest-paid manual, retail, and service workers
What is working poor