Principles of Sociology – SOCL 201

TEST 2 REVIEW

Social stratification

Slavery in ancient Greece and Rome

India's caste system

Ascribed & achieved statuses

Social class according to Marx

False consciousness

Social class according to Weber

Ideology versus force as a means to maintain stratification

In democracies, the ruling elite use two methods to control information. These two methods include:

The three-world model

Global stratification

Core nations

Semiperiphery nations

Periphery nations

External areas

Wealth and income

Income inequality in the United States over the past 60 years

Democratic façade

Power elite

Erik Wright’s revision of Marx's concept of social classes

The social class most shaped by education is the:

The upward or downward movement in social class by family members from one generation to the next describes ________ mobility.

The working poor and underclass together account for approximately ________ of the U.S. population.

Numerically, most of the poor in the United States are

Feminization of poverty

The meaning of race

Minority groups and dominant groups

Ethnic work

Prejudice and discrimination

Individual discrimination

Institutional discrimination

Selective perception

Reserve labor force and split labor market

Colonization

Segregation

Internal colonialism

Assimilation

Genocide

Forced assimilation

Rosa Parks

The greatest number of Latinos in the United States trace their heritage to ________.

William Julius Wilson argues that ________ has become the most significant factor in the lives of African Americans in today's U.S. society.

The difference in the half-million Cubans who fled Castro's rise to power in 1959 and the 100,000 "boat people" who fled Cuba in 1980 was the:

Of all ethnic groups, ________ children are the most likely to grow up with two parents and the least likely to be born to a single mother.

Of all the minority groups in the United States, ________ are the worst off in terms suicide.

Gender differences in behavior between men and women

Female circumcision is a custom in some societies. Feminists believe that this practice is:

Women as a minority group

Frederick Engels proposed that patriarchy developed in conjunction with:

The first wave of the feminism

The second wave of feminism

The normal male and female chromosome configurations

The "glass ceiling"

Sexual harassment

The life expectancy of men born in the year 2010 is approximately ________ and the life expectancy of women born that year is approximately ________.

How do symbolic interactionists believe that the social value of the elderly in America changed when the economy shifted from being based on agriculture to industry?

Because the first of the baby boom generation have now turned 50, how will this translate into how members of society view the elderly and why?

 In the video, “Who Killed the Electric Car,” what is the name of the main vehicle featured?

 In the video, “Who Killed the Electric Car” who was the main auto manufacturer profiled?