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Race, Class, and Ethnicity

Name____________________________________ 
Principles of Sociology
Wingard 
Across
The financial crisis in 2008 resulted in lost jobs and financial hardship for many individuals across the United States. What is this an example of?
_____ mobility refers to the movement that occurs during the course of an individual's lifetime.
An idea about the characteristics of a group that is applied to all members of that group and is unlikely to change regardless of the evidence against it.
The deliberate and systematic extermination of a racial, ethnic, national, or cultural group.
_____ social mobility is the movement between different class statuses, often called upward or downward mobility.
While Sasha’s parents lived in poverty all their lives, she was able to live her adult life as a member of the working class. Which of the following concepts best applies to this example?
A social system with ample opportunity to move from one class to another.
A set of beliefs about the claimed superiority of one racial or ethnic group; used to justify inequality and often rooted in the assumption that differences among groups are genetic.
The most extreme form of social stratification, based on the legal ownership of people.
Movement of individuals or groups within the hierarchical system of social classes.
A pattern of relations between ethnic or racial groups in which the minority group is absorbed into the mainstream or dominant group, making society more homogenous.
According to Weber, what determines a person’s social class?
Down
__________ is the ranking of people and the rewards they receive based on set criteria, often including wealth, power, and/or prestige.
A form of social stratification in which status is determined by one's family history and background and cannot be changed.
Unequal treatment of individuals based on their membership in a social group; usually motivated by prejudice.
A socially defined category based on real or perceived biological differences between groups of people.
A concept that identifies how different categories of inequality (age, class, race, gender, etc.) intersect to shape the lives of groups and individuals.
A socially defined category based on common language, religion, nationality, history, or another cultural factor.
__________ refers to the working class, or people who must sell their labor power in order to make ends meet, pay bills, and otherwise live in society.
The unequal distribution of wealth, power, or prestige among members of a society.
The physical and legal separation of groups by race or ethnicity.
______ social mobility refers to the changing of jobs within a social class.
The social honor people are given because of their membership in well-regarded social groups.
Group that is systematically denied the same access to power and resources available to society's dominant groups though they are not necessarily fewer in number than the dominant groups.
A social system with very little opportunity to move from one class to another.