SOC 202 STUDY QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Global Stratification - ✔✔Global inequality is widespread, and all societies are stratified, but
some countries are much wealthier than others, and inequality is increasing across the globe.
Davis-Moore thesis - ✔✔The functionalist view that social stratification benefits a society.
Meritocracy - ✔✔A belief that social stratification is based on people's accomplishments.
Bourgeoisie - ✔✔Those who own and control capital and the means of production.
Infant mortality rate - ✔✔The number of babies under age 1 who die per 1,000 live births in
a given year.
Proletariat - ✔✔Workers who sell their labor for wages.
Corporate welfare - ✔✔Subsidies, tax breaks, and assistance that the government has
created for businesses.
Gender stratification - ✔✔Unequal access to wealth, power, status, prestige, and other
valued resources because of one's sex.
Social Stratification - ✔✔A society's ranking of people based on their access to valued
resources such as wealth, power, and prestige.
Slavery system - ✔✔People own others as property and have almost total control over their
lives.
ANSWERS
Global Stratification - ✔✔Global inequality is widespread, and all societies are stratified, but
some countries are much wealthier than others, and inequality is increasing across the globe.
Davis-Moore thesis - ✔✔The functionalist view that social stratification benefits a society.
Meritocracy - ✔✔A belief that social stratification is based on people's accomplishments.
Bourgeoisie - ✔✔Those who own and control capital and the means of production.
Infant mortality rate - ✔✔The number of babies under age 1 who die per 1,000 live births in
a given year.
Proletariat - ✔✔Workers who sell their labor for wages.
Corporate welfare - ✔✔Subsidies, tax breaks, and assistance that the government has
created for businesses.
Gender stratification - ✔✔Unequal access to wealth, power, status, prestige, and other
valued resources because of one's sex.
Social Stratification - ✔✔A society's ranking of people based on their access to valued
resources such as wealth, power, and prestige.
Slavery system - ✔✔People own others as property and have almost total control over their
lives.
