Social Inequality Worksheet

1. A_______________
A status acquired through effort and competition with others
2. B____________ B__________
Famous study poverty in the UK
3. C________________
In this kind of society, there is very little mobility
4. D________________
When an individual or group suffers a disadvantage because of their characteristics
5. E ________________
Stratification system in Europe during the feudal period
6. F_________________
An individual’s belief that they have no control over what happens to them
7. G___________ c_____________
This prevents many women from reaching the top of their profession
8. H_________________
The traditional role of most women
9. I__________________
Social mobility from one generation to the next
10. J__________________ s_____________
A popular term for part of the upper class
11. K___________________
The first name of Davis, a functionalist writer in class
12. L___________________
Group at the bottom of society, according to Marx
13. M___________________
A society in which individuals achieve the level that their talents and abilities deserve
14. N___________________
This working class is formed by the downward mobility of some middle-class workers
15. O___________________
In this kind of society, people can easily move between classes
16. P___________________
Source of income for many retired people
17. Q___________________
Obtained through education, helpful for upward mobility
18. R__________________
What progressive governments try to do to income and wealth
19. S__________________
An early stratification system in which some people were the property of others
20. T__________________
He carried out a famous study of poverty in the UK
21. U__________________
A group at the bottom of society relying on welfare
22. V__________________
Form of segregation when men and women work at different levels in a hierarchy
23. W__________________
Money, savings, and property that can be bought and sold to generate income
24. (T)____ X_____________
A way that governments can affect the distribution of income and wealth
25. (P)__________________Y
The dominance of men in society, according to feminists
26. (H)___________ Z______________
Form of segregation in which men and women work in different sectors