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15 Cards in this Set
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Caste System |
a system in which people are born into a social standing that they will retain their entire lives |
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Class |
a group who shares a common social status based on factors like wealth, income, education, and occupation |
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Class system |
Social standing based on social factors and individual accomplishments |
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Class Traits |
the typical behaviors, customs, and norms that define each class (also called class markers) |
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Downward mobility |
A lowering of one's social class |
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Endogamous marriage |
Unions of people within the same social category |
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Exogamous union |
Unions of spouses from different social categories |
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Global stratification |
a comparison of the wealth, economic stability, status, and power of countries as a whole |
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Meritocracy |
an ideal system in which personal effort—or merit—determines social standing |
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Social mobility |
The ability to change positions within a social stratification system |
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Social stratification |
a socioeconomic system that divides society’s members into categories ranking from high to low, based on things like wealth, power, and prestige |
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Standard of living |
The level of wealth available to acquire material goods and comforts to maintain a particular socioeconomic lifestyle |
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Structural mobility |
societal change that enables a whole group of people to move up or down the class ladder |
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Upward mobility |
An increase or upward shift in social class |
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Wealth |
The value of money and assets a person has from, for example, inherritance |
