Exam 11: Grouping by Gender, age, common Interest, and Class

With the recent diversity and vitality of common-interest associations,observers have noted a recent increase in participation in all sorts of these groups,especially in North America.

At the top of the caste system in India is the _______________ caste.

Fewer than _______________ of slaves discovered in a New York burial ground had lived past the age of 55.

Elder status in the United States is becoming problematic because senior citizens 65 years and older now constitute nearly ________ percent of the overall population.

Among non-Western peoples,_______________.

The ability to change one's class position is _______________.

The degree of mobility in a stratified society is related to _______________.

Among the _______________,the tasks of men and women were rigidly segregated but both were considered equal.The women lived in the villages as horticulturalists,whereas the men were nomadic hunters,fishers,traders,warriors,and diplomats.The men held positions of leadership,but the women decided which men would apply for these positions and could veto their decisions.

Which of the following groups would be an example of a common-interest organization?

The members of this Indian caste constitute a large pool of cheap labor at the beck and call of those controlling economic and political affairs.

Which of the following could have contributed to the emergence of social stratification?

The Dalits women's movements in India illustrates that even long-established practices can be __________________________________.

Which of the following is not a factor in determining what caste one is assigned in the Indian caste system?

Among the _______________ of East Africa,the age group consisting of those initiated into an age grade for a 15-year period amounts to an age set.

In _______________ there has been a recent decline in participation of common-interest associations of all types.

You are a member of a Ju/'hoansi hunter-gatherer band.Which of the following statements demonstrates that you belong to an egalitarian society as opposed to a stratified society?

Societies that permit a great deal of _______________ are called open class societies.

In a stratified society,_______________ that are indicative of social class are called symbolic indicators.

Among the Iroquois,males and females performed different duties,but both were considered vital to the workings of the community.The women were settled in one place and the men nomadic,but when the men were in the village they lived with the women rather than in a separate men's house.You would expect the rate of rape in this society to be _______________.

In the U.S.which of the following groups have most recently struggled with their positions in the low-ranked strata of United States' social system?