Exam 9: Social Groups and Social Stratification

Which of the following is an ascribed status?

In much of Latin America, local categories of "race" and ethnicity overlap.

Two features of traditional Roma life are __________.

Romania has the highest number of Roma of any country in the world.

Fifty percent of the population in South Africa is Black.

Describe the workings of one example of a cooperative; address its membership, goals, and activities

In India, all Dalits are Hindus.

Describe how aspects of social inequality are reinforced through two examples of social groups or social stratification

Research on college campuses in the U.S. reveals that fraternities and sororities construct a sense of belonging through identical rituals.

List two reasons for the high success rate of Alcoholics Anonymous in Mexico City.

No successful cases of women's cooperatives have been documented cross-culturally.

__________ is the more acceptable term than "untouchable" for the people in India who are of the lowest social rank.

A person's class position is __________.

Among low-income people in Jamaica, extensive social networks are maintained through the use of __________.

Dalits are __________.

Sharing stories is a prominent basis for formation of friendship groups cross-culturally.

How do the aspects of economic systems

A social group in which ritual is important in reinforcing bonding is __________.

__________ is a sense of group identity based on a shared sense of identity.

Specialized forms of nonkin groups are more common in agricultural and industrial societies than in foraging, horticultural and pastoralist societies.