In 2011, a protest movement formed in New York City's Wall Street district. The movement, known as Occupy Wall Street, garnered global attention as participants protested the unequal distribution of wealth, or ______, in the United States.
A. economic enfranchisement
B. economic inequality
C. the culture of poverty
D. the culture of wealth
Answer: B
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You meet a fellow student at the mall and
greet him with the customary "Hello, how are you?" The student responds by asking, "What do you mean? Physically, mentally, emotionally? What do you want to know?" In so doing, this person: a. has challenged the usual definition of the situation. b. has demonstrated that he is very concerned about responding to you with the proper information. c. is making an effort to define the situation in the same way that you do. d. is letting you know that you want nothing further to do with him.
__________ is the process by which middle- and upper-class people begin to enter and purchase property in an area that is working or lower class
a. Redlining b. Gentrification c. White flight d. Urbanization
Sociological understanding of socialization is shaped by the macro-level structural functionalist approach.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Studies in the United States and other countries have consistently shown that people in the lower classes have:
A. lower rates of cancer and heart disease. B. higher rates of mortality. C. lower mortality rates. D. All of these answers are correct.