According to sociologists, the single best indicator of people's "life chances" is
A) How hard they work
B) Luck
C) Their intelligence
D) Social class
Answer: D
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a. lineage d. social structure c. structural web d. network
Narcotics
a. are indispensable for medicine and surgery. b. all have illegitimate uses only. c. have withdrawal symptoms. d. both a and c.
Describe the four major systems of stratification. How important is ascribed status relative to achieved status in each of these systems?
What will be an ideal response?
Why do some white Americans have a strong ethnic identity while others do not?
A. there are low rates of intermarriage among white ethnic groups B. higher-class whites tend to hold on more to their ethnicity C. whites have no culture D. not all Europeans in the United States were automatically considered white