Across
- 3. low-income countries are poor because they are pawns that high income countries exploit
- 7. people who work at least 27 weeks a year but whose wages fall below the official poverty line
- 9. tax breaks, and assistance that government has created for business
- 11. movement up or down a social class over one's lifetime
- 12. respect, recognition, or regard attached to social positions
- 13. people's positions are based on both birth and achievement
- 17. number of babies under the age of 1 who die per 1000 live births in a given year
- 18. refers to the disproportionate number of the poor who are women
- 20. the theory that social stratification benefits society
- 22. the extent to which people have positive experiences and can secure the goods in life
- 23. an overall ranking of a person's position in society based on income, education, and occupation
- 24. not having enough money to afford the basic necessities
- 25. a group that occupies the bottom rung of the economic ladder
Down
- 1. living on no more than $2.00 per day
- 2. not having enough money to maintain an average standard of living
- 4. workers who sell their labor for wages
- 5. the ability to influence or control the behavior of others despite opposition
- 6. a belief that social stratification is based on people's accomplishments
- 8. movement from one social class to another
- 10. closed stratification
- 14. economic assets that a person or family owns
- 15. worldwide inequality patterns that result from differences in wealth, power, and prestige
- 16. habits of speech and lifestyle that determine where a person feels com
- 17. the money a person receives through wages
- 19. economic realities of the world system help rich countries stay rich while poor countries stay poor
- 20. factors that affect social mobility
- 21. those who own and control capital and the means of production