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A society ranking its people by wealth, education and power shows social:Read the answer and worked solution →An individual's place within that ranking is called their socioeconomic:Read the answer and worked solution →The word stratification is borrowed from a science that studies layers in:Read the answer and worked solution →In most societies, stratification is an economic system based on income and:Read the answer and worked solution →

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A society ranking its people by wealth, education and power shows social:

  1. Stratification
  2. Straightening
  3. Strangulation
  4. Stratosphere
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Correct answer: A. Stratification

1. People are sorted into layers. 2. Resources decide the ranking. 3. That system is social stratification. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Sociology 3e, Chapter 9, Social Stratification._

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An individual's place within that ranking is called their socioeconomic:

  1. Statement
  2. Status
  3. Statute
  4. Stature
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Correct answer: B. Status

1. It combines income, job and schooling. 2. It locates a person in the layers. 3. That is socioeconomic status. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Sociology 3e, Chapter 9, Social Stratification._

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The word stratification is borrowed from a science that studies layers in:

  1. Rock
  2. Rope
  3. Roof
  4. Rust
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Correct answer: A. Rock

1. Geologists use the same word. 2. They describe vertical layers. 3. Those layers are in rock. _Source: OpenStax Introduction to Sociology 3e, Chapter 9, Social Stratification._

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