Matching Activity: Chapter 06

________ is the purchasing of expensive goods and services primarily for the purpose of putting wealth on display.  

The Pay Equity Act made it illegal to pay someone less for their work on the basis of ________.

A lack of basic necessities is referred to as ________.

An awareness of workers’ shared interests and their ability to act in those interests is known as ________.

According to Michael Katz, poverty an inequality is not about specific people and their personal qualities, but about ________.

________ stresses the layering of groups of people according to their relative prestige into social classes.

A(n) ________ is a system based upon one’s achievements rather than any ascribed statuses.

The word ________ is often used as an all-encompassing term to describe situations in which people lack many of the opportunities available to the average citizen. 

The ________ are often defined as anyone who is between ages 18 and 64, is not a student, lives independently, has earnings of at least $3,000 a year, and has an income below the LIM-AT measure.

Bias, prejudice, and discrimination on the basis of social class is known as ________.