Understanding Culture, Society, and Politics

Name: Beatriz Helaena Rasonable Date: 10/29/2022

Grade and Section: H12P

A. True or False: Write T if the statement is true. If the underlined word or phrase is false,
write the correct answer.

__T__1. Social stratification is a system dividing people and groups into different levels
according to a hierarchy of property, power, identities, and prestige.
__FAMILY TREE__2. The caste system determines the status of an individual based on one’s
capabilities.
__T__3. The class system is present in agricultural economies that provide various roles.
__T__4. According to Karl Marx, people's role in relation to the means of production determines
their social status.
__PROPERTY, PRESTIGE, POWER__5. According to Max Weber, it is a combination of plant,
property, and prestige which determines the social status of an individual.
__T__6. The functionalist perspective areas that stratification occurs due to the different levels
of importance placed on roles in society.
T 7. The conflict perspective indicates that the scarcity of resources leads to social
stratification.
__T__8. Intergenerational mobility refers to the children’s change of status within one’s lifetime.
__T__9. Intragenerational mobility refers to the children’s change of status in relation to their
parents.
__T__10. Horizontal mobility involves the change of occupation or role within the same level in
the hierarchy.
__T__11. Vertical mobility indicates moving to a higher or lower status in the social hierarchy.
__INDUSTRIALIZING__12. Developing states have relatively lower incomes, infrastructures,
and standards of living compared to industrialized states.
__T__13. Modernization theory seeks to enjoin countries to develop by embodying practices,
institutions, and cultures of industrialized states
__T__14. World systems theory states that the country classifications determine the outcome
and direction of their economic growth.
__T__15. Dependency theory explains the trade and economic reliance of those in the
periphery on core states which hinders their economic development.