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True or False

1. When sociologists define poverty, they define absolute poverty as a state that exists when people may be able to afford basic necessities but are still unable to maintain an average standard of living
2. Weber believed that the workers would eventually overthrow the capitalist economic system.
3. Symbolic interactionists view education as the "elevator" to social mobility.
4. Slavery began in the United States in the 1600s as a form of cheap labor.
5. Sociologist Judith Rollins, in her study (1985) of the relationship between household workers and their employers, examined rituals of deference that were often demanded by elite white women of their domestic workers, who were frequently women of color.
6. Native Americans are among the most severely disadvantaged persons in the United States.
7. Functionalists believe that all inequality is harmful for society.
8. For some members of the lower-upper class, the American Dream has become a reality. Others still desire the respect of members of the upper-upper class.
9. Lack of affordable housing is one central problem brought about by economic inequality, as is substandard housing, which refers to facilities that have inadequate heating, air conditioning, plumbing, electricity, or structural durability
10. For functionalists, the class structure is the result of the production process.
11. Sociologist Karl Marx stated that capitalistic societies consist of two classes-the proletariat class that consists of those who own the means of production and the bourgeoisie class that consists of those who must sell their labor to the owners in order to earn enough money to survive.
12. Slavery began in the United States in the 1600s as a form of cheap labor.
13. According to symbolic interactionists, the cause of growing inequality in the U.S. lies in the concept of competition-differing rewards provide motivation for some people to work harder and achieve more.
14. Sociologists often use the term socioeconomic status (SES) to refer to a combined measure that attempts to classify individuals, families, or households in terms of factors such as income, occupation, and education to determine class location.
15. Sociologist Judith Rollins, in her study (1985) of the relationship between household workers and their employers, examined rituals of deference that were often demanded by elite white women of their domestic workers, who were frequently women of color.
16. Functionalists believe that all inequality is harmful for society.
17. Native Americans are among the most severely disadvantaged persons in the United States.
18. The term "underclass" is another term for the upper-middle class because it refers to those people found just below the wealthiest Americans.
19. For some members of the lower-upper class, the American Dream has become a reality. Others still desire the respect of members of the upper-upper class.
20. According to sociologist Karl Marx, the capitalist class maintains its position at the top of the class structure by control of the society's superstructure, which is composed of the government, schools, churches, and other social institutions that produce and disseminate ideas perpetuating the existing system of exploitation.