This assignment reinforces information in your textbook and concepts presented in this unit. Your responses should be thorough, well-conceived college-level responses that are grammatically correct. It is recommended that you work on this assignment as you go complete your unit reading assignment and view the Power Point Presentations. Justify your responses with facts from your reading assignment. Write your answers in complete sentences. Please be sure to write your answers in your words.
1. List and describe the components of Social Stratification.
2. Compare and Contrast the class and caste systems?
3. Using your own words, write a short summary of each of the following theories on Stratification.
1. Davis and Moore
2. Karl Marx
3. Max Weber
4. Describe the concept of social mobility. Include all types of social mobility discussed in the Unit.
5. Describe the concept of meritocracy.
6. List and describe the components of Gender Stratification.
7. Using your own words, compare and contrast the concepts matriarchy and patriarchy. Provide one example of each type of society.
8. Define gender. How does it differ from sex?
9. Provide a short summary of each of the theoretical explanations of gender stratification.
10. Provide an example of feminism. Is feminism worse or better than it was 50 years ago? Explain how it is better or worse; and explain why or why not it is better or worse.