Special Focus: Illiteracy and Starvation in the World Learning Objectives:

Social stratification is a system in which large numbers of people are divided into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige.

Estate Slavery Class Caste

Nobility Clergy Commoners

Slavery has been around for a long time and still exists today.

Sex: biological distinction between females and males. (XX=female) (XY=males) Gender: refers to the personal traits and social positions that members of a society attach to being female and male.

Women are locked out of education more often than men across the world. Women receive less education on average than their male counterparts across the globe.

Wife, Mother, Homemaker = Separate Spheres. Unequal Human Rights Unequal Asset Ownership Unequal Work and Pay

Illiteracy rates are high in poor societies (about half of all Africans and one-fourth of all Latin Americans can neither read nor write).

About ¼ of South Americans are Illiterate. About ½ of Africans are illiterate.

The loss of life due to poor nutrition every 5 years surpasses the death toll from war, revolution, and murder during the last 150 years.

More than 18 million people die from starvation every year. 18,000,000

A system in which large numbers of people are divided into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige is known as: A. Global stratification B. Gender stratification C. Racial stratification D. Social stratification

A system in which large numbers of people are divided into layers according to their relative power, property, and prestige is known as: A. Global stratification B. Gender stratification C. Racial stratification D. Social stratification

All of the following are systems of stratification except: A. Estate B. Class C. Slavery D. Humanism E. Caste

All of the following are systems of stratification except: A. Estate B. Class C. Slavery D. Humanism E. Caste

In which of the following systems of stratification is it easiest for individuals to move up or down in society? A. Estate B. Class C. Slavery D. Humanism E. Caste

In which of the following systems of stratification is it easiest for individuals to move up or down in society? A. Estate B. Class C. Slavery D. Humanism E. Caste

Due to advancements in gender equality, globally women are less likely than their male counterparts to be illiterate. A. True B. False

Due to advancements in gender equality, globally women are less likely than their male counterparts to be illiterate. A. True B. False

Every five years, the loss of life due to poor nutrition surpasses the death toll from war, revolution, and murder during the last 150 years. A. True B. False

Every five years, the loss of life due to poor nutrition surpasses the death toll from war, revolution, and murder during the last 150 years. A. True B. False