Sociology Class

social stratification

division of nations, as well as the layering of groups of people within a nation; affects our life chances—from our access to material possessions to the age at which we die. a system in which groups of people are divided into layers according to their relative property, power, and prestige.

Four major systems of social stratification

1. Slavery
2. Caste
3. Estate
4. Class

causes of slavery

1. debt
2. crime
3. war

Conditions of Slavery

*In some places, slavery was temporary
Slavery was not necessarily inheritable
Slaves were not necessarily powerless and poor

bonded labor (indentured service)

a contractual system in which someone sells his or her body (services) for a specified period of time in an arrangement very close to slavery, except that it is entered into voluntarily; Gray area between slavery and contract labor
Ex: When the people settled over here, they sold themselves to be servants until they could have their own land.

Because slavery has a broad range of causes, some analysts conclude that racism didn't lead to slavery but, rather, that slavery led to racism.

True

Ideology

beliefs about the way things ought to be that justify social arrangements
Ex: Slave owners wanted slaves to seem inferior

the babies born to slaves became the property of the slave owners (Stampp 1956). These children could be sold, bartered, or traded. To strengthen their control, slave states passed laws making it illegal for slaves to hold meetings or to be away from the master's premises without carrying a pass

True

ISIS practices slavery. After killing the adult men, "infidels" to them, they sell the girls and women as sex slaves, a reward to their fighters

The sad truth of the wickedness in this world.

Caste System

A Hindu social class system that controlled every aspect of daily life. birth determines status, which is lifelong. Someone who is born into a low-status group will always have low status, no matter how much that person may accomplish in life.

Social stratification

some nations are wealthy, others poor, and some in between- this division of nations, as well as the layering of groups of people within a nation is called social stratification. It profoundly affects are life chances-from our access to material possessions to the age at which we die. It is a system in which groups of people are divided into layers according to their relative property, power, and prestige.

Causes of slavery

1. debt 2. crime 3. war

ideology

beliefs that justify social arrangements, making those arrangements seem necessary and fair

Caste system

birth determines status, which is lifelong. , a social structure in which classes are determined by heredity

endogamy

marriage within their own group, and prohibit intermarriage

ablution

washing ritual to restore purity

racial caste system

from moment of birth, race marked everyone for life