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eruditmonkey@yahoo.com · **on:** Jul 1, 2018

As a child, Mira was taught to interact only with people from the same social standing as her. When she grew up, she was married into a family similar to hers in race and background. Which of the following systems of social stratification does this scenario illustrate?

A) Ostracism
B) Petalism
C) Slavery system
D) Caste system
E) Class system

Question 2

Which of the following statements is true of caste system?

A) In a caste system, people's social positions are based on individual achievement.
B) In a caste system, people can easily move from one caste to another.
C) A caste system has a relatively open stratification structure.
D) A caste system encourages marriages outside one's caste.
E) In a caste system, social positions are ascribed at birth.