Answer to Question 1
The following are suggested areas for students to address in their essays: Describe an
open system and provide an example.
Describe a closed system and provide an example.
Define social mobility.
Discuss intergenerational mobility and provide an example. Discuss intragenerational
mobility and provide an example.
Encourage students to include any personal experience with global systems of
stratification, such as intergenerational/intragenerational mobility, in their responses.
Answer to Question 2
True