Chapter 6

Question 0

Barrios

Answer 0

Slums in the U.S. that are occupied primarily by Latinos.

Question 1

Absolute Poverty

Answer 1

The lack of resources necessary for material well-being-most importantly, food and water, but also housing, land, and health care.

Question 2

Basic Economic Security Tables Index (BEST)

Answer 2

A measure of the basic needs and income workers require for economic security.

Question 3

Corporate Welfare

Answer 3

Laws and policies that benefit corporations.

Question 4

Couch-Homeless

Answer 4

Individuals who do not have a home of their own and who stay at the home of family or friends.

Question 5

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC)

Answer 5

A refundable tax credit based on a working family’s income and number of children.

Question 6

Crime

Answer 6

An act, or the omission of an act, that is a violation of a federal, state, or local criminal law for which the state can apply sanctions.

Question 7

Extreme Poverty

Answer 7

Living on less than $1.25 a day.

Question 8

Family

Answer 8

A kinship system of all relatives living together or recognized as a social unit, including adopted people.

Question 9

Feminism

Answer 9

The belief that men and women should have equal rights and responsibilities.

Question 10

Feminization of Poverty

Answer 10

The disproportionate distribution of poverty among women.

Question 11

Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships

Answer 11

A program in which faith-based and other neighborhood organizations receive federal funding for programs that serve the needy, such as homeless services and food aid programs.

Question 12

Globalization

Answer 12

The growing economic, political, and social interconnectedness among societies throughout the world.

Question 13

Ghettos

Answer 13

Slums in U.S. that are occupied primarily by African Americans.

Question 14

Hate Crime

Answer 14

An unlawful act of violence motivates by prejudice or bias.

Question 15

Head Start

Answer 15

Begun in 1965 to help preschool children from the most disadvantaged homes, Head Start provides an integrated program of health care, parental involvement, education, and social services for qualifying children.

Question 16

Intergenerational Poverty

Answer 16

Poverty that is transmitted from one generation to the next.

Question 17

Health

Answer 17

According to the World Health Organization, “a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. “

Question 18

Institution

Answer 18

An established and enduring pattern of social relationships.

Question 19

Medicaid

Answer 19

A public health insurance program, jointly funded by the federal and state governments, that provides health insurance coverage for the poor who meet eligibility requirements.

Question 20

Means-Tested Programs

Answer 20

Assistance programs that have legibility requirements based on income.

Question 21

Living Wage Laws

Answer 21

Laws that require state or municipal contractors, recipients of public subsides or tax breaks, or, in some cases, all businesses to pay employees wages that are significantly above the federal minimum, enabling families to love above the poverty line.

Question 22

Microcredit Programs

Answer 22

The provision of loans to people who are generally excluded from traditional credit services because of their low socioeconomic status.

Question 23

Millennium Development Goals

Answer 23

Eight goals that comprise an international agenda for reducing poverty and improving lives.

Question 24

Neglect

Answer 24

A form of abuse involving the failure to provide adequate attention, supervision, nutrition, hygiene, health care, and a safe and clean living environment for a minor child or a dependent elderly individual.

Question 25

Relative Poverty

Answer 25

The lack of material and economic resources compared with some other population.

Question 26

Sample

Answer 26

A portion of the population, selected to be representative so that the info from the sample can be generalized to a larger population.

Question 27

Multidimensional Poverty Index

Answer 27

A measure of serious deprivation in the dimensions of health, education, and living standards that combines the number of deprived and the intensity of their deprivation.

Question 28

Public housing

Answer 28

Federally subsidized housing that is owned and operated by local public housing authorities (PHAs).

Question 29

Slums

Answer 29

Concentrated areas of poverty and poor housing in urban areas.

Question 30

Structure

Answer 30

The way society is organized including institutions, social groups, statuses, and roles.

Question 31

Section 8 Housing

Answer 31

A housing assistance program in which federal rent subsidies are provided either to tenants (in the form of certificates and vouchers) or to private landlords.

Question 32

Social Security

Answer 32

Also called “Old Age, Survivors, Disability, and Health Insurance,” a federal insurance program established in 1935 that protects against loss of income due to retirement, disability, or death.

Question 33

Symbol

Answer 33

Something that represents something else.

Question 34

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)

Answer 34

A federal cash welfare program that involves work requirements and a five-year lifetime limit.

Question 35

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Answer 35

The largest U.S. food assistance program.

Question 36

Values

Answer 36

Social agreements about what is considered good and bad, right and wrong, desirable and undesirable.

Question 37

War

Answer 37

Organized armed violence aimed at a social group in pursuit of an objective.

Question 38

Wealthfare

Answer 38

Laws and policies that benefit the rich.

Question 39

Wealth

Answer 39

The total assets of an individual or household minus liabilities.

Question 40

Unemployment

Answer 40

To be currently without employment, actively seeking employment, and available for employment, according to U.S. measures of unemployment.

Question 41

Working Poor

Answer 41

Individuals who spend at least 27 weeks per year in the labor force (working or looking for work) but whose income falls below the official poverty level.