| A | B |
| stratification | class ranking |
| hate crime | crime against type of person |
| de jure segregation | separation by law |
| de facto segregation | separation by custom |
| prejudice | negative feeling towards group |
| discrimination | negative actions toward a group |
| proletariat | workers |
| wealth | value of all assets |
| prestige | admiration based on position |
| false consciousness | accepting the values of rich |
| working poor | employed but stuck |
| underclass | generational unemployment |
| absolute poverty | unable to meet basic needs |
| relative poverty | poor based on location |
| caste | unable to move up |
| vertical mobility | raising in social class |
| race | based on biological characteristics |
| minority | traits different from dominate group |
| ethnicity | based on cultural/religious characteristics |
| assimilation | fusing with majority group |
| genocide | destroy an entire population |
| racism | extreme prejudice, assumes superiority |
| self-fulfilling prophecy | you ask for it you get it |
| hidden unemployment | those not traditionally counted |
| gender socialization | how to be boy/girl |
| sexism | beliefs used to justify sexual inequality |
| ageism | discrimination based on age |