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Place matters. Having access to public parks, schools, healthy foods, and health clinics can have profound effects on overall health (Barkan, 2016, Video: Place Matters).

Women earn about 79.4% of Men’s earnings within our current societies (Barkan, 2016).

The biological concept of race places individuals in categories due to phenotypical similarities. Often assuming the ethnicity of one based solely off the color of their skin. At first glance those pictures may look white, but all have very different backgrounds (Barkan, 2016).

Clean water and sanitation are some of the major indicators of human development that reflect global poverty (Barkan, 2016).

Urbanization is the social change and population growth of cities. Cities grew rapidly during industrialization within the U.S. (Barkan, 2016).

Social change refers to the transformation of culture, behavior, social institutions, and social structure over time (Barkan, 2016)

Representative democracy has several defining features including voting in elections, but they face the possibility of corrupt leadership (Barkan, 2016).

The United States is known as a credential society where a degree is virtually needed to obtain any well-paid job (Barkan, 2016).