Wealth, power and prestige are unequally distributed among people around the world. As a result, individuals in societies around the world can be easily grouped according to how much wealth, power and prestige that they possess.
Such grouping known as Global Stratification classifies individuals around the world according to their different lifestyle and life chances due to unequal distribution of wealth, power and prestige. Such classification draws attention to the inequalities between people in different countries of the world.
Between 1518 and 1548, Spanish conquistadores conquered most of the New World, motivated by the desire to advance national glory, serve God, and seek personal wealth. - D)
