Test Bank - for Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class The Sociology of Group Conflict and Change Ninth Edition by Joseph F. Healey, Andi Stepnick, All Chapters | Complete SOLUTION | Guide A+

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, Chapter 1 b b


bbDiversity in the United bb bb bb


bbStates: Questions b b


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Test Bank and Answer bb b b b b


Key b b




1. The fastest growing groups in the United States are:
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A) Asian and Pacific Islanders b b b b b b


B) Non-Hispanic white Americans bb b b


C) Irish Americans b b


D) African Americans bb


E) Africans


2. The population of the United States is currently:
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A) Affected by long-standing unresolved minority issues
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B) Affected by rising immigration rates b b bb bb b b


C) Increasingly diverse bb


D) Increasingly multilingual bb


E) All of the above b b b b b b




3. Which of the following is NOT one of the defining charactersitics
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of a minority group?
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A) Inequality
B) A pattern of disadvantage or inequality
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C) Visible identifying traits or characteristics
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D) Small group size bb b b


E) Usually determined by birth bb b b bb




4. By bb definition, a minority group is always a group:
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A) Smaller in number than the dominant group
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B) Residentially segregated from the dominant group bb b b b b b b b b


C) Singled out for differential and unequal treatment
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D) Distinguishable from the dominant group by its racial characteristics
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E) Distinguished from the dominant group by its ethnic origins
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5. Which of the following would be classified as primarily an
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minority group?
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A) African Americans bb


B) Native Americans bb


C) Jewish Americans b b


D) Asian Americans bb


E) None of the above b b b b b b




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, 6. The social or physical characteristics that mark the boundaries between
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groups are usually:
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A) Highly visible bb


B) Selected by the minority groups themselves
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C) Scientifically significant bb


D) Selected for their biological importance
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E) All of the aboveb b b b b b




7. Which of the following is NOT an example of a cultural trait
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bbthat may be associated with minority status?
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A) Language
B) Facial features bb


C) Religion
D) Types of foods eaten b b bb b b


E) Speech patterns bb




8. Which bbof the following characteristics is NOT typical of ascribed status?
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A) It b b is usually acquired at birth
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B) It b b typically cannot be changed easily bb b b b b b b


C) It b b is usually involuntary
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D) It bb can be altered through hard work and motivation
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E) It b b is usually for life
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9. Laws on miscegenation referred to laws that:
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A) Prevented people from passing as members of another race
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B) Prevented people of different races from eating together in public
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restaurants
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C) Prevented members of different races from intermarrying
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D) Prevented members of different races from going to the same schools
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E) Prevented members of the same sex from marrying
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10. Stratification is another term for: bb b b b b b b


A) Prejudice
B) Discrimination
C) The unequal distribution of valued
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b b b b


D) Status symbol b b


E) All of the aboveb b b b b b




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, 11. Marxism is a complex theory of history and social change in
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which
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central concept of concern.
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A) Inequality
B) Prejudice
C) Fame or respect b b b b


D) International war bb


E) Consensus


12. "The most important source of inequality arises from a person's
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bbrelationship to the means of production." This statement is most
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likely to be heard from a:
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A) Capitalist
B) Weberian
C) Libertarian
D) Marxist
E) Republican


13. According to Marx, the means of production in an agricultural
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society would include:
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A) Factories
B) Social class b b


C) Wealth
D) Land
E) Banks


14. In b b Marxist terms, the elite class in an industrial society would be the:
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A) Bourgeoisie
B) Proletariat
C) Workers
D) Minority groups b b


E) Women


15. Max Weber thought that Marx's ideas about inequality were too:
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A) Narrow
B) Optimistic
C) Complex
D) Abstract
E) Pessimistic




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