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 Guide
A+
, Chapter |1
Diversity |in |the |United |States:
|Questions |and |Concepts
Test |Bank |and |Answer |Key
1. The |fastest |growing |groups |in |the |United |States |are:
A) Asian |and |Pacific |Islanders
B) Non-Hispanic |white |Americans
C) Irish |Americans
D) African |Americans
E) Africans
2. The |population |of |the |United |States |is |currently:
A) Affected |by |long-standing |unresolved |minority |issues
B) Affected |by |rising |immigration |rates
C) Increasingly |diverse
D) Increasingly |multilingual
E) All |of |the |above
3. Which |of |the |following |is |NOT |one |of |the |defining |charactersitics |of |a |minority |group?
A) Inequality
B) A |pattern |of |disadvantage |or |inequality
C) Visible |identifying |traits |or |characteristics
D) Small |group |size
E) Usually |determined |by |birth
4. By |definition, |a |minority |group |is |always |a |group:
A) Smaller |in |number |than |the |dominant |group
B) Residentially |segregated |from |the |dominant |group
C) Singled |out |for |differential |and |unequal |treatment
D) Distinguishable |from |the |dominant |group |by |its |racial |characteristics
E) Distinguished |from |the |dominant |group |by |its |ethnic |origins
5. Which |of |the |following |would |be |classified |as |primarily |an |ethnic |minority |group?
A) African |Americans
B) Native |Americans
C) Jewish |Americans
D) Asian |Americans
E) None |of |the |above
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, 6. The |social |or |physical |characteristics |that |mark |the |boundaries |between |groups |are
|usually:
A) Highly |visible
B) Selected |by |the |minority |groups |themselves
C) Scientifically |significant
D) Selected |for |their |biological |importance
E) All |of |the |above
7. Which |of |the |following |is |NOT |an |example |of |a |cultural |trait |that |may |be |associated
|with |minority |status?
A) Language
B) Facial |features
C) Religion
D) Types |of |foods |eaten
E) Speech |patterns
8. Which |of |the |following |characteristics |is |NOT |typical |of |ascribed |status?
A) It |is |usually |acquired |at |birth
B) It |typically |cannot |be |changed |easily
C) It |is |usually |involuntary
D) It |can |be |altered |through |hard |work |and |motivation
E) It |is |usually |for |life
9. Laws |on |miscegenation |referred |to |laws |that:
A) Prevented |people |from |passing |as |members |of |another |race
B) Prevented |people |of |different |races |from |eating |together |in |public |restaurants
C) Prevented |members |of |different |races |from |intermarrying
D) Prevented |members |of |different |races |from |going |to |the |same |schools
E) Prevented |members |of |the |same |sex |from |marrying
10. Stratification |is |another |term |for:
A) Prejudice
B) Discrimination
C) The |unequal |distribution |of |valued |goods |and |services
D) Status |symbol
E) All |of |the |above
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, 11. Marxism |is |a |complex |theory |of |history |and |social |change |in |which | is |a
|central |concept |of |concern.
A) Inequality
B) Prejudice
C) Fame |or |respect
D) International |war
E) Consensus
12. "The |most |important |source |of |inequality |arises |from |a |person's |relationship |to |the
|means |of |production." |This |statement |is |most |likely |to |be |heard |from |a:
A) Capitalist
B) Weberian
C) Libertarian
D) Marxist
E) Republican
13. According |to |Marx, |the |means |of |production |in |an |agricultural |society |would |include:
A) Factories
B) Social |class
C) Wealth
D) Land
E) Banks
14. In |Marxist |terms, |the |elite |class |in |an |industrial |society |would |be |the:
A) Bourgeoisie
B) Proletariat
C) Workers
D) Minority |groups
E) Women
15. Max |Weber |thought |that |Marx's |ideas |about |inequality |were |too:
A) Narrow
B) Optimistic
C) Complex
D) Abstract
E) Pessimistic
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Class The Sociology of Group Conflict and
Change Ninth Edition by Joseph F. Healey,
Andi Stepnick, All Chapters Complete Guide
A+
, Chapter |1
Diversity |in |the |United |States:
|Questions |and |Concepts
Test |Bank |and |Answer |Key
1. The |fastest |growing |groups |in |the |United |States |are:
A) Asian |and |Pacific |Islanders
B) Non-Hispanic |white |Americans
C) Irish |Americans
D) African |Americans
E) Africans
2. The |population |of |the |United |States |is |currently:
A) Affected |by |long-standing |unresolved |minority |issues
B) Affected |by |rising |immigration |rates
C) Increasingly |diverse
D) Increasingly |multilingual
E) All |of |the |above
3. Which |of |the |following |is |NOT |one |of |the |defining |charactersitics |of |a |minority |group?
A) Inequality
B) A |pattern |of |disadvantage |or |inequality
C) Visible |identifying |traits |or |characteristics
D) Small |group |size
E) Usually |determined |by |birth
4. By |definition, |a |minority |group |is |always |a |group:
A) Smaller |in |number |than |the |dominant |group
B) Residentially |segregated |from |the |dominant |group
C) Singled |out |for |differential |and |unequal |treatment
D) Distinguishable |from |the |dominant |group |by |its |racial |characteristics
E) Distinguished |from |the |dominant |group |by |its |ethnic |origins
5. Which |of |the |following |would |be |classified |as |primarily |an |ethnic |minority |group?
A) African |Americans
B) Native |Americans
C) Jewish |Americans
D) Asian |Americans
E) None |of |the |above
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, 6. The |social |or |physical |characteristics |that |mark |the |boundaries |between |groups |are
|usually:
A) Highly |visible
B) Selected |by |the |minority |groups |themselves
C) Scientifically |significant
D) Selected |for |their |biological |importance
E) All |of |the |above
7. Which |of |the |following |is |NOT |an |example |of |a |cultural |trait |that |may |be |associated
|with |minority |status?
A) Language
B) Facial |features
C) Religion
D) Types |of |foods |eaten
E) Speech |patterns
8. Which |of |the |following |characteristics |is |NOT |typical |of |ascribed |status?
A) It |is |usually |acquired |at |birth
B) It |typically |cannot |be |changed |easily
C) It |is |usually |involuntary
D) It |can |be |altered |through |hard |work |and |motivation
E) It |is |usually |for |life
9. Laws |on |miscegenation |referred |to |laws |that:
A) Prevented |people |from |passing |as |members |of |another |race
B) Prevented |people |of |different |races |from |eating |together |in |public |restaurants
C) Prevented |members |of |different |races |from |intermarrying
D) Prevented |members |of |different |races |from |going |to |the |same |schools
E) Prevented |members |of |the |same |sex |from |marrying
10. Stratification |is |another |term |for:
A) Prejudice
B) Discrimination
C) The |unequal |distribution |of |valued |goods |and |services
D) Status |symbol
E) All |of |the |above
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, 11. Marxism |is |a |complex |theory |of |history |and |social |change |in |which | is |a
|central |concept |of |concern.
A) Inequality
B) Prejudice
C) Fame |or |respect
D) International |war
E) Consensus
12. "The |most |important |source |of |inequality |arises |from |a |person's |relationship |to |the
|means |of |production." |This |statement |is |most |likely |to |be |heard |from |a:
A) Capitalist
B) Weberian
C) Libertarian
D) Marxist
E) Republican
13. According |to |Marx, |the |means |of |production |in |an |agricultural |society |would |include:
A) Factories
B) Social |class
C) Wealth
D) Land
E) Banks
14. In |Marxist |terms, |the |elite |class |in |an |industrial |society |would |be |the:
A) Bourgeoisie
B) Proletariat
C) Workers
D) Minority |groups
E) Women
15. Max |Weber |thought |that |Marx's |ideas |about |inequality |were |too:
A) Narrow
B) Optimistic
C) Complex
D) Abstract
E) Pessimistic
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