Test Bank for Racial and Ethnic Groups, 16th Edition by Richard T. Schaefer

TEST BANK
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Racial and Ethnic Groups
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Richard T. Schaefer
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16th edition
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,Chapter 1 – Exploring Race and Ethnicity


Multiple Choice Questions

1. In sociology, the term minority refers to a group.


a. dominant

b. subordinate

c. ruling

d. sovereign



Answer: b

Learning Objective: 1.1: Explain how people are placed in groups.

,Topic: %roHow %roAre %roWe

%ro Grouped? %roSkill %roLevel:

Remember %rothe %roFacts
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%ro Difficulty: %roEasy



2. Sociologists %rodefine %roethnic %rogroups %robased %roon %ro .

a. whatever %rodefinition %roa %roparticular %rodominant %rogroup %roapplies %rowithin %roa
%rospecific %rocultural %rosetting




b. differing %roreligious %ropractices

c. obvious %rophysical %rodifferences %rothat %rodistinguish %rothem %rofrom %roother %rogroups

d. their %ronational %roorigin %roor %rodistinctive %rocultural %ropatterns



Answer: %rod



Learning %roObjective: %ro1.1: %roExplain %rohow %ropeople %roare %roplaced %roin

groups. %roTopic: %roTypes %roof %roMinority %roGroups
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Skill %roLevel: %roUnderstand %rothe %roConcepts

%ro Difficulty: %roModerate



3. A(n) %ro group %rois %roa %rosubordinate %rogroup %rowhose %romembers %rohave
%rosignificantly %roless %rocontrol %roor %ropower %roover %rotheir %roown %rolives %rothan %rodo

%romembers %roof %roa %rodominant %rogroup.




a. minority

b. governing

c. stratified

d. elite

, Answer: %roa

Learning %roObjective: %ro1.1: %roExplain %rohow %ropeople %roare %roplaced %roin

groups. %roTopic: %roHow %roAre %roWe %roGrouped?
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Skill %roLevel: %roRemember %rothe

Facts %roDifficulty: %roEasy
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4. Which % r o definition %robest %rorepresents %rothe %rosociological %roconcept %roof %roa
%rosubordinate % r o or %rosocial %rominority %rogroup?




a. a %rogroup %rothat %roexperiences %roa %ronarrowing %roof %rolife‘s %roopportunities

b. a %rogroup %rothat %roconsists %roof %roless %rothan %ro50 %ropercent %roof %rothe %ropopulation

c. group %romembership %rodefined %roexclusively %roin %roterms %roof %rophysical %rotraits

d. social %rostanding %rothat %rois %roirrelevant %roto %rothe %roprocesses %roof %roa %rodemocracy



Answer: %roa

Learning %roObjective: %ro1.1: %roExplain %rohow %ropeople %roare %roplaced %roin

groups. %roTopic: %roHow %roAre %roWe %roGrouped?
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Skill %roLevel: %roUnderstand %rothe %roConcepts

%ro Difficulty: %roModerate



5. Which %rocharacteristic %roapplies %roto %roa %rominority %roor %rosubordinate %rogroup?

a. voluntary %romembership %roin %rothe %rogroup

b. having %roa %robroad %rospectrum %roof %roopportunities

c. unequal %rotreatment %rofrom %roothers