For Diversity And Society Race Ethnicity And Gender, 6th Edition,
Joseph F. Healey, Andi Stepnick
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Diversity in the United States: x x x x
Questions and Concepts
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Test Bank and Answer Key
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1. The fastest growing groups in the United States are:
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A) Asian and Pacific Islanders x x x
B) Non-Hispanic white Americans x x
C) Irish Americans x
D) African Americans x
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 x x x x
C) Increasingly diverse x
D) Increasingly multilingual x
E) All of the abovex x x
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the defining charactersitics 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 x x
E) Usually determined by birth x x x
4. By 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 x x x x x
C) Singled out for differential and unequal treatment
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D) Distinguishable from the dominant group by its racial characteristics x x x x x x x x
E) Distinguished from the dominant group by its ethnic origins x x x x x x x x
5. Which of the following would be classified as primarily an ethnic minority group?
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A) African Americans x
B) Native Americans x
C) Jewish Americans x
D) Asian Americans x
E) None of the above x x x
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6. The social or physical characteristics that mark the boundaries between groups are
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usually:
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A) Highly visible x
B) Selected by the minority groups themselves x x x x x
C) Scientifically significant x
D) Selected for their biological importance x x x x
E) All of the above x x x
7. Which of the following is NOT an example of a cultural trait that may be associated
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with minority status?
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A) Language
B) Facial features x
C) Religion
D) Types of foods eaten x x x
E) Speech patterns x
8. Which of the following characteristics is NOT typical of ascribed status?
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A) It is usually acquired at birth
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B) It typically cannot be changed easily
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C) It is usually involuntary
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D) It can be altered through hard work and motivation
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E) It 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 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 x x x x x x x
10. Stratification is another term for: x x x x
A) Prejudice
B) Discrimination
C) The unequal distribution of valued goods and services
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D) Status symbol x
E) All of the above x x x
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11. Marxism is a complex theory of history and social change in which
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central concept of concern.
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A) Inequality
B) Prejudice
C) Fame or respect x x
D) International war x
E) Consensus
12. "The most important source of inequality arises from a person's relationship to the
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means of production." This statement is most 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 society would include:
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A) Factories
B) Social class x
C) Wealth
D) Land
E) Banks
14. In 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 x
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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