Test Bank For Diversity And Society: Race, Ethnicity, And Gender 6th Edition By Joseph F. Healey And Andi Stepnick Questions And Answers With Verified Solutions

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Test Bank and Answer Key
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1. ThefastestgrowinggroupsintheUnitedStatesare:
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A) AsianandPacific Islanders
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B) Non-Hispanic whiteAmericans i i



C) IrishAmericansi



D) AfricanAmericans i



E) Africans


2. ThepopulationoftheUnitedStatesiscurrently: i i i i i i



A) Affected bylong-standingunresolved minorityissues i i



B) Affected byrisingimmigration rates i i



C) Increasinglydiverse
D) Increasinglymultilingual
E) Alloftheabove
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3. Whichofthe followingis NOToneofthedefiningcharactersitics of aminoritygroup?
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A) Inequality
B) Apatternofdisadvantageorinequality
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C) Visibleidentifyingtraits orcharacteristics i



D) Smallgroupsize i i



E) Usuallydetermined bybirth i




4. Bydefinition,aminoritygroupisalwaysa group: i i i i i i



A) Smallerinnumberthanthedominantgroup i i i i i



B) Residentiallysegregated from thedominant group i i i



C) Singledoutfordifferential andunequaltreatment
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D) Distinguishablefromthedominantgroupbyitsracialcharacteristics i i i i i i i



E) Distinguishedfromthedominantgroupbyitsethnicorigins i i i i i i i




5. Whichofthefollowingwouldbeclassifiedasprimarilyanethnicminoritygroup?
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A) AfricanAmericans i



B) NativeAmericans i



C) JewishAmericans i



D) AsianAmericans i



E) Noneof theabove i i




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, 6. Thesocialorphysicalcharacteristicsthatmarktheboundariesbetweengroups
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areusually:
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A) Highlyvisible
B) Selected bythe minoritygroups themselves i i i



C) Scientificallysignificant
D) Selectedfortheirbiologicalimportance i i i



E) Alloftheabove i i i




7. WhichofthefollowingisNOTanexampleofaculturaltraitthatmaybe
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associatedwithminoritystatus?
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A) Language
B) Facialfeatures
C) Religion
D) Typesoffoodseaten i i i



E) Speechpatterns


8. WhichofthefollowingcharacteristicsisNOTtypicalofascribedstatus?
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A) Itisusuallyacquiredatbirth
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B) Ittypicallycannotbechanged easily
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C) Itisusuallyinvoluntary
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D) Itcanbealteredthroughhardworkandmotivation
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E) Itisusuallyforlife
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9. Lawsonmiscegenationreferredtolawsthat:
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A) Preventedpeople frompassingasmembersofanotherrace i i i i i i i



B) Preventedpeopleofdifferentracesfromeatingtogetherinpublicrestaurants
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C) Preventedmembersofdifferentracesfrom intermarrying i i i i i i



D) Preventedmembersofdifferentracesfromgoingtothesameschools i i i i i i i i



E) Preventedmembers ofthesamesex frommarrying i i i i i




10. Stratificationisanothertermfor: i i i



A) Prejudice
B) Discrimination
C) Theunequaldistributionofvaluedgoodsandservices i i i i i i



D) Statussymbol
E) Alloftheabove i i i




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, 11. Marxism is a complex theoryof historyand social change in which
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acentral concept of concern.
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A) Inequality
B) Prejudice
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E) Consensus


12. "Themostimportantsourceofinequalityarisesfromaperson'srelationshipto
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themeans of production."This statement is most likelyto beheard from a:
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A) Capitalist
B) Weberian
C) Libertarian
D) Marxist
E) Republican


13. AccordingtoMarx,themeansofproductioninanagriculturalsocietywouldinclude:
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A) Factories
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C) Wealth
D) Land
E) Banks


14. InMarxistterms,theeliteclassinanindustrialsocietywouldbethe:
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A) Bourgeoisie
B) Proletariat
C) Workers
D) Minoritygroups
E) Women


15. MaxWeberthoughtthatMarx'sideasaboutinequalityweretoo:
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A) Narrow
B) Optimistic
C) Complex
D) Abstract
E) Pessimistic




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