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 | GRADE A+

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DiversityintheUnited f f f f




States:Questionsand Concepts Test f f f




Bank and Answer Key
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1. ThefastestgrowinggroupsintheUnitedStatesare:
f f f f f f f




A) AsianandPacific Islanders
f f f




B) Non-HispanicwhiteAmericans f f




C) IrishAmericansf




D) AfricanAmericans f




E) Africans


2. ThepopulationoftheUnitedStatesiscurrently: f f f f f f




A) Affected bylong-standingunresolved minorityissues
f f




B) Affected byrisingimmigration rates f f




C) Increasinglydiverse
D) Increasinglymultilingual
E) Alloftheabove
f f f




3. WhichofthefollowingisNOToneofthedefiningcharactersiticsofaminoritygroup?
f f f f f f f f f f




A) Inequality
B) Apatternofdisadvantageorinequality
f f f f




C) Visibleidentifyingtraits orcharacteristics f




D) Smallgroupsize f f




E) Usuallydetermined bybirth f




4. Bydefinition,aminoritygroupisalwaysagroup: f f f f f f




A) Smallerinnumberthanthedominantgroup f f f f f




B) Residentiallysegregated fromthedominantgroup f f f




C) Singledoutfordifferentialandunequaltreatment
f f f f f f




D) Distinguishablefromthedominantgroupbyitsracialcharacteristics f f f f f f f




E) Distinguishedfromthedominantgroupbyitsethnicorigins f f f f f f f




5. Whichofthefollowingwouldbeclassifiedasprimarilyanethnicminoritygroup?
f f f f f f f f f




A) AfricanAmericans f




B) NativeAmericans f




C) JewishAmericans f




D) AsianAmericans f




E) Noneoftheabove f f




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, 6. Thesocialorphysicalcharacteristicsthatmarktheboundariesbetweengroups
f f f f f f f f




areusually:
f




A) Highlyvisible
B) Selectedbythe minoritygroupsthemselves f f f




C) Scientificallysignificant
D) Selectedfortheirbiologicalimportance f f f




E) Alloftheabove f f f




7. WhichofthefollowingisNOTanexampleofaculturaltraitthatmaybe
f f f f f f f f f f f




associatedwithminoritystatus?
f f




A) Language
B) Facialfeatures
C) Religion
D) Typesoffoodseaten f f f




E) Speechpatterns


8. WhichofthefollowingcharacteristicsisNOTtypicalofascribedstatus?
f f f f f f f f




A) Itisusuallyacquiredatbirth
f f f f




B) Ittypicallycannotbechangedeasily
f f f f




C) Itisusuallyinvoluntary
f f




D) Itcanbealteredthroughhardworkandmotivation
f f f f f f f f




E) Itisusuallyforlife
f f f




9. Lawsonmiscegenationreferredtolawsthat:
f f f f f




A) Preventedpeoplefrompassingasmembersofanotherrace f f f f f f f




B) Preventedpeopleofdifferentracesfromeatingtogetherinpublicrestaurants
f f f f f f f f




C) Preventedmembersofdifferentracesfromintermarrying f f f f f f




D) Preventedmembersofdifferentracesfromgoingtothesameschools f f f f f f f f




E) Preventedmembersofthesamesexfrommarrying f f f f f




10. Stratificationisanothertermfor: f f f




A) Prejudice
B) Discrimination
C) Theunequaldistributionofvaluedgoodsandservices f f f f f f




D) Statussymbol
E) Alloftheabove f f f




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, 11. Marxism is a complex theoryof historyand social change in which
f f f f f f f f f is
acentral concept of concern.
f f f f




A) Inequality
B) Prejudice
C) Fameorrespect f f




D) Internationalwar f




E) Consensus


12. "Themostimportantsourceofinequalityarisesfromaperson'srelationshipto
f f f f f f f f f f f




themeansofproduction."Thisstatementismostlikelytobeheardfroma:
f f f f f f f f f f f f




A) Capitalist
B) Weberian
C) Libertarian
D) Marxist
E) Republican


13. AccordingtoMarx,themeansofproductioninanagriculturalsocietywouldinclude:
f f f f f f f f f f




A) Factories
B) Socialclass f




C) Wealth
D) Land
E) Banks


14. InMarxistterms,theeliteclassinanindustrialsocietywouldbethe:
f f f f f f f f f f f




A) Bourgeoisie
B) Proletariat
C) Workers
D) Minoritygroups
E) Women


15. MaxWeberthoughtthatMarx'sideasaboutinequalityweretoo:
f f f f f f f




A) Narrow
B) Optimistic
C) Complex
D) Abstract
E) Pessimistic




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