Diversity in the United States:Questions and Concepts Test50Bank50 and50Answer50Key

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Diversity in the United
States:Questions
and Concepts
Test50Bank50
and50Answer50Key

1. Thefastest50growing50groups50in50the50United50States50are:
A) Asian50and50Pacific50Islanders
B) Non-Hispanic50white50Americans
C) Irish50Americans
D) African50Americans
E) Africans


2. Thepopulation50of50the50United50States50is50currently:
A) Affected50bylong-standingunresolved50minorityissues
B) Affected50byrisingimmigration50rates
C) Increasinglydiverse
D) Increasinglymultilingual
E) All50of50the50above


3. Whichof50the50followingis50NOT50oneof50the50definingcharactersitics50of50a50minority50group?
A) Inequality
B) A50pattern50ofdisadvantage50or50inequality
C) Visibleidentifyingtraits 50orcharacteristics
D) Small50group50size
E) Usuallydetermined50bybirth


4. Bydefinition,50a50minority50groupis50always50a50group:
A) Smallerin50number50than50the50dominant50group
B) Residentiallysegregated50from50thedominant50group
C) Singled50out50for50differential50and50unequal50treatment
D) Distinguishable50from50the50dominant50group50byits50racial50characteristics
E) Distinguished50from50the50dominant50group50byits50ethnic50origins


5. Which50ofthe50followingwould50be50classified50as50primarily50an50ethnic50minoritygroup?
A) African50Americans
B) Native50Americans
C) Jewish50Americans
D) Asian50Americans
E) Noneof50the50above




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, 6. Thesocial50or50physical50characteristics50that50mark50theboundaries50between50
groups50areusually:
A) Highlyvisible
B) Selected50bythe50minoritygroups50themselves
C) Scientificallysignificant
D) Selected50fortheir50biological50importance
E) All50of50the50above


7. Which50ofthe50followingis50NOT50an50example50of50a50cultural50trait50tha
t50maybe50associatedwith50minoritystatus?
A) Language
B) Facialfeatures
C) Religion
D) Types50of50foods50eaten
E) Speechpatterns


8. Which50ofthe50followingcharacteristics50is50NOT50typical50of50ascribed50status?
A) It50is50usuallyacquired50at50birth
B) It50typicallycannot50be50changed50easily
C) It50is50usuallyinvoluntary
D) It50can50be50altered50through50hard50work50and50motivation
E) It50is50usuallyfor50life


9. Laws50on50miscegenation50referred50to50lawsthat:
A) Prevented50people50from50passing50as50members50of50anotherrace
B) Prevented50people50of50different50races50from50eatingtogether50in50publicrestaurants
C) Prevented50members50of50different50races50from50intermarrying
D) Prevented50members50ofdifferent50races50from50goingto50the50same50schools
E) Prevented50members50ofthe50samesex50from50marrying


10. Stratification50is50anotherterm50for:
A) Prejudice
B) Discrimination
C) Theunequal50distribution50of50valued50goods50and50services
D) Statussymbol
E) All50of50the50above




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, 11. Marxism50is50a50complex50theoryof50historyand50social50change50in50which
is
50acentral50concept50of50concern.
A) Inequality
B) Prejudice
C) Fame50or50respect
D) International50war
E) Consensus


12. "The50most50important50source50of50inequality50arises50from50a50person's50relatio
nship50to50themeans50of50production."50This50statement50is50most50likelyto50b
r



e50heard50from50a:
A) Capitalist
B) Weberian
C) Libertarian
D) Marxist
E) Republican


13. Accordingto50Marx,50the50means50of50production50in50an50agricultural50societywould50include:
A) Factories
B) Social50class
C) Wealth
D) Land
E) Banks


14. In50Marxist50terms,50the50elite50class50in50an50industrial50societywould50be50the:
A) Bourgeoisie
B) Proletariat
C) Workers
D) Minoritygroups
E) Women


15. Max50Weber50thought50that50Marx's50ideas50about50inequalityweretoo:
A) Narrow
B) Optimistic
C) Complex
D) Abstract
E) Pessimistic




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