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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 | Guide A+

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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 | Guide A+

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Diversity in the United op op op


States: Questions and
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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 op op op


B) Non-Hispanic white Americans op op


C) Irish Americans op


D) African Americans op


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 op op op op


C) Increasingly diverse op


D) Increasingly multilingual op


E) All of the above op op op




3. Which of the following is NOT one of the defining charactersitics of a minority
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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 op op


E) Usually determined by birth op op op




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 op op op op op


C) Singled out for differential and unequal treatment
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D) Distinguishable from the dominant group by its racial characteristics op op op op op op op op


E) Distinguished from the dominant group by its ethnic origins op op op op op op op op




5. Which of the following would be classified as primarily an ethnic minority group?
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A) African Americans op


B) Native Americans op


C) Jewish Americans op


D) Asian Americans op


E) None of the above op op op




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, 6. The social or physical characteristics that mark the boundaries between groups
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are usually:
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B) Selected by the minority groups themselvesop op op op op


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D) Selected for their biological importance op op op op


E) All of the above op op op




7. Which of the following is NOT an example of a cultural trait that may be
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associated with minority status?
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A) Language
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C) Religion
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E) Speech patterns op




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 op op op op op op op




10. Stratification is another term for: op op op op


A) Prejudice
B) Discrimination
C) The unequal distribution of valued goods and services
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D) Status symbol op


E) All of the above op op op




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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
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D) International war op


E) Consensus


12. "The most important source of inequality arises from a person's relationship to
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the 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
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include:
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A) Factories
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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
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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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