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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, Chapter 1 p o


po Diversity in the United po po po


po States: Questions and p o p o


Concepts

Test Bank and Answer po p o p o


Key p o




1. The fastest growing groups in the United States are:
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A) Asian and Pacific Islanders p o p o p o


B) Non-Hispanic white Americans po p o


C) Irish Americans p o


D) African Americans po


E) Africans


2. The population of the United States is currently:
po p o p o p o p o p o p o


A) Affected by long-standing unresolved minority issues
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B) Affected by rising immigration rates p o po po p o


C) Increasingly diverse po


D) Increasingly multilingual po


E) All of the above p o p o p o




3. Which of the following is NOT one of the defining charactersitics
p o p o p o po p o p o p o p o p o po


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 po p o


E) Usually determined by birth po p o po




4. By po definition, a minority group is always a group:
p o p o p o p o p o p o p o


A) Smaller in number than the dominant group
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B) Residentially segregated from the dominant group po p o p o p o p o


C) Singled out for differential and unequal treatment
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D) Distinguishable from the dominant group by its racial characteristics
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E) Distinguished from the dominant group by its ethnic origins
p o p o p o p o p o po p o p o




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


B) Native Americans po


C) Jewish Americans p o


D) Asian Americans po


E) None of the above p o p o p o




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, 6. The social or physical characteristics that mark the boundaries between
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groups are usually:
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A) Highly visible po


B) Selected by the minority groups themselves
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C) Scientifically significant po


D) Selected for their biological importance
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E) All of the abovep o p o p o




7. Which of the following is NOT an example of a cultural trait
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pothat may be associated with minority status?
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A) Language
B) Facial features po


C) Religion
D) Types of foods eaten p o po p o


E) Speech patterns po




8. Which poof the following characteristics is NOT typical of ascribed status?
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A) It p o is usually acquired at birth
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B) It p o typically cannot be changed easily po p o p o p o


C) It p o is usually involuntary
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D) It po can be altered through hard work and motivation
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E) It p o is usually for life
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9. Laws on miscegenation referred to laws that:
p o p o p o p o p o p o


A) Prevented people from passing as members of another race
p o p o p o po p o p o p o p o


B) Prevented people of different races from eating together in public
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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
p o p o p o p o p o p o p o




10. Stratification is another term for: po p o p o p o


A) Prejudice
B) Discrimination
C) The unequal distribution of valued
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D) Status symbol p o


E) All of the abovep o p o p o




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, 11. Marxism is a complex theory of history and social change in
p o p o p o p o p o p o p o p o p o p o


which
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central concept of concern.
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A) Inequality
B) Prejudice
C) Fame or respect p o p o


D) International war po


E) Consensus


12. "The most important source of inequality arises from a person's
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porelationship to the means of production." This statement is most
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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
po p o p o p o p o p o p o p o p o


society would include:
p o po po


A) Factories
B) Social class p o


C) Wealth
D) Land
E) Banks


14. In p o Marxist terms, the elite class in an industrial society would be the:
p o p o p o p o p o p o p o p o po p o p o


A) Bourgeoisie
B) Proletariat
C) Workers
D) Minority groups p o


E) Women


15. Max Weber thought that Marx's ideas about inequality were too:
p o p o p o p o p o p o p o po p o


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




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