TEST BANK FOR DIVERSITY AND SOCIET
Y RACE ETHNICITY AND GENDER 6TH EDI
TION JOSEPH F HEALEY ANDI STEPNICK
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Chapter c1
Diversity cin cthe cUnited
cStates: cQuestions cand
cConcepts
Test cBank cand cAnswer cKey
1. The cfastest cgrowing cgroups cin cthe cUnited cStates care:
A) Asian cand cPacific cIslanders
B) Non-Hispanic cwhite cAmericans
C) Irish cAmericans
D) African cAmericans
E) Africans
2. The cpopulation cof cthe cUnited cStates cis ccurrently:
A) Affected cby clong-standing cunresolved cminority cissues
B) Affected cby crising cimmigration crates
C) Increasingly cdiverse
D) Increasingly cmultilingual
E) All cof cthe cabove
3. Which cof cthe cfollowing cis cNOT cone cof cthe cdefining ccharactersitics cof ca cminority
cgroup?
A) Inequality
B) A cpattern cof cdisadvantage cor cinequality
C) Visible cidentifying ctraits cor ccharacteristics
D) Small cgroup csize
E) Usually cdetermined cby cbirth
4. By cdefinition, ca cminority cgroup cis calways ca cgroup:
A) Smaller cin cnumber cthan cthe cdominant cgroup
B) Residentially csegregated cfrom cthe cdominant cgroup
C) Singled cout cfor cdifferential cand cunequal ctreatment
D) Distinguishable cfrom cthe cdominant cgroup cby cits cracial ccharacteristics
E) Distinguished cfrom cthe cdominant cgroup cby cits cethnic corigins
5. Which cof cthe cfollowing cwould cbe cclassified cas cprimarily can cethnic cminority cgroup?
A) African cAmericans
B) Native cAmericans
C) Jewish cAmericans
D) Asian cAmericans
E) None cof cthe cabove
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6. The csocial cor cphysical ccharacteristics cthat cmark cthe cboundaries cbetween
cgroups care cusually:
A) Highly cvisible
B) Selected cby cthe cminority cgroups cthemselves
C) Scientifically csignificant
D) Selected cfor ctheir cbiological cimportance
E) All cof cthe cabove
7. Which cof cthe cfollowing cis cNOT can cexample cof ca ccultural ctrait cthat cmay cbe
cassociated cwith cminority cstatus?
A) Language
B) Facial cfeatures
C) Religion
D) Types cof cfoods ceaten
E) Speech cpatterns
8. Which cof cthe cfollowing ccharacteristics cis cNOT ctypical cof cascribed cstatus?
A) It cis cusually cacquired cat cbirth
B) It ctypically ccannot cbe cchanged ceasily
C) It cis cusually cinvoluntary
D) It ccan cbe caltered cthrough chard cwork cand cmotivation
E) It cis cusually cfor clife
9. Laws con cmiscegenation creferred cto claws cthat:
A) Prevented cpeople cfrom cpassing cas cmembers cof canother crace
B) Prevented cpeople cof cdifferent craces cfrom ceating ctogether cin cpublic crestaurants
C) Prevented cmembers cof cdifferent craces cfrom cintermarrying
D) Prevented cmembers cof cdifferent craces cfrom cgoing cto cthe csame cschools
E) Prevented cmembers cof cthe csame csex cfrom cmarrying
10. Stratification cis canother cterm cfor:
A) Prejudice
B) Discrimination
C) The cunequal cdistribution cof cvalued cgoods cand cservices
D) Status csymbol
E) All cof cthe cabove
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11. Marxism cis ca ccomplex ctheory cof chistory cand csocial cchange cin cwhich c is
ca ccentral cconcept cof cconcern.
A) Inequality
B) Prejudice
C) Fame cor crespect
D) International cwar
E) Consensus
12. "The cmost cimportant csource cof cinequality carises cfrom ca cperson's crelationship
cto cthe cmeans cof cproduction." cThis cstatement cis cmost clikely cto cbe cheard
cfrom ca:
A) Capitalist
B) Weberian
C) Libertarian
D) Marxist
E) Republican
13. According cto cMarx, cthe cmeans cof cproduction cin can cagricultural csociety cwould
cinclude:
A) Factories
B) Social cclass
C) Wealth
D) Land
E) Banks
14. In cMarxist cterms, cthe celite cclass cin can cindustrial csociety cwould cbe cthe:
A) Bourgeoisie
B) Proletariat
C) Workers
D) Minority cgroups
E) Women
15. Max cWeber cthought cthat cMarx's cideas cabout cinequality cwere ctoo:
A) Narrow
B) Optimistic
C) Complex
D) Abstract
E) Pessimistic
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Y RACE ETHNICITY AND GENDER 6TH EDI
TION JOSEPH F HEALEY ANDI STEPNICK
,https://www.stuvia.com/
Chapter c1
Diversity cin cthe cUnited
cStates: cQuestions cand
cConcepts
Test cBank cand cAnswer cKey
1. The cfastest cgrowing cgroups cin cthe cUnited cStates care:
A) Asian cand cPacific cIslanders
B) Non-Hispanic cwhite cAmericans
C) Irish cAmericans
D) African cAmericans
E) Africans
2. The cpopulation cof cthe cUnited cStates cis ccurrently:
A) Affected cby clong-standing cunresolved cminority cissues
B) Affected cby crising cimmigration crates
C) Increasingly cdiverse
D) Increasingly cmultilingual
E) All cof cthe cabove
3. Which cof cthe cfollowing cis cNOT cone cof cthe cdefining ccharactersitics cof ca cminority
cgroup?
A) Inequality
B) A cpattern cof cdisadvantage cor cinequality
C) Visible cidentifying ctraits cor ccharacteristics
D) Small cgroup csize
E) Usually cdetermined cby cbirth
4. By cdefinition, ca cminority cgroup cis calways ca cgroup:
A) Smaller cin cnumber cthan cthe cdominant cgroup
B) Residentially csegregated cfrom cthe cdominant cgroup
C) Singled cout cfor cdifferential cand cunequal ctreatment
D) Distinguishable cfrom cthe cdominant cgroup cby cits cracial ccharacteristics
E) Distinguished cfrom cthe cdominant cgroup cby cits cethnic corigins
5. Which cof cthe cfollowing cwould cbe cclassified cas cprimarily can cethnic cminority cgroup?
A) African cAmericans
B) Native cAmericans
C) Jewish cAmericans
D) Asian cAmericans
E) None cof cthe cabove
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6. The csocial cor cphysical ccharacteristics cthat cmark cthe cboundaries cbetween
cgroups care cusually:
A) Highly cvisible
B) Selected cby cthe cminority cgroups cthemselves
C) Scientifically csignificant
D) Selected cfor ctheir cbiological cimportance
E) All cof cthe cabove
7. Which cof cthe cfollowing cis cNOT can cexample cof ca ccultural ctrait cthat cmay cbe
cassociated cwith cminority cstatus?
A) Language
B) Facial cfeatures
C) Religion
D) Types cof cfoods ceaten
E) Speech cpatterns
8. Which cof cthe cfollowing ccharacteristics cis cNOT ctypical cof cascribed cstatus?
A) It cis cusually cacquired cat cbirth
B) It ctypically ccannot cbe cchanged ceasily
C) It cis cusually cinvoluntary
D) It ccan cbe caltered cthrough chard cwork cand cmotivation
E) It cis cusually cfor clife
9. Laws con cmiscegenation creferred cto claws cthat:
A) Prevented cpeople cfrom cpassing cas cmembers cof canother crace
B) Prevented cpeople cof cdifferent craces cfrom ceating ctogether cin cpublic crestaurants
C) Prevented cmembers cof cdifferent craces cfrom cintermarrying
D) Prevented cmembers cof cdifferent craces cfrom cgoing cto cthe csame cschools
E) Prevented cmembers cof cthe csame csex cfrom cmarrying
10. Stratification cis canother cterm cfor:
A) Prejudice
B) Discrimination
C) The cunequal cdistribution cof cvalued cgoods cand cservices
D) Status csymbol
E) All cof cthe cabove
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11. Marxism cis ca ccomplex ctheory cof chistory cand csocial cchange cin cwhich c is
ca ccentral cconcept cof cconcern.
A) Inequality
B) Prejudice
C) Fame cor crespect
D) International cwar
E) Consensus
12. "The cmost cimportant csource cof cinequality carises cfrom ca cperson's crelationship
cto cthe cmeans cof cproduction." cThis cstatement cis cmost clikely cto cbe cheard
cfrom ca:
A) Capitalist
B) Weberian
C) Libertarian
D) Marxist
E) Republican
13. According cto cMarx, cthe cmeans cof cproduction cin can cagricultural csociety cwould
cinclude:
A) Factories
B) Social cclass
C) Wealth
D) Land
E) Banks
14. In cMarxist cterms, cthe celite cclass cin can cindustrial csociety cwould cbe cthe:
A) Bourgeoisie
B) Proletariat
C) Workers
D) Minority cgroups
E) Women
15. Max cWeber cthought cthat cMarx's cideas cabout cinequality cwere ctoo:
A) Narrow
B) Optimistic
C) Complex
D) Abstract
E) Pessimistic
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