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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1. ThefastestwsgrowingwsgroupswsinwsthewsUnitedwsStateswsare:
A) AsianwsandwsPacificwsIslanders
B) Non-HispanicwswhitewsAmericans
C) IrishwsAmericans
D) AfricanwsAmericans
E) Africans


2. ThepopulationwsofwsthewsUnitedwsStateswsiswscurrently:
A) Affectedwsbylong-standingunresolvedwsminorityissues
B) Affectedwsbyrisingimmigrationwsrates
C) Increasinglydiverse
D) Increasinglymultilingual
E) Allwsofwsthewsabove


3. WhichofwsthewsfollowingiswsNOTwsoneofwsthewsdefiningcharactersiticswsofwsawsminoritywsgroup?
A) Inequality
B) Awspatternwsofdisadvantagewsorwsinequality
C) Visibleidentifyingtraits wsorcharacteristics
D) Smallwsgroupwssize
E) Usuallydeterminedwsbybirth


4. Bydefinition,wsawsminoritywsgroupiswsalwayswsawsgroup:
A) Smallerinwsnumberwsthanwsthewsdominantwsgroup
B) Residentiallysegregatedwsfromwsthedominantwsgroup
C) Singledwsoutwsforwsdifferentialwsandwsunequalwstreatment
D) Distinguishablewsfromwsthewsdominantwsgroupwsbyitswsracialwscharacteristics
E) Distinguishedwsfromwsthewsdominantwsgroupwsbyitswsethnicwsorigins


5. Whichwsofthewsfollowingwouldwsbewsclassifiedwsaswsprimarilywsanwsethnicwsminoritygroup?
A) AfricanwsAmericans
B) NativewsAmericans
C) JewishwsAmericans
D) AsianwsAmericans
E) Noneofwsthewsabove




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, 6. Thesocialwsorwsphysicalwscharacteristicswsthatwsmarkwstheboundarieswsbetweenwsgr
oupswsareusually:
A) Highlyvisible
B) Selectedwsbythewsminoritygroupswsthemselves
C) Scientificallysignificant
D) Selectedwsfortheirwsbiologicalwsimportance
E) Allwsofwsthewsabove


7. WhichwsofthewsfollowingiswsNOTwsanwsexamplewsofwsawsculturalwstraitwsthatws
maybewsassociatedwithwsminoritystatus?
A) Language
B) Facialfeatures
C) Religion
D) Typeswsofwsfoodswseaten
E) Speechpatterns


8. WhichwsofthewsfollowingcharacteristicswsiswsNOTwstypicalwsofwsascribedwsstatus?
A) Itwsiswsusuallyacquiredwsatwsbirth
B) Itwstypicallycannotwsbewschangedwseasily
C) Itwsiswsusuallyinvoluntary
D) Itwscanwsbewsalteredwsthroughwshardwsworkwsandwsmotivation
E) Itwsiswsusuallyforwslife


9. Lawswsonwsmiscegenationwsreferredwstowslawsthat:
A) Preventedwspeoplewsfromwspassingwsaswsmemberswsofwsanotherrace
B) Preventedwspeoplewsofwsdifferentwsraceswsfromwseatingtogetherwsinwspublicrestaurants
C) Preventedwsmemberswsofwsdifferentwsraceswsfromwsintermarrying
D) Preventedwsmemberswsofdifferentwsraceswsfromwsgoingtowsthewssamewsschools
E) Preventedwsmemberswsofthewssamesexwsfromwsmarrying


10. Stratificationwsiswsanothertermwsfor:
A) Prejudice
B) Discrimination
C) Theunequalwsdistributionwsofwsvaluedwsgoodswsandwsservices
D) Statussymbol
E) Allwsofwsthewsabove




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, 11. Marxismwsiswsawscomplexwstheoryofwshistoryandwssocialwschangewsinwswhich
is
wsacentralwsconceptwsofwsconcern.

A) Inequality
B) Prejudice
C) Famewsorwsrespect
D) Internationalwswar
E) Consensus


12. "Thewsmostwsimportantwssourcewsofwsinequalitywsariseswsfromwsawsperson'swsrelations
hipwstowsthemeanswsofwsproduction."wsThiswsstatementwsiswsmostwslikelytowsbewshe
r



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


13. AccordingtowsMarx,wsthewsmeanswsofwsproductionwsinwsanwsagriculturalwssocietywouldwsinclude:
A) Factories
B) Socialwsclass
C) Wealth
D) Land
E) Banks


14. InwsMarxistwsterms,wsthewselitewsclasswsinwsanwsindustrialwssocietywouldwsbewsthe:
A) Bourgeoisie
B) Proletariat
C) Workers
D) Minoritygroups
E) Women


15. MaxwsWeberwsthoughtwsthatwsMarx'swsideaswsaboutwsinequalityweretoo:
A) Narrow
B) Optimistic
C) Complex
D) Abstract
E) Pessimistic




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