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Diversity in the United States: mz mz mz mz
Questions and Concepts
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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 mz mz mz
B) Non-Hispanic white Americans mz mz
C) Irish Americans mz
D) African Americans mz
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 mz mz mz mz
C) Increasingly diverse mz
D) Increasingly multilingual mz
E) All of the above mz mz mz
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the defining charactersitics of a minority
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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 mz mz
E) Usually determined by birth mz mz mz
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 mz mz mz mz mz
C) Singled out for differential and unequal treatment
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D) Distinguishable from the dominant group by its racial characteristics mz mz mz mz mz mz mz mz
E) Distinguished from the dominant group by its ethnic origins mz mz mz mz mz mz mz mz
5. Which of the following would be classified as primarily an ethnic minority group?
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A) African Americans mz
B) Native Americans mz
C) Jewish Americans mz
D) Asian Americans mz
E) None of the above mz mz mz
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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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A) Highly visible mz
B) Selected by the minority groups themselves mz mz mz mz mz
C) Scientifically significant mz
D) Selected for their biological importance mz mz mz mz
E) All of the above mz mz mz
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
B) Facial features mz
C) Religion
D) Types of foods eaten mz mz mz
E) Speech patterns mz
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 mz mz mz mz mz mz mz
10. Stratification is another term for: mz mz mz mz
A) Prejudice
B) Discrimination
C) The unequal distribution of valued goods and services
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D) Status symbol mz
E) All of the above mz mz mz
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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
C) Fame or respect mz mz
D) International war mz
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 include:
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A) Factories
B) Social class mz
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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