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Chapter 1
Diversity in the United States:
Questions and Concepts
Test Bank and Answer Key
1. The fastest growing groups in the United States are:
A) Asian and Pacific Islanders
B) Non-Hispanic white Americans
C) Irish Americans
D) African Americans
E) Africans
2. The population of the United States is currently:
A) Affected by long-standing unresolved minority issues
B) Affected by rising immigration rates
C) Increasingly diverse
D) Increasingly multilingual
E) All of the above
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the defining charactersitics of a minority group?
A) Inequality
B) A pattern of disadvantage or inequality
C) Visible identifying traits or characteristics
D) Small group size
E) Usually determined by birth
4. By definition, a minority group is always a group:
A) Smaller in number than the dominant group
B) Residentially segregated from the dominant group
C) Singled out for differential and unequal treatment
D) Distinguishable from the dominant group by its racial characteristics
E) Distinguished from the dominant group by its ethnic origins
5. Which of the following would be classified as primarily an ethnic minority group?
A) African Americans
B) Native Americans
C) Jewish Americans
D) Asian Americans
E) None of the above
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6. The social or physical characteristics that mark the boundaries between groups are
usually:
A) Highly visible
B) Selected by the minority groups themselves
C) Scientifically significant
D) Selected for their biological importance
E) All of the above
7. Which of the following is NOT an example of a cultural trait that may be associated
with minority status?
A) Language
B) Facial features
C) Religion
D) Types of foods eaten
E) Speech patterns
8. Which of the following characteristics is NOT typical of ascribed status?
A) It is usually acquired at birth
B) It typically cannot be changed easily
C) It is usually involuntary
D) It can be altered through hard work and motivation
E) It is usually for life
9. Laws on miscegenation referred to laws that:
A) Prevented people from passing as members of another race
B) Prevented people of different races from eating together in public restaurants
C) Prevented members of different races from intermarrying
D) Prevented members of different races from going to the same schools
E) Prevented members of the same sex from marrying
10. Stratification is another term for:
A) Prejudice
B) Discrimination
C) The unequal distribution of valued goods and services
D) Status symbol
E) All of the above
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11. Marxism is a complex theory of history and social change in which ________ is a
central concept of concern.
A) Inequality
B) Prejudice
C) Fame or respect
D) International war
E) Consensus
12. "The most important source of inequality arises from a person's relationship to the
means of production." This statement is most likely to be heard from a:
A) Capitalist
B) Weberian
C) Libertarian
D) Marxist
E) Republican
13. According to Marx, the means of production in an agricultural society would include:
A) Factories
B) Social class
C) Wealth
D) Land
E) Banks
14. In Marxist terms, the elite class in an industrial society would be the:
A) Bourgeoisie
B) Proletariat
C) Workers
D) Minority groups
E) Women
15. Max Weber thought that Marx's ideas about inequality were too:
A) Narrow
B) Optimistic
C) Complex
D) Abstract
E) Pessimistic
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16. In opposition to Marx, Weber argued that there are _________ dimensions of inequality.
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
E) Dozens
17. Gerhard Lenski is important because he linked the nature of inequality to the
______________ of a society.
A) Group structure
B) Amount of prestige
C) Wealth
D) Level of development
E) Castes
18. According to Lenski, inequality in an agricultural society centers on control of:
A) Education opportunities
B) Factories and mines
C) Colleges and universities
D) Land and labor
E) Status and prestige
19. Which of the following individuals is most closely associated with the concept of a
"matrix of domination"?
A) Muzafer Sherif
B) Patricia Hill Collins
C) Gerhard Lenski
D) Gunnar Myrdal
E) none of the above
20. Variations in human skin color:
A) Balance the dangers of exposure to sunlight with the need for vitamin D
B) Have no relationship to climate or geography
C) Are inversely related to the concentration of melanin: the greater the melanin, the
lighter the skin
D) Are related to the distance from the equator: the closer to the equator, the lighter the
skin
E) Have clear and definite points of demarcation
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21. Women can be viewed as a minority group because:
A) There are fewer women than men in the United States
B) They are physically identifiable as different from men
C) They have a consciousness of being "inferior" to men
D) They have less property, prestige, and power in our society
E) Both b and d
22. An important trend in recent research on American minority groups is to consider
_____________ as an important factor in shaping the experiences of minority group
members.
A) Age
B) Education
C) Religion
D) Gender
E) Sexual preference
23. The thinking aspect of prejudice is called the:
A) Affective prejudice
B) Emotional prejudice
C) Behavioral prejudice
D) Cognitive prejudice
E) Racist prejudice
24. Which of the following is NOT an example of affective prejudice?
A) Fear and anger
B) Overgeneralization about a group
C) Repulsion and hatred
D) Contempt
E) Disturst
25. The concept of social distance best reflects:
A) Stereotypes
B) Prejudice
C) Economic factors
D) How close we stand near to a person from another culture
E) The degree of intimacy we are willing to accept in his/her relations with members
of other groups
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26. A person refuses to hire a Mexican American. This is an example of:
A) Prejudice
B) Institutional discrimination
C) Individual discrimination
D) Legal discrimination
E) Prejudice leading to institutional discrimination
27. In the 1930s, LaPiere's experiences traveling around the U.S. with a Chinese couple
provided evidence to suggest that prejudice is:
A) Cultural
B) Rational
C) Emotional
D) Situational
E) Inevitable
28. The Robber's Cave experiment supports the idea that prejudice can be caused by:
A) Lax supervision of young people
B) Extremely strict rules and regulations
C) Conflict situations between groups
D) Competition
E) Conflict between individuals
29. When entire groups are treated unfairly and unequally in the institutions of the larger
society, this is called:
A) Institutional discrimination
B) Prejudice
C) Racism
D) Society prejudice
E) Personal discrimination
30. Michelle is a poor African American woman. Her race, class, and gender may combine
to produce a unique kind of inequality. The concept that describes this phenomenon is
known as:
A) Matrix of domination
B) Marx's class oppression
C) Minority group
D) Triple discrimination
E) Triple melting pot
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31. Minority group members tend to be ______________: they tend to marry within their
own groups.
A) exogamous
B) endogamous
C) heterogamous
D) homogamous
E) none of the above
32. Which of the following social thinkers argued that the most important source of
inequality in society was the system of economic production?
A) Emile Durkheim
B) Auguste Comte
C) Karl Marx
D) Max Weber
E) Talcott Parsons
33. _Bogardus (1933) specified seven degrees of social distance. Which of the following is
not one of these seven degrees?
A) To close kinship by marriage
B) To employment in my occupation
C) To my club as personal chums
D) To my street as neighbors
E) To my school as teachers
34. Over the past three decades, the number of immigrants arriving in the United States
each year has significantly increased.
A) True
B) False
35. Minority groups are disadvantaged usually as the result of the actions of another group
or groups who benefit from the arrangement.
A) True
B) False
36. The awareness of minority group members of their differentiation from the dominant
group provides the basis for strong bonds and a sense of group solidarity.
A) True
B) False
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Chapter 1
Diversity in the United States:
Questions and Concepts
Test Bank and Answer Key
1. The fastest growing groups in the United States are:
A) Asian and Pacific Islanders
B) Non-Hispanic white Americans
C) Irish Americans
D) African Americans
E) Africans
2. The population of the United States is currently:
A) Affected by long-standing unresolved minority issues
B) Affected by rising immigration rates
C) Increasingly diverse
D) Increasingly multilingual
E) All of the above
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the defining charactersitics of a minority group?
A) Inequality
B) A pattern of disadvantage or inequality
C) Visible identifying traits or characteristics
D) Small group size
E) Usually determined by birth
4. By definition, a minority group is always a group:
A) Smaller in number than the dominant group
B) Residentially segregated from the dominant group
C) Singled out for differential and unequal treatment
D) Distinguishable from the dominant group by its racial characteristics
E) Distinguished from the dominant group by its ethnic origins
5. Which of the following would be classified as primarily an ethnic minority group?
A) African Americans
B) Native Americans
C) Jewish Americans
D) Asian Americans
E) None of the above
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6. The social or physical characteristics that mark the boundaries between groups are
usually:
A) Highly visible
B) Selected by the minority groups themselves
C) Scientifically significant
D) Selected for their biological importance
E) All of the above
7. Which of the following is NOT an example of a cultural trait that may be associated
with minority status?
A) Language
B) Facial features
C) Religion
D) Types of foods eaten
E) Speech patterns
8. Which of the following characteristics is NOT typical of ascribed status?
A) It is usually acquired at birth
B) It typically cannot be changed easily
C) It is usually involuntary
D) It can be altered through hard work and motivation
E) It is usually for life
9. Laws on miscegenation referred to laws that:
A) Prevented people from passing as members of another race
B) Prevented people of different races from eating together in public restaurants
C) Prevented members of different races from intermarrying
D) Prevented members of different races from going to the same schools
E) Prevented members of the same sex from marrying
10. Stratification is another term for:
A) Prejudice
B) Discrimination
C) The unequal distribution of valued goods and services
D) Status symbol
E) All of the above
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11. Marxism is a complex theory of history and social change in which ________ is a
central concept of concern.
A) Inequality
B) Prejudice
C) Fame or respect
D) International war
E) Consensus
12. "The most important source of inequality arises from a person's relationship to the
means of production." This statement is most likely to be heard from a:
A) Capitalist
B) Weberian
C) Libertarian
D) Marxist
E) Republican
13. According to Marx, the means of production in an agricultural society would include:
A) Factories
B) Social class
C) Wealth
D) Land
E) Banks
14. In Marxist terms, the elite class in an industrial society would be the:
A) Bourgeoisie
B) Proletariat
C) Workers
D) Minority groups
E) Women
15. Max Weber thought that Marx's ideas about inequality were too:
A) Narrow
B) Optimistic
C) Complex
D) Abstract
E) Pessimistic
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16. In opposition to Marx, Weber argued that there are _________ dimensions of inequality.
A) One
B) Two
C) Three
D) Four
E) Dozens
17. Gerhard Lenski is important because he linked the nature of inequality to the
______________ of a society.
A) Group structure
B) Amount of prestige
C) Wealth
D) Level of development
E) Castes
18. According to Lenski, inequality in an agricultural society centers on control of:
A) Education opportunities
B) Factories and mines
C) Colleges and universities
D) Land and labor
E) Status and prestige
19. Which of the following individuals is most closely associated with the concept of a
"matrix of domination"?
A) Muzafer Sherif
B) Patricia Hill Collins
C) Gerhard Lenski
D) Gunnar Myrdal
E) none of the above
20. Variations in human skin color:
A) Balance the dangers of exposure to sunlight with the need for vitamin D
B) Have no relationship to climate or geography
C) Are inversely related to the concentration of melanin: the greater the melanin, the
lighter the skin
D) Are related to the distance from the equator: the closer to the equator, the lighter the
skin
E) Have clear and definite points of demarcation
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21. Women can be viewed as a minority group because:
A) There are fewer women than men in the United States
B) They are physically identifiable as different from men
C) They have a consciousness of being "inferior" to men
D) They have less property, prestige, and power in our society
E) Both b and d
22. An important trend in recent research on American minority groups is to consider
_____________ as an important factor in shaping the experiences of minority group
members.
A) Age
B) Education
C) Religion
D) Gender
E) Sexual preference
23. The thinking aspect of prejudice is called the:
A) Affective prejudice
B) Emotional prejudice
C) Behavioral prejudice
D) Cognitive prejudice
E) Racist prejudice
24. Which of the following is NOT an example of affective prejudice?
A) Fear and anger
B) Overgeneralization about a group
C) Repulsion and hatred
D) Contempt
E) Disturst
25. The concept of social distance best reflects:
A) Stereotypes
B) Prejudice
C) Economic factors
D) How close we stand near to a person from another culture
E) The degree of intimacy we are willing to accept in his/her relations with members
of other groups
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26. A person refuses to hire a Mexican American. This is an example of:
A) Prejudice
B) Institutional discrimination
C) Individual discrimination
D) Legal discrimination
E) Prejudice leading to institutional discrimination
27. In the 1930s, LaPiere's experiences traveling around the U.S. with a Chinese couple
provided evidence to suggest that prejudice is:
A) Cultural
B) Rational
C) Emotional
D) Situational
E) Inevitable
28. The Robber's Cave experiment supports the idea that prejudice can be caused by:
A) Lax supervision of young people
B) Extremely strict rules and regulations
C) Conflict situations between groups
D) Competition
E) Conflict between individuals
29. When entire groups are treated unfairly and unequally in the institutions of the larger
society, this is called:
A) Institutional discrimination
B) Prejudice
C) Racism
D) Society prejudice
E) Personal discrimination
30. Michelle is a poor African American woman. Her race, class, and gender may combine
to produce a unique kind of inequality. The concept that describes this phenomenon is
known as:
A) Matrix of domination
B) Marx's class oppression
C) Minority group
D) Triple discrimination
E) Triple melting pot
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31. Minority group members tend to be ______________: they tend to marry within their
own groups.
A) exogamous
B) endogamous
C) heterogamous
D) homogamous
E) none of the above
32. Which of the following social thinkers argued that the most important source of
inequality in society was the system of economic production?
A) Emile Durkheim
B) Auguste Comte
C) Karl Marx
D) Max Weber
E) Talcott Parsons
33. _Bogardus (1933) specified seven degrees of social distance. Which of the following is
not one of these seven degrees?
A) To close kinship by marriage
B) To employment in my occupation
C) To my club as personal chums
D) To my street as neighbors
E) To my school as teachers
34. Over the past three decades, the number of immigrants arriving in the United States
each year has significantly increased.
A) True
B) False
35. Minority groups are disadvantaged usually as the result of the actions of another group
or groups who benefit from the arrangement.
A) True
B) False
36. The awareness of minority group members of their differentiation from the dominant
group provides the basis for strong bonds and a sense of group solidarity.
A) True
B) False
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