, Chapterw w 1wwDive
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1. Thefastestw w growingw w groupsw w inw w thew w Unitedw w Statesw w are:
A) Asianw w andw w Pacificw w Islanders
B) Non-Hispanicw w whitew w Americans
C) Irishw w Americans
D) Africanw w Americans
E) Africans
2. Thepopulationw w ofw w thew w Unitedw w Statesw w isw w currently:
A) Affectedw w bylong-standingunresolvedw w minorityissues
B) Affectedw w byrisingimmigrationw w rates
C) Increasinglydiverse
D) Increasinglymultilingual
E) Allw w ofw w thew w above
3. Whichofw w thew w followingisw w NOTw w oneofw w thew w definingcharactersiticsw w ofw w aw w min
orityw w group?
A) Inequality
B) Aw w patternw w ofdisadvantagew w orw w inequality
C) Visibleidentifyingtraitsw w orcharacteristics
D) Smallw w groupw w size
E) Usuallydeterminedw w bybirth
4. Bydefinition,w w aw w minorityw w groupisw w alwaysw w aw w group:
A) Smallerinw w numberw w thanw w thew w dominantw w group
B) Residentiallysegregatedw w fromw w thedominantw w group
C) Singledw w outw w forw w differentialw w andw w unequalw w treatment
D) Distinguishablew w fromw w thew w dominantw w groupw w byitsw w racialw w characteristics
E) Distinguishedw w fromw w thew w dominantw w groupw w byitsw w ethnicw w origins
5. Whichw w ofthew w followingwouldw w bew w classifiedw w asw w primarilyw w anw w ethnicw w minoritygr
oup?
A) Africanw w Americans
B) Nativew w Americans
C) Jewishw w Americans
D) Asianw w Americans
E) Noneofw w thew w above
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, 6. Thesocialw w orw w physicalw w characteristicsw w thatw w markw w theboundaries
w w betweenwwgroupsw w areusually:
A) Highlyvisible
B) Selectedw w bythew w minoritygroupsw w themselves
C) Scientificallysignificant
D) Selectedw w fortheirw w biologicalw w importance
E) Allw w ofw w thew w above
7. Whichw w ofthew w followingisw w NOTw w anw w examplew w ofw w aw w cult
uralw w traitw w thaw w tw w maybew w associatedwithw w minoritystatus?
A) Language
B) Facialfeatures
C) Religion
D) Typesw w ofw w foodsw w eaten
E) Speechpatterns
8. Whichw w ofthew w followingcharacteristicsw w isw w NOTw w typicalw w ofw w ascribedw w status?
A) Itw w isw w usuallyacquiredw w atw w birth
B) Itw w typicallycannotw w bew w changedw w easily
C) Itw w isw w usuallyinvoluntary
D) Itw w canw w bew w alteredw w throughw w hardw w workw w andw w motivation
E) Itw w isw w usuallyforw w life
9. Lawsw w onw w miscegenationw w referredw w tow w lawsthat:
A) Preventedw w peoplew w fromw w passingw w asw w membersw w ofw w anotherrace
B) Preventedw w peoplew w ofw w differentw w racesw w fromw w eatingtogetherw w inw w publicrestaurant
s
C) Preventedw w membersw w ofw w differentw w racesw w fromw w intermarrying
D) Preventedw w membersw w ofdifferentw w racesw w fromw w goingtow w thew w samew w schools
E) Preventedw w membersw w ofthew w samesexw w fromw w marrying
10. Stratificationw w isw w anothertermw w for:
A) Prejudice
B) Discrimination
C) Theunequalw w distributionw w ofw w valuedw w goodsw w andw w services
D) Statussymbol
E) Allw w ofw w thew w above
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, 11. Marxismw w isw w aw w complexw w theoryofw w historyandw w socialw w changew w inw w whic
h
is
ww acentralw w conceptw w ofw w concern.
A) Inequality
B) Prejudice
C) Famew w orw w respect
D) Internationalw w war
E) Consensus
12. "Thewwmostwwimportantwwsourcewwofwwinequalitywwariseswwfromwwawwperson'sw
wrelatiowwnshipw w tow w themeansw w ofw w production."w w Thisw w statement
r
w w isw w mostw w likelyto w w bwwew w heardw w fromw w a:
A) Capitalist
B) Weberian
C) Libertarian
D) Marxist
E) Republican
13. Accordingtow w Marx,w w thew w meansw w ofw w productionw w inw w anw w agriculturalw w societywould
w w include:
A) Factories
B) Socialw w class
C) Wealth
D) Land
E) Banks
14. Inw w Marxistw w terms,w w thew w elitew w classw w inw w anw w industrialw w societywouldw w bew w the:
A) Bourgeoisie
B) Proletariat
C) Workers
D) Minoritygroups
E) Women
15. Maxw w Weberw w thoughtw w thatw w Marx'sw w ideasw w aboutw w inequalityweretoo:
A) Narrow
B) Optimistic
C) Complex
D) Abstract
E) Pessimistic
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rsitywwinwwthewwUnited
States:Questionsww
andwwConcepts
Testw w Bankw
wandw w Answerw
w Key
1. Thefastestw w growingw w groupsw w inw w thew w Unitedw w Statesw w are:
A) Asianw w andw w Pacificw w Islanders
B) Non-Hispanicw w whitew w Americans
C) Irishw w Americans
D) Africanw w Americans
E) Africans
2. Thepopulationw w ofw w thew w Unitedw w Statesw w isw w currently:
A) Affectedw w bylong-standingunresolvedw w minorityissues
B) Affectedw w byrisingimmigrationw w rates
C) Increasinglydiverse
D) Increasinglymultilingual
E) Allw w ofw w thew w above
3. Whichofw w thew w followingisw w NOTw w oneofw w thew w definingcharactersiticsw w ofw w aw w min
orityw w group?
A) Inequality
B) Aw w patternw w ofdisadvantagew w orw w inequality
C) Visibleidentifyingtraitsw w orcharacteristics
D) Smallw w groupw w size
E) Usuallydeterminedw w bybirth
4. Bydefinition,w w aw w minorityw w groupisw w alwaysw w aw w group:
A) Smallerinw w numberw w thanw w thew w dominantw w group
B) Residentiallysegregatedw w fromw w thedominantw w group
C) Singledw w outw w forw w differentialw w andw w unequalw w treatment
D) Distinguishablew w fromw w thew w dominantw w groupw w byitsw w racialw w characteristics
E) Distinguishedw w fromw w thew w dominantw w groupw w byitsw w ethnicw w origins
5. Whichw w ofthew w followingwouldw w bew w classifiedw w asw w primarilyw w anw w ethnicw w minoritygr
oup?
A) Africanw w Americans
B) Nativew w Americans
C) Jewishw w Americans
D) Asianw w Americans
E) Noneofw w thew w above
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, 6. Thesocialw w orw w physicalw w characteristicsw w thatw w markw w theboundaries
w w betweenwwgroupsw w areusually:
A) Highlyvisible
B) Selectedw w bythew w minoritygroupsw w themselves
C) Scientificallysignificant
D) Selectedw w fortheirw w biologicalw w importance
E) Allw w ofw w thew w above
7. Whichw w ofthew w followingisw w NOTw w anw w examplew w ofw w aw w cult
uralw w traitw w thaw w tw w maybew w associatedwithw w minoritystatus?
A) Language
B) Facialfeatures
C) Religion
D) Typesw w ofw w foodsw w eaten
E) Speechpatterns
8. Whichw w ofthew w followingcharacteristicsw w isw w NOTw w typicalw w ofw w ascribedw w status?
A) Itw w isw w usuallyacquiredw w atw w birth
B) Itw w typicallycannotw w bew w changedw w easily
C) Itw w isw w usuallyinvoluntary
D) Itw w canw w bew w alteredw w throughw w hardw w workw w andw w motivation
E) Itw w isw w usuallyforw w life
9. Lawsw w onw w miscegenationw w referredw w tow w lawsthat:
A) Preventedw w peoplew w fromw w passingw w asw w membersw w ofw w anotherrace
B) Preventedw w peoplew w ofw w differentw w racesw w fromw w eatingtogetherw w inw w publicrestaurant
s
C) Preventedw w membersw w ofw w differentw w racesw w fromw w intermarrying
D) Preventedw w membersw w ofdifferentw w racesw w fromw w goingtow w thew w samew w schools
E) Preventedw w membersw w ofthew w samesexw w fromw w marrying
10. Stratificationw w isw w anothertermw w for:
A) Prejudice
B) Discrimination
C) Theunequalw w distributionw w ofw w valuedw w goodsw w andw w services
D) Statussymbol
E) Allw w ofw w thew w above
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2
, 11. Marxismw w isw w aw w complexw w theoryofw w historyandw w socialw w changew w inw w whic
h
is
ww acentralw w conceptw w ofw w concern.
A) Inequality
B) Prejudice
C) Famew w orw w respect
D) Internationalw w war
E) Consensus
12. "Thewwmostwwimportantwwsourcewwofwwinequalitywwariseswwfromwwawwperson'sw
wrelatiowwnshipw w tow w themeansw w ofw w production."w w Thisw w statement
r
w w isw w mostw w likelyto w w bwwew w heardw w fromw w a:
A) Capitalist
B) Weberian
C) Libertarian
D) Marxist
E) Republican
13. Accordingtow w Marx,w w thew w meansw w ofw w productionw w inw w anw w agriculturalw w societywould
w w include:
A) Factories
B) Socialw w class
C) Wealth
D) Land
E) Banks
14. Inw w Marxistw w terms,w w thew w elitew w classw w inw w anw w industrialw w societywouldw w bew w the:
A) Bourgeoisie
B) Proletariat
C) Workers
D) Minoritygroups
E) Women
15. Maxw w Weberw w thoughtw w thatw w Marx'sw w ideasw w aboutw w inequalityweretoo:
A) Narrow
B) Optimistic
C) Complex
D) Abstract
E) Pessimistic
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