Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class: The Sociology of Group Inequality – Complete Test Bank (Latest Edition 2023

, Chapterm.1m.Divers
itym.inm.them.United
States:Questionsm.andm.Concepts

Testm.Bankm.andm.Answerm.
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Key

1. Thefastestm.growingm.groupsm.inm.them.Unitedm.Statesm.are:
A) Asianm.andm.Pacificm.Islanders
B) Non-Hispanicm.whitem.Americans
C) Irishm.Americans
D) Africanm.Americans
E) Africans


2. Thepopulationm.ofm.them.Unitedm.Statesm.ism.currently:
A) Affectedm.bylong-standingunresolvedm.minorityissues
B) Affectedm.byrisingimmigrationm.rates
C) Increasinglydiverse
D) Increasinglymultilingual
E) Allm.ofm.them.above


3. Whichofm.them.followingism.NOTm.oneofm.them.definingcharactersiticsm.ofm.am.minoritym.group?
A) Inequality
B) Am.patternm.ofdisadvantagem.orm.inequality
C) Visibleidentifyingtraitsm. orcharacteristics
D) Smallm.groupm.size
E) Usuallydeterminedm.bybirth


4. Bydefinition,m.am.minoritym.groupism.alwaysm.am.group:
A) Smallerinm.numberm.thanm.them.dominantm.group
B) Residentiallysegregatedm.fromm.thedominantm.group
C) Singledm.outm.form.differentialm.andm.unequalm.treatment
D) Distinguishablem.fromm.them.dominantm.groupm.byitsm.racialm.characteristics
E) Distinguishedm.fromm.them.dominantm.groupm.byitsm.ethnicm.origins


5. Whichm.ofthem.followingwouldm.bem.classifiedm.asm.primarilym.anm.ethnicm.minoritygroup?
A) Africanm.Americans
B) Nativem.Americans
C) JewishmA. mericans
D) Asianm.Americans
E) Noneofm.them.above



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, 6. Thesocialm.orm.physicalm.characteristicsm.thatm.markm.theboundariesm.betweenm.
groupsm.areusually:
A) Highlyvisible
B) Selectedm.bythem.minoritygroupsm.themselves
C) Scientificallysignificant
D) Selectedm.fortheirm.biologicalm.importance
E) Allm.ofm.them.above


7. Whichm.ofthem.followingism.NOTm.anm.examplem.ofm.am.culturalm.traitm.that
m.maybem.associatedwithm.minoritystatus?
A) Language
B) Facialfeatures
C) Religion
D) Typesm.ofm.foodsm.eaten
E) Speechpatterns


8. Whichm.ofthem.followingcharacteristicsm.ism.NOTm.typicalm.ofm.ascribedm.status?
A) Itm.ism.usuallyacquiredm.atm.birth
B) Itm.typicallycannotm.bem.changedm.easily
C) Itm.ism.usuallyinvoluntary
D) Itm.canm.bem.alteredm.throughm.hardm.workm.andm.motivation
E) Itm.ism.usuallyform.life


9. Lawsm.onm.miscegenationm.referredm.tom.lawsthat:
A) Preventedm.peoplem.fromm.passingm.asm.membersm.ofm.anotherrace
B) Preventedm.peoplem.ofm.differentm.racesm.fromm.eatingtogetherm.inm.publicrestaurants
C) Preventedm.membersm.ofm.differentm.racesm.fromm.intermarrying
D) Preventedm.membersm.ofdifferentm.racesm.fromm.goingtom.them.samem.schools
E) Preventedm.membersm.ofthem.samesexm.fromm.marrying


10. Stratificationm.ism.anothertermm.for:
A) Prejudice
B) Discrimination
C) Theunequalm.distributionm.ofm.valuedm.goodsm.andm.services
D) Statussymbol
E) Allm.ofm.them.above




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, 11. Marxismm.ism.am.complexm.theoryofm.historyandm.socialm.changem.inm.which
is
m.acentralm.conceptm.ofm.concern.

A) Inequality
B) Prejudice
C) Famem.orm.respect
D) Internationalm. war
E) Consensus


12. "Them.mostm.importantm.sourcem.ofm.inequalityarisesm.fromm.am.person'sm.relations
hipm.tom.themeansm.ofm.production."m.Thism.statementm.ism.mostm.likelytom.bem
.heardm.fromm.a:
A) Capitalist
B) Weberian
C) Libertarian
D) Marxist
E) Republican


13. Accordingtom.Marx,m.them.meansm.ofm.productionm.inm.anm.agriculturalm.societywouldm.include:
A) Factories
B) Socialm.class
C) Wealth
D) Land
E) Banks


14. Inm.Marxistm.terms,m.them.elitem.classm.inm.anm.industrialm.societywouldm.bem.the:
A) Bourgeoisie
B) Proletariat
C) Workers
D) Minoritygroups
E) Women


15. Maxm.Weberm.thoughtm.thatm.Marx'sm.ideasm.aboutm.inequalityweretoo:
A) Narrow
B) Optimistic
C) Complex
D) Abstract
E) Pessimistic




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