FOR
Racial and Ethnic Groups
d d d
Sixteenth Edition d
Chapterd1d–dExploringdRacedanddEthnicity
MultipledChoicedQuestions
1. Indsociology,dthedtermdminoritydrefersdtodad group.
a. dominant
b. subordinate
c. ruling
d. sovereign
Answer:db
LearningdObjective:d1.1:dExplaindhowdpeopledaredplaceddindgroups.
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,Topic:dHowdAredWedGrouped?dSki
lldLevel:dRememberdthedFactsdDiffi
culty:dEasy
2. Sociologistsddefinedethnicdgroupsdbaseddond .
a. whateverddefinitiondadparticularddominantdgroupdappliesdwithindadspecificdculturald
setting
b. differingdreligiousdpractices
c. obviousdphysicalddifferencesdthatddistinguishdthemdfromdotherdgroups
d. theirdnationaldorigindorddistinctivedculturaldpatterns
Answer:dd
LearningdObjective:d1.1:dExplaindhowdpeopledaredplaceddindgroups.d
Topic:dTypesdofdMinoritydGroups
SkilldLevel:dUnderstanddthedConceptsdDiffi
culty:dModerate
3. A(n)d
groupdisdadsubordinatedgroupdwhosedmembersdhavedsignificantlydlessdcontroldordpower
doverdtheirdowndlivesdthanddodmembersdofdaddominantdgroup.
a. minority
b. governing
c. stratified
d. elite
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,Answer:da
LearningdObjective:d1.1:dExplaindhowdpeopledaredplaceddindgroups.d
Topic:dHowdAredWedGrouped?
SkilldLevel:dRememberdthedFactsdD
ifficulty:dEasy
4. Whichd definitiondbestdrepresentsdthedsociologicaldconceptdofdadsubordinated ordsociald
minoritydgroup?
a. adgroupdthatdexperiencesdadnarrowingdofdlife‘sdopportunities
b. adgroupdthatdconsistsdofdlessdthand50dpercentdofdthedpopulation
c. groupdmembershipddefineddexclusivelydindtermsdofdphysicaldtraits
d. socialdstandingdthatdisdirrelevantdtodthedprocessesdofdaddemocracy
Answer:da
LearningdObjective:d1.1:dExplaindhowdpeopledaredplaceddindgroups.d
Topic:dHowdAredWedGrouped?
SkilldLevel:dUnderstanddthedConceptsdDiffi
culty:dModerate
5. Whichdcharacteristicdappliesdtodadminoritydordsubordinatedgroup?
a. voluntarydmembershipdindthedgroup
b. havingdadbroaddspectrumdofdopportunities
c. unequaldtreatmentdfromdothers
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, d. unawarenessdofdsubordination
Answer:dc
LearningdObjective:d1.1:dExplaindhowdpeopledaredplaceddindgroups.d
Topic:dHowdAredWedGrouped?
SkilldLevel:dRememberdthedFactsdD
ifficulty:dEasy
6. Membershipdindaddominantdordminoritydgroupdisd .
a. adpersonaldchoice
b. notdvoluntary
c. notdmandatory
d. discretionary
Answer:db
LearningdObjective:d1.1:dExplaindhowdpeopledaredplaceddindgroups.dT
opic:dHowdAredWedGrouped?
SkilldLevel:dRememberdthedFactsd
Difficulty:dEasy
7. Membersdofdadminoritydordsubordinatedgroupd .
a. generallydmarrydotherdpeopledfromdoutsidedtheirdgroup
b. becomedadpartdofdthedgroupdvoluntarily
c. aredpoliticaldequalsdofdthedmajoritydgroup
d. haveddistinguishingdculturaldtraits
Answer:dd
LearningdObjective:d1.1:dExplaindhowdpeopledaredplaceddindgroups.d
Topic:dHowdAredWedGrouped?
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