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Multiple Choice


This activity contains 15 questions.

	Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a minority group?   It is physically and/or culturally distinctive. Membership is involuntary. It is outnumbered by the dominant group. It is treated unequally by the dominant group.

	By the year 2050, the Black-Hispanic-Asian-Native American population in the United States is expected to:   decrease to 24 percent. increase to 72 percent. increase to 24 percent. increase to 60 percent.

	A member of a subordinate minority group experiences a narrowing of life opportunities in which of the following areas?   education the pursuit of happiness wealth all of the above

	According to William Graham Sumner, viewed from the perspective of the dominant group, minority groups are an example of a(n):   out-group. dyad. reference group. in-group.

	Subordinate group membership may be based on _______________ group membership.   educational occupational religious all of the above

	With respect to minority group membership, which of the following groups experiences "double jeopardy"?   Black men White men Jewish men Black women

	The Bell Curve by Richard Herrnstein and Charles Murray is an attempt to demonstrate:   how race is socially constructed. the biological basis of intelligence. how ethnicity is socially constructed. the biological basis of ethnicity.

	Race continues to be important to people because:   it helps scientists track disease and disease resistance. it allows experts to distinguish slow learners from fast learners. people have historically been taught to think of it as important. it is a useful way of biologically distinguishing people from each other.

	Which sociological perspective would maintain that racist beliefs discourage subordinate groups from attempting to question their lowly status?   labeling approach conflict perspective authoritarian perspective functionalist perspective

	Gunnar Myrdal, a Swedish social economist, concluded that the plight of the subordinate group is the responsibility of the dominant majority. This view reflects the ideas of which sociological perspective?   the conflict perspective the institutionalist perspective the functionalist perspective the labeling approach

	Which sociological perspective points out that stereotypes, when applied by people in power, can have very negative consequences for people or groups identified falsely?   the philosophical perspective the conflict perspective the functionalist perspective the labeling approach

	When _______________ occurs, the dominant power generally suppresses the language and culture of the minority, which is what happened as a result of the Louisiana purchase in 1803.   extermination expulsion annexation secession

	Fusion and amalgamation refer to the process by which groups combine to form a new group through intermarriage. Recent evidence suggests:   that intermarriage has been modestly increasing. that the vast majority of whites report single ancestry. that Hispanics resist intermarriage more than any other group. that intermarriage has been declining.

	Census 2000 is the first census that allows respondents to indicate:   their race. families with multiple religious backgrounds. whether they are Asian or American Indian. a multiracial identity.

	Though there are vestiges of cultural pluralism – in the various ethnic neighborhoods in major cities, for instance – the rule has been for subordinate groups to _______________.   exterminate secede assimilate amalgamate

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