Home

Chapter 1

Key Term Quiz

Key Term Quiz


This activity contains 10 questions.

	A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own lives than do the members of a dominant group are called a:   majority group. racial group. ethnic group. minority group.

	An ethnic group is:   set apart from others because of their national origin or distinctive cultural patterns. set apart from others because of obvious physical differences. set apart from others because of differences in their faith. all of the above.

	The structured ranking of entire groups of people who share similar wealth is called:   fusion. stratification. pluralism. colonialism.

	Which sociological perspective emphasizes how the parts of a society are structured to maintain stability?   conflict perspective labeling approach functionalist perspective interactionist perspective

	In certain situations, we may respond to negative stereotypes and act on them, with the result that false definitions become accurate. This is known as a:   self-fulfilling prophecy. marginality. amalgamation. stereotype.

	Colonialism:   is the process of leaving one country to settle in another one. is the physical separation of two groups in residence, workplace, and social functions. occurs when a subordinate group secedes to form a new nation or moves to an already established nation. is the maintenance of political, social, economic and cultural domination over people by a foreign power for an extended period.

	Amalgamation:   is the process by which a subordinate individual or group takes on the characteristics of the dominant group and is eventually accepted as part of that group. is the cultural and physical synthesis of various groups into a new people. is the maintenance of political, social, economic and cultural domination over people by a foreign power for an extended period. occurs when a subordinate group secedes to form a new nation or moves to an already established nation.

	Dominant groups may choose to force a specific subordinate group to leave certain areas or even vacate a country. This is called:   expulsion. extermination. segregation. secession.

	The use of two or more languages in places of work or education, with each language being treated as equal is called:   bilingualism. marginality. Afrocentrism. panethnicity.

	Marginality:   refers to the status of being between two cultures as in the case of an individual whose mother is a Jew and whose father is a Christian. refers to the development of solidarity among ethnic subgroups. implies that various groups in a society have mutual respect for one another's culture, a respect that allows minorities to express their own culture without suffering prejudice or hostility. none of the above.

Answer choices in this exercise appear in a different order each time the page is loaded.

Copyright © 1995-2008, Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Pearson Prentice Hall Legal and Privacy Terms