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Question 1
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Open Hint for Question 1 in a new window		 A minority group is a small group of people who experience a narrowing of life's opportunities for success, education, wealth, and the pursuit of happiness.
   
 
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Question 2
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Open Hint for Question 2 in a new window		 Membership in a racial group is completely determined by the color of an individual's skin.
   
 
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Question 3
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Open Hint for Question 3 in a new window		 Although race is based on biological characteristics, members of a race may have distinctive cultural characteristics.
   
 
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Question 4
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Open Hint for Question 4 in a new window		 Membership in a racial group is completely determined by the color of an individual's skin.
   
 
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Question 5
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Open Hint for Question 5 in a new window		 Black males are the group that is most likely to experience "double jeopardy."
   
 
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Question 6
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Open Hint for Question 6 in a new window		 One of the most accurate ways of determining an individual's race is through a blood test.
   
 
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Question 7
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Open Hint for Question 7 in a new window		 The 1950 UNESCO Statement on Race maintains that "for all practical social purposes 'race' is not so much a biological phenomenon as a social myth."
   
 
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Question 8
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Open Hint for Question 8 in a new window		 Census 2000 was the first census in which individuals can indicate whether they are Hispanic or not.
   
 
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Question 9
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Open Hint for Question 9 in a new window		 One of the primary dysfunctions of racism is that racist beliefs relieve the dominant group of the responsibility to address the economic and educational problems faced by subordinate groups.
   
 
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Question 10
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Open Hint for Question 10 in a new window		 A person or group described as having particular characteristics – regardless of whether those descriptions are correct or not – may begin to display those very traits attributed to them.
   
 
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