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Key Term Quiz

Key Term Quiz


This activity contains 10 questions.

	The type of school segregation that results from residential patterns is called:   Jim Crow segregation. de terra segregation. de jure segregation. de facto segregation.

	Tracking:   is the practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups on the basis of test scores and other criteria. has the effect of decreasing White-Black classroom interaction as African American children are disproportionately assigned to general classes, while more White children are placed in college preparatory classes. has been a successful tool used by administrators to integrate schools in northern cities. only a and b

	All of a person’s material assets, including land and other types of property are called:   income. wealth. set-asides. none of the above.

	Class:   determines whether an individual will be a victim of a crime, whether they will attend college or vocational schools, and whether they will suffer from chronic health conditions. is not as important as race in determining black life-chances in the modern world, according to William J. Wilson. is a recent term, dating from the 1980s greed is good philosophy to refer to persons who share a similar high level of wealth and income. none of the above.

	The practice of discrimination against people trying to buy homes in a minority and racially changing neighborhoods that is tied to financial lenders designating those neighborhoods as poor investments for home and commercial loans is known as:   de facto segregation. de jure segregation. redlining. set-asides.

	Laws that have seemed to curb the development of low- and moderate-income housing in suburbs that would attract African Americans who want to move out of the central city are called:   de facto segregation. redlining laws. zoning laws. Jim Crow laws.

	Differential justice refers to:   Whites being dealt with more leniently than Blacks in the criminal justice system. Black youths being dealt with more harshly by the police than White youths. Whites being less likely to be arrested, indicted, convicted, or sentenced than Blacks for similar offenses. all of the above.

	All of ones material assets, including land and other types of property are called:   income. wealth. set-asides. none of the above.

	Systematic interviews of ordinary people carried out annually to reveal how much crime occurs are called:   police blotters. victimization surveys. crime-wave mega-reports. none of the above.

	Gerrymandering refers to:   bizarre outlining of districts to create politically advantageous outcomes. discrimination against people trying to buy homes in minority and racially changing neighborhoods that is tied to financial lenders designating those neighborhoods as poor investments for home and commercial loans. stipulations that government contracts must be awarded in a minimum proportion, usually 10-30 percent, to minority-owned businesses. none of the above.

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