Sociology -- Chapter Seven

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1.

Characteristics like race and ethnicity are called
- A.
  
  Ascribed statuses
- B.
  
  Achieved statuses
- C.
  
  Minority statuses
- D.
  
  Status roles
- E.
  
  None of the above
2.

Jewish Americans would most clearly be
- A.
  
  A racial group
- B.
  
  An authoritarian group
- C.
  
  An example of internal colonialism
- D.
  
  An ethnic group
- E.
  
  A split-labor group
3.

A negative attitude toward certain people based solely on their membership in a particular group is called
- A.
  
  Prejudice
- B.
  
  Discrimination
- C.
  
  A minority group
- D.
  
  Pluralism
- E.
  
  Segregation
4.

The tendency to view one's own group or culture as as in-group that follows the best and only prpoper way to live is termed
- A.
  
  Discrimination
- B.
  
  Prejudice
- C.
  
  Ethnocentrism
- D.
  
  Institutionalized discrimination
- E.
  
  Assimmilation
5.

Which of the following are among the social sources of prejudice and discrimination discussed in the text?
- A.
  
  Assimilation
- B.
  
  Socialization and conformity
- C.
  
  Ethnocentrism
- D.
  
  All of the above
- E.
  
  Both B and C
6.

Women who fail to qualify for employment in a fire department because they do not have sufficient upper-body strength to carry a heavy weight a long distance have encountered
- A.
  
  Racism
- B.
  
  Apartheid
- C.
  
  Prejudice nondiscrimination
- D.
  
  Institutionalized discrimination
- E.
  
  Internal colonialism
7.

The Serbs forced Muslims to move out of certain territories in the former Yugoslavia. This pattern of intergroup relations is most clearly referred to as
- A.
  
  Continued subjugation
- B.
  
  Genocide
- C.
  
  Population transfer
- D.
  
  Pluralism
- E.
  
  Separatism
8.

Of the minority reactions to domination discussed in the text, minority groups with little power would probably respond with
- A.
  
  Separatism
- B.
  
  Rebellion
- C.
  
  Submission
- D.
  
  Social protest
- E.
  
  Population transfer
9.

The ___perspective characterizes the mass media as "contested territory" that groups compete over.
- A.
  
  Conflict
- B.
  
  Functionalist
- C.
  
  Interactionist
- D.
  
  Assimilationist
- E.
  
  Evolutionary
10.

Over the history of the United States, the experience of most immigrants comes closest to
- A.
  
  A melting pot
- B.
  
  Anglo conformity
- C.
  
  Continued subjugation
- D.
  
  Genocide
- E.
  
  Both A and B