SOCI 268 Ch. 2
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In 2010, Hispanic Americans represented __________ percent of the U.S. population.
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16.4
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Today, most African American families are at which class level?
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working class
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Which theory claims that prejudice develops among people who are frustrated over a lack of control in their lives?
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scapegoat theory
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If you take a liberal point of view, poverty is mostly a problem that
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society as a whole
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In the 1996 Hopwood v. Texas decision, a federal court judge declared that race and gender
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could no longer be considered by public colleges and universities in certain southern states.
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Regarding income distribution in the United States, the overall pattern reveals
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that by 2007 income inequality became greater than at any time during the last fifty years.
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In 2011, the average compensation of the ten highest-paid chief executive officers (CEOs) in the United States
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exceeded $60 million
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Infant mortality refers to the risk of death
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during the first year of life.
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In 2010, income for the average poor family in the United States was about how far below the poverty line?
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$11,000
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If you were wishing to raise the social standing of minorities who have been subject to historical prejudice and discrimination, which of the following policies would you support?
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affirmative action
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Anthropologist Oscar Lewis referred to cultural patterns that make poverty a way of life as
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the culture of poverty
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The \"Great Migration,\" which drew tens of millions of African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North took place
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after World War I.
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In Joan Albon's analysis, the lower social standing of many American Indians was due to
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non-competitive cultural values that discourage individual achievement.
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T/F: Social stratification refers to the different talents and abilities of individuals.
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False
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T/F: Race is a simple matter of people's biological traits.
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False
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T/F: Rosa Parks was the first African American woman to win election to Congress.
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False
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T/F: The key insight of intersection theory is that poverty has many causes that come together in the lives of poor people.
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False
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T/F: Genocide is the killing of one category of people by another.
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True
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T/F: The poverty line represents about three times the income that an average family must spend in order to live.
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False
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T/F: Racism is an especially serious example of prejudice.
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True
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T/F: The poverty line for a family of four is about $22,000.
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True
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T/F: All human beings are members of a single biological species.
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True
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T/F: African Americans born in the United States gained citizenship in 1868.
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True
