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what is the major criticism a conflict theorist would make of the hidden curriculum

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it perpetuates social inequalities

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between 1996 and 1997, editions of statistical abstracts reported the number of students scoring 600 or better on the verbal section of the SAt increased nearly threefold. What was most likely the reason for this dramatic increase in scores

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a "re-scoring" of the exam

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conflict theorists stress that education reproduces a country's social class system

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true

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family background is more important than test scores in predicting who attends college in the US

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true

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the Rist Research in kindergarten reading classes demonstrated IQ scores are an accurate instrument to use for reading level placement

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false

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in the ray rist study, what was the basis of selection used by kindergarten teacher to assign students to their respective reading groups

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their social class

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what was the result of the research by George Farkas on how teacher expectations affect grades

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demand more, get more. girls and Asians can signal to teachers more, get higher grades

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four problems with American education

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-grade inflation -social promotion -functional illiterate -violence

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why do catholic schools score better

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-higher academic standards -parents pay more, parents are more involved

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what theorists examine how the educational system reproduces the social class structure

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conflict theorists

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in the US what signal factor determines who attends college more than any other

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family background

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what variable did ray rist identify as being the underlying basis for assigning children to different learning groups in kindergarten?

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social class

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who was the sociologist who addressed the concept of the self-fulfilling prophecy?

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Robert Merton

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What did Farkas determine to be the deciding factor on which students receive the highest grades

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the students with the highest grades signaled to teachers they are better students

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Farkas discovered that even though they had identical test scores, some students were prone to receive better grades than others, Which students received better grades?

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girls and Asian americans

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47% of all entering college freshmen have an overall high school grade point average of A? what is the reason

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teachers have inflated the grades

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Renee has difficulty in reading and writing. Despite her problem with reading and writing, she has been passed into the next grade every year- what is this called

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social promotion

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Tommie has a high school diploma but is having exceptional difficulty finding a job because he has difficulty reading the classified ads and completing employment applications- what is this called

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functional illiteracy

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What did Coleman and Hoffer attribute to the higher test scores of students enrolled in Catholic schools compared to those registered by students in public schools?

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catholic schools maintain high academic standards compared to public schools

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Free public education was a part of the founding of the American republic and guaranteed under the constitution

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false

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It is much more likely an industrialized nation be credentialed society than an agricultural-based nation

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true

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most students in community colleges are nontraditional students 25 years old or older

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true

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a central sociological principle of education is that a nation's education reflects its culture

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true

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education's most obvious manifest function is to provide a national system of child care the permits both parents to hold full-time jobs

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false

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the concept of social placement is most aligned with the conflict perspective because it encourages and maintains social inequalities

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true

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tools used for social placement of children in schools are gate keeping and tracking

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true

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Yoko attends grade school in Japan. Which values of Japanese culture would she learn in her classes?

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solidarity with the group and team effort

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who is most likely to participate in a formal education program beyond the first couple of grades?

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wealthy

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Edinboro University of Pennsylvania has one of the largest enrollments of disabled students. what term allows them to be integrated?

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mainstreaming

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what functions of US schools have expanded and now rival some family functions?

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childcare and sex education

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what were the two reasons public education was introduced in America during the 1980s

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-increased sense of patriotism in immigrates -produced educated workers

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4 manifest functions of education

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-spread knowledge -spread American values -educate all social classes -tracking

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2 latent functions of education

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childcare, sex ed

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2 dysfunctions associated with education

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-replacing family functions -depression -bullying

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in earlier societies and in some tribal societies today, schools and teachers did not exist. Rather children learn a culture or

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acculturation

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a formal system of teaching knowledge, values, and skills

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education

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which two founding fathers believed Americans needed to be educated in order to create national unity?

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Thomas Jefferson and Noah Webster

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what were the two major goals for instituting public education in America during the 1800s

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it was to produce more educated workers and Americanize immigrants

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19th century schools

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charged tuition

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who proposed common schools supported by taxes

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Horace Mann

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mandatory education laws meant that

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students went to school through the 8th grade or turned 16

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these institutions sprang up as a result colleges being too far away and costly

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community colleges

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_gradate high school and _ graduate from college

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90% 30%

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which area of the country has the lowest number of high school graduates

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south

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what are children from richer families more likely to be admitted to college even though completion is rigid and there are a limited number of opening each year?

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parents spend more money on tutors

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what event was the impetus for the drastic change in the education system in Russia that opened free education to all children?

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the Russian Revolution

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what is the process of passing a nation's core values from one generation to the next, such as respect for private property, individuality, and competition through the school system

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cultural transmission of values

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which of the following are manifest functions of the American education system?

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teaching knowledge and skills, cultural transmission of values, social integration

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which function performed by American schools stresses making students similar in their speech, appearance, and ways of thinking

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social integration

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approximately what percentage of students with disabilities attend school in regular classrooms?

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50%

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what is the process of determining which people will enter what occupations through tracking and placing select students in ability groups and advanced classes?

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gate keeping

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according to functionalists, why is social placement, or gatekeeping, beneficial to society?

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it ensures that the most capable people fill the most important positions

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who were the three sociologists known for advocating social placement as a part of the educational system as being functional for society?

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Talcott Parsons, Kingsley Davis, Wilbert Moore

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what system is used in schools to sort students into different educational programs on the basis of their perceived abilities?

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tracking

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what is the variable that most distinguishes one race from another

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physical characteristics

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what is the attempted destruction of a group of people because of their presumed race or ethnicity?

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genocide

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what term was used to describe the Serb massacre of Muslims in Bosnia?

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ethnic cleansing

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what are two major myths about race that are refuted in the text?

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certain races are superior to others, and pure races exist

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who was the sociologist who defined minority groups as people who are singled out for unequal treatment and who regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination?

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Louis Wirth

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sociologists refer to those members of society with the greater power and privilege as the

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dominant group

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what conclusion did sociologist Kathleen Blee reach after she studied women who joined hate groups

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some women who join hate groups learn to be racists after the join the hate group

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what analogy mentioned in the text has been suggested by some analysts as a more appropriate way to describe the United States than the concept of the melting pot?

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a tossed salad

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people who are African American and Hispanic are often turning down loans, even though their credit histories are similar to white applicants. What do sociologists call this form of treatment?

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institutional discrimination

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what is the major difference between how sociologists and psychologists attempt to understand prejudice?

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psychologists examine conditions inside the individual, and sociologists examine conditions outside the individual

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what term refers to a racial, ethnic, or religious minority that a member of the dominant groups uses to blame for their failure to achieve desired goals?

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scapegoat

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what conclusion did the Sherifs reach following their experiment in which boys at a summer camp were assigned different cabins which competed against each other in sports and for status?

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prejudice is functional as it creates in-group solidarity

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which sociological perspective best explains the concept of reserve labor force and a split labor market?

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conflict theory

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what do sociologists call a tendency for people to be blind to the messages that labels convey

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selective perception

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a minority group usually has physical or cultural traits that are held in low esteem by the dominant group

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true

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what was the name of the social club nearly 400 African- American men joined at Tuskegee University in the 1930s that was later revealed to be an unethical study to syphilis conducted by the US public health service?

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Miss Rivers Lodge

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how many racial groups did anthropologist Ashley Montagu identify in his typological matrix?

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fourty

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race is to biology as ___ is to cultural heritage

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ethnicity

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Hindu was a choice on the US census as a race. What is the most logical reason it was removed?

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Hindu is a religion, not a race

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Mickey takes great pride in being Irish. He wears a button the says Kiss me Im Irish. What is mickey doing as it relates to race and ethnicity

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he is involved in ethnic work

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which statement is always true of dominant groups

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a dominant group has greater power and privilege than another

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George is a clerk at a hardware store. When an African American walks into the room he is extra keen, what does this mean

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discrimintation

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prejudice describes ___ while discrimination describes ___

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attitudes, actions

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Sam refuses to serve Asians bc he thinks they do not belong in this country

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sam is guilty of prejudice and discrimination

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Chris works for a bank that targets minorities for high-risk loans

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institutional discrimination

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police officers who enforce the law see the world as black and white

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authoritative personality

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best example or split labor market?

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Italian immigrants work in the coal mines for less money than third generation Germans and Welsh

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which sociological perspective is the concept of selective perception most affiliated?

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symbolic interactionism

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in 18th century executioners wore black hoods that covered their faces

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compartmentalization

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sociologically the terms minority and dominant have little to do with actual numbers or percentages within a population

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true

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institutional discrimination is discrimination woven into the fabric of society

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true

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during the night of broken glass Hitler ordered his brown shirts to destroy Jewish homes , what encourages people to do this

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indirect population transfer

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what term describes a form of internal colonials practiced in South Africa when dominant White Afrikaners exploited black Africans?

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apartheid

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What pattern of intergroup relations does the caste system illustrate

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segregation

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in the US we are free to join the Sons of Italy, or NAACP. what is this pattern of inter group relations called

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pluralism

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in the late 19th century what term described immigrants from Europe whose language and customs were different than those who had already settled in america

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white ethnics

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What was the major difference between the half-million Cubans who fled Castro's rise to power in 1959 and the 100,000 boat people who fled Cuba

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the 1980 group was less educated and from a lower class

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what race-related legislation did Senator S.I. Hayakawa of California introduce in 1981

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an English only amendment to the constitution

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Japanese Americans put into internment camps

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spillover bigotry

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more Latinos live in California than in any other state

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true

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one of the first groups in the West to be met with widespread discrimination that was both individual and institutional were the chinese

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true

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slavery in the US was an example of which pattern of intergroup relations?

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internal colonialism

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what is the intergroup strategy that involves separating minority groups from dominant groups so that minimal contact occurs between them

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segregation

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what is the method of intergroup relations that allows the minority group to adapt the dominant group's patterns in their own way and at their own speed

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permissible assimilation

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which European nation provides the best example of multiculturalism

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Switzerland

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who are chicanos

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Americans from Mexico

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from what country do Americans of European descent most often trace their ancestry

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Germany

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from which nation do the greatest number of Latinos in the US trace their heritage

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Mexico

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who are the American volunteers concerned w illegal immigration

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the minutemen

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who was the African American women who refused to get up from her seat

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Rosa Parks

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which socialist argues that social class has become more important than race in determining the life chances of African Americans?

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William Julius Wilson

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what is the most common nation of origin for Asian Americans

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china

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in which ethnic group is it most likely what children will grow up with parents who are married to each other

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native Americans

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which ethnic group does the text refer to as the "invisible minority"

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native Americans

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in the 19th century which two patterns of intergroup relations were native Americans subjected to by the dominant white Americans

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genocide and direct population transfer

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