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20 Cards in this Set
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An inbreeding population that cannot breed with others and develops distinctive physical features that set them apart is called a(n) ________. |
species. |
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Which of the following statements about racial groups is true? |
Human groups have exchanged genes to such an extent that it is impossible to identify "pure" races. |
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A population that has a sense of group identity based on a distinctive cultural pattern and, usually, shared ancestry, whether actual or assumed, is ________. |
an ethnic group |
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The intentional extermination of one population by a more dominant population is termed ________. |
genocide |
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Another term for South Africa's former policy of extreme racial segregation is ________. |
apartheid |
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Segregation that is enforced by unwritten norms is ________. |
de facto segregation. |
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The belief that culturally distinct groups can retain their communities and much of their culture while participating in the institutions of the larger society is termed ________. |
cultural pluralism |
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Frederick Jackson Turner once observed that "in the crucible of the frontier the immigrants were Americanized, liberated, and fused into a mixed race." This statement illustrates the view of minority relations known as ________. |
the melting pot. |
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A personality type in which a person develops pent-up frustrations that engender hostility under certain conditions is which personality trait? |
Authoritarian |
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Marxists tend to explain the origins of racial and ethnic inequality in terms of ________. |
the conflict between classes in capitalist societies. |
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Which of the following factors has contributed to continued racial inequality in the United States? |
Restructuring of the American economy |
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Who argued in The Normal and the Pathological that people would find the social creation of an outgroup served powerful functions for the ingroup? |
Emile Durkheim |
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Which group is NOT involved in the "ethnic cleansing" campaigns in the Balkans? |
ALL OF THESE ARE INVOLVED The SerbsThe CroatsThe Muslims |
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Who was the primary author of the famous book entitled "The Authoritarian Personality?" |
T. W. Adorno |
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It appears that all humans had their common origin in ________. |
Africa. |
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When the U. S. Army administered tests to recruits during World War I, it discovered that ________. |
performance was linked to social class. |
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Early anthropologists did everything they could to dispel the notion of "races" among humans. |
False |
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Hitler's views on race were strongly rejected by nearly every German scientist of his day. |
False |
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By a sociological definition of "minority group" it is possible for a group to be 80% of the population of a society and still be considered to be a minority group. |
True |
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Conditions for slaves in the U. S. were the worst seen anywhere. |
False |
