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Anthropology 5 Quiz 2

Frage 1 von 13

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Which of the following is true of institutional discrimination?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • It refers to the efforts and programs that suggest special treatment of women or racial minorities.

  • It imposes more hindrances on certain racial and ethnic groups than it does to others.

  • It discriminates against members of the dominant group.

  • It is the inability of racial minorities to move laterally in organizations.

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Frage 2 von 13

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__________ refers to the efforts to ensure that hazardous substances are controlled so that all communities receive protection regardless of race or social-economic circumstance.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • environmental justice

  • affirmative action

  • intergenerational equity

  • environmental pluralism

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Frage 3 von 13

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What is reverse discrimination?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The charge that women are discriminated against in employment practices.

  • The charge that affirmative action discriminates against dominant-group members.

  • The charge that law enforcement officers belonging to majority groups discriminate against others.

  • The charge that employees in senior management positions exploit those in lower levels of the organizational hierarchy.

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Frage 4 von 13

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The motivation for the bias in most hate crimes is __________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • age

  • race

  • sexual orientation

  • disability

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Frage 5 von 13

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Which of the following is true of earning members of different groups?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • The median income of Asian American men is lesser than that of White males.

  • Women with a Master's Degree earn more than men with a Bachelor's Degree.

  • Men earn a higher annual income than women, regardless of race or ethnicity.

  • The median incomes of Hispanic men and White men are the same.

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Frage 6 von 13

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Redlining refers to the pattern of __________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • racial profiling by law enforcement agencies

  • racial groups to be employed in different occupations from each other

  • IQ tests favoring middle-class children, especially the White and Hispanic middle class

  • discrimination against those trying to buy homes in racially changing localities

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Frage 7 von 13

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Which of the following refers to the barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified worker because of gender or minority membership?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • the glass ceiling

  • the second shift

  • redlining

  • de jure segregation

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Frage 8 von 13

1

The Chinese Exclusion Act, passed by the Congress in 1882, _______________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • excluded the Chinese population from exercising their voting rights

  • outlawed Chinese immigration for 10 years

  • prevented the Chinese from seeking jobs as physicians but allowed them to become nurses

  • ensured that the Chinese population were paid less than their non-Asian counterparts

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Frage 9 von 13

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By the end of the nineteenth century, more and more immigrants to the United States were ______________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • neither English-speaking nor Protestant

  • English-speaking and Catholic

  • experienced in democratic political practices

  • native English-speaking White population

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Frage 10 von 13

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Which of the following terms refers to the immigration to the United States of skilled workers, professionals, and technicians who are desperately need by their home countries?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • population explosion

  • brain drain

  • civil disobedience

  • colonialism

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Frage 11 von 13

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Which of the following is true of illegal immigrants in the United States?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • a majority of them pay taxes and do not claim benefits

  • a majority of them acquire the most highly paid jobs

  • a majority of them set up industries across the country

  • a majority of them are responsible for inflow of money into the country

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Frage 12 von 13

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Which of the following is true of the economic impact of immigration?

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • Immigration can increase the availability of natural resources to a community.

  • Immigration creates new job opportunities for the natives.

  • Immigration can revitalize a local economy.

  • Immigration improves wages for the natives living in the community.

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Frage 13 von 13

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Despite the poor working conditions often experienced by illegal immigrants in the United States, they continue to migrate because ____________.

Wähle eine der folgenden:

  • they are unable to pursue higher education in their home countries

  • they are unable to find wage labor in their home countries

  • they think they can make a significant contribution to the economy of the United States

  • they know the border enforcement is nonexistent in the United States

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