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Anthropology 5 Quiz 2

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  1. 1Which of the following is true of institutional discrimination?
    1. AIt refers to the efforts and programs that suggest special treatment of women or racial minorities.
    2. BIt imposes more hindrances on certain racial and ethnic groups than it does to others.
    3. CIt discriminates against members of the dominant group.
    4. DIt is the inability of racial minorities to move laterally in organizations.
  2. 2__________ refers to the efforts to ensure that hazardous substances are controlled so that all communities receive protection regardless of race or social-economic circumstance.
    1. Aenvironmental justice
    2. Baffirmative action
    3. Cintergenerational equity
    4. Denvironmental pluralism
  3. 3What is reverse discrimination?
    1. AThe charge that women are discriminated against in employment practices.
    2. BThe charge that affirmative action discriminates against dominant-group members.
    3. CThe charge that law enforcement officers belonging to majority groups discriminate against others.
    4. DThe charge that employees in senior management positions exploit those in lower levels of the organizational hierarchy.
  4. 4The motivation for the bias in most hate crimes is __________.
    1. Aage
    2. Brace
    3. Csexual orientation
    4. Ddisability
  5. 5Which of the following is true of earning members of different groups?
    1. AThe median income of Asian American men is lesser than that of White males.
    2. BWomen with a Master's Degree earn more than men with a Bachelor's Degree.
    3. CMen earn a higher annual income than women, regardless of race or ethnicity.
    4. DThe median incomes of Hispanic men and White men are the same.
  6. 6Redlining refers to the pattern of __________.
    1. Aracial profiling by law enforcement agencies
    2. Bracial groups to be employed in different occupations from each other
    3. CIQ tests favoring middle-class children, especially the White and Hispanic middle class
    4. Ddiscrimination against those trying to buy homes in racially changing localities
  7. 7Which of the following refers to the barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified worker because of gender or minority membership?
    1. Athe glass ceiling
    2. Bthe second shift
    3. Credlining
    4. Dde jure segregation
  8. 8The Chinese Exclusion Act, passed by the Congress in 1882, _______________.
    1. Aexcluded the Chinese population from exercising their voting rights
    2. Boutlawed Chinese immigration for 10 years
    3. Cprevented the Chinese from seeking jobs as physicians but allowed them to become nurses
    4. Densured that the Chinese population were paid less than their non-Asian counterparts
  9. 9By the end of the nineteenth century, more and more immigrants to the United States were ______________.
    1. Aneither English-speaking nor Protestant
    2. BEnglish-speaking and Catholic
    3. Cexperienced in democratic political practices
    4. Dnative English-speaking White population
  10. 10Which 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?
    1. Apopulation explosion
    2. Bbrain drain
    3. Ccivil disobedience
    4. Dcolonialism

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