Question 1

What realities does the black-white racial dichotomy found in the United States ignore?

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It ignores that skin color is

Question 2

What is social stratification?

Accepted Answer

It is a social hierarchy resul

Question 3

In contemporary China,peasants are considered better off than urban dwellers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What is the RACE Project?

Accepted Answer

It is an educational program d

Question 5

One basic rule of behavior among Indian castes is that:

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A) Members of different castes do not eat together. 
B) Members of lower castes must always prepare food for members of higher castes. 
C) While castes are rigidly separated during religious ritual,at other times members of different castes mingle freely with each other. 
D) Members of one caste must always marry members of another. 
E) Children are always members of their father's caste,not their mother's caste. 
A) Members of different castes do not eat together. 
B) Members of lower castes must always prepare food for members of higher castes. 
C) While castes are rigidly separated during religious ritual,at other times members of different castes mingle freely with each other. 
D) Members of one caste must always marry members of another. 
E) Children are always members of their father's caste,not their mother's caste.

Question 6

How have global technology changes affected the process of immigration today?

Accepted Answer

It has allowed more

Question 7

In an analysis of environmental pollution in the United States,Melissa Checker found that:

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A) The most important factor was class: lower class people lived in more polluted environments. 
B) The most important factor was race: middle class Hispanics and African Americans suffered more exposure to environmental pollution than lower class whites. 
C) All Americans,regardless of class or race suffered about the same exposure to pollution. 
D) African Americans and Hispanics were more likely to live near polluted ground but whites suffered higher levels of air pollution. 
E) More federal money was spent cleaning up pollution located near African American communities than was spent cleaning up pollution located near white or Hispanic communities. 
A) The most important factor was class: lower class people lived in more polluted environments. 
B) The most important factor was race: middle class Hispanics and African Americans suffered more exposure to environmental pollution than lower class whites. 
C) All Americans,regardless of class or race suffered about the same exposure to pollution. 
D) African Americans and Hispanics were more likely to live near polluted ground but whites suffered higher levels of air pollution. 
E) More federal money was spent cleaning up pollution located near African American communities than was spent cleaning up pollution located near white or Hispanic communities.

Question 8

Which of the following is associated with the assimilationist model of immigrant adaptation in the United States?

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A) The salad bowl. 
B) The fondue pot. 
C) The frying pan and skillet. 
D) The melting pot. 
E) The barbeque. 
A) The salad bowl. 
B) The fondue pot. 
C) The frying pan and skillet. 
D) The melting pot. 
E) The barbeque.

Question 9

Which of the following correctly identifies the effects of Hurricane Katrina and the government's response to it?

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A) It allowed people to come together across racial and class lines. 
B) It allowed people to come together across racial lines but not across class lines. 
C) It deepened the divisions of race and class already present in New Orleans society. 
D) It allowed the poor an access to wealth not previously available and allowed some to move into the middle class. 
E) It created a "new racism" in a city that was among the least racist in America. 
A) It allowed people to come together across racial and class lines. 
B) It allowed people to come together across racial lines but not across class lines. 
C) It deepened the divisions of race and class already present in New Orleans society. 
D) It allowed the poor an access to wealth not previously available and allowed some to move into the middle class. 
E) It created a "new racism" in a city that was among the least racist in America.

Question 10

Which of the following correctly defines assimilation in the United States?

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A) It is change in identity that a country makes when it opens its doors to immigrants. 
B) It is a process in which immigrants were expected to leave behind their cultural distinctions in favor of an American identity. 
C) It is a process in which two new cultures come together to form a very different types of third culture,including elements of both the immigrant's home culture and also the cultures of American citizens. 
D) It occurs when one culture takes precedence over another and suppresses it.We saw this in the early part of U.S.immigration history. 
E) It is a process in which immigrants are selected based on allowable quotas in the United States. 
A) It is change in identity that a country makes when it opens its doors to immigrants. 
B) It is a process in which immigrants were expected to leave behind their cultural distinctions in favor of an American identity. 
C) It is a process in which two new cultures come together to form a very different types of third culture,including elements of both the immigrant's home culture and also the cultures of American citizens. 
D) It occurs when one culture takes precedence over another and suppresses it.We saw this in the early part of U.S.immigration history. 
E) It is a process in which immigrants are selected based on allowable quotas in the United States.

Question 11

Real wealth in the U.S.is measured as income plus:

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A) Assets. 
B) Retirement accounts. 
C) Prestige. 
D) Education. 
E) Private property.
F)Power. 
A) Assets. 
B) Retirement accounts. 
C) Prestige. 
D) Education. 
E) Private property.
F)Power.

Question 12

According to Karl Marx,the basis of social stratification is:

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A) The development of Protestantism in the 16th century. 
B) The relationship of people to the means of production. 
C) Prestige attached to occupations. 
D) Wealth inherited from ancestors. 
E) Sub-cultural differences. 
A) The development of Protestantism in the 16th century. 
B) The relationship of people to the means of production. 
C) Prestige attached to occupations. 
D) Wealth inherited from ancestors. 
E) Sub-cultural differences.

Question 13

Generally speaking,Brazilians who identify themselves as having African ancestry are far worse off than those who identify themselves as white.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Compare and contrast a functionalist and conflict approaches to the understanding of stratification.

Accepted Answer

Functionalism argues that cultural insti

Question 15

Which of the following ideas was promoted by Brazilian anthropologist Gilberto Freyre?

Accepted Answer

A) Brazil should really be considered an African country. 
B) Brazil should really be considered a European country. 
C) Brazilian national identity was the result of mixing people of European,African,and indigenous ancestry. 
D) Races in Brazil should be allowed to develop their own cultures separately. 
E) The relationship of races in Brazil could only be understood as a result of U.S.imperialism. 
A) Brazil should really be considered an African country. 
B) Brazil should really be considered a European country. 
C) Brazilian national identity was the result of mixing people of European,African,and indigenous ancestry. 
D) Races in Brazil should be allowed to develop their own cultures separately. 
E) The relationship of races in Brazil could only be understood as a result of U.S.imperialism.

Question 16

How have social stratification,economics,and politics interacted in China over the past century?

Accepted Answer

Prior to 1948,there was a great deal of

Question 17

In general,the attitude of the Brazilian government toward race has been:

Accepted Answer

A) To pursue a "separate but equal" policy. 
B) To provide development budgets for each race proportionate to each race's percentage of the total population. 
C) To make sure each race receives proportional representation in the legislature. 
D) To defuse racial tensions by providing large,publically financed celebrations. 
E) To deny that race is a social problem in Brazil. 
A) To pursue a "separate but equal" policy. 
B) To provide development budgets for each race proportionate to each race's percentage of the total population. 
C) To make sure each race receives proportional representation in the legislature. 
D) To defuse racial tensions by providing large,publically financed celebrations. 
E) To deny that race is a social problem in Brazil.

Question 18

The view that it is necessary to pay a surgeon a large amount of money so that people will undertake the difficult training necessary to fill this job is this characteristic of:

Accepted Answer

A) Conflict theory. 
B) Functional theory. 
C) Symbolic theory. 
D) Configurational theory. 
E) Diffusion theory. 
A) Conflict theory. 
B) Functional theory. 
C) Symbolic theory. 
D) Configurational theory. 
E) Diffusion theory.

Question 19

Which of the following is not a primary dimension of stratification?

Accepted Answer

A) Wealth. 
B) Personality. 
C) Prestige. 
D) Symbolic power. 
E) Political power. 
A) Wealth. 
B) Personality. 
C) Prestige. 
D) Symbolic power. 
E) Political power.

Question 20

The Camars of Agra were successful in changing their position in the caste system as soon as they made some money.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

What realities does the black-white racial dichotomy found in the United States ignore?

What is social stratification?

In contemporary China,peasants are considered better off than urban dwellers.

What is the RACE Project?

One basic rule of behavior among Indian castes is that:

How have global technology changes affected the process of immigration today?

In an analysis of environmental pollution in the United States,Melissa Checker found that:

Which of the following is associated with the assimilationist model of immigrant adaptation in the United States?

Which of the following correctly identifies the effects of Hurricane Katrina and the government's response to it?

Which of the following correctly defines assimilation in the United States?

Real wealth in the U.S.is measured as income plus:

According to Karl Marx,the basis of social stratification is:

Generally speaking,Brazilians who identify themselves as having African ancestry are far worse off than those who identify themselves as white.

Compare and contrast a functionalist and conflict approaches to the understanding of stratification.

Which of the following ideas was promoted by Brazilian anthropologist Gilberto Freyre?

How have social stratification,economics,and politics interacted in China over the past century?

In general,the attitude of the Brazilian government toward race has been:

The view that it is necessary to pay a surgeon a large amount of money so that people will undertake the difficult training necessary to fill this job is this characteristic of:

Which of the following is not a primary dimension of stratification?

The Camars of Agra were successful in changing their position in the caste system as soon as they made some money.

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Exam 11: Stratification

What realities does the black-white racial dichotomy found in the United States ignore?

What is social stratification?

In contemporary China,peasants are considered better off than urban dwellers.

What is the RACE Project?

One basic rule of behavior among Indian castes is that:

How have global technology changes affected the process of immigration today?

In an analysis of environmental pollution in the United States,Melissa Checker found that:

Which of the following is associated with the assimilationist model of immigrant adaptation in the United States?

Which of the following correctly identifies the effects of Hurricane Katrina and the government's response to it?

Which of the following correctly defines assimilation in the United States?

Real wealth in the U.S.is measured as income plus:

According to Karl Marx,the basis of social stratification is:

Generally speaking,Brazilians who identify themselves as having African ancestry are far worse off than those who identify themselves as white.

Compare and contrast a functionalist and conflict approaches to the understanding of stratification.

Which of the following ideas was promoted by Brazilian anthropologist Gilberto Freyre?

How have social stratification,economics,and politics interacted in China over the past century?

In general,the attitude of the Brazilian government toward race has been:

The view that it is necessary to pay a surgeon a large amount of money so that people will undertake the difficult training necessary to fill this job is this characteristic of:

Which of the following is not a primary dimension of stratification?

The Camars of Agra were successful in changing their position in the caste system as soon as they made some money.

Anthropology and Human Diversity

Doing Cultural Anthropology

The Idea of Culture

Communication

Making a Living

Economics

Kinship

Marriage, family, and Domestic Groups

Gender

Political Organization

Religion

Creative Expression: Anthropology and the Arts

Power, conquest, and a World System

Culture, change, and the Modern World

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