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WorksheetsCh8-9 Review Quiz
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 9mins
What key term from the textbook means "the ranking of people or groups according to their unequal access to scarce resources"?
Social Stratification
Social Mobility
Prejudice
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
In ancient societies, what type of status was your social class?
Ascribed status (born into it)
Achieved status (earned it)
In modern societies, what type of status is your social class?
Ascribed status (born into it)
Achieved status (earned it)
What are the three "dimensions" of social stratification? Select three from this list. Check all that apply.
Economic
Power
Prestige
Poverty
Gender
Which of these occupations would likely enjoy the highest prestige in American society?
Housewife
Garbage/Sanitation Worker
Secretary
Brain Surgeon
Which of the following is an example of intergenerational mobility?
A child of an office clerk becomes a physician.
A child of a teacher becomes a teacher.
A secretary earns a college degree and becomes a psychologist.
A motel maid switches to a job as a grocery store clerk.
The movement of people or groups between social classes is called...
Social Stratification
Social Class
Social Mobility
Biological Determinism
Which of these is a feature of a minority? Select three from the list. Check all that apply.
A minority has distinctive physical or cultural characteristics that can be used to distinguish it from the majority.
Minority traits are often believed by the dominant majority to be inferior.
The majority determines who belongs to the minority through ascribed status.
A minority is always fewer in numbers than the majority.
Science has found that some minorities possess innate advantage in athletics or intelligence.
How is race defined in sociology?
A contest between two runners over a set distance.
People sharing certain inherited physical traits that are considered important within a society.
A group identified by cultural, religious, or national characteristics.
The blending or fusing of minority groups into the dominant society.
Based on the textbook’s definition, which of these is NOT an *ethnic* minority?
Jewish Americans
Latinos
African Americans
Swedish Americans
Between 1830-1837, the US Federal government forced approximately 46,000 native Americans to leave their ancestral homelands in the southeastern states to go to new reservations in present-day Oklahoma. This event is popularly known as “The Trail of Tears” & included the deaths of 2,000-6,000 people. Which of these terms best describes this event in American social history?
Melting pot
Genocide
Population transfer
De facto segregation
Scenario: Shari’s parents immigrated to the US from India when she was still a baby. Now an adult, Shari is married to a native-born white American, speaks only English at home & work, and enjoys cheering for the local football team. Which of these terms best describes Shari’s experience as a minority in America?
Cultural pluralism
De jure segregation
Anglo-conformity
Accommodation
Which of these terms means “a distorted, exaggerated, or oversimplified image applied to a category of people”?
Race
Assimilation
Stereotype
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Which of these is the largest *racial* minority group in the United States?
African Americans
Native Americans
Asian Americans
White ethnics
Functionalists believe that inequality exists because
Some people have higher self-esteem than others
Successful people have put in the time and hard work to become that way
Some people will always try to oppress others
It's fate or destiny
Conflict theorists believe that inequality exists because
Successful people have put in the time and hard work to become that way
It's fate or destiny
Some people will always try to oppress others
Some people have higher self-esteem than others
