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Question 1
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Which of the following is true of institutional discrimination?
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It refers to the efforts and programs that suggest special treatment of women or racial minorities.
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It imposes more hindrances on certain racial and ethnic groups than it does to others.
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It discriminates against members of the dominant group.
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It is the inability of racial minorities to move laterally in organizations.
Question 2
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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.
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environmental justice
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affirmative action
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intergenerational equity
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environmental pluralism
Question 3
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What is reverse discrimination?
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The charge that women are discriminated against in employment practices.
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The charge that affirmative action discriminates against dominant-group members.
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The charge that law enforcement officers belonging to majority groups discriminate against others.
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The charge that employees in senior management positions exploit those in lower levels of the organizational hierarchy.
Question 4
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The motivation for the bias in most hate crimes is __________.
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age
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race
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sexual orientation
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disability
Question 5
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Which of the following is true of earning members of different groups?
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The median income of Asian American men is lesser than that of White males.
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Women with a Master's Degree earn more than men with a Bachelor's Degree.
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Men earn a higher annual income than women, regardless of race or ethnicity.
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The median incomes of Hispanic men and White men are the same.
Question 6
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Redlining refers to the pattern of __________.
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racial profiling by law enforcement agencies
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racial groups to be employed in different occupations from each other
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IQ tests favoring middle-class children, especially the White and Hispanic middle class
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discrimination against those trying to buy homes in racially changing localities
Question 7
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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?
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the glass ceiling
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the second shift
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redlining
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de jure segregation
Question 8
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The Chinese Exclusion Act, passed by the Congress in 1882, _______________.
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excluded the Chinese population from exercising their voting rights
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outlawed Chinese immigration for 10 years
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prevented the Chinese from seeking jobs as physicians but allowed them to become nurses
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ensured that the Chinese population were paid less than their non-Asian counterparts
Question 9
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By the end of the nineteenth century, more and more immigrants to the United States were ______________.
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neither English-speaking nor Protestant
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English-speaking and Catholic
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experienced in democratic political practices
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native English-speaking White population
Question 10
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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?
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population explosion
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brain drain
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civil disobedience
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colonialism
Question 11
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Which of the following is true of illegal immigrants in the United States?
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a majority of them pay taxes and do not claim benefits
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a majority of them acquire the most highly paid jobs
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a majority of them set up industries across the country
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a majority of them are responsible for inflow of money into the country
Question 12
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Which of the following is true of the economic impact of immigration?
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Immigration can increase the availability of natural resources to a community.
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Immigration creates new job opportunities for the natives.
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Immigration can revitalize a local economy.
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Immigration improves wages for the natives living in the community.
Question 13
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Despite the poor working conditions often experienced by illegal immigrants in the United States, they continue to migrate because ____________.
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they are unable to pursue higher education in their home countries
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they are unable to find wage labor in their home countries
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they think they can make a significant contribution to the economy of the United States
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they know the border enforcement is nonexistent in the United States
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