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Read each question carefully and then select the best answer.

1
Sociologists rarely distinguish between racial and ethnic groups.
A)True
B)False
2
When sociologists define a minority group, they are saying that this group makes up less than half of some larger population.
A)True
B)False
3
The United States exemplifies the modern pluralistic state.
A)True
B)False
4
At one time in the southern part of the United States, if a person had even a single drop of "Black blood," that person was viewed as Black. This was referred to as the "one-drop rule," and it is a vivid example of the social construction of race.
A)True
B)False
5
The majority of Whites and Blacks agree that the portrayal of Blacks on television has improved in the past ten years.
A)True
B)False
6
The tendency to assume that one's own culture and way of life represent the norm, or are superior to all others, is referred to as prejudice.
A)True
B)False
7
Racism is a form of prejudice.
A)True
B)False
8
Prejudicial attitudes can be equated with discriminatory behavior.
A)True
B)False
9
The term prejudice refers to the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups that results from the normal operations of a society.
A)True
B)False
10
The contact hypothesis states that interracial contact between people of equal status in cooperative circumstances will cause them to become more prejudiced and to reaffirm the stereotypes they hold.
A)True
B)False
11
In many respects, the civil rights movement of the 1960s left institutionalized discrimination against African Americans untouched.
A)True
B)False
12
One Native American teenager in six has attempted suicide.
A)True
B)False
13
Asian Americans are held up as a model or ideal minority group in the United States.
A)True
B)False
14
The United States has long had a history of policies to determine who has preference to enter the country.
A)True
B)False







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