With the increase in immigration in the United States, __________.
A) Latinos are now the absolute majority of the population in the United States
B) the United States will have to sell Texas back to Mexico
C) African Americans will be the absolute majority of the U.S. population
D) the nation is shifting from an Anglo-White society rooted in Western culture
The designers at a manufacturing company are coming out with a new product but they want to sell more units, so they deliberately engineer the products to have a limited useful life. This illustrates the concept of
a. cultural diffusion.
b. deliberate dumping.
c. conspicuous consumption.
d. planned obsolescence.
The state that is most impacted by immigration is __________.
A) Florida
B) California
C) Texas
D) New York
What term refers to the pattern by which environmental hazards are greatest for poor people, especially minorities?
a. environmental racism
b. ecological class bias
c. the double whammy
d. global inequality
Which of the following is true of the settlement patterns of new immigrants?
A) They do not move near other immigrants.
B) They locate where other poor people live.
C) They tend not to move to destinations where they have family.
D) They tend to move to wealthy neighborhoods.
Scientists report that, over the past century, the earth's average temperature
a. rose by .67 degrees Fahrenheit.
b. rose by 1.67 degrees Fahrenheit.
c. has stayed steady.
d. fell by 1 degree Fahrenheit.
Which of the following is true of the effect that new immigration is having on the United States?
A) It is decreasing America's greatness.
B) It is increasing racial diversity.
C) It has eradicated racism.
D) The amount of employment opportunities has increased.
As carbon dioxide builds up in the atmosphere, it allows heat from the sun to pass in to the earth, while preventing much of it from radiating back into outer space. This process is referred to as
a. acid rain.
b. pea soup.
c. the greenhouse effect.
d. the atmospheric deficit.
Immigration, such as slavery, can be forced, but when it is freely chosen, it is considered __________.
A) plutocracy
B) human agency
C) determinism
D) devolution
Sometime around 2050, __________.
A) Latinos will make up about 29 percent of the U.S. population
B) African Americans will make up about 50 percent of the U.S. population
C) Minority groups will leave the United States
D) Asians will be the racial majority
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