Which grouping below represents the typical rank order in size from smallest to largest of the identity groups listed?
a. Tribe, race, clan
b. Race, clan, tribe
c. Clan, tribe, race
d. Tribe, clan, race
e. Clan, race, tribe
Q. 2A race refers to
a. an identity group that is made up of a number of families believed to be related through birth or marriage to a common ancestor.
b. an identity group made up of a large segment of the human population having members that are considered distinct on the basis of genetically-transmitted physical differences.
c. a large collective sharing a common history and culture and believed to share a common descent.
d. a group of people that share a particular form of identity that unites and binds them together.
e. a large group that is believed to be related to a common ancestor with a somewhat unstructured leadership.
Q. 3Which of the following best describes social cleavages?
a. Term used to refer to the practice of an individual calling on different group identities in different settings
b. A situation in which different forms of identity compete for an individual's loyalty
c. Divisions commonly involving ethnic minorities and majorities
d. The set of characteristicspolitically salient or otherwiseby which individuals or collectives of individuals are known to themselves and others
e. The categories of identity that create us/them divisions in a particular society
Q. 4The divide between the individuals who belong to a particular identity group and those who do not is called
a. national identity.
b. tribal identity.
c. membership boundary.
d. citizenship.
e. ethnic identity.
Q. 5The concept of identity refers to
a. groups made up of a number of families who are believed to be related through birth or marriage to a common ancestor.
b. belonging to an ethnic group.
c. the set of characteristics by which individuals or collectives understand themselves and are known to others.
d. groups that are made up of a large segment of the human population whose members are considered distinct on the basis of genetically-transmitted physical differences.
e. the divide between those who belong to a group and those who do not.
Q. 6Which of the following ideas does the individualistic fallacy criticize?
a. Collective concepts cannot explain individual behavior.
b. Individuals have a right to make decisions for themselves but the state should provide economic protection and distribute social goods to individuals.
c. Collective concepts like culture can be adequately measured by aggregating individual level data.
d. Individuals have a right to make decisions for themselves and that families and small social organizations should provide economic protection and distribute social goods to individuals.
e. Government involvement in the protection of groups or the leveling of the economic playing field should be discouraged.
Q. 7In Benjamin Barber's book, Jihad Versus McWorld, jihad refers to
a. an extreme form of the blending of identity politics with the concept of self-determinism.
b. people interested in politics who feel disconnected from the political system.
c. the idea that differences in core beliefs between young and old exist because people become more conservative as they grow older.
d. people who have little knowledge of their political system and thus no desire to participate.
e. families and small social organizations providing economic protection and distribute social goods to individuals rather than the state furnishing such protections.
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