Based on birth rates among racial and ethnic groups today, what will happen in the mid 21st century?
a. Minority group members today will be at least 50 or more of the U.S. population.
b. WASPs will disappear or become a tiny force in society.
c. People from Eastern Europe will become a dominant ethnic group.
d. Birth rates in all groups are dropping, so the status quo will change slowly.
e. Immigrants will dominate society in the United States.
Question 2Which of the following is TRUE with regards to an aging society?
a. the proportion of middle-aged and elderly steadily increases relative to younger age cohorts.
b. the proportion of younger and middle-aged increase relative to elderly cohorts.
c. the fertility rate increases to at least 2.5.
d. the proportion of people living beyond 65 decreases.
Question 3What religious group among immigrants was opposed by the WASPs during the mid-19th century into the 20th century?
a. Germans from Amish communities
b. Buddhists
c. Catholics from any country
d. Voudoun folk practitioners
e. Fundamentalist Mormons
Question 4A society in which the number of years people can expect to live after age 65 increases and fertility rates decrease to below replacement level is
a. an aging society.
b. overpopulated.
c. a youth centered society.
d. bound for extinction.
Question 5Since the establishment by the United Nations General Assembly of the convention declaring genocide an international crime:
a. no acts of genocide have occurred.
b. many acts of genocide have occurred, and charges have been brought against these countries.
c. many acts of genocide have occurred, but no charges have been made.
d. several false charges of acts of genocide have been made.
e. it has been difficult to determine whether genocide actually has occurred.
Question 6Ming drops by her neighbor's house every morning to check on a woman who cannot get out. Ming is engaged in
a. informal care.
b. formal care.
c. caregiver burden.
d. sociological ambivalence.
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