Examples of _____ include the killing of thousands of Native Americans by white settlers in North America and the extermination of six million European Jews by Nazi Germany.
a. prejudiceb. discrimination
c. genocide d. bias
Question 2July Fourth (Independence Day), Memorial Day, the Lincoln Memorial, and the Pledge of Allegiance would all be considered examples that correspond to __________.
a. the spiritualization of politics in America
b. American civil religion
c. political religion in America
d. American denominational politics
Question 3When successful framing occurs, the individual's vague dissatisfactions are turned into well defined grievances, and people are compelled to join the movement in an effort to reduce or eliminate those grievances.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 4The ultimate form of discrimination occurs when people are considered to be unworthy to live because of their race or ethnicity. _____ is the deliberate, systematic killing of an entire people or nation.
a. Discrimination b. Genocide
c. Prejudice d. Racism
Question 5The informal relationship between religion and the state that takes the form of rituals and beliefs that create a feeling of sacredness around society or a nation is termed __________.
a. the spiritualization of politics
b. civil religion
c. political religion
d. affirmational politics
Question 6Resource mobilization theory is based on the assumption that a social movement is an interactive, symbolically defined, and negotiated process that involves participants, opponents, and bystanders.
a. True
b. False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Question 7An umpire dislikes African Americans and, with deliberate intent, often makes official calls incorrectly when black players are at bat. According to sociologist Robert Merton's typology of prejudice and discrimination, this umpire is a(n):
a. unprejudiced nondiscriminator.
b. unprejudiced discriminator.
c. prejudiced nondiscriminator.
d. prejudiced discriminator.
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