Re-drawing the boundaries of school districts and election districts in order to maintain racial ...

Re-drawing the boundaries of school districts and election districts in order to maintain racial segregation is called ______.
 
  a. gerrymandering
 b. redlining
 c. outsourcing
 d. outlining

Question 2

As a means of social control, to enforce norms, sanctions
 
  a. are always negative.
 b. are always positive.
 c. may be mild or severe.
 d. are not very effective.

Question 3

Measurements of economic inequality indicate that
 
  a. the income gap between Blacks and Whites has closed in recent years.
 b. net worth among all groups is now relatively equal.
 c. the poverty rate is higher for Blacks and Hispanics than it is for Whites and Asians.
 d. poverty among members of racial minority groups has been increasing since the 1960s.

Question 4

Those behaviors that bring the most serious sanctions are called _____.
 
  a. folkways
 b. mores
 c. taboos
 d. laws

Question 5

Which of these statements about economic inequality is true?
 
  a. The gap between the income of Whites and the income of Blacks and Hispanics has remained much same over time .
 b. The median income of Blacks and Hispanics has remained very flat since the 1950s.
 c. Although still unequal, per capita income for Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics has been growing at the same rate since 1967.
 d. There is little data on the relative incomes of Whites and members of minority groups.