Ethnic group identification is strengthened when an ethnic group's members are forced to rely upon one another for material support because of discrimination against them on the part of society's dominant group.
a. true
b. false
Question 2High infant mortality rates encourage the woman of a particular society to ________.
a. work in the paid labor force
b. stay in school long enough to earn an advanced degree
c. have fewer children
d. have more children and follow traditional gender roles
e. delay marriage
Question 3Beeghley contends that, economically speaking, the more prosperous classes benefit more from government policies than other social classes.
a. true
b. false
Question 4Gamson found that a new group (e.g., economic-based group such as union; race-based group, such as one to promote African Americans) on the American scene can often gain advantages if they _____________________________
______.
a. work within the political system
b. let their leaders become co-opted by those already in power
c. vote
d. become unruly
e. disband when their numbers become very large
Question 5The only silver lining that Fainstein sees in black ghettoization is __________ that it allowed blacks to achieve.
a. the increase in education
b. the increase in income relative to whites
c. decrease in overall black victimization rates
d. the increase in political representation
e. decrease in black homicide rates
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