Lesson 7 Keywords

Question 1

the process of being absorbed into the mainstream culture

Answer 1

assimilation

Question 2

to separate acts from feelings or attitudes

Answer 2

compartmentalize

Question 3

an act of unfair treatment directed against an individual or a group

Answer 3

discrimination

Question 4

the group with the most power, greatest privileges, and highest social status

Answer 4

dominant group

Question 5

activities designed to discover, enhance, or maintain ethnic and racial identification

Answer 5

ethnic work

Question 6

having distinctive cultural characteristics

Answer 6

ethnicity (and ethnic)

Question 7

the systematic annihilation or attempted annihilation of a people based on their presumed race or ethnic group

Answer 7

genocide

Question 8

the negative treatment of one person by another based on that person’s perceived characteristics

Answer 8

individual discrimination

Question 9

the negative treatment of a minority group that is built into a society’s institutions; also called systematic discrimination

Answer 9

institutional discrimination

Question 10

people who are singled out for unequal treatment based on their physical and cultural characteristics, and who regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination

Answer 10

minority group

Question 11

a philosophy or political policy that permits or encourages groups to express their individual, unique racial and ethnic identities; also called pluralism

Answer 11

multiculturalism

Question 12

the diffusion of power among many interest groups, which prevents any single group from gaining control of the government

Answer 12

pluralism

Question 13

forcing a minority group to relocate

Answer 13

population transfer

Question 14

an attitude of prejudging, usually in a negative way

Answer 14

prejudice

Question 15

a group whose inherited physical characteristics distinguish it from other groups

Answer 15

race

Question 16

prejudice and discrimination based on race

Answer 16

racism

Question 17

the philosophy that men and women should be politically, economically, and socially equal; organized activity on behalf of this principle

Answer 17

feminism

Question 18

the behavior and attitudes that a society considers proper for its males and females; masculinity or femininity

Answer 18

gender

Question 19

unequal access to power, prestige, and property based on gender

Answer 19

gender stratification

Question 20

the invisible barrier that prevents women from attaining the same jobs/career as men

Answer 20

glass ceiling

Question 21

allows men to have higher work-related positions and more desirable work assignments

Answer 21

glass escalator

Question 22

a society or group in which men dominate women; authority is invested in males

Answer 22

patriarchy

Question 23

biological characteristics that distinguish females and males, consisting of primary and secondary sex characteristics

Answer 23

sex

Question 24

the abuse of one’s position of authority to force unwanted sexual demands on someone

Answer 24

sexual harassment