Unit 6 - Inequality

Question 1

Minority

Answer 1

a group of people with physical or cultural traits different from those of the dominant group in the society

Question 2

Race

Answer 2

people sharing certain inherited physical characteristics that are considered important within a society

Question 3

Ethnic minority

Answer 3

group identified by cultural, religious, or national characteristics

Question 4

Assimilation

Answer 4

the blending or fusing of minority groups into the dominant society

Question 5

Cultural pluralism

Answer 5

desire of a group to maintain some sense of identity separate from the dominant group

Question 6

Genocide

Answer 6

the systematic effort to destroy an entire population

Question 7

Subjugation

Answer 7

process by which a minority group is denied equal access to the benefits of a society

Question 8

De jure subjugation

Answer 8

denial of equal access based on the law

Question 9

De facto segregation

Answer 9

denial of equal access based on everyday practice

Question 10

Prejudice

Answer 10

widely held negative attitudes toward a group (minority or majority) and its individual members

Question 11

Racism

Answer 11

an extreme form of prejudice that assumes superiority of one group over others

Question 12

Discrimination

Answer 12

treating people differently based on ethnicity, race, religion, or culture

Question 13

Stereotype

Answer 13

a distorted, exaggerated, or oversimplified image applied to a category of people

Question 14

Hate crime

Answer 14

a criminal act motivated by prejudice

Question 15

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 15

an expectation that leads to behavior that causes the expectation to become reality

Question 16

Institutionalized discrimination

Answer 16

unfair practices that grow out of common behaviors and attitudes and that are a part of the structure of a society

Question 17

Hidden unemployment

Answer 17

unemployment that includes people not counted in the traditional unemployment categories

Question 18

Underclass

Answer 18

people typically unemployed who come from families that have been poor for generations

Question 19

Sex

Answer 19

classification of people as male or female based on biological characteristics

Question 20

Gender identity

Answer 20

a sense of being male or female based on learned cultural values

Question 21

Biological determinism

Answer 21

principle that behavioral differences are the result of inherited physical characteristics

Question 22

Gender socialization

Answer 22

the social process of learning how to act as a boy or a girl

Question 23

Sexism

Answer 23

a set of beliefs, attitudes, norms, and values used to justify sexual inequality

Question 24

Occupational sex segregation

Answer 24

the concentration of women in lower-status positions

Question 25

Age stratification

Answer 25

the unequal distribution of scarce resources based on age

Question 26

Ageism

Answer 26

a set of beliefs, attitudes, norms, and values used to justify age-based prejudice and discrimination

Question 27

Interest group

Answer 27

a group organized to influence political decision making