Deck 3: Social Structure in American Society

Question 1

Match the following descriptions with the social classes that fit best.
-Their income falls below the official poverty line even though they have jobs; typically they receive no employee benefits.

A) Upper class
B) Middle class
C) Lower middle class/working class
D) Working poor
E) Underclass/permanent poor

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Match the following descriptions with the social classes that fit best.
-They may be government employees or factory workers; they often find themselves "downsized" and working several part-time service jobs in order to maintain their lifestyle.

A) Upper class
B) Middle class
C) Lower middle class/working class
D) Working poor
E) Underclass/permanent poor

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Match the following descriptions with the social classes that fit best.
-Matters of birth and inheritance separate the "blue bloods" and corporate class within this group.

A) Upper class
B) Middle class
C) Lower middle class/working class
D) Working poor
E) Underclass/permanent poor

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Match the following descriptions with the social classes that fit best.
-They may be found in isolated rural areas or concentrated in urban centers. Public assistance is their main support.

A) Upper class
B) Middle class
C) Lower middle class/working class
D) Working poor
E) Underclass/permanent poor

Question 5

Match the following descriptions with the social classes that fit best.
-They are dependent on salary income rather than inherited wealth and their employment is the source of their status; professionals belong to this class.

A) Upper class
B) Middle class
C) Lower middle class/working class
D) Working poor
E) Underclass/permanent poor

Question 6

While acknowledging that there is great diversity within racial and ethnic groups, match the characteristics below with the ethnic/racial group that it most accurately describes.
-They are also known as First Nations peoples.

A)African American
B)Arab American
C)Asian or Pacific Islander
D)Latino
E)Native Americans
F)Jews
G)White "Mainstream" Culture

Question 7

While acknowledging that there is great diversity within racial and ethnic groups, match the characteristics below with the ethnic/racial group that it most accurately describes.
-Although, on the whole, they are prosperous, they are politically liberal rather than conservative.

A)African American
B)Arab American
C)Asian or Pacific Islander
D)Latino
E)Native Americans
F)Jews
G)White "Mainstream" Culture

Question 8

While acknowledging that there is great diversity within racial and ethnic groups, match the characteristics below with the ethnic/racial group that it most accurately describes.
-They tend to be humble because contributions to harmony are more valued than are individual success.

A)African American
B)Arab American
C)Asian or Pacific Islander
D)Latino
E)Native Americans
F)Jews
G)White "Mainstream" Culture

Question 9

While acknowledging that there is great diversity within racial and ethnic groups, match the characteristics below with the ethnic/racial group that it most accurately describes.
-They have used their legal status as "domestic dependent nations" to open casinos.

A)African American
B)Arab American
C)Asian or Pacific Islander
D)Latino
E)Native Americans
F)Jews
G)White "Mainstream" Culture

Question 10

While acknowledging that there is great diversity within racial and ethnic groups, match the characteristics below with the ethnic/racial group that it most accurately describes.
-Although most are Catholic, a growing number of are joining Protestant churches.

A)African American
B)Arab American
C)Asian or Pacific Islander
D)Latino
E)Native Americans
F)Jews
G)White "Mainstream" Culture

Question 11

While acknowledging that there is great diversity within racial and ethnic groups, match the characteristics below with the ethnic/racial group that it most accurately describes.
-They value individualism.

A)African American
B)Arab American
C)Asian or Pacific Islander
D)Latino
E)Native Americans
F)Jews
G)White "Mainstream" Culture

Question 12

While acknowledging that there is great diversity within racial and ethnic groups, match the characteristics below with the ethnic/racial group that it most accurately describes.
-They were victims of Jim Crow laws.

A)African American
B)Arab American
C)Asian or Pacific Islander
D)Latino
E)Native Americans
F)Jews
G)White "Mainstream" Culture

Question 13

While acknowledging that there is great diversity within racial and ethnic groups, match the characteristics below with the ethnic/racial group that it most accurately describes.
-In addition to filial piety, they value maintaining social harmony.

A)African American
B)Arab American
C)Asian or Pacific Islander
D)Latino
E)Native Americans
F)Jews
G)White "Mainstream" Culture

Question 14

While acknowledging that there is great diversity within racial and ethnic groups, match the characteristics below with the ethnic/racial group that it most accurately describes.
-They put a premium on time, which they schedule, regulate, and measure exactly.

A)African American
B)Arab American
C)Asian or Pacific Islander
D)Latino
E)Native Americans
F)Jews
G)White "Mainstream" Culture

Question 15

While acknowledging that there is great diversity within racial and ethnic groups, match the characteristics below with the ethnic/racial group that it most accurately describes.
-Metropolitan Los Angeles, Detroit, and New York are home to one-third of this population.

A)African American
B)Arab American
C)Asian or Pacific Islander
D)Latino
E)Native Americans
F)Jews
G)White "Mainstream" Culture

Question 16

While acknowledging that there is great diversity within racial and ethnic groups, match the characteristics below with the ethnic/racial group that it most accurately describes.
-They prefer informality and directness in personal relationships.

A)African American
B)Arab American
C)Asian or Pacific Islander
D)Latino
E)Native Americans
F)Jews
G)White "Mainstream" Culture

Question 17

While acknowledging that there is great diversity within racial and ethnic groups, match the characteristics below with the ethnic/racial group that it most accurately describes.
-The largest minority group in the U.S.

A)African American
B)Arab American
C)Asian or Pacific Islander
D)Latino
E)Native Americans
F)Jews
G)White "Mainstream" Culture

Question 18

While acknowledging that there is great diversity within racial and ethnic groups, match the characteristics below with the ethnic/racial group that it most accurately describes.
-The most internally diverse minority group in the U.S.

A)African American
B)Arab American
C)Asian or Pacific Islander
D)Latino
E)Native Americans
F)Jews
G)White "Mainstream" Culture

Question 19

While acknowledging that there is great diversity within racial and ethnic groups, match the characteristics below with the ethnic/racial group that it most accurately describes.
-The most disadvantaged minority in the U.S.

A)African American
B)Arab American
C)Asian or Pacific Islander
D)Latino
E)Native Americans
F)Jews
G)White "Mainstream" Culture

Question 20

Match the acronym to the safety net program function:
-Credit on federal taxes for working low-income individuals who are supporting dependents

A) SNAP
B) EITC
C) WIC
D) EBT
E) SSI
F) TANF

Question 21

Match the acronym to the safety net program function:
-Debit card system for paying federal benefits

A) SNAP
B) EITC
C) WIC
D) EBT
E) SSI
F) TANF

Question 22

Match the acronym to the safety net program function:
-Time limited cash assistance for families with children where caregivers are unable to cover basic needs

A) SNAP
B) EITC
C) WIC
D) EBT
E) SSI
F) TANF

Question 23

Match the acronym to the safety net program function:
-Nutrition program for low-income women and children up to 5 years of age

A) SNAP
B) EITC
C) WIC
D) EBT
E) SSI
F) TANF

Question 24

Match the acronym to the safety net program function:
-Food purchasing assistance for low- and no-income individuals

A) SNAP
B) EITC
C) WIC
D) EBT
E) SSI
F) TANF

Question 25

Match the acronym to the safety net program function:
-Payments for children and adults with low income and a disability

A) SNAP
B) EITC
C) WIC
D) EBT
E) SSI
F) TANF

Question 26

Match the appropriate definition with each term:
-A negative attitude, often based on an irrational generalization, about an entire group of people

A) Privilege
B) Oppression
C) Xenophobia
D) Prejudice
E) Discrimination
F) Stigma

Question 27

Match the appropriate definition with each term:
-An unfavorable action, or unfair treatment, directed towards members of a minority group

A) Privilege
B) Oppression
C) Xenophobia
D) Prejudice
E) Discrimination
F) Stigma

Question 28

Match the appropriate definition with each term:
-Any physical or social attribute that so devalues or discredits a person's social identity that one cannot attain full social acceptance

A) Privilege
B) Oppression
C) Xenophobia
D) Prejudice
E) Discrimination
F) Stigma

Question 29

Match the appropriate definition with each term:
-A form of discrimination that is long-term, systemic, and institutionalized

A) Privilege
B) Oppression
C) Xenophobia
D) Prejudice
E) Discrimination
F) Stigma

Question 30

Match the appropriate definition with each term:
-Fear or contempt for something foreign, which may or may not be related to race or ethnicity

A) Privilege
B) Oppression
C) Xenophobia
D) Prejudice
E) Discrimination
F) Stigma

Question 31

Match the appropriate definition with each term:
-a special unearned advantage or benefit enjoyed by a group or population

A) Privilege
B) Oppression
C) Xenophobia
D) Prejudice
E) Discrimination
F) Stigma

Question 32

Match the description with the correct term:
-"Separate but equal" treatment was legally acceptable

A) Red Summer of 1919
B) Plessy v. Ferguson
C) Jim Crow laws
D) 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
E) Brown v. Board of Education
F) Racial profiling

Question 33

Match the description with the correct term:
-Individuals are targeted for unfair treatment by law enforcement personnel because of the color of their skin

A) Red Summer of 1920
B) Plessy v. Ferguson
C) Jim Crow laws
D) 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
E) Brown v. Board of Education
F) Racial profiling

Question 34

Match the description with the correct term:
-White mobs murdered and lynched hundreds of Black people and race riots broke out in DC, TN, TX, SC, AK, NB, and IL.

A) Red Summer of 1921
B) Plessy v. Ferguson
C) Jim Crow laws
D) 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
E) Brown v. Board of Education
F) Racial profiling

Question 35

Match the description with the correct term:
-The court unanimously ruled that "separate but equal" was unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment.

A) Red Summer of 1922
B) Plessy v. Ferguson
C) Jim Crow laws
D) 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
E) Brown v. Board of Education
F) Racial profiling

Question 36

Match the description with the correct term:
-In the South this law enforced segregation in housing, employment, education, and all public accommodations and severely limited independent African American economic initiatives.

A) Red Summer of 1923
B) Plessy v. Ferguson
C) Jim Crow laws
D) 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
E) Brown v. Board of Education
F) Racial profiling

Question 37

Match the description with the correct term:
-The worst race slaughter ever in the United States occurred in the prosperous African American neighborhood of Greenwood.

A) Red Summer of 1924
B) Plessy v. Ferguson
C) Jim Crow laws
D) 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
E) Brown v. Board of Education
F) Racial profiling

Question 38

Match the definition with the correct term:
-People whose gender identities differ from the sex assigned at birth

A) Sexual orientation
B) Intersectionality
C) Transgender
D) LGBTQ+
E) Gender
F) Sex
G) Inclusive language
H) Gender identity
I) Cisgender

Question 39

Match the definition with the correct term:
-Used to refer to les¬bian, gay, transgender, and questioning (or queer) individuals

A) Sexual orientation
B) Intersectionality
C) Transgender
D) LGBTQ+
E) Gender
F) Sex
G) Inclusive language
H) Gender identity
I) Cisgender

Question 40

Match the definition with the correct term:
-A person's preference for a partner in an emotional-sexual relationship: same sex, other sex, or both sexes

A) Sexual orientation
B) Intersectionality
C) Transgender
D) LGBTQ+
E) Gender
F) Sex
G) Inclusive language
H) Gender identity
I) Cisgender

Question 41

Match the definition with the correct term:
-Someone's innermost sense of their gender as being a man or a woman or something else

A) Sexual orientation
B) Intersectionality
C) Transgender
D) LGBTQ+
E) Gender
F) Sex
G) Inclusive language
H) Gender identity
I) Cisgender

Question 42

Match the definition with the correct term:
-Gender identities consistent with the sex as signed at birth

A) Sexual orientation
B) Intersectionality
C) Transgender
D) LGBTQ+
E) Gender
F) Sex
G) Inclusive language
H) Gender identity
I) Cisgender

Question 43

Match the definition with the correct term:
-Language that avoids the use of expressions or words that might exclude particular groups of people

A) Sexual orientation
B) Intersectionality
C) Transgender
D) LGBTQ+
E) Gender
F) Sex
G) Inclusive language
H) Gender identity
I) Cisgender

Question 44

Match the definition with the correct term:
-Physical characteristics determined by hormones and chromosomes and is typically assigned at birth

A) Sexual orientation
B) Intersectionality
C) Transgender
D) LGBTQ+
E) Gender
F) Sex
G) Inclusive language
H) Gender identity
I) Cisgender

Question 45

Match the definition with the correct term:
-Refers to the many aspects of our identities and lives (such as gender, race, and class) that are intertwined

A) Sexual orientation
B) Intersectionality
C) Transgender
D) LGBTQ+
E) Gender
F) Sex
G) Inclusive language
H) Gender identity
I) Cisgender

Question 46

Match the definition with the correct term:
-Social construction that may have biological components as well

A) Sexual orientation
B) Intersectionality
C) Transgender
D) LGBTQ+
E) Gender
F) Sex
G) Inclusive language
H) Gender identity
I) Cisgender

Question 47

Match the resulting decision with the legal case:
-A business owner's religious beliefs are acceptable grounds for declining to provide services to a same-sex couple, as protected under the First Amendment

A) Roe v. Wade
B) Obergefell v. Hodges
C) Cakeshop v. CO Civil Rights Commission
D) Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
E) Bostock v. Clayton County

Question 48

Match the resulting decision with the legal case:
-Governments can require contractors, including religious agencies, to comply with nondiscrimination laws - including those that protect same-sex married couples - when providing taxpayer-funded social services

A) Roe v. Wade
B) Obergefell v. Hodges
C) Cakeshop v. CO Civil Rights Commission
D) Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
E) Bostock v. Clayton County

Question 49

Match the resulting decision with the legal case:
-The Constitution of the United States protects a pregnant woman's liberty to choose to have an abortion without excessive government restriction

A) Roe v. Wade
B) Obergefell v. Hodges
C) Cakeshop v. CO Civil Rights Commission
D) Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
E) Bostock v. Clayton County

Question 50

Match the resulting decision with the legal case:
-Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 protects employees against discrimination because they are gay or transgender

A) Roe v. Wade
B) Obergefell v. Hodges
C) Cakeshop v. CO Civil Rights Commission
D) Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
E) Bostock v. Clayton County

Question 51

Match the resulting decision with the legal case:
-The Supreme Court held that the Fourteenth Amendment requires states to license and recognize same-sex marriage

A) Roe v. Wade
B) Obergefell v. Hodges
C) Cakeshop v. CO Civil Rights Commission
D) Fulton v. City of Philadelphia
E) Bostock v. Clayton County

Question 52

Match the definitions with their terms:
-Sexual assault that is relatively common but underreported on most college campuses

A)Sexual harassment
B)Date/acquaintance rape
C)Domestic violence

Question 53

Match the definitions with their terms:
-Sexual violence perpetrated by someone a survivor knows well such as a spouse or other intimate partner

A)Sexual harassment
B)Date/acquaintance rape
C)Domestic violence

Question 54

Match the definitions with their terms:
-An abuse of power "by a person of either sex" in forcing unwanted attention on a subordinate

A)Sexual harassment
B)Date/acquaintance rape
C)Domestic violence

Question 55

To be a part of a social class is to rank with others in terms of wealth, power, and prestige.

Question 56

Wealth refers mostly to the funds that come from excessive annual salaries and are subject to a high tax rate.

Question 57

People of color, except Asian Americans, are over-represented among the poor.

Question 58

In the United States, children are more likely to be poor than older adults.

Question 59

According to the text, white women have gained more from Equal Opportunity laws and
Affirmative Action programs than have people of color.

Question 60

A loss of manufacturing jobs has slowed the social mobility of many minority groups in the U.S.

Question 61

Upward social mobility is almost always an entirely positive experience for an individual.

Question 62

Structural mobility occurs when significant changes in society propel many people up or down the social class ladder at the same time.

Question 63

One is likely to find a strong class consciousness in the United States.

Question 64

In the United States the children of the poor are as vulnerable as those in many developing countries.

Question 65

The term white collar crime refers to relatively "clean" felonies, such as robbing banks or jewelry stores.

Question 66

When whites are outnumbered by people of color in this country, they will be called a minority.

Question 67

Race is a biological reality.

Question 68

Race is a social reality.

Question 69

The best solution to racism in this country would be for people to act as if they were "colorblind."

Question 70

Most Arab Americans came from Saudi Arabia originally.

Question 71

African American couples are often more egalitarian than their white counterparts.

Question 72

In the U.S. inequality in wealth is much greater than inequality in income.

Question 73

Welfare "TANF" benefits fall below the poverty level in every state in the Union.

Question 74

Increases in the minimum wage have mitigated the gap between the poor and the rich
in the United States.

Question 75

Latino is a term that is useful for distinguishing people by race.

Question 76

Native Americans are the most disadvantaged minority in the United States.

Question 77

Gender-segregated work refers to a pattern of employment whereby men and women are usually found in different occupations.

Question 78

Date rape is relatively common but under-reported on most college campuses.

Question 79

Many people in the Deaf community perceive deafness not as a disability but as a minority culture.

Question 80

Criticisms of the Official Poverty Measure (OPM) include:

A) It does not take into account updated expenses and resources.
B) It does not account for geographic differences in the cost of living.
C) It is not adjusted for changes in the standard of living over time.
D) It defines family only as persons related by birth, marriage, or adoption.
E) All of the above