Economics MCQs

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Global inequality is evident in_______________?
A. The size of families
B. Per capita
C. The items rich countries throw out
D. All of the above
Membership in specific racial ethnic and religious groupings is________________?
A. Characteristic only of industrial societies
B. A variable of the stratification system
C. A biological rather than a social product
D. The cross every individual must bear
The difference between racial minorities and ethnic minorities is_______________?
A. In the size of each group
B. Ethnic minorities do not suffer from discrimination but only from prejudice
C. Racial minorities differ biologically ethnic minorities differ culturally from the dominant group
D. Racial minorities have been here longer than ethnic minorities
Conflicts between the dominant group and minorities develop because_________________?
A. Minorities are perceived as different
B. Minorities perceive themselves as different
C. The dominant group has coercive power
D. All of the above
Scientists agree that________________?
A. There are three races
B. There are fifty two races
C. There are no races
D. All of humankind is descended from the same common stock
Discriminatory behavior prompted by the knowledge that prejudice exists on a society wide level is called______________?
A. Attitudinal discrimination
B. Institutional discrimination
C. Cultural discrimination
D. Personal discrimination
Ethnic groups are based on_________________?
A. Skin color
B. Common customs and /or identities
C. Genes
D. Eye shape
Classification of human races is_____________________?
A. Clear-cut
B. Vague because of overlap of traits
C. Restricted to skin color
D. Done according to physical appearance