Related Mcqs:

1. Prohibiting intermarriage across ethnic groups the physical separation of groups and restrictions on contact between ethnic groups are examples of______________?

   A. resource allocation
   B. ethnocentrism
   C. discrimination
   D. group closure

2. Critics of the spread of Western cultural products across the globe argue that a cultural empire has been created What term do they use to describe this ____________?

   A. media saturation
   B. media globalization
   C. media penetration
   D. media imperialism

3. Spread of cultural traits from group to group is called______________?

   A. Intercultural harmony
   B. Cultural contacts
   C. diffusion
   D. None of these

4. According to sociologists’ Canadian culture has been shaped by_____________?

   A. political incompetence
   B. sports
   C. our Aboriginal history
   D. an intricate and diverse set of circumstances
   E. immigration

5. Which sociological theory emphasizes the role of language and literacy in fighting against cultural subordination ?

   A. Functionalism
   B. Conflict
   C. Feminism
   D. Radical
   E. Symbolic Interactionism

6. Bernstein thought that using restricted codes of language disadvantaged pupils at school because____________?

   A. this pattern of speech made them the target of bullying
   B. they referred to explicit context independent meanings
   C. they prevented children from communicating outside of their peer groups
   D. they involved short simple sentences with a small vocabulary

7. Which of the following is not likely to explain differences in exclusion rates from school between pupils from different social class and ethnic backgrounds ?

   A. anomie
   B. privatization
   C. institutional racism
   D. ethnocentrism

8. Which of these ethnic groups has the greatest proportion of its members in the bottom income quintile ?

   A. Whites
   B. Indians
   C. Black Caribbean
   D. Pakistan /Bangladeshis

9. What is the systematic elimination of one ethnic group at the hands of another called ______________?

   A. ethnic cleansing
   B. institutional racism
   C. genocide
   D. scapegoating

10. Women of which ethnic group are least likely to have a white partner ?

    A. India
    B. Pakistan
    C. Bangladeshi
    D. Chinese