Define what is meant by the "one-drop rule" in racial stratification

What will be an ideal response?


This is the argument that even "one drop" of ancestry from a particular group will cause the individual to be labeled as such. It was used in the United States and Haiti during certain historical periods.

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Discuss the disease/illness dichotomy and provide examples of a disease and an illness

What will be an ideal response?

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The long-run average cost curve is comprised of the points on the short-run average ________ curves that are the ________ average cost for different amounts of output.

A) total cost; minimum B) total cost; maximum C) fixed cost; maximum D) fixed cost; minimum

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Gregor Mendel's work with hereditary traits of pea plants

A. discredited the phenomenon of balanced polymorphism. B. confirmed the paint-pot theory of inheritance. C. proved that natural selection operates on genotypes. D. was the basis for Darwin's theory of evolution. E. led to the formulation of the law of independent assortment.

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Monopolistically competitive firms have some market power because ________.

A) there are many sellers in the market B) there are no perfect substitutes for each firm's product C) there are barriers to entry D) there are no barriers to entry

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