racial group

What will be an ideal response?


people who share physical characteristics, such as skin color, that members of a society consider socially important

Sociology

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The 1999 Human Development Report reported that in 1960 the ratio of the world's richest income quintile to the world's poorest quintile was 30:1 and that by 1990 it had increased to 600:1 and by 1997 to 7,400:1

Indicate whether this statement is true or false.

Sociology

Which of the following explains why homosexuality was an integral part of ancient Greek society?

(a) The Greeks back then lacked moral values. (b) Only males were considered worthy sexual companions. (c) The society was undergoing rapid social change. (d) Men were separated from women for long periods of time.

Sociology

Which is the definition of miscegenation?

A. Oversimplified generalizations about a group of people. B. Intermarriage between races. C. The belief that one shade of skin tone is superior to another. D. The perpetuation of hate crimes.

Sociology

When a carpenter builds a table based on the knowledge and skills that she learned from her teachers and through her own experience, she is drawing on __________.

A. objective culture B. cultural ideology C. material technology D. social technology

Sociology