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Chapter 1: Our Social World
      
  1.A(n) __________ is a group of people who have a common origin and share a language and a history.  
  a.   minority group  
  b.   majority  
  c.   ethnic group  
  d.   culture  
      
  2.__________ occurs when one group of people adopts another group’s culture traits.  
  a.   Ethnocentrism  
  b.   Cultural borrowing  
  c.   Cultural diffusion  
  d.   Discrimination  
      
  3.The __________ is the group in society that controls most of the wealth and power.  
  a.   minority  
  b.   government  
  c.   majority  
  d.   ethnic group  
      
  4.In a(n) __________, even the people who make the laws must obey them.  
  a.   limited government  
  b.   unlimited government  
  c.   dictatorship  
  d.   absolute monarchy  
      
  5.In a __________ economic system, people meet their needs based on customs.  
  a.   command  
  b.   market  
  c.   mixed  
  d.   traditional  
      
  6.The movement of people from villages and farms to live in cities is called __________.  
  a.   migration  
  b.   urbanization  
  c.   globalization  
  d.   interdependence  
      
  7.__________ are people who are forced to leave their homeland because of wars or unjust governments.  
  a.   Migrants  
  b.   Tourists  
  c.   Refugees  
  d.   Nomads  
      
  8.Duties that a person owes to his or her government to make sure that it can continue are called __________.  
  a.   responsibilities  
  b.   rights  
  c.   civic participation  
  d.   laws  
      
  9.__________ occurs when countries depend on one another for goods, raw materials to make goods, and markets in which to sell goods.  
  a.   Globalization  
  b.   Civic participation  
  c.   Industrialization  
  d.   Interdependence  
      
  10.Some people are concerned that __________, or the development of one world culture, may erase traditions and customs of smaller groups.  
  a.   interdependence  
  b.   globalization  
  c.   ethnocentrism  
  d.   urbanization  

 






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