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What are the two main social categories in Emirati society mentioned in the text?
What are the two main social categories in Emirati society mentioned in the text?
- Merchants and professionals
- Nationals and immigrants (correct)
- Sheikhs and pearl divers
- Upper class and lower class
Which group in Emirati society holds the highest political positions and power, along with immense wealth and prestige?
Which group in Emirati society holds the highest political positions and power, along with immense wealth and prestige?
- The merchant class
- The new middle class
- The low-income groups
- The ruling sheikhly families (correct)
What characterizes the merchant class in Emirati society?
What characterizes the merchant class in Emirati society?
- Pearling merchants selling international goods (correct)
- Foreign immigrants with international contracts
- Newly settled Bedouin nomads
- Skilled professionals with state education benefits
Which group of immigrants in Emirati society earn high salaries and other benefits due to international contracts?
Which group of immigrants in Emirati society earn high salaries and other benefits due to international contracts?
What category in Emirati society includes increasing numbers of professionals who benefited from free state education?
What category in Emirati society includes increasing numbers of professionals who benefited from free state education?
Which group in Emirati society is primarily composed of Asian low-paid semi-skilled and unskilled workers?
Which group in Emirati society is primarily composed of Asian low-paid semi-skilled and unskilled workers?
What was the order of races established by 'racial sciences' in the 19th century?
What was the order of races established by 'racial sciences' in the 19th century?
According to genetic studies in the 20th century, what did they find about race-defining genes?
According to genetic studies in the 20th century, what did they find about race-defining genes?
In Taylor's developmental stages concept from the 19th century, which stage comes between savagery and (Western) civilization?
In Taylor's developmental stages concept from the 19th century, which stage comes between savagery and (Western) civilization?
Who proposed the concept of civilizations in the 20th century, classifying civilizations like Confucian?
Who proposed the concept of civilizations in the 20th century, classifying civilizations like Confucian?
'Define Your Identity' includes which of the following as aspects of identity?
'Define Your Identity' includes which of the following as aspects of identity?
What idea did the 19th-century concept of 'civilization and identity' propagate about Western nations?
What idea did the 19th-century concept of 'civilization and identity' propagate about Western nations?
What distinguishes ethnicity according to the text?
What distinguishes ethnicity according to the text?
Which of the following is NOT listed as a distinguishing characteristic of ethnicity?
Which of the following is NOT listed as a distinguishing characteristic of ethnicity?
What is the defining characteristic of a subculture according to the text?
What is the defining characteristic of a subculture according to the text?
Which term is used to describe real or imaginary people who serve as behavior models within a culture?
Which term is used to describe real or imaginary people who serve as behavior models within a culture?
What are values within a culture, according to the text?
What are values within a culture, according to the text?
Which of the following best describes a subgroup/microculture?
Which of the following best describes a subgroup/microculture?
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