Exam 1: Natives and Newcomers

The correlation between geography and skin color is:

If you think of yourself as belonging to a group of "we" rather than "they," then you are referring to your:

American Indians assimilated in three generations.

________ is the concentration of a group of people within a particular area primarily because the minority group has left them little choice.

On the 2000 U.S.Census approximately ________ million marked two or more races.

The most important component of dominance is not power,but size in number of group members.

In the 1980 Census,98 percent of those who described their ancestry as American had three generations in the United States.

The three generations description applied to which of the following?

Which of the following researchers discussed the issue of subsocieties and subcultures in assimilation?

The popular view assumes that assimilation occurs in three generations.

Generally speaking,which generation of immigrants may move more completely into the mainstream of American society?

All of the following are factors relating to assimilation or straight-line theory,except:

The authors focus on Kennedy's work throughout the entire text and basically ignore Gordon's work.

Which researcher studied the Irish in his contribution to the theory of assimilation?

The authors quote Spickard who stated that "Everywhere one looks,ethnic divisions ________."