Question 1

What is the key objective of multiculturalism?

Accepted Answer

A)  creating a horizontal mosaic 
B)  promoting ethnic diversity 
C)  creating equal opportunities for immigrants 
D)  promoting unity through diversity 
A)  creating a horizontal mosaic 
B)  promoting ethnic diversity 
C)  creating equal opportunities for immigrants 
D)  promoting unity through diversity

Question 2

Which term is a synonym for inequalitarian pluralism?

Accepted Answer

A)  discrimination 
B)  stratification 
C)  ethnocentrism 
D)  segregation 
A)  discrimination 
B)  stratification 
C)  ethnocentrism 
D)  segregation

Question 3

In Canada,Ukrainians,French Canadians,African Canadians,Asian Canadians,and others co-exist.What term best describes this?

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnic pluralism 
B)  equalitarian segmentism 
C)  inequalitarian pluralism 
D)  cultural segmentism 
A)  ethnic pluralism 
B)  equalitarian segmentism 
C)  inequalitarian pluralism 
D)  cultural segmentism

Question 4

Compare and contrast overt and polite racism.Provide examples.

Accepted Answer

Overt racism may take the form of delibe

Question 5

Approximately what percentage of the immigrants arriving in Canada today are visible minorities?

Accepted Answer

A)  35 percent 
B)  50 percent 
C)  65 percent 
D)  80 percent 
A)  35 percent 
B)  50 percent 
C)  65 percent 
D)  80 percent

Question 6

Discuss the significance of being white using the notion of "white privilege." Provide an example.

Accepted Answer

Not only does the privileging of whitene

Question 7

Which category of settlers are descendants of Indian and non-Indian unions (primarily between French settlers and Indian women)?

Accepted Answer

A)  Inuit 
B)  Indigenous peoples 
C)  Métis 
D)  First Nations 
A)  Inuit 
B)  Indigenous peoples 
C)  Métis 
D)  First Nations

Question 8

What is the term for discrimination based on social custom?

Accepted Answer

A)  de jure discrimination 
B)  de facto discrimination 
C)  stereotyping 
D)  institutional racism 
A)  de jure discrimination 
B)  de facto discrimination 
C)  stereotyping 
D)  institutional racism

Question 9

What was the goal of the Indian Act of 1876?

Accepted Answer

A)  to promote assimilation 
B)  to achieve equalitarian pluralism 
C)  to challenge colonialism 
D)  to encourage multiculturalism 
A)  to promote assimilation 
B)  to achieve equalitarian pluralism 
C)  to challenge colonialism 
D)  to encourage multiculturalism

Question 10

During World War II,Japanese Canadians experienced one of the most vicious forms of discrimination sanctioned by Canadian law.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Why were Indigenous children placed in residential boarding schools?

Accepted Answer

A)  to facilitate their assimilation into the dominant culture 
B)  to integrate their Indigenous culture with Christian beliefs 
C)  to help the families by providing for the children while the parents engaged in traditional hunting practices 
D)  to enhance and maintain Indigenous culture by writing it down and teaching it to all Indigenous children 
A)  to facilitate their assimilation into the dominant culture 
B)  to integrate their Indigenous culture with Christian beliefs 
C)  to help the families by providing for the children while the parents engaged in traditional hunting practices 
D)  to enhance and maintain Indigenous culture by writing it down and teaching it to all Indigenous children

Question 12

Your parents believe that all people from Hawaii can hula dance and have pig roasts on a regular basis.What name would sociologists use to describe these overgeneralizations?

Accepted Answer

A)  prejudice 
B)  discrimination 
C)  stereotypes 
D)  racism 
A)  prejudice 
B)  discrimination 
C)  stereotypes 
D)  racism

Question 13

Racism is part of Canada's history and current circumstances.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The split labour market involves class,race,ethnicity,and gender).

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Suppose you were undertaking a study of identity formation and you examined members of racial and ethnic minorities and members of the white majority.What theoretical perspective would likely inform your research?

Accepted Answer

A)  feminist theory 
B)  postmodern theory 
C)  symbolic interactionist theory 
D)  functionalist theory 
A)  feminist theory 
B)  postmodern theory 
C)  symbolic interactionist theory 
D)  functionalist theory

Question 16

Discuss the implications of thinking about race as a social construct rather than a biological reality.

Accepted Answer

Race is a socially constructed reality,n

Question 17

Polite racism refers to overt prejudice that is followed by an apology.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following belongs to the group "visible minority"?

Accepted Answer

A)  white women 
B)  Euro-Canadians 
C)  Indigenous peoples 
D)  Filipinos 
A)  white women 
B)  Euro-Canadians 
C)  Indigenous peoples 
D)  Filipinos

Question 19

Which term is used to describe racially segregated schools in Nova Scotia?

Accepted Answer

A)  overt segregation 
B)  de jure segregation 
C)  institutionalized segregation 
D)  de facto segregation 
A)  overt segregation 
B)  de jure segregation 
C)  institutionalized segregation 
D)  de facto segregation

Question 20

Define and distinguish between the terms minority and majority.Explain why the actual meanings of these concepts may not be clear.

Accepted Answer

A majority (or dominant)group is one tha

Exam 11: Sex and Gender

What is the key objective of multiculturalism?

Which term is a synonym for inequalitarian pluralism?

In Canada,Ukrainians,French Canadians,African Canadians,Asian Canadians,and others co-exist.What term best describes this?

Compare and contrast overt and polite racism.Provide examples.

Approximately what percentage of the immigrants arriving in Canada today are visible minorities?

Discuss the significance of being white using the notion of "white privilege." Provide an example.

Which category of settlers are descendants of Indian and non-Indian unions (primarily between French settlers and Indian women)?

What is the term for discrimination based on social custom?

What was the goal of the Indian Act of 1876?

During World War II,Japanese Canadians experienced one of the most vicious forms of discrimination sanctioned by Canadian law.

Why were Indigenous children placed in residential boarding schools?

Your parents believe that all people from Hawaii can hula dance and have pig roasts on a regular basis.What name would sociologists use to describe these overgeneralizations?

Racism is part of Canada's history and current circumstances.

The split labour market involves class,race,ethnicity,and gender).

Suppose you were undertaking a study of identity formation and you examined members of racial and ethnic minorities and members of the white majority.What theoretical perspective would likely inform your research?

Discuss the implications of thinking about race as a social construct rather than a biological reality.

Polite racism refers to overt prejudice that is followed by an apology.

Which of the following belongs to the group "visible minority"?

Which term is used to describe racially segregated schools in Nova Scotia?

Define and distinguish between the terms minority and majority.Explain why the actual meanings of these concepts may not be clear.

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