Exam 10: Race and Ethnicity

The book title Two Solitudes refers to relations between the British and the French in Canada.

Why were Québécois worried that the French-Canadian population would decline beginning in the 1970s?

As an exercise in his sociology class, Andrew records the ethnic backgrounds of his five closest friends and then asks his parents and grandparents to do the same. He discovers that all are of the same ethnicity as he is. How would the textbook explain this finding?

Which of the following is factual regarding race and brain size?

Although slavery was technically legal in Canada for a short time, no Canadians actually owned slaves.

A young Aboriginal couple come to view the basement suite the Simpsons want to rent out. They seem nice and have good references, but the Simpsons refuse them, worrying that the couple may not be able to pay rent regularly. What are the Simpsons demonstrating?

A significant reason why Canada's Aboriginal peoples have failed to integrate is internal colonialism.

What did Hitler's systematic plan to exterminate people of Jewish extraction exemplify?

According to the textbook, what is the outcome of social structural barriers to assimilation?

Which of the following refers to ownership and control of humans by other humans?

Which of the following is a reason for challenging the term "Indian" as it pertains to North American Indigenous people?

What was problematic about methods of Morton's research into brain size and race?

In which of the following roles are black Canadians least likely to interact with European Canadians?

Summarize the theory of split labour market. Give an example.

Which of the following refers to the belief that one social group is superior to another on the basis of some visible characteristic and that inferiority of a group justifies unequal treatment.

In a sociology class discussing racism, Vincent asserts that the Canadian government is racist, given the ways by which it has exploited and unfairly treated the Indigenous peoples in Canada. What type of explanation is Vincent giving?

In the middle of the twentieth century, Canada was sharply stratified along ethnic and racial lines. Those with the most power and privilege were of British origin, known as "WASPs" or White Anglo-Saxon Protestants.

Which of the following is the current focus of Canadian multicultural policy?

During World War II the Canadian government relocated, interned, and confiscated the assets of all the Japanese Canadians who lived anywhere near the British Columbia coast, blaming them for attacks on Pearl Harbor. What were the Japanese Canadians in this situation?

Discuss the issues that remained unresolved by Quebec's Quiet Revolution and possible ways to address them.