Question 1

Which of the following categories of Hispanics in the United States is largest in terms of population size?

Accepted Answer

A)  Puerto Ricans 
B)  Cuban Americans 
C)  Mexican Americans 
D)  Bolivians 
A)  Puerto Ricans 
B)  Cuban Americans 
C)  Mexican Americans 
D)  Bolivians C

Question 2

Prejudice is a rigid and distorted generalization about an entire category of people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

Currently, about how many immigrants come to the United States each year?

Accepted Answer

A)  150,000 
B)  1.5 million 
C)  15 million 
D)  150 million 
A)  150,000 
B)  1.5 million 
C)  15 million 
D)  150 million B

Question 4

Research using the social distance scale shows that today's college students are less tolerant of racial and ethnic difference than students in the past.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

You would be expressing a "stereotype" if you

Accepted Answer

A)  made any generalizations about people. 
B)  held an opinion about someone based on personal experience. 
C)  stated an exaggerated description and applied it to everyone in some category. 
D)  treated everybody in an unkind way. 
A)  made any generalizations about people. 
B)  held an opinion about someone based on personal experience. 
C)  stated an exaggerated description and applied it to everyone in some category. 
D)  treated everybody in an unkind way.

Question 6

The largest Hispanic minority in terms of population is Cuban Americans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following concepts refers to a rigid and irrational generalization about an entire category of people?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

Native Americans immigrated to these shores about the same time Christopher Columbus came to the Americas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Most immigrants to the United States today come from

Accepted Answer

A)  Africa and Europe. 
B)  Africa and Latin America. 
C)  Asia and Africa. 
D)  Latin America and Asia. 
A)  Africa and Europe. 
B)  Africa and Latin America. 
C)  Asia and Africa. 
D)  Latin America and Asia.

Question 10

Which of the following concepts refers to a state in which racial and ethnic minorities are distinct but have social equality?

Accepted Answer

A)  segregation 
B)  genocide 
C)  pluralism 
D)  assimilation 
A)  segregation 
B)  genocide 
C)  pluralism 
D)  assimilation

Question 11

Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton documented which of the following patterns in U.S. inner cities?

Accepted Answer

A)  the absence of racial segregation 
B)  hypersegregation 
C)  de jure segregation 
D)  declining segregation 
A)  the absence of racial segregation 
B)  hypersegregation 
C)  de jure segregation 
D)  declining segregation

Question 12

Scientific research confirms that everyone on Earth falls into one of three racial categories.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Not only were people of Chinese ancestry the first Asian Americans to come to the United States, but today they remain the largest in terms of population.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Race refers to _______considered important by a society, and ethnicity refers to_______ .

Accepted Answer

A)  biological traits; cultural traits 
B)  cultural traits; biological traits 
C)  what we have in common; differences 
D)  differences; what we have in common 
A)  biological traits; cultural traits 
B)  cultural traits; biological traits 
C)  what we have in common; differences 
D)  differences; what we have in common

Question 15

In the United States, most people

Accepted Answer

A)  who are rich have little or no ethnicity. 
B)  believe that ethnicity is more important than race. 
C)  no longer identify with any ethnicity. 
D)  identify with one or more ethnic category. 
A)  who are rich have little or no ethnicity. 
B)  believe that ethnicity is more important than race. 
C)  no longer identify with any ethnicity. 
D)  identify with one or more ethnic category.

Question 16

Four states currently have a "minority-majority." Which of the following is NOT one of them?

Accepted Answer

A)  New Mexico 
B)  California 
C)  Hawaii 
D)  Florida 
A)  New Mexico 
B)  California 
C)  Hawaii 
D)  Florida

Question 17

The term "white ethnics" refers to

Accepted Answer

A)  people of Hispanic ancestry who are light skinned. 
B)  people of any ethnicity who are light skinned. 
C)  non-WASPs of European ancestry. 
D)  biracial or multiracial people. 
A)  people of Hispanic ancestry who are light skinned. 
B)  people of any ethnicity who are light skinned. 
C)  non-WASPs of European ancestry. 
D)  biracial or multiracial people.

Question 18

The Hispanic population of the United States is

Accepted Answer

A)  mainly concentrated in the Southwest. 
B)  mainly spread up and down the West Coast. 
C)  mainly concentrated in industrial cities of the Northeast. 
D)  spread evenly across the country. 
A)  mainly concentrated in the Southwest. 
B)  mainly spread up and down the West Coast. 
C)  mainly concentrated in industrial cities of the Northeast. 
D)  spread evenly across the country.

Question 19

Significant immigration of Asians to the United States was sparked by

Accepted Answer

A)  the California Gold Rush in 1849. 
B)  laws regulating Chinese immigration in 1882. 
C)  the need for labor during the Great Depression in the 1930s. 
D)  World War II. 
A)  the California Gold Rush in 1849. 
B)  laws regulating Chinese immigration in 1882. 
C)  the need for labor during the Great Depression in the 1930s. 
D)  World War II.

Question 20

Assimilation refers to all people in a society giving up their traditions and "melting" into a population that shares new cultural patterns.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Which of the following categories of Hispanics in the United States is largest in terms of population size?

Prejudice is a rigid and distorted generalization about an entire category of people.

Currently, about how many immigrants come to the United States each year?

Research using the social distance scale shows that today's college students are less tolerant of racial and ethnic difference than students in the past.

You would be expressing a "stereotype" if you

The largest Hispanic minority in terms of population is Cuban Americans.

Which of the following concepts refers to a rigid and irrational generalization about an entire category of people?

Native Americans immigrated to these shores about the same time Christopher Columbus came to the Americas.

Most immigrants to the United States today come from

Which of the following concepts refers to a state in which racial and ethnic minorities are distinct but have social equality?

Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton documented which of the following patterns in U.S. inner cities?

Scientific research confirms that everyone on Earth falls into one of three racial categories.

Not only were people of Chinese ancestry the first Asian Americans to come to the United States, but today they remain the largest in terms of population.

Race refers to _considered important by a society, and ethnicity refers to_ .

In the United States, most people

Four states currently have a "minority-majority." Which of the following is NOT one of them?

The term "white ethnics" refers to

The Hispanic population of the United States is

Significant immigration of Asians to the United States was sparked by

Assimilation refers to all people in a society giving up their traditions and "melting" into a population that shares new cultural patterns.

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Exam 11: Race and Ethnicity

Which of the following categories of Hispanics in the United States is largest in terms of population size?

Prejudice is a rigid and distorted generalization about an entire category of people.

Currently, about how many immigrants come to the United States each year?

Research using the social distance scale shows that today's college students are less tolerant of racial and ethnic difference than students in the past.

You would be expressing a "stereotype" if you

The largest Hispanic minority in terms of population is Cuban Americans.

Which of the following concepts refers to a rigid and irrational generalization about an entire category of people?

Native Americans immigrated to these shores about the same time Christopher Columbus came to the Americas.

Most immigrants to the United States today come from

Which of the following concepts refers to a state in which racial and ethnic minorities are distinct but have social equality?

Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton documented which of the following patterns in U.S. inner cities?

Scientific research confirms that everyone on Earth falls into one of three racial categories.

Not only were people of Chinese ancestry the first Asian Americans to come to the United States, but today they remain the largest in terms of population.

Race refers to _______considered important by a society, and ethnicity refers to_______ .

In the United States, most people

Four states currently have a "minority-majority." Which of the following is NOT one of them?

The term "white ethnics" refers to

The Hispanic population of the United States is

Significant immigration of Asians to the United States was sparked by

Assimilation refers to all people in a society giving up their traditions and "melting" into a population that shares new cultural patterns.

Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method

Culture

Socialization: From Infancy to Old Age

Social Interaction in Everyday Life

Groups and Organizations

Sexuality and Society

Deviance

Social Stratification

Global Stratification

Gender Stratification

Economics and Politics

Family and Religion

Education, Health, and Medicine

Population, Urbanization, and Environment

Social Change: Modern and Postmodern Societies

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Race refers to _considered important by a society, and ethnicity refers to_ .