Question 1

All human beings of every race share what percent of their DNA?

Accepted Answer

A)  90 
B)  95.5 
C)  98.9 
D)  99.9 
A)  90 
B)  95.5 
C)  98.9 
D)  99.9 D

Question 2

Explain how and why the "one drop of blood rule" was traditionally used to determine race in American culture.

Accepted Answer

Also known as the rule of hypodescent, the "one drop of blood rule" states that any child of mixed ancestry was assigned to the race of the lower or subordinate race parent. This supported ideas of white supremacy and the very sharp separation of whites from so-called inferior races in American culture. The text notes that nonwhites were thought to be biologically different, intellectually inferior, and not fully human in a spiritual sense. These beliefs of white superiority justified practices of slavery and, later, segregation. To maintain the sharp distinction between whites and nonwhites, "whiteness" was rigidly regulated. Intermarriage was outlawed and mixing was punished by loss of white status. Intermarriage and so-called mixed children would have blurred the line between races and the racial ideology that rationalized slavery, and segregation would have been undermined.

Question 3

In Living with Racism: The Black Middle-Class Experience (1994), sociologist Joe Feagin and psychologist Melvin Sikes write about middle-class African Americans who, despite their class status, continue to face racial discrimination. What concept did this study serve to highlight?

Accepted Answer

A)  intersectionality 
B)  color-blind racism 
C)  racialization 
D)  individual racism 
A)  intersectionality 
B)  color-blind racism 
C)  racialization 
D)  individual racism A

Question 4

What would physical anthropologists be more likely to consider in their work with the physical characteristics of Homo sapiens?

Accepted Answer

A)  culture 
B)  genotype 
C)  phenotype 
D)  lineage 
A)  culture 
B)  genotype 
C)  phenotype 
D)  lineage

Question 5

A person who believes that Italians are somehow inferior and therefore refuses to give an Italian person a job is demonstrating what kind of racism?

Accepted Answer

A)  color-blind racism 
B)  individual racism 
C)  institutional racism 
D)  colonialist racism 
A)  color-blind racism 
B)  individual racism 
C)  institutional racism 
D)  colonialist racism

Question 6

What do we call the British Empire's military, economic, and political control over many regions including Canada, the Caribbean, Bahrain, Mandatory Palestine, and India?

Accepted Answer

A)  colonialism 
B)  hypodescent 
C)  nativism 
D)  institutional racism 
A)  colonialism 
B)  hypodescent 
C)  nativism 
D)  institutional racism

Question 7

Three hundred years of forced transport of millions of Africans to North and South America resulted in ________.

Accepted Answer

A)  colonialism 
B)  The U.S. Census Questionnaire 
C)  a new race 
D)  white supremacy 
A)  colonialism 
B)  The U.S. Census Questionnaire 
C)  a new race 
D)  white supremacy

Question 8

Explain how European colonial expansion gave rise to race and racism.

Accepted Answer

As European explorers and merchants move

Question 9

What do we call a set of popular ideas about race that allows the discriminatory behaviors of individuals and institutions to seem reasonable, rational, and normal?

Accepted Answer

A)  white supremacy 
B)  racialization 
C)  nativism 
D)  racial ideology 
A)  white supremacy 
B)  racialization 
C)  nativism 
D)  racial ideology

Question 10

Chinese immigrants to the United States were quickly separated according to an arbitrary set of characteristics, including slight differences in skin color. The Irish immigrants were similarly segregated, despite having white skin. What was one of the bases on which the Irish were segregated and racialized?

Accepted Answer

A)  intelligence 
B)  hypodescent 
C)  height 
D)  religion 
A)  intelligence 
B)  hypodescent 
C)  height 
D)  religion

Question 11

Compare and contrast the concepts of genotype and phenotype. How do you think these concepts help us understand race, and why?

Accepted Answer

Genotype refers to the inherited genetic

Question 12

People from the Middle East have been considered "white" in the United States for some time, but since the terrorist attacks on September 11, anyone with brown skin who seems foreign is now considered "different" and possibly an enemy. What is this the result of?

Accepted Answer

A)  discrimination 
B)  segregation 
C)  racialization 
D)  individual racism 
A)  discrimination 
B)  segregation 
C)  racialization 
D)  individual racism

Question 13

What rule assigns the children of racially mixed unions to the subordinate group?

Accepted Answer

A)  miscegenation 
B)  hypodescent 
C)  racialization 
D)  genotype 
A)  miscegenation 
B)  hypodescent 
C)  racialization 
D)  genotype

Question 14

The failure of the New York State school system to create an annual school budget that would ensure all students received the same level of funding reflects what aspect of racism?

Accepted Answer

A)  racialization 
B)  racial ideology 
C)  colonial 
D)  institutional racism 
A)  racialization 
B)  racial ideology 
C)  colonial 
D)  institutional racism

Question 15

What do societies do in order to make discriminatory ideas and behavior seem reasonable and normal?

Accepted Answer

A)  rely on racial ideology 
B)  silently use racialization 
C)  enact legal support for nativism 
D)  publicly deny the existence of racial differences 
A)  rely on racial ideology 
B)  silently use racialization 
C)  enact legal support for nativism 
D)  publicly deny the existence of racial differences

Question 16

What do we call the idea that government policies should favor people born in the United States over immigrants such as Mexicans or Canadians (legal or otherwise)?

Accepted Answer

A)  genotype 
B)  racial ideology 
C)  nativism 
D)  microaggression 
A)  genotype 
B)  racial ideology 
C)  nativism 
D)  microaggression

Question 17

A Saint Bernard and a Chihuahua are of the same species but look very different. It is possible to breed the two and get a puppy that might look like something else entirely but still be a dog. The study of dogs might be of interest to an anthropologist because it:

Accepted Answer

A)  demonstrates the concept of intersectionality. 
B)  could help us understand the nature of ethnicity. 
C)  could help us better understand the relationship between genotype and phenotype. 
D)  provides a vital platform for the study of DNA. 
A)  demonstrates the concept of intersectionality. 
B)  could help us understand the nature of ethnicity. 
C)  could help us better understand the relationship between genotype and phenotype. 
D)  provides a vital platform for the study of DNA.

Question 18

For the seventy years leading up to 1860, the U.S. Census counted enslaved peoples as three-fifths of a person. This was done for what purpose?

Accepted Answer

A)  to implement the process of racialization 
B)  as a means to maintain a strong economic system 
C)  in order to lay the groundwork for institutional racism 
D)  to uphold the idea of white supremacy 
A)  to implement the process of racialization 
B)  as a means to maintain a strong economic system 
C)  in order to lay the groundwork for institutional racism 
D)  to uphold the idea of white supremacy

Question 19

In many countries, members of the dominant ethnic or racial group tend to favor other members of their own group, give them the benefit of any doubt, and take what they say more seriously. Minorities are often discounted as less important or even hostile for insisting on being treated fairly. In the United States, what do we call this discrepancy between the experiences of the dominant and the minority groups?

Accepted Answer

A)  white privilege 
B)  segregation 
C)  racialization 
D)  resisting racism 
A)  white privilege 
B)  segregation 
C)  racialization 
D)  resisting racism

Question 20

Until 1954, state-supported and sanctioned segregation along racial lines was completely legal, and school administrators often refused to allow black, Hispanic, or Asian American children to enter a school building. What is this an example of?

Accepted Answer

A)  institutional racism 
B)  color-blind racism 
C)  individual racism 
D)  racialization 
A)  institutional racism 
B)  color-blind racism 
C)  individual racism 
D)  racialization

All human beings of every race share what percent of their DNA?

Explain how and why the "one drop of blood rule" was traditionally used to determine race in American culture.

In Living with Racism: The Black Middle-Class Experience (1994), sociologist Joe Feagin and psychologist Melvin Sikes write about middle-class African Americans who, despite their class status, continue to face racial discrimination. What concept did this study serve to highlight?

What would physical anthropologists be more likely to consider in their work with the physical characteristics of Homo sapiens?

A person who believes that Italians are somehow inferior and therefore refuses to give an Italian person a job is demonstrating what kind of racism?

What do we call the British Empire's military, economic, and political control over many regions including Canada, the Caribbean, Bahrain, Mandatory Palestine, and India?

Three hundred years of forced transport of millions of Africans to North and South America resulted in ________.

Explain how European colonial expansion gave rise to race and racism.

What do we call a set of popular ideas about race that allows the discriminatory behaviors of individuals and institutions to seem reasonable, rational, and normal?

Compare and contrast the concepts of genotype and phenotype. How do you think these concepts help us understand race, and why?

People from the Middle East have been considered "white" in the United States for some time, but since the terrorist attacks on September 11, anyone with brown skin who seems foreign is now considered "different" and possibly an enemy. What is this the result of?

What rule assigns the children of racially mixed unions to the subordinate group?

The failure of the New York State school system to create an annual school budget that would ensure all students received the same level of funding reflects what aspect of racism?

What do societies do in order to make discriminatory ideas and behavior seem reasonable and normal?

What do we call the idea that government policies should favor people born in the United States over immigrants such as Mexicans or Canadians (legal or otherwise)?

A Saint Bernard and a Chihuahua are of the same species but look very different. It is possible to breed the two and get a puppy that might look like something else entirely but still be a dog. The study of dogs might be of interest to an anthropologist because it:

For the seventy years leading up to 1860, the U.S. Census counted enslaved peoples as three-fifths of a person. This was done for what purpose?

Until 1954, state-supported and sanctioned segregation along racial lines was completely legal, and school administrators often refused to allow black, Hispanic, or Asian American children to enter a school building. What is this an example of?

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Exam 5: Race and Racism

All human beings of every race share what percent of their DNA?

Explain how and why the "one drop of blood rule" was traditionally used to determine race in American culture.

In Living with Racism: The Black Middle-Class Experience (1994), sociologist Joe Feagin and psychologist Melvin Sikes write about middle-class African Americans who, despite their class status, continue to face racial discrimination. What concept did this study serve to highlight?

What would physical anthropologists be more likely to consider in their work with the physical characteristics of Homo sapiens?

A person who believes that Italians are somehow inferior and therefore refuses to give an Italian person a job is demonstrating what kind of racism?

What do we call the British Empire's military, economic, and political control over many regions including Canada, the Caribbean, Bahrain, Mandatory Palestine, and India?

Three hundred years of forced transport of millions of Africans to North and South America resulted in ________.

Explain how European colonial expansion gave rise to race and racism.

What do we call a set of popular ideas about race that allows the discriminatory behaviors of individuals and institutions to seem reasonable, rational, and normal?

Compare and contrast the concepts of genotype and phenotype. How do you think these concepts help us understand race, and why?

People from the Middle East have been considered "white" in the United States for some time, but since the terrorist attacks on September 11, anyone with brown skin who seems foreign is now considered "different" and possibly an enemy. What is this the result of?

What rule assigns the children of racially mixed unions to the subordinate group?

The failure of the New York State school system to create an annual school budget that would ensure all students received the same level of funding reflects what aspect of racism?

What do societies do in order to make discriminatory ideas and behavior seem reasonable and normal?

What do we call the idea that government policies should favor people born in the United States over immigrants such as Mexicans or Canadians (legal or otherwise)?

A Saint Bernard and a Chihuahua are of the same species but look very different. It is possible to breed the two and get a puppy that might look like something else entirely but still be a dog. The study of dogs might be of interest to an anthropologist because it:

For the seventy years leading up to 1860, the U.S. Census counted enslaved peoples as three-fifths of a person. This was done for what purpose?

Until 1954, state-supported and sanctioned segregation along racial lines was completely legal, and school administrators often refused to allow black, Hispanic, or Asian American children to enter a school building. What is this an example of?

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Fieldwork and Ethnography

Language

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