Question 1

WASP as a racial category used in the 1970s stood for:

Accepted Answer

A)   white Aryan-Saxony people. 
B)  Western-advanced Semitic people. 
C)   white Anglo-Saxon people. 
D)   Western and Asian special people. 
A)   white Aryan-Saxony people. 
B)  Western-advanced Semitic people. 
C)   white Anglo-Saxon people. 
D)   Western and Asian special people.

Question 2

Which of the following is not a racial typology proposed by Blumenbach?

Accepted Answer

A)   Mongolian 
B)   Hispanic 
C)  Caucasian 
D)  Malayan 
A)   Mongolian 
B)   Hispanic 
C)  Caucasian 
D)  Malayan

Question 3

The concept of ethnicity is no longer as significant as it was before WWI.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Ethnicity lies at the intersection of:

Accepted Answer

A)   culture and history. 
B)  psychology and history. 
C)  biology and culture. 
D)  identity and culture. 
A)   culture and history. 
B)  psychology and history. 
C)  biology and culture. 
D)  identity and culture.

Question 5

When an individual is assigned ethnicity by outsiders, it is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnic ascription. 
B)  political ethnicity. 
C)  ethnic self-ascription. 
D)  blood quantum. 
A)  ethnic ascription. 
B)  political ethnicity. 
C)  ethnic self-ascription. 
D)  blood quantum.

Question 6

The social evolutionary framework used to understand human diversity gave rise to several different racial typologies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

How did Boas's research undermine the validity of the primary measurements used in identifying race during the early 1900s?

Accepted Answer

Boas's research on sound blindness showe

Question 8

A paradigm shift is best described as a(n):

Accepted Answer

A)   inversion of a social hierarchy that allows egalitarianism to emerge. 
B)   change in the perspective that a group of people takes on a social issue. 
C)   natural hierarchy that appears to be socially just and sensible. 
D)   means to re-educate all people on what it is that makes us human. 
A)   inversion of a social hierarchy that allows egalitarianism to emerge. 
B)   change in the perspective that a group of people takes on a social issue. 
C)   natural hierarchy that appears to be socially just and sensible. 
D)   means to re-educate all people on what it is that makes us human.

Question 9

U.S. House bill HR4437 was intended to create:

Accepted Answer

A)   new restrictions on immigration to the U.S. 
B)   the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. 
C)  more racially egalitarian access to community resources. 
D)   more stringent voting legislation. 
A)   new restrictions on immigration to the U.S. 
B)   the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. 
C)  more racially egalitarian access to community resources. 
D)   more stringent voting legislation.

Question 10

How are concepts of race and ethnicity different? Consider the historical trajectory of each. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using each concept?

Accepted Answer

The concepts of race and ethnicity are d

Question 11

Compare and contrast the racial typologies of Carolus Linnaeus and Johann Blumenbach.

Accepted Answer

Blumenbach's was based on geographic div

Question 12

In tense and very troubled political and economic times, ethnic boundaries tend to:

Accepted Answer

A)  become blurred. 
B)  evaporate and disappear. 
C)  become more delineated and strict. 
D)  change. 
A)  become blurred. 
B)  evaporate and disappear. 
C)  become more delineated and strict. 
D)  change.

Question 13

Which cultural anthropologist most profoundly changed the conversation about race in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)   Franz Boas 
B)   Bronislaw Malinowski 
C)  Leslie White 
D)   Ruth Benedict 
A)   Franz Boas 
B)   Bronislaw Malinowski 
C)  Leslie White 
D)   Ruth Benedict

WASP as a racial category used in the 1970s stood for:

Which of the following is not a racial typology proposed by Blumenbach?

The concept of ethnicity is no longer as significant as it was before WWI.

Ethnicity lies at the intersection of:

When an individual is assigned ethnicity by outsiders, it is called:

The social evolutionary framework used to understand human diversity gave rise to several different racial typologies.

How did Boas's research undermine the validity of the primary measurements used in identifying race during the early 1900s?

A paradigm shift is best described as a(n):

U.S. House bill HR4437 was intended to create:

How are concepts of race and ethnicity different? Consider the historical trajectory of each. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using each concept?

Compare and contrast the racial typologies of Carolus Linnaeus and Johann Blumenbach.

In tense and very troubled political and economic times, ethnic boundaries tend to:

Which cultural anthropologist most profoundly changed the conversation about race in the United States?

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Exam 8: Race and Ethnicity

WASP as a racial category used in the 1970s stood for:

Which of the following is not a racial typology proposed by Blumenbach?

The concept of ethnicity is no longer as significant as it was before WWI.

Ethnicity lies at the intersection of:

When an individual is assigned ethnicity by outsiders, it is called:

The social evolutionary framework used to understand human diversity gave rise to several different racial typologies.

How did Boas's research undermine the validity of the primary measurements used in identifying race during the early 1900s?

A paradigm shift is best described as a(n):

U.S. House bill HR4437 was intended to create:

How are concepts of race and ethnicity different? Consider the historical trajectory of each. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using each concept?

Compare and contrast the racial typologies of Carolus Linnaeus and Johann Blumenbach.

In tense and very troubled political and economic times, ethnic boundaries tend to:

Which cultural anthropologist most profoundly changed the conversation about race in the United States?

Culture Fieldwork and American Anthropology

Social Groups Stratification and Power

Households and Economies

Kin and Families Forms of Relatedness

Marriage and Residence Practices

Gender Identities

Sexuality and Sexual Identities

Language and Musical Expression

Religion and Belief Systems

Technologies and Culture Change

Colonialism Modernity and Development

Polities States and Nation States

Migration and Borderlands in the Global ERA

Filters