Question 1

Quick Quiz:
-Scientific research shows that there are three biologically pure races.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

In Canada, minorities typically have less

Accepted Answer

A)  trouble integrating. 
B)  occupational prestige. 
C)  desire to attain status. 
D)  need to attend post-secondary. 
A)  trouble integrating. 
B)  occupational prestige. 
C)  desire to attain status. 
D)  need to attend post-secondary. B

Question 3

Scientific research shows that there are three biologically pure races.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Which of the following concepts refers to a category of people, distinguished by physical or cultural traits, who are socially disadvantaged?

Accepted Answer

A)  minority 
B)  ethnic category 
C)  racial category 
D)  out-group 
A)  minority 
B)  ethnic category 
C)  racial category 
D)  out-group

Question 5

What evidence is there that race is a socially constructed concept?

Accepted Answer

The concept of race as a socially constr

Question 6

The policies of multiculturalism in Canada

Accepted Answer

A)  support the goal of full participation by melting into the majority. 
B)  promote unity through diversity. 
C)  were officially adopted in the Multiculturalism Act of 1968. 
D)  discourage the French and the English from accepting new immigrants. 
A)  support the goal of full participation by melting into the majority. 
B)  promote unity through diversity. 
C)  were officially adopted in the Multiculturalism Act of 1968. 
D)  discourage the French and the English from accepting new immigrants.

Question 7

Which of the following concepts refers to a shared cultural heritage?

Accepted Answer

A)  race 
B)  minority 
C)  ethnicity 
D)  stereotype 
A)  race 
B)  minority 
C)  ethnicity 
D)  stereotype

Question 8

Pluralism is the idea that people should live with their own kind.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

In 1962, Ellen Fairclough, Canada's first woman federal cabinet minister

Accepted Answer

A)  put an end to White Canada immigration policy. 
B)  campaigned to retain national origin as an important criterion for entrance into Canada. 
C)  opposed the development of a point system for immigration. 
D)  campaigned for a nationwide system of classes that teach English to non-English speaking immigrants. 
A)  put an end to White Canada immigration policy. 
B)  campaigned to retain national origin as an important criterion for entrance into Canada. 
C)  opposed the development of a point system for immigration. 
D)  campaigned for a nationwide system of classes that teach English to non-English speaking immigrants.

Question 10

Discrimination is an unfair belief about an entire category of people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

According to T.W. Adorno's authoritarian personality theory, prejudiced people

Accepted Answer

A)  view society as naturally hierarchical. 
B)  reject ethnocentrism. 
C)  cannot easily see actions as either right or wrong. 
D)  tend to reject any conventional cultural values. 
A)  view society as naturally hierarchical. 
B)  reject ethnocentrism. 
C)  cannot easily see actions as either right or wrong. 
D)  tend to reject any conventional cultural values.

Question 12

Typically, people who live in _____ perceive fewer racial categories than people who live in _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  Canada; Brazil 
B)  Brazil; Canada 
C)  Brazil; the United States 
D)  the West; the East 
A)  Canada; Brazil 
B)  Brazil; Canada 
C)  Brazil; the United States 
D)  the West; the East

Question 13

With whom do we associate authoritarian personality theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  Adorno 
B)  Bogardus 
C)  Marx 
D)  Durkheim 
A)  Adorno 
B)  Bogardus 
C)  Marx 
D)  Durkheim

Question 14

What does it mean to call Quebec "a distinct society?"

Accepted Answer

Calling Quebec "a distinct society" refe

Question 15

The Matsui family came to Canada from Japan 30 years ago. They now speak English at home and the Matsui children date non-Japanese students at college. This family's story is closest to which of the following concepts?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

From which world regions do most of today's immigrants come?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

Institutional prejudice and discrimination refers to the fact that

Accepted Answer

A)  some people hold rigid and unfair attitudes. 
B)  bias was more pronounced in this nation's history. 
C)  bias is built into the operation of social institutions. 
D)  many people still hold prejudiced opinions. 
A)  some people hold rigid and unfair attitudes. 
B)  bias was more pronounced in this nation's history. 
C)  bias is built into the operation of social institutions. 
D)  many people still hold prejudiced opinions.

Question 19

Race or ethnicity often serves as a master status.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Ethnicity is harder to change than racial identity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 14: Race and Ethnicity

Quick Quiz: -Scientific research shows that there are three biologically pure races.

In Canada, minorities typically have less

Scientific research shows that there are three biologically pure races.

Which of the following concepts refers to a category of people, distinguished by physical or cultural traits, who are socially disadvantaged?

What evidence is there that race is a socially constructed concept?

The policies of multiculturalism in Canada

Which of the following concepts refers to a shared cultural heritage?

Pluralism is the idea that people should live with their own kind.

In 1962, Ellen Fairclough, Canada's first woman federal cabinet minister

Discrimination is an unfair belief about an entire category of people.

According to T.W. Adorno's authoritarian personality theory, prejudiced people

Typically, people who live in _____ perceive fewer racial categories than people who live in _____.

With whom do we associate authoritarian personality theory?

What does it mean to call Quebec "a distinct society?"

The Matsui family came to Canada from Japan 30 years ago. They now speak English at home and the Matsui children date non-Japanese students at college. This family's story is closest to which of the following concepts?

From which world regions do most of today's immigrants come?

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

Institutional prejudice and discrimination refers to the fact that

Race or ethnicity often serves as a master status.

Ethnicity is harder to change than racial identity.

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