Question 1

What is the importance of Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman in the history of African Americans?

Accepted Answer

Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman are b

Question 2

Native Americans gained the right to U.S.citizenship in

Accepted Answer

A)  1865. 
B)  1924. 
C)  1965. 
D)  1990. 
A)  1865. 
B)  1924. 
C)  1965. 
D)  1990.

Question 3

Which of the following concepts refers to biological reproduction by people of different racial categories?

Accepted Answer

A)  assimilation 
B)  racial typology 
C)  pluralism 
D)  miscegenation 
A)  assimilation 
B)  racial typology 
C)  pluralism 
D)  miscegenation

Question 4

Which of the following concepts refers to a state in which racial and ethnic minorities are distinct, but have more or less equal social standing?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 5

Historically, WASPs dominated social life in the United States until about

Accepted Answer

A)  1860, with the election of Abraham Lincoln. 
B)  1932, with the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt. 
C)  1960, with the election of John F. Kennedy. 
D)  1992, with the election of Bill Clinton. 
A)  1860, with the election of Abraham Lincoln. 
B)  1932, with the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt. 
C)  1960, with the election of John F. Kennedy. 
D)  1992, with the election of Bill Clinton.

Question 6

Based on research using the social distance scale, you can correctly say that U.S.college students today

Accepted Answer

A)  are less prejudiced than students were fifty years ago. 
B)  see less difference between minority categories than students did fifty years ago. 
C)  express greater prejudice toward Arabs than African Americans. 
D)  All of these responses are correct. 
A)  are less prejudiced than students were fifty years ago. 
B)  see less difference between minority categories than students did fifty years ago. 
C)  express greater prejudice toward Arabs than African Americans. 
D)  All of these responses are correct.

Question 7

The adoption of the English language by Mexican immigrants in the United States is an example of

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

Which of the following categories of the U.S.population is most likely to own and operate a small business?

Accepted Answer

A)  Native Americans 
B)  African Americans 
C)  Korean Americans 
D)  Mexican Americans 
A)  Native Americans 
B)  African Americans 
C)  Korean Americans 
D)  Mexican Americans

Question 9

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 10

The overall social standing of Native Americans is

Accepted Answer

A)  above the national average. 
B)  about the national average. 
C)  below the national average. 
D)  mixed, with families found equally at all class levels. 
A)  above the national average. 
B)  about the national average. 
C)  below the national average. 
D)  mixed, with families found equally at all class levels.

Question 11

For Chinese immigrants, one result of living in Chinatowns was _____.

Accepted Answer

A)  maintaining traditional culture. 
B)  forming kinship networks, or clans. 
C)  reducing their chance to learn English, which limited job opportunities. 
D)  All of these responses are correct. 
A)  maintaining traditional culture. 
B)  forming kinship networks, or clans. 
C)  reducing their chance to learn English, which limited job opportunities. 
D)  All of these responses are correct.

Question 12

The first Native Americans immigrated to the United States about the time Christopher Columbus came to the Americas.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

In most cases, race and ethnicity refer to the same thing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

What is the Bogardus social distance scale? What does research using the scale tell us about changing attitudes of college students towards racial and ethnic minorities?

Accepted Answer

The Bogardus social distance scale is a

Question 15

The claim that defining members of some minority as inferior will make them inferior is one application of

Accepted Answer

A)  social distance research. 
B)  de facto segregation. 
C)  the Thomas Theorem. 
D)  authoritarian personality theory. 
A)  social distance research. 
B)  de facto segregation. 
C)  the Thomas Theorem. 
D)  authoritarian personality theory.

Question 16

All members of a minority typically share a distinct identity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The U.S.Supreme Court outlawed slavery in the Dred Scott case of 1857.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

In the United States, minorities typically have less

Accepted Answer

A)  income. 
B)  occupational prestige. 
C)  schooling. 
D)  All of these responses are correct. 
A)  income. 
B)  occupational prestige. 
C)  schooling. 
D)  All of these responses are correct.

Question 19

Race refers to _____ considered important by a society ethnicity refers to _____.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 20

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

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The concept of race as a socially constr

What is the importance of Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman in the history of African Americans?

Native Americans gained the right to U.S.citizenship in

Which of the following concepts refers to biological reproduction by people of different racial categories?

Which of the following concepts refers to a state in which racial and ethnic minorities are distinct, but have more or less equal social standing?

Historically, WASPs dominated social life in the United States until about

Based on research using the social distance scale, you can correctly say that U.S.college students today

The adoption of the English language by Mexican immigrants in the United States is an example of

Which of the following categories of the U.S.population is most likely to own and operate a small business?

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

The overall social standing of Native Americans is

For Chinese immigrants, one result of living in Chinatowns was _____.

The first Native Americans immigrated to the United States about the time Christopher Columbus came to the Americas.

In most cases, race and ethnicity refer to the same thing.

What is the Bogardus social distance scale? What does research using the scale tell us about changing attitudes of college students towards racial and ethnic minorities?

The claim that defining members of some minority as inferior will make them inferior is one application of

All members of a minority typically share a distinct identity.

The U.S.Supreme Court outlawed slavery in the Dred Scott case of 1857.

In the United States, minorities typically have less

Race refers to _ considered important by a society ethnicity refers to _.

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

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What is the importance of Sojourner Truth and Harriet Tubman in the history of African Americans?

Native Americans gained the right to U.S.citizenship in

Which of the following concepts refers to biological reproduction by people of different racial categories?

Which of the following concepts refers to a state in which racial and ethnic minorities are distinct, but have more or less equal social standing?

Historically, WASPs dominated social life in the United States until about

Based on research using the social distance scale, you can correctly say that U.S.college students today

The adoption of the English language by Mexican immigrants in the United States is an example of

Which of the following categories of the U.S.population is most likely to own and operate a small business?

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

The overall social standing of Native Americans is

For Chinese immigrants, one result of living in Chinatowns was _____.

The first Native Americans immigrated to the United States about the time Christopher Columbus came to the Americas.

In most cases, race and ethnicity refer to the same thing.

What is the Bogardus social distance scale? What does research using the scale tell us about changing attitudes of college students towards racial and ethnic minorities?

The claim that defining members of some minority as inferior will make them inferior is one application of

All members of a minority typically share a distinct identity.

The U.S.Supreme Court outlawed slavery in the Dred Scott case of 1857.

In the United States, minorities typically have less

Race refers to _____ considered important by a society ethnicity refers to _____.

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

Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method

Culture

Socialization

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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