Question 1

Racial categories in Japan are more rigid than they are in Brazil.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

Brazilian racial classification is based exclusively on an individual's phenotype.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

Which of the following describes a demographic consequence in the United States of international migration,a key feature of globalization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Whites now constitute 80% of older Americans, but only 56% of children. 
B)  Minorities now constitute the majority of senior citizens. 
C)  The aging white population is now being influenced by the politics of younger generations. 
D)  Older generations are now intermingling more with ethnic minorities, making the suburbs more diverse. 
E)  The older generation is more diverse than the younger generation. 
A)  Whites now constitute 80% of older Americans, but only 56% of children. 
B)  Minorities now constitute the majority of senior citizens. 
C)  The aging white population is now being influenced by the politics of younger generations. 
D)  Older generations are now intermingling more with ethnic minorities, making the suburbs more diverse. 
E)  The older generation is more diverse than the younger generation. A

Question 4

What is the term for ethnic groups that once had,or wish to have or regain,autonomous political status?

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnicities 
B)  captive nations 
C)  nations 
D)  nationalities 
E)  ethnic avengers 
A)  ethnicities 
B)  captive nations 
C)  nations 
D)  nationalities 
E)  ethnic avengers

Question 5

Hypodescent in the United States automatically determines the race of a child whose parents belong to different racial groups.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

A policy of ethnic expulsion aims at removing groups who are culturally different from a country.There are many examples,including Bosnia-Herzegovina in the 1990s.Uganda expelled 74,000 Asians in 1972.The neofascist parties of contemporary Western Europe advocate repatriation of immigrant workers.What is one of the potential consequences of such policies?

Accepted Answer

A)  the breakup of imaginary communes 
B)  the creation of refugees-people who have been forced (involuntary refugees) or who have chosen (voluntary refugees) to flee a country, to escape persecution or war 
C)  state-mandated forced assimilation 
D)  the creation of class consciousness 
E)  gender stratification 
A)  the breakup of imaginary communes 
B)  the creation of refugees-people who have been forced (involuntary refugees) or who have chosen (voluntary refugees) to flee a country, to escape persecution or war 
C)  state-mandated forced assimilation 
D)  the creation of class consciousness 
E)  gender stratification

Question 7

De facto discrimination occurs when laws exist that harm a specific group and its members.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Ethnic/racial diversity is decreasing in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Ethnocide refers to the deliberate elimination of a cultural tradition through aggressive policies forcing assimilation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

When one's ethnic identity is flexible and situational,it can become an achieved status.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Most countries of the world have a single ethnic group accounting for 90 percent or more of the population.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The U.S.and Canadian governments use the same racial categories in their census.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

What is an imagined community? Explain how social roles such as ethnicity and nationality are important to this concept.

Accepted Answer

An imagined community is a concept intro

Question 14

Genocide refers to the physical destruction of an ethnic or religious group through mass murder.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Racial categories in Brazil are not rigid; rather,they often change depending on the social setting.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Interracial,biracial,and multiracial identities are becoming more and more common in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Which of the following statements about ethnicity is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ethnicity is one's identification with a group that shares a common set of beliefs, values, customs, and norms. 
B)  Americans maintain a clear distinction between ethnicity and race. 
C)  Ethnicity is based on common biological features. 
D)  Ethnicity is the politically correct term for race. 
E)  Ethnicity and race are synonyms. 
A)  Ethnicity is one's identification with a group that shares a common set of beliefs, values, customs, and norms. 
B)  Americans maintain a clear distinction between ethnicity and race. 
C)  Ethnicity is based on common biological features. 
D)  Ethnicity is the politically correct term for race. 
E)  Ethnicity and race are synonyms.

Question 18

A key element of multiculturalism is a respect for ethnic diversity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following statements about the concept of race in Brazil is NOT true?

Accepted Answer

A)  Racial classification in Brazil is built around the concept of hypodescent. 
B)  There are more than 500 different terms used to describe phenotypes. 
C)  The large number of racial categories does not lend itself easily to socioeconomic discrimination based on race. 
D)  The perception of biological races is influenced not just by the physical phenotype but by how one dresses and behaves. 
E)  A person's race can change from day to day. 
A)  Racial classification in Brazil is built around the concept of hypodescent. 
B)  There are more than 500 different terms used to describe phenotypes. 
C)  The large number of racial categories does not lend itself easily to socioeconomic discrimination based on race. 
D)  The perception of biological races is influenced not just by the physical phenotype but by how one dresses and behaves. 
E)  A person's race can change from day to day.

Question 20

It is the norm in Africa for countries to have no ethnic majority.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 15: Ethnicity and Race

Racial categories in Japan are more rigid than they are in Brazil.

Brazilian racial classification is based exclusively on an individual's phenotype.

Which of the following describes a demographic consequence in the United States of international migration,a key feature of globalization?

What is the term for ethnic groups that once had,or wish to have or regain,autonomous political status?

Hypodescent in the United States automatically determines the race of a child whose parents belong to different racial groups.

De facto discrimination occurs when laws exist that harm a specific group and its members.

Ethnic/racial diversity is decreasing in the United States.

Ethnocide refers to the deliberate elimination of a cultural tradition through aggressive policies forcing assimilation.

When one's ethnic identity is flexible and situational,it can become an achieved status.

Most countries of the world have a single ethnic group accounting for 90 percent or more of the population.

The U.S.and Canadian governments use the same racial categories in their census.

What is an imagined community? Explain how social roles such as ethnicity and nationality are important to this concept.

Genocide refers to the physical destruction of an ethnic or religious group through mass murder.

Racial categories in Brazil are not rigid; rather,they often change depending on the social setting.

Interracial,biracial,and multiracial identities are becoming more and more common in the United States.

Which of the following statements about ethnicity is true?

A key element of multiculturalism is a respect for ethnic diversity.

Which of the following statements about the concept of race in Brazil is NOT true?

It is the norm in Africa for countries to have no ethnic majority.

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