Question 1

Host countries that emphasize assimilation tend to encourage minority ethnic groups to retain their identities.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The 2012 poverty rates for different minority groups in the U.S.are an example of stratification.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

The term nation formerly referred to an ethnic group that shared a religion,language,history,territory,ancestry,and kinship.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Ascribed statuses are based on an individual's talents,abilities,and actions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

In Japan,the burakumin represent an isolated breeding population that is genetically distinct from the rest of the country.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What is the term for the use of force by a dominant group to compel a minority to adopt the prevailing culture?

Accepted Answer

A)  attitudinal discrimination 
B)  genocide 
C)  forced assimilation 
D)  ethnocentrism 
E)  environmental racism 
A)  attitudinal discrimination 
B)  genocide 
C)  forced assimilation 
D)  ethnocentrism 
E)  environmental racism

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a Francophone West African nation where négritude ("black identity")developed?

Accepted Answer

A)  Mali 
B)  Guinea 
C)  Liberia 
D)  Ivory Coast 
E)  Senegal 
A)  Mali 
B)  Guinea 
C)  Liberia 
D)  Ivory Coast 
E)  Senegal

Question 8

Most Americans are not very precise in distinguishing between the terms race and ethnicity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Why are forms of mass media such as print and television important to the existence of what Benedict Anderson calls an imagined community? How are new communication technologies supporting or changing what Anderson may mean by this term?

Accepted Answer

Forms of mass media such as print and te

Question 10

Multiculturalism emphasizes the need for a series of cultures to abandon their old ethnic identities and join together to forge a new and unique cultural identity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

In many countries,colonial nation building left ethnic strife in its wake.Thus,over a million Hindus and Muslims were killed in violence that accompanied the division of the Indian subcontinent into India and Pakistan in 1947.Similarly,problems between Arabs and Jews in Palestine began during the British mandate period.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Only dominant or majority groups can have prejudiced views; minority groups are not capable of being prejudiced.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the following is a major difference between Brazilian and American racial taxonomies?

Accepted Answer

A)  Brazilians do not recognize racial differences. 
B)  American categories are purer than Brazilian categories. 
C)  There are no important differences between the two taxonomies. 
D)  In the United States, social race is determined at birth and does not change, but in Brazil race can change from day to day. 
E)  Brazilian racial categories are based on genotype, whereas U.S. categories are based on phenotype. 
A)  Brazilians do not recognize racial differences. 
B)  American categories are purer than Brazilian categories. 
C)  There are no important differences between the two taxonomies. 
D)  In the United States, social race is determined at birth and does not change, but in Brazil race can change from day to day. 
E)  Brazilian racial categories are based on genotype, whereas U.S. categories are based on phenotype.

Question 14

The second half of the 20th century saw a great increase in the significance of ethnicity as a factor in regional and world identity politics.What are the historical,social,and cultural reasons for this?

Accepted Answer

The second half of the 20th century saw

Question 15

In cultural terms,a race is an ethnic group that has a biological basis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Race,like ethnicity in general,is

Accepted Answer

A)  a cultural category rather than a biological reality. 
B)  a biological reality as much as a cultural one. 
C)  used by social scientists to classify humans based on genes and shared blood. 
D)  poorly understood by geneticists and therefore considered a cultural category. 
E)  a meaningless concept to people living day to day. 
A)  a cultural category rather than a biological reality. 
B)  a biological reality as much as a cultural one. 
C)  used by social scientists to classify humans based on genes and shared blood. 
D)  poorly understood by geneticists and therefore considered a cultural category. 
E)  a meaningless concept to people living day to day.

Question 17

Racial classification is a political issue.Compare the Canadian census,in its treatment of racial categories,to the U.S.census.What do you think would be the political consequences of using one census over another? The election of Barack Obama to the U.S.presidency in 2008 has rekindled many public discussions on race in the United States.What is the substance of these discussions? What are the terms of the debate?

Accepted Answer

Racial classification is indeed a politi

Question 18

Which of the following statements about U.S.racial categories is true?

Accepted Answer

A)  U.S. racial categories are applied to endogamous breeding populations. 
B)  U.S. racial categories are biologically valid, as demonstrated by the Phipps case in the 1970s in Louisiana. 
C)  U.S. racial categories are based on global racial categories that vary little among societies. 
D)  U.S. racial categories are based on genetics, whereas Japan's are based upon undemonstrated descent. 
E)  U.S. racial categories are culturally arbitrary, even though most people assume them to be based in biology. 
A)  U.S. racial categories are applied to endogamous breeding populations. 
B)  U.S. racial categories are biologically valid, as demonstrated by the Phipps case in the 1970s in Louisiana. 
C)  U.S. racial categories are based on global racial categories that vary little among societies. 
D)  U.S. racial categories are based on genetics, whereas Japan's are based upon undemonstrated descent. 
E)  U.S. racial categories are culturally arbitrary, even though most people assume them to be based in biology.

Question 19

What term refers to an independent,centrally organized political unit,or a government?

Accepted Answer

A)  state 
B)  tribe 
C)  nationality 
D)  bureaucracy 
E)  culture 
A)  state 
B)  tribe 
C)  nationality 
D)  bureaucracy 
E)  culture

Question 20

Nation-states

Accepted Answer

A)  are defined by their lack of ethnic identity. 
B)  are ethnically homogeneous. 
C)  are the same as tribes and ethnic groups. 
D)  are parts of other states. 
E)  sometimes encourage ethnic divisions for political and economic ends. 
A)  are defined by their lack of ethnic identity. 
B)  are ethnically homogeneous. 
C)  are the same as tribes and ethnic groups. 
D)  are parts of other states. 
E)  sometimes encourage ethnic divisions for political and economic ends.

Exam 15: Ethnicity and Race

Host countries that emphasize assimilation tend to encourage minority ethnic groups to retain their identities.

The 2012 poverty rates for different minority groups in the U.S.are an example of stratification.

The term nation formerly referred to an ethnic group that shared a religion,language,history,territory,ancestry,and kinship.

Ascribed statuses are based on an individual's talents,abilities,and actions.

In Japan,the burakumin represent an isolated breeding population that is genetically distinct from the rest of the country.

What is the term for the use of force by a dominant group to compel a minority to adopt the prevailing culture?

Which of the following is NOT a Francophone West African nation where négritude ("black identity")developed?

Most Americans are not very precise in distinguishing between the terms race and ethnicity.

Why are forms of mass media such as print and television important to the existence of what Benedict Anderson calls an imagined community? How are new communication technologies supporting or changing what Anderson may mean by this term?

Multiculturalism emphasizes the need for a series of cultures to abandon their old ethnic identities and join together to forge a new and unique cultural identity.

Only dominant or majority groups can have prejudiced views; minority groups are not capable of being prejudiced.

Which of the following is a major difference between Brazilian and American racial taxonomies?

The second half of the 20th century saw a great increase in the significance of ethnicity as a factor in regional and world identity politics.What are the historical,social,and cultural reasons for this?

In cultural terms,a race is an ethnic group that has a biological basis.

Race,like ethnicity in general,is

Which of the following statements about U.S.racial categories is true?

What term refers to an independent,centrally organized political unit,or a government?

Nation-states

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The second half of the 20^th century saw a great increase in the significance of ethnicity as a factor in regional and world identity politics.What are the historical,social,and cultural reasons for this?