Question 1

All members of a minority category are poor.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

The killing of people in the Darfur region of Africa is a recent example of

Accepted Answer

A) assimilation. 
B) genocide. 
C) miscegenation. 
D) hypersegregation. 
A) assimilation. 
B) genocide. 
C) miscegenation. 
D) hypersegregation. B

Question 3

Sociologists define the concept of "race" as

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A) people who fall into any minority category. 
B) a person's skin color. 
C) a cultural heritage shared by a category of people. 
D) a socially constructed category composed of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important. 
A) people who fall into any minority category. 
B) a person's skin color. 
C) a cultural heritage shared by a category of people. 
D) a socially constructed category composed of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important. D

Question 4

Can you imagine a future in the United States where members of our society would be truly color blind? Explain how this might become possible.Alternatively, explain why you think that this is possible.

Accepted Answer

I can imagine a future in the United Sta

Question 5

Why do various racial and ethnic categories of the U.S.population have different social standing? Why do some categories surpass the national average in income, while others do not? Consider both cultural patterns linked to a category as well as the operation of the U.S.economy.

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Various racial and ethnic categories of

Question 6

The Matsui family came to the United States from Japan thirty years ago.They now speak English at home and the Matsui children date non-Japanese students at college.This family's story best illustrates which of the following concepts?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 7

Prejudice and discrimination can be either positive or negative.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which category of Asian Americans has an average income above the national average?

Accepted Answer

A) Filipino Americans 
B) Chinese Americans 
C) Japanese Americans 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) Filipino Americans 
B) Chinese Americans 
C) Japanese Americans 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 9

Arab Americans are a U.S.minority that

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A) is increasing in population size. 
B) has ancestors from many different nations. 
C) has Islam as the dominant religion. 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) is increasing in population size. 
B) has ancestors from many different nations. 
C) has Islam as the dominant religion. 
D) All of these are correct.

Question 10

You would be expressing a "stereotype" if you

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A) made any generalization about people. 
B) described everyone in some category in the same way. 
C) held an opinion about someone based on personal experience. 
D) treated everybody in an unkind way. 
A) made any generalization about people. 
B) described everyone in some category in the same way. 
C) held an opinion about someone based on personal experience. 
D) treated everybody in an unkind way.

Question 11

What Gunnar Myrdal called the "American dilemma" was

Accepted Answer

A) the denial of basic rights to African Americans by a so-called "democratic society." 
B) the placing of Native Americans on reservations. 
C) the restriction of immigration by a nation that was built by immigrants. 
D) the refusal of many minorities to improve their social standing. 
A) the denial of basic rights to African Americans by a so-called "democratic society." 
B) the placing of Native Americans on reservations. 
C) the restriction of immigration by a nation that was built by immigrants. 
D) the refusal of many minorities to improve their social standing.

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

The concept of race as a socially constr

Question 13

What is the "trend toward mixture" in terms of race in the United States?

Accepted Answer

The "trend toward mixture" in terms of r

Question 14

More than one-third of African Americans earn $48,000 or more each year.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The idea that prejudice and discrimination form a vicious circle means that

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A) prejudice is more common than actual discrimination. 
B) it is easy to prove that most stereotypes are wrong. 
C) most people do not act on their prejudices. 
D) prejudice and discrimination reinforce each other. 
A) prejudice is more common than actual discrimination. 
B) it is easy to prove that most stereotypes are wrong. 
C) most people do not act on their prejudices. 
D) prejudice and discrimination reinforce each other.

Question 16

Which of the following statements about prejudice is true?

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A) Prejudice involves prejudgments. 
B) Prejudice treats everyone in some category the same way. 
C) Prejudice can be positive or negative. 
D) All of these correct. 
A) Prejudice involves prejudgments. 
B) Prejudice treats everyone in some category the same way. 
C) Prejudice can be positive or negative. 
D) All of these correct.

Question 17

What are WASPs? How do they differ from "white ethnics"?

Accepted Answer

WASPs, an acronym for White Anglo-Saxon

Question 18

Assimilation refers to everyone shedding all their traditions and "melting" into a new population with a new way of life.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Which of the following categories of Hispanics in the United States is largest in terms of population size?

Accepted Answer

A) Cuban Americans 
B) Mexican Americans 
C) Puerto Ricans 
D) Bolivians 
A) Cuban Americans 
B) Mexican Americans 
C) Puerto Ricans 
D) Bolivians

Question 20

The Hispanic population of the United States is

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A) spread evenly across the country. 
B) concentrated in the West, Southwest and southern Florida. 
C) concentrated in industrial cities of the Northeast. 
D) concentrated in the Deep South. 
A) spread evenly across the country. 
B) concentrated in the West, Southwest and southern Florida. 
C) concentrated in industrial cities of the Northeast. 
D) concentrated in the Deep South.

Exam 14: Race and Ethnicity

All members of a minority category are poor.

The killing of people in the Darfur region of Africa is a recent example of

Sociologists define the concept of "race" as

Can you imagine a future in the United States where members of our society would be truly color blind? Explain how this might become possible.Alternatively, explain why you think that this is possible.

Why do various racial and ethnic categories of the U.S.population have different social standing? Why do some categories surpass the national average in income, while others do not? Consider both cultural patterns linked to a category as well as the operation of the U.S.economy.

The Matsui family came to the United States from Japan thirty years ago.They now speak English at home and the Matsui children date non-Japanese students at college.This family's story best illustrates which of the following concepts?

Prejudice and discrimination can be either positive or negative.

Which category of Asian Americans has an average income above the national average?

Arab Americans are a U.S.minority that

You would be expressing a "stereotype" if you

What Gunnar Myrdal called the "American dilemma" was

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

What is the "trend toward mixture" in terms of race in the United States?

More than one-third of African Americans earn $48,000 or more each year.

The idea that prejudice and discrimination form a vicious circle means that

Which of the following statements about prejudice is true?

What are WASPs? How do they differ from "white ethnics"?

Assimilation refers to everyone shedding all their traditions and "melting" into a new population with a new way of life.

Which of the following categories of Hispanics in the United States is largest in terms of population size?

The Hispanic population of the United States is

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