Question 1

Do you think that U.S.society is pluralistic? Provide specific data in support of your assessment.

Accepted Answer

Yes, I believe that U.S. society is plur

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Define race and ethnicity.How do they differ?

Accepted Answer

Race and ethnicity are both social const

Question 4

On average, owning and operating gambling casinos have enabled Native Americans to achieve well above-average income in the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Today, about how many immigrants come to the United States, both legally and illegally, each year?

Accepted Answer

A) 130,000 
B) 1.3 million 
C) 13 million 
D) 130 million 
A) 130,000 
B) 1.3 million 
C) 13 million 
D) 130 million

Question 6

What is racism? Provide examples of racism in history.

Accepted Answer

Racism is the belief that one race is su

Question 7

The largest category of Asian Americans in the United States is people of _____ ancestry.

Accepted Answer

A) Korean 
B) Japanese 
C) Chinese 
D) Vietnamese 
A) Korean 
B) Japanese 
C) Chinese 
D) Vietnamese

Question 8

When the first Europeans arrived in the Americas in the fifteenth century, Native Americans

Accepted Answer

A) followed shortly thereafter. 
B) had migrated to North America from Asia a century before. 
C) came with them from Europe. 
D) had inhabited this land for 15,000 years. 
A) followed shortly thereafter. 
B) had migrated to North America from Asia a century before. 
C) came with them from Europe. 
D) had inhabited this land for 15,000 years.

Question 9

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) the iron law of oligarchy. 
C) the Thomas Theorem. 
D) authoritarian personality theory. 
A) social distance research. 
B) the iron law of oligarchy. 
C) the Thomas Theorem. 
D) authoritarian personality theory.

Question 10

Arab Americans are a U.S.minority that

Accepted Answer

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 11

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 12

According to the text, what factors define a minority? Based on these factors, explain why we should consider African Americans to be a minority.What about Asian Americans?

Accepted Answer

According to the text, factors that defi

Question 13

Arab Americans come from more than twenty different nations in Northern Africa and the Middle East.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 15

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 16

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 17

When did slavery of African Americans begin in the United States? When was it outlawed?

Accepted Answer

Slavery of African Americans in what wou

Question 18

Today's immigrants to the United States are more likely to come from Latin America than from Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

Half of the states in the United States now have a "minority majority."

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The story about the class at New York's Bronx Community College explains that

Accepted Answer

A) race is a simple matter of color. 
B) many people have mixed racial and ethnic ancestry. 
C) race is not important to most people in the United States. 
D) All of these are correct. 
A) race is a simple matter of color. 
B) many people have mixed racial and ethnic ancestry. 
C) race is not important to most people in the United States. 
D) All of these are correct.

Exam 14: Race and Ethnicity

Do you think that U.S.society is pluralistic? Provide specific data in support of your assessment.

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

Define race and ethnicity.How do they differ?

On average, owning and operating gambling casinos have enabled Native Americans to achieve well above-average income in the United States.

Today, about how many immigrants come to the United States, both legally and illegally, each year?

What is racism? Provide examples of racism in history.

The largest category of Asian Americans in the United States is people of _____ ancestry.

When the first Europeans arrived in the Americas in the fifteenth century, Native Americans

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

Arab Americans are a U.S.minority that

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

According to the text, what factors define a minority? Based on these factors, explain why we should consider African Americans to be a minority.What about Asian Americans?

Arab Americans come from more than twenty different nations in Northern Africa and the Middle East.

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

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

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

When did slavery of African Americans begin in the United States? When was it outlawed?

Today's immigrants to the United States are more likely to come from Latin America than from Europe.

Half of the states in the United States now have a "minority majority."

The story about the class at New York's Bronx Community College explains that

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