Exam 10: Ethnicity and Race

Characterize the racial and ethnic inequality that exists in the United States today.Which of the following dimensions of inequality do you think is most significant: education,income,health,or political power? Explain why you think so.

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For the first part of this question,the student should mention some of the evidence that shows that there are racial and ethnic inequalities in education,income,health,and political power.For example,blacks and Hispanics have significantly lower college graduation rates compared to non-Hispanic whites and Asians.
The second part of the question requires the student to consider which disadvantage is most important.Any well-thought-out answer is acceptable.The student might mention all are intimately connected.Increases in education lead to increases in income,better health,and more political power.And increases in income lead to higher education,better health and more political power,and so on.

Which of the following statements is NOT true concerning ethnicity?

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Which group of Americans saw the most significant increase in household family income in the 1990s?

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An individual or group blamed for wrongs that were not of their doing is called a:

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Question 4

Joan believes that most drug dealers are black.She continues to hold this belief even though she read in the newspaper that more whites sell drugs than blacks.This attitude is an example of:

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Question 5

By 2010,the number of migrants worldwide was estimated at nearly:

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Question 6

Most immigrants admitted to the United States since 1965 have been from:

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Question 7

Driven by a series of potato famines,1.5 million people migrated to the United States from in the nineteenth century and settled mostly in areas.

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Question 8

The systematic,planned destruction of a racial,political,or cultural group is called:

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Question 9

What are three factors your textbook authors mention in explaining the historical rise of racism? In your answer,discuss Joseph Arthur de Gobineau's classification of races.

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Question 10

Assimilation is defined as:

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Question 11

Explain the persistence of racial and ethnic inequality in the United States.Refer specifically to the perspectives of Robert Blauner,William Julius Wilson,and Douglas Massey and Nancy A.Denton in your response.Which perspective do you think best explains the persistence of racial and ethnic inequality in the United States? Explain.

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Question 12

More than 99 percent of the people in the United States are descended from:

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Question 13

Which of the following statements concerning racism is NOT true?

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Question 14

What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination? Is discrimination always preceded by prejudice?

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Question 15

Which group of Americans has the highest median household income?

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Question 16

The term that describes cultural practices and outlooks of a given community that have emerged historically and tend to set people apart is:

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Question 17

What is a minority group? Why might this term cause confusion? Give two possible sources of confusion.

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Question 18

refers to the movement of people into one country from another for the purpose of settlement,and refers to the movement of people out of one country in order to settle in another.

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Question 19

Amy Chua,in World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability,argues that free-market democracy results in ethnic tension in many developing countries because:

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Characterize the racial and ethnic inequality that exists in the United States today.Which of the following dimensions of inequality do you think is most significant: education,income,health,or political power? Explain why you think so.

Which of the following statements is NOT true concerning ethnicity?

Which group of Americans saw the most significant increase in household family income in the 1990s?

An individual or group blamed for wrongs that were not of their doing is called a:

Joan believes that most drug dealers are black.She continues to hold this belief even though she read in the newspaper that more whites sell drugs than blacks.This attitude is an example of:

By 2010,the number of migrants worldwide was estimated at nearly:

Most immigrants admitted to the United States since 1965 have been from:

Driven by a series of potato famines,1.5 million people migrated to the United States from in the nineteenth century and settled mostly in areas.

The systematic,planned destruction of a racial,political,or cultural group is called:

What are three factors your textbook authors mention in explaining the historical rise of racism? In your answer,discuss Joseph Arthur de Gobineau's classification of races.

Assimilation is defined as:

More than 99 percent of the people in the United States are descended from:

Which of the following statements concerning racism is NOT true?

What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination? Is discrimination always preceded by prejudice?

Which group of Americans has the highest median household income?

The term that describes cultural practices and outlooks of a given community that have emerged historically and tend to set people apart is:

What is a minority group? Why might this term cause confusion? Give two possible sources of confusion.

refers to the movement of people into one country from another for the purpose of settlement,and refers to the movement of people out of one country in order to settle in another.

Amy Chua,in World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability,argues that free-market democracy results in ethnic tension in many developing countries because:

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Exam 10: Ethnicity and Race

Characterize the racial and ethnic inequality that exists in the United States today.Which of the following dimensions of inequality do you think is most significant: education,income,health,or political power? Explain why you think so.

Which of the following statements is NOT true concerning ethnicity?

Which group of Americans saw the most significant increase in household family income in the 1990s?

An individual or group blamed for wrongs that were not of their doing is called a:

Joan believes that most drug dealers are black.She continues to hold this belief even though she read in the newspaper that more whites sell drugs than blacks.This attitude is an example of:

By 2010,the number of migrants worldwide was estimated at nearly:

Most immigrants admitted to the United States since 1965 have been from:

Driven by a series of potato famines,1.5 million people migrated to the United States from __________ in the nineteenth century and settled mostly in __________ areas.

The systematic,planned destruction of a racial,political,or cultural group is called:

What are three factors your textbook authors mention in explaining the historical rise of racism? In your answer,discuss Joseph Arthur de Gobineau's classification of races.

Assimilation is defined as:

More than 99 percent of the people in the United States are descended from:

Which of the following statements concerning racism is NOT true?

What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination? Is discrimination always preceded by prejudice?

Which group of Americans has the highest median household income?

The term that describes cultural practices and outlooks of a given community that have emerged historically and tend to set people apart is:

What is a minority group? Why might this term cause confusion? Give two possible sources of confusion.

__________ refers to the movement of people into one country from another for the purpose of settlement,and __________ refers to the movement of people out of one country in order to settle in another.

Amy Chua,in World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability,argues that free-market democracy results in ethnic tension in many developing countries because:

Sociology: Theory and Method

Culture and Society

Socialization, the Life Course, and Aging

Social Interaction and Everyday Life in the Age of the Internet

Groups, Networks, and Organizations

Conformity, Deviance, and Crime

Stratification, Class, and Inequality

Global Inequality

Gender Inequality

Families and Intimate Relationships

Education and Religion

Politics and Economic Life

The Sociology of the Body: Health, Illness, and Sexuality

Urbanization, Population, and the Environment

Globalization in a Changing World

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Driven by a series of potato famines,1.5 million people migrated to the United States from in the nineteenth century and settled mostly in areas.

refers to the movement of people into one country from another for the purpose of settlement,and refers to the movement of people out of one country in order to settle in another.