Question 1

Which group was forcibly removed to "relocation centers" in World War II?

Accepted Answer

A) German Americans 
B) Italian Americans 
C) Japanese Americans 
D) Mexican Americans 
E) American communists 
A) German Americans 
B) Italian Americans 
C) Japanese Americans 
D) Mexican Americans 
E) American communists

Question 2

Cuban Americans are relatively more successful than Mexican Americans.How can this difference be explained?

Accepted Answer

The majority of Mexican immigrants have

Question 3

Who argued that race has declined in its significance for blacks,especially with respect to economic disadvantages for the poorest segment of the community?

Accepted Answer

A) Lawrence Bobo 
B) Joe Feagin 
C) William Julius Wilson 
D) Elijah Anderson 
E) Robert Blauner 
A) Lawrence Bobo 
B) Joe Feagin 
C) William Julius Wilson 
D) Elijah Anderson 
E) Robert Blauner

Question 4

Which of the following events is an example of genocide?

Accepted Answer

A) Between 1915 and 1923, over a million Armenians were killed by the Ottoman Turkish government. 
B) In the late 1970s, two million Cambodians died in the Khmer Rouge's killing fields. 
C) During the 1990s, in the African country of Rwanda, hundreds of thousands of the minority Tutsis were massacred by the dominant Hutu group. 
D) During the 1990s, in the former Yugoslavia, Bosnian and Kosovar Muslims were summarily executed by the Serb majority. 
E) All of the above are examples. 
A) Between 1915 and 1923, over a million Armenians were killed by the Ottoman Turkish government. 
B) In the late 1970s, two million Cambodians died in the Khmer Rouge's killing fields. 
C) During the 1990s, in the African country of Rwanda, hundreds of thousands of the minority Tutsis were massacred by the dominant Hutu group. 
D) During the 1990s, in the former Yugoslavia, Bosnian and Kosovar Muslims were summarily executed by the Serb majority. 
E) All of the above are examples.

Question 5

What is institutional racism? Give examples.

Accepted Answer

To answer this question,the student must

Question 6

Dispersal of an ethnic population from an original homeland into foreign areas,often in a forced way or under traumatic circumstances,is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) immigration 
B) emigration 
C) diaspora 
D) assimilation 
E) pluralism 
A) immigration 
B) emigration 
C) diaspora 
D) assimilation 
E) pluralism

Question 7

Which of the following immigrant groups was subjected to prejudice and discrimination by those who were already established in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A) Irish 
B) Italians 
C) Polish 
D) Chinese 
E) all of the above 
A) Irish 
B) Italians 
C) Polish 
D) Chinese 
E) all of the above

Question 8

What is meant by the term racialization? How does this term help us to understand race relations historically and in the present?

Accepted Answer

To answer this question,the student must

Question 9

Which group has the lowest high-school graduation rate?

Accepted Answer

A) Non-Hispanic whites 
B) Blacks 
C) Asians 
D) Hispanics 
E) There is almost no difference in high-school graduation rates among different races and ethnicities. 
A) Non-Hispanic whites 
B) Blacks 
C) Asians 
D) Hispanics 
E) There is almost no difference in high-school graduation rates among different races and ethnicities.

Question 10

The attribution of characteristics of superiority or inferiority to a population sharing certain physically inherited characteristics is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) racism 
B) antiracism 
C) relativism 
D) discrimination 
E) nativism 
A) racism 
B) antiracism 
C) relativism 
D) discrimination 
E) nativism

Question 11

In 1954,in __________ the U.S.Supreme Court unanimously decided that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."

Accepted Answer

A) Dred Scott v.Sandford 
B) The State of Tennessee v.John Thomas Scopes 
C) Brown v.Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas 
D) Roe v.Wade 
E) Regents of the University of California v.Bakke 
A) Dred Scott v.Sandford 
B) The State of Tennessee v.John Thomas Scopes 
C) Brown v.Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas 
D) Roe v.Wade 
E) Regents of the University of California v.Bakke

Question 12

Although Scott,an African American,was more qualified than Bernardo,a Hispanic American,Bernardo was hired instead of Scott because the owner believed that Hispanic Americans are harder workers than African Americans.Denying Scott the job is an example of:

Accepted Answer

A) prejudice 
B) discrimination 
C) displacement 
D) projection 
E) institutional racism 
A) prejudice 
B) discrimination 
C) displacement 
D) projection 
E) institutional racism

Question 13

Thinking in terms of fixed and inflexible categories such as believing that all Muslims are religious fundamentalists is known as:

Accepted Answer

A) stereotyping 
B) discriminating 
C) racializing 
D) projecting 
E) displacing 
A) stereotyping 
B) discriminating 
C) racializing 
D) projecting 
E) displacing

Question 14

Discuss the four models of ethnic integration mentioned in your textbook-assimilation,melting pot,pluralism,and multiculturalism.What model,or models,characterize ethnic integration in the United States,past and present?

Accepted Answer

The student should first describe the fo

Question 15

People who,because of their distinct physical or cultural characteristics,find themselves in situations of inequality within a society are known as:

Accepted Answer

A) an ethnic group 
B) a racial group 
C) a minority group 
D) a dominant group 
E) scapegoats 
A) an ethnic group 
B) a racial group 
C) a minority group 
D) a dominant group 
E) scapegoats

Which group was forcibly removed to "relocation centers" in World War II?

Cuban Americans are relatively more successful than Mexican Americans.How can this difference be explained?

Who argued that race has declined in its significance for blacks,especially with respect to economic disadvantages for the poorest segment of the community?

Which of the following events is an example of genocide?

What is institutional racism? Give examples.

Dispersal of an ethnic population from an original homeland into foreign areas,often in a forced way or under traumatic circumstances,is known as:

Which of the following immigrant groups was subjected to prejudice and discrimination by those who were already established in the United States?

What is meant by the term racialization? How does this term help us to understand race relations historically and in the present?

Which group has the lowest high-school graduation rate?

The attribution of characteristics of superiority or inferiority to a population sharing certain physically inherited characteristics is known as:

In 1954,in __________ the U.S.Supreme Court unanimously decided that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."

Although Scott,an African American,was more qualified than Bernardo,a Hispanic American,Bernardo was hired instead of Scott because the owner believed that Hispanic Americans are harder workers than African Americans.Denying Scott the job is an example of:

Thinking in terms of fixed and inflexible categories such as believing that all Muslims are religious fundamentalists is known as:

Discuss the four models of ethnic integration mentioned in your textbook-assimilation,melting pot,pluralism,and multiculturalism.What model,or models,characterize ethnic integration in the United States,past and present?

People who,because of their distinct physical or cultural characteristics,find themselves in situations of inequality within a society are known as:

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Exam 10: Ethnicity and Race

Which group was forcibly removed to "relocation centers" in World War II?

Cuban Americans are relatively more successful than Mexican Americans.How can this difference be explained?

Who argued that race has declined in its significance for blacks,especially with respect to economic disadvantages for the poorest segment of the community?

Which of the following events is an example of genocide?

What is institutional racism? Give examples.

Dispersal of an ethnic population from an original homeland into foreign areas,often in a forced way or under traumatic circumstances,is known as:

Which of the following immigrant groups was subjected to prejudice and discrimination by those who were already established in the United States?

What is meant by the term racialization? How does this term help us to understand race relations historically and in the present?

Which group has the lowest high-school graduation rate?

The attribution of characteristics of superiority or inferiority to a population sharing certain physically inherited characteristics is known as:

In 1954,in __________ the U.S.Supreme Court unanimously decided that "separate educational facilities are inherently unequal."

Although Scott,an African American,was more qualified than Bernardo,a Hispanic American,Bernardo was hired instead of Scott because the owner believed that Hispanic Americans are harder workers than African Americans.Denying Scott the job is an example of:

Thinking in terms of fixed and inflexible categories such as believing that all Muslims are religious fundamentalists is known as:

Discuss the four models of ethnic integration mentioned in your textbook-assimilation,melting pot,pluralism,and multiculturalism.What model,or models,characterize ethnic integration in the United States,past and present?

People who,because of their distinct physical or cultural characteristics,find themselves in situations of inequality within a society are known as:

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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