Exam 12: Living Apart: Housing Segregation in America

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The refusal to make loans or issue insurance in certain neighborhoods based on the racial composition or average income in the neighborhood,regardless of the characteristics of the individual homeowner is called:

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 21

Blacks are relatively underrepresented in the suburbs.

(True/False)

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Question 22

Molotch (2006)found that race affected the different governmental response in Hurricane Katrina in that:

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 23

Because of foreclosures,often due to subprime and sometimes predatory loans,the homeownership rate has negatively affected which group the most?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 24

Once a neighborhood becomes minimally integrated a common result is:

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Question 25

Which of the following is true about housing segregation?

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Question 26

The incompetent federal response to Hurricane Katrina was due to all of the following EXCEPT:

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Question 27

Industrial jobs have moved out of central cities.How has this hurt African Americans? Why don't African Americans move to the suburbs to follow the jobs?

(Essay)

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Question 28

The majority of black Americans live in central cities.

(True/False)

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Question 29

A great deal of research has found discrimination in the home lending and home insurance industry.Describe the major findings and why these policies affect African Americans more than other groups in our society.

(Essay)

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Question 30

When callers on the phone to real estate or rental agents sound black or Hispanic,they are :

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 31

The selective showing of property to majority and minority group members is called:

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Question 32

Which of the following racial/ethnic groups experienced the least amount of housing segregation?

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 33

Both black and white homeowners are harmed by blockbusting.

(True/False)

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Question 34

In a recent study on preferences terms of the race or ethnicity of one's neighbors:

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 35

The net effect of job shifts from cities to suburbs is to take jobs out of areas where blacks and Hispanics live.

(True/False)

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Question 36

Deindustrialization is due to all of the following EXCEPT:

(Multiple Choice)

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Question 37

According to research by Massey and others,segregation reduces the quality of life of the black middle class.

(True/False)

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Question 38

The tendency for people in any two groups or races to live in separate areas is called:

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Question 39

In Hurricane Katrina most of the people who died were African American.

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The refusal to make loans or issue insurance in certain neighborhoods based on the racial composition or average income in the neighborhood,regardless of the characteristics of the individual homeowner is called:

Blacks are relatively underrepresented in the suburbs.

Molotch (2006)found that race affected the different governmental response in Hurricane Katrina in that:

Because of foreclosures,often due to subprime and sometimes predatory loans,the homeownership rate has negatively affected which group the most?

Once a neighborhood becomes minimally integrated a common result is:

Which of the following is true about housing segregation?

The incompetent federal response to Hurricane Katrina was due to all of the following EXCEPT:

Industrial jobs have moved out of central cities.How has this hurt African Americans? Why don't African Americans move to the suburbs to follow the jobs?

The majority of black Americans live in central cities.

A great deal of research has found discrimination in the home lending and home insurance industry.Describe the major findings and why these policies affect African Americans more than other groups in our society.

When callers on the phone to real estate or rental agents sound black or Hispanic,they are :

The selective showing of property to majority and minority group members is called:

Which of the following racial/ethnic groups experienced the least amount of housing segregation?

Both black and white homeowners are harmed by blockbusting.

In a recent study on preferences terms of the race or ethnicity of one's neighbors:

The net effect of job shifts from cities to suburbs is to take jobs out of areas where blacks and Hispanics live.

Deindustrialization is due to all of the following EXCEPT:

According to research by Massey and others,segregation reduces the quality of life of the black middle class.

The tendency for people in any two groups or races to live in separate areas is called:

In Hurricane Katrina most of the people who died were African American.

Orientation: Basic Terms and Concepts

Prejudice: Its Forms and Causes

Reducing Prejudice: How Achievable? How Important?

Macro-Sociological Perspectives: The Order and Conflict Models

Origins and Causes of Ethnic Inequality

Changing Patterns of Majority-Minority Relations in the United States

Minority Group Movements and Their Impact on Society

Changing Values, Goals, and Models: New Thinking on Assimilation, Pluralism, and Separatism

Cross-Cultural Studies of Majority-Minority Relations

The Status of Majority and Minority Groups in the United States Today

The Economic and Health Care Systems and Minority Groups in America

The American Political and Legal System and Majority-Minority Relations

Education and American Minority Groups

Current Trends in Majority-Minority Relations

Current Debates: Affirmative Action, Immigration, and Race Versus Class

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