Question 1

Since 1880, the race and ethnicity categories on the U.S. Census form have

Accepted Answer

A)   changed every ten years.
B)   remained the same.
C)   changed every fifty years.
D)   been completely eliminated. A

Question 2

The stereotype of Asian Americans as successful students-the "model minority"-may

Accepted Answer

A)   prevent discrimination.
B)   encourage cultural unity.
C)   warp expectations for Asian American students.
D)   encourage multigenerational living arrangements. C

Question 3

Historically, according to the "one-drop" rule of racial identification,

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A)   an Asian woman could give birth to a Hispanic child, but a Hispanic woman couldn't give birth to an Asian child.
B)   a Hispanic woman could give birth to an Asian child, but an Asian woman couldn't give birth to a Hispanic child.
C)   a Black woman could give birth to a White child, but a White woman couldn't give birth to a Black child.
D)   a White woman could give birth to a Black child, but a Black woman couldn't give birth to a White child. D

Question 4

Marriage and reproduction within one's own distinct group is called__________ ; marriage and reproduction outside one's distinct group is called__________ .

Accepted Answer

A)   familism; acculturation
B)   endogamy; exogamy
C)   nuclear; mixed
D)   exogamy; endogamy

Question 5

Dean Durrant, who is of West Indian origin, and Alison Sponner, who is White, have two sets of twins. In each set, strangers would probably label the twins as different races. What does this example tell you about the relationship between biology and race?

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The answer of Dean Durrant, who is of West Indian...

Question 6

According to the U.S. Census, the greatest recent population growth can be found within which race or ethnicity?

Accepted Answer

A)   White
B)   Hispanic
C)   Asian/Pacific Islander
D)   Black

Question 7

Drawing on the concepts you learned throughout this chapter, consider the concept of social distance. What is social distance, and how do you think trends in social distance will change over time in the United States?

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The answer of Drawing on the concepts you learned throughout...

Question 8

Most Latino families in the United States are of what origin?

Accepted Answer

A)   Puerto Rican
B)   Cuban
C)   Dominican
D)   Mexican

Question 9

Family-based immigration may have which of the following consequences?

Accepted Answer

A)   decreasing the social distance between immigrant groups and the rest of society
B)   encouraging the immigration of individual workers
C)   encouraging immigrant families to speak English at home
D)   allowing immigrant groups to grow and "replenish"

Question 10

Because the Moynihan Report attributed ongoing racial inequality to characteristics of Black family life, it was criticized for

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A)   not addressing the phenomenon of informal or common-law marriages.
B)   placing too much emphasis on traditions from Africa.
C)   taking too much of a feminist approach.
D)   "blaming the victim" and contributing to racist stereotypes.

Question 11

Which of the following has, historically, shaped Black family structure?

Accepted Answer

A)   religion
B)   poverty
C)   endogamy
D)   polygamy

Question 12

Which of the following is an example of exogamy?

Accepted Answer

A)   a White man marrying another White man
B)   a Mexican man divorcing his Puerto Rican wife
C)   a White polygamous man marrying multiple White women
D)   an Asian man marrying an African American woman

Question 13

The most significant recent change in how the U.S. Census measures race is

Accepted Answer

A)   the requirement to provide proof of racial identity.
B)   the omission of the category "Latino."
C)   the option to check more than one category.
D)   the requirement that each person fill out their own form.

Question 14

Compare and contrast the concepts of race and ethnicity.

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The answer of Compare and contrast the concepts of race...

Question 15

The "one-drop" rule helps explain what about Barack Obama?

Accepted Answer

A)   why he claims he has African descent
B)   why he was labeled the first Black president
C)   how his racial background is rooted in biology
D)   why he is technically White, because he has a White mother

Question 16

A personal outlook that puts family obligations first, before individual well-being, is called

Accepted Answer

A)   familism.
B)   assimilation.
C)   nuclear family.
D)   acculturation.

Question 17

Kathy's grandparents are from Ireland. Kathy is close with her grandparents and, though she has only been to Ireland once, she identifies as Irish as well as American. What immigrant generation would Kathy be considered?

Accepted Answer

A)   first generation
B)   1.5 generation
C)   second generation
D)   third generation

Question 18

The research on Black families in the United States has centered on two important aspects of their lives. These are

Accepted Answer

A)   familism and the prevalence of nuclear families.
B)   immigration and social distance.
C)   the impact of slavery and family resilience.
D)   polygamy and assimilation.

Question 19

The 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act

Accepted Answer

A)   barred Chinese from becoming citizens and blocked new immigration.
B)   allowed Chinese workers, almost all of them men, to bring their families with them.
C)   allowed citizenship only for Chinese who were born in the United States.
D)   was challenged by Chinese solidarity activists in the western part of the United States.

Question 20

Since 2009, the number of undocumented immigrants to the United States has______ _.

Accepted Answer

A)   become impossible to measure
B)   remained consistent
C)   decreased
D)   increased

Exam 3: Race, Ethnicity, and Immigration