Question 1

A complex mixture of European powers in what is today called South Africa eventually gave rise to a system that divided the country along racial lines until the 1990s.The historical legacy that fostered this was

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A)  colonialism. 
B)  communism. 
C)  apartheid. 
D)  imperialism.

Question 2

To what does the word drop in the "one drop rule" refer?

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A)  genes 
B)  dark skin 
C)  blood 
D)  ancestral lineage

Question 3

Practices like segregation that separate groups of people and relegate one group to inferior conditions like run-down schools while the other group gets top-of-the-line schools with the latest equipment is an example of ________ racism.

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A)  institutional 
B)  political 
C)  group 
D)  individual

Question 4

The United States' involvement in Vietnam and the subsequent war was the result of a long legacy of French and United States involvement in Vietnamese economic,military,and political life and can today be understood as a form of

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A)  democracy. 
B)  colonialism. 
C)  despotism. 
D)  imperialism.

Question 5

Explain how the race system in Brazil is considered a racial democracy.

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Question 6

In at least two cultures discussed in the text,wealth is a factor in determining race.Explain how money can have an effect on racial determination,a supposedly biological classification,and provide an example from class.

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Question 7

In many countries,members of the dominant ethnic or racial group tend to favor other members of their own group,give them the benefit of any doubt,and take what other members say more seriously.Minorities are often discounted as less important or even hostile for insisting on being treated fairly.In the United States,this is called

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A)  white privilege. 
B)  nepotism. 
C)  patronage. 
D)  cronyism.

Question 8

Explain how the idea of "white" or "whiteness" changed over time in the United States.

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Question 9

What term describes policies favoring native-born inhabitants over new immigrants?

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A)  nativism 
B)  eugenics 
C)  racism 
D)  colonialism

Question 10

A person may inherit a genetic pattern for above-average height,but may only reach average height due to poor nutrition.This is an expression of that person's

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A)  genotype. 
B)  phenotype. 
C)  cline. 
D)  DNA.

Question 11

Compare and contrast how races have been constructed in two different cultures discussed in the text.What similarities are there,and how are they different? What does this tell us about the concept of race in general?

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Question 12

Over the course of three hundred years,the forced transport of millions of Africans to North and South America helped lay the groundwork for

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A)  fascism. 
B)  slavery. 
C)  racism. 
D)  white supremacy.

Question 13

A Saint Bernard and a Chihuahua are of the same species but look very different.It is possible to breed the two and get a puppy that might look like something else entirely but still be a dog.Why might dogs be of interest to an anthropologist?

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A)  It could help resolve the question of race. 
B)  It could help us understand the nature of ethnicity. 
C)  It could help us better understand the relationship between genotype and phenotype. 
D)  It provides a vital platform for the study of DNA.

Question 14

What might be a reason for the term miscegenation being a demeaning word?

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A)  Racist thinking demands adherence to a strict social standard that hinges entirely on correctness of skin color,so intermarriage would violate this social norm. 
B)  Racist thinking often conflates human beings with nonhuman animals,so intermarriage might mean marriage to nonhuman species. 
C)  Racist thinking structures a society around a particular kind of social order with whites and nonwhites kept physically separate,so intermarriage would allow physical mixing. 
D)  Racist thinking organizes social boundaries along the lines of descent,thus intermarriage would confuse ancestral lineage and paternity.

Question 15

Individual thoughts and actions and institutional patterns and policies that create unequal access to power,resources,and opportunities based on imagined differences among groups are referred to as

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A)  ethnocentrism. 
B)  prejudice. 
C)  racism. 
D)  white supremacy.

Question 16

What rule assigns the children of racially mixed unions to the subordinate group?

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A)  miscegenation 
B)  hypodescent 
C)  racialization 
D)  drop down

Question 17

Explain how and why the "one drop rule" was traditionally used to determine race in American culture.

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Question 18

A useful way to consider the inherent problem of racially dividing people is described in

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A)  doctors sorting according to brain size. 
B)  children sorting according to block size. 
C)  anthropologists sorting according to height. 
D)  coaches sorting according to athletic prowess.

Question 19

Explain how and why Jim Crow laws came to the American South.

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Question 20

The attempt to scientifically prove the existence of separate human races to improve the population's genetic composition by favoring some races over others is known as

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A)  racialization. 
B)  nativism. 
C)  institutional racism. 
D)  eugenics.

Exam 5: Race and Racism