Question 1

The Matsui family came to the United States from Japan thirty years ago. They now speak English at home and the Matsui children date non-Japanese students at college. This family's story is closest to which of the following concepts?

Accepted Answer

A)  pluralism 
B)  segregation 
C)  assimilation 
D)  miscegenation

Question 2

In the United States, minorities typically have less:

Accepted Answer

A)  income. 
B)  occupational prestige. 
C)  schooling. 
D)  All of the above are correct.

Question 3

Which category of Asian Americans has average income above the national average?

Accepted Answer

A)  Filipino Americans 
B)  Chinese Americans 
C)  Japanese Americans 
D)  All of the above are correct.

Question 4

Discrimination is an unfair belief about an entire category of people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

You would be expressing a "stereotype" if you:

Accepted Answer

A)  made any generalization about people. 
B)  stated an exaggerated description and applied it to everyone in some category. 
C)  held an opinion about someone based on personal experience. 
D)  treated everybody in an unkind way.

Question 6

Which category of Asian Americans has average income above the national average?

Accepted Answer

A)  Filipino Americans 
B)  Chinese Americans 
C)  Japanese Americans 
D)  All of the above are correct.

Question 7

Prejudice and discrimination can be either positive or negative.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

A good example of the culture theory of prejudice is:

Accepted Answer

A)  T. W. Adorno's research on prejudiced people. 
B)  Emory Bogardus's research on social distance. 
C)  W. I. Thomas's vicious cycle theory. 
D)  All of the above are correct.

Question 9

What is racism? Provide examples of racism in history.

Accepted Answer

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Question 10

Read the following statements. Which one is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  Half of the ten largest U.S. cities have elected black mayors. 
B)  After the 2006 elections, just one senator was African American. 
C)  Median income for African American families is 56 percent of the amount for non-Hispanic white families. 
D)  All of the above statements are correct.

Question 11

What is a stereotype?

Accepted Answer

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Question 12

The ancestors of which of the following first settled the lands of the Western Hemisphere?

Accepted Answer

A)  WASPs 
B)  European Americans 
C)  African Americans 
D)  Native Americans

Question 13

Of all categories of Asian Americans, Korean Americans have the highest average income.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Some "white" people actually have darker skin than some "black" people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The concept of "race" refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  people who fall into any minority category. 
B)  a person's skin color. 
C)  a cultural heritage shared by a category of people. 
D)  a socially constructed category composed of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important.

Question 16

Which of the following concepts refers to a category of people, distinguished by physical or cultural traits, who are socially disadvantaged?

Accepted Answer

A)  minority 
B)  ethnic category 
C)  racial category 
D)  out-group

Question 17

A family leaves Russia and takes up residence in the United States, where they gradually lose cultural traditions. Doing so, these people have modified their:

Accepted Answer

A)  race. 
B)  ethnicity. 
C)  ancestry. 
D)  religion.

Question 18

From which world regions do most of today's immigrants come?

Accepted Answer

A)  Latin America and Asia 
B)  Asia and Africa 
C)  Africa and Latin America 
D)  Africa and Europe

Question 19

Today's immigrants to the United States are more likely to come from Latin America than from Europe.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

WASPs have been the dominant category of the U.S. population through most of this nation's history.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 14: Race and Ethnicity

The Matsui family came to the United States from Japan thirty years ago. They now speak English at home and the Matsui children date non-Japanese students at college. This family's story is closest to which of the following concepts?

In the United States, minorities typically have less:

Which category of Asian Americans has average income above the national average?

Discrimination is an unfair belief about an entire category of people.

You would be expressing a "stereotype" if you:

Which category of Asian Americans has average income above the national average?

Prejudice and discrimination can be either positive or negative.

A good example of the culture theory of prejudice is:

What is racism? Provide examples of racism in history.

Read the following statements. Which one is correct?

What is a stereotype?

The ancestors of which of the following first settled the lands of the Western Hemisphere?

Of all categories of Asian Americans, Korean Americans have the highest average income.

Some "white" people actually have darker skin than some "black" people.

The concept of "race" refers to:

Which of the following concepts refers to a category of people, distinguished by physical or cultural traits, who are socially disadvantaged?

A family leaves Russia and takes up residence in the United States, where they gradually lose cultural traditions. Doing so, these people have modified their:

From which world regions do most of today's immigrants come?

Today's immigrants to the United States are more likely to come from Latin America than from Europe.

WASPs have been the dominant category of the U.S. population through most of this nation's history.