Question 1

Stereotypes are cultural structures that both facilitate and rationalize a majority's domination over minority groups.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Why was the Hans-Celler Act significant with regards to American immigration patterns?

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A)   The Act prohibited immigration for a period of 50 years, causing the population to decline drastically.
B)   The Act was an open door policy which welcomed immigrants into the United States. As a result, employment opportunities became scarce, and racial discrimination became an even bigger problem than ever.
C)   The Act eliminated the national origins system that favored immigrants from northern and western Europe. After the Act was passed, immigration from Asia, Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, and the Caribbean increased.
D)   It had no effect. The Hans-Celler Act is related to gender equality in the workplace.
E)   None of the aboveF) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

What is the difference between a stereotype and a prejudice?

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A)   A stereotype is an attitude, whereas a prejudice is a generalized belief.
B)   A stereotype is a generalized belief about particular minority and majority groups that is used as the basis for domination by the majority group. A prejudice is a stigmatizing attitude based on a stereotype.
C)   Stereotypes are objective, prejudices are subjective.
D)   There is no difference
E)   None of the aboveF) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 4

What is meant by the statement: "Discrimination varies along two axes: scope and intentionality"?

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A)   Discrimination can be either harmless or harmful, meaningful or insignificant.
B)   Discrimination can be either isolated or repeated, utilitarian or materialist.
C)   Discrimination can be either individual or institutional, conscious or unintended.
D)   Both a and c, but not b.
E)   None of the aboveF) All of the above
G) A) and E) C

Question 5

What does multiculturalism refer to?

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A)   A society that has five or more cultures co-existing.
B)   The value that many cultures can and should co-exist in a particular region.
C)   The increase of 'political correctness' in postmodern society.
D)   A society in which there is one mass culture that consumes all other sub-cultures.
E)   None of the aboveF) A) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 6

According to Chapter 10, what is the difference between multiculturalism and hyphenated Americanism?

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A)   Hyphenated Americanism is recognized by the U.S. Census, multiculturalism is not.
B)   Multiculturalism does not restrict ethnicity to the private sphere.
C)   Multiculturalism allows any individual to embrace two or more ethnic identities; hyphenated Americanism restricts an individual to only one ethnic identity other than American.
D)   Multiculturalism has replaced hyphenated Americanism as a theoretical concept and a pragmatic identity.
E)   None of the aboveF) A) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 7

Which of the following does not play an important role in immigrants maintaining ethnic identity?

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A)   Internet
B)   Religion
C)   International travel capabilities
D)   Local school systems
E)   None of the aboveF) B) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 8

Gender patterns of racial intermarriage are about the same for all American racial and ethnic groups.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Racial classification is universally based on skin color.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 10

The idea of hybrid culture is similar to the idea of hyphenated Americanism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Which of the following accurately describes the difference between race and ethnicity?

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A)   Race focuses on physical factors; ethnicity does not take account of physical traits.
B)   Racial classification is determined by physical traits. Ethnic classification is based on a sense of shared history, territory, and traditions.
C)   Race is often used as reason for discrimination, whereas ethnicity is not.
D)   There is no difference.
E)   None of the aboveF) None of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 12

What is the distinction between the 'melting pot' and the 'salad bowl' image of America?

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A)   The 'melting pot' suggests that all ethnic difference is boiled down into a common soup whereas the 'salad bowl' suggests that each ethnic difference adds something to the whole of the society.
B)   The 'melting pot' values a sense of American culture, whereas the 'salad bowl' discredits the possibility for American culture.
C)   The theorist who developed the melting pot preferred dessert, whereas the theorist who developed the salad bowl was a vegetarian.
D)   Both a and b, but not c
E)   None of the aboveF) A) and E)
G) All of the above A

Question 13

Hybridity sustains difference, but deters cultural integration into the kinds of values that form the non-ethnic core of democratic societies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Minority Group Theory refers to:

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A)   An effort by American sociologists, in response to a difficult period of ethnocentrism, to develop a general theory that would move beyond the particularities of the American situation.
B)   A theory, influenced by Louis Wirth, that suggests that every society contains majority and minority groups.
C)   A theory that suggests that the status of so-called minority groups does not refer to actual numbers, but instead to power differentials between ethnic and racially defined groups.
D)   A theory that suggests that prejudice rests upon stereotypes rather than social observations.
E)   All of the aboveF) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 15

How has sociologists' understanding of assimilation changed?

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A)   Assimilation is now recognized as a necessary force for individual and collective success.
B)   Assimilation is now recognized as a two-way process in which ethnic groups can maintain elements of their home culture.
C)   Assimilation is now viewed as a much easier process in postmodern society with the push towards multiculturalism.
D)   It hasn't changed.
E)   None of the aboveF) D) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 16

Genocide refers to:

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A)   The Nazis' attempted mass murder of the Jews during World War II.
B)   The systematic mass murder of a group of people
C)   A new innovation in genetics that allowed scientists to alter an individual's racial make up by adapting their DNA.
D)   Both a and b, but not c.
E)   None of the aboveF) C) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 17

If members of stigmatized racial groups behave differently or are compelled to occupy lower social positions, it is because of their innate worth.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What is the "Hispanic Challenge" according to Samuel P. Huntington?

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A)   Hispanic immigrants resist assimilation and want to remain outside of core American culture and institutional life.
B)   Hispanic immigrants are limited in their economic and social mobility due to the same discrimination and institutional blockages African Americans experience.
C)   Genetic testing has revealed that Hispanics have a lower intellectual aptitude; therefore, it is more difficult for them to learn crucial skills which facilitate finding a job.
D)   Both a and b, but not c.
E)   None of the aboveF) A) and B)
G) A) and D)

Question 19

Henry Louis Gates suggested that while structural factors were important, and opportunities needed to be created for inner-city blacks to get out of poverty, it was important to discuss values too.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Which of the following statements offers evidence that race is social rather than biological?

Accepted Answer

A)   The human genome is virtually identical across the species.
B)   Racial categorization occurs when a human group defines itself or is described by others on the basis of innate physical characteristics.
C)   Social inequalities occur because certain races are inherently less capable.
D)   Both a and b, but not c
E)   All of the aboveF) None of the above
G) A) and D)

Exam 10: Race and Ethnicity

Stereotypes are cultural structures that both facilitate and rationalize a majority's domination over minority groups.

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Why was the Hans-Celler Act significant with regards to American immigration patterns?

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What is the difference between a stereotype and a prejudice?

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What is meant by the statement: "Discrimination varies along two axes: scope and intentionality"?

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What does multiculturalism refer to?

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According to Chapter 10, what is the difference between multiculturalism and hyphenated Americanism?

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Which of the following does not play an important role in immigrants maintaining ethnic identity?

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Gender patterns of racial intermarriage are about the same for all American racial and ethnic groups.

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Racial classification is universally based on skin color.

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The idea of hybrid culture is similar to the idea of hyphenated Americanism.

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Which of the following accurately describes the difference between race and ethnicity?

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What is the distinction between the 'melting pot' and the 'salad bowl' image of America?

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Hybridity sustains difference, but deters cultural integration into the kinds of values that form the non-ethnic core of democratic societies.

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Minority Group Theory refers to:

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How has sociologists' understanding of assimilation changed?

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Genocide refers to:

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If members of stigmatized racial groups behave differently or are compelled to occupy lower social positions, it is because of their innate worth.

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What is the "Hispanic Challenge" according to Samuel P. Huntington?

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Henry Louis Gates suggested that while structural factors were important, and opportunities needed to be created for inner-city blacks to get out of poverty, it was important to discuss values too.

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Which of the following statements offers evidence that race is social rather than biological?

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