Chapter 6: Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity
Multiple Choice



1.  

Which is NOT a problem of defining race?

different societies identify races differently
most schemes of categorizing races are inaccurate
humans have migrated for thousands of years resulting in a mixing of races
all of the above are problems


2.  

Which of the following is NOT shared by members of an ethnic group?

language
place of origin
values
all of the above are components of ethnicity


3.  

With the Great Social Transformation:

racial and ethnic group ties become more important as building blocks of society
race and ethnicity become badges which distinguish one group from another as people compete for wealth and power
race and ethnicity are no longer important in social ties
ethnicity is no longer socially important but race is important


4.  

Which of the following is true about race?

it is a social construction in the sense that biological traits may be endowed with social meaning
it is a clearly distinguishable set of physical traits so that all people may be classified as either Caucasoid, Negroid, or Mongoloid
it determines our mental and physical abilities
it is a social construction based on cultural characteristics


5.  

Who led a campaign against the lynching of blacks in the United States?

Rosa Parks
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Ida B. Wells-Barnett
Harriet Beecher Stowe


6.  

Which term describes a person who is prejudice and discriminates?

all-weather bigot
fair-weather liberal
timid-bigot
all-weather liberal


7.  

When one refuses to hire a qualified person because he or she belongs to a certain ethnic group, it is called:

prejudice
institutional discrimination
discrimination
stereotype


8.  

Housing segregation in the United States is partially the result of:

prejudice
stereotype
discrimination
institutional racism


9.  

Another word for Anglo conformity is _________.

institutional racism
Americanization
expulsion
pluralism


10.  

Western and Eastern European whites have blended in the United States, largely from intermarriage. This is called:

assimilation
pluralism
annihilation
expulsion


11.  

One of the possible outcomes of different ethnic groups living in close proximity is that each group will maintain its identity even though they have fairly equal social standing. This is called:

assimilation
expulsion
annihilation
pluralism


12.  

In the 1970s the Khmer Rouge of Cambodia killed two million fellow Cambodians for supposedly representing capitalist culture. This was an example of:

expulsion
political reprisal
ethnic cleansing
annihilation


13.  

Based on self-identification, the largest ancestry group in the United States is:

Polish
English
German
French


14.  

Which laws established separate restrooms, water fountains, schools, and jobs for whites and African Americans?

Jim Crow
Barnett
segregation
barrio


15.  

Which is the term for urban Mexican neighborhoods?

tejanos
barrios
Little Mexico
Hispanola


16.  

Which of the following has the highest family income and education of the Hispanic groups in the United States?

Mexican Americans
Puerto Ricans
Cuban Americans
El Salvadorians


17.  

This ethnic group began migrating to the U.S. in the 1970s.

Japanese
Cubans
Vietnamese
Irish


18.  

Which theory states that jobs with low pay and poor working conditions are assigned to racial and ethnic minorities because they lack the power to compete for more desirable positions?

Functionalism
Distributive Systems
Symbolic Interaction
none of the above


19.  

Which theory argues that fighting among different ethnic and racial groups benefits the dominant group by dividing the hostilities away from the dominant group?

Conflict
Functionalism
Distributive Systems
Symbolic Interaction


20.  

Which did NOT contribute to the success of the Chinese immigrants in the United States?

they had a strong work ethnic similar to that in the United States
they created many self-help organizations
they placed a high value on education
they became Americanized


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