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Which of the following statements is true of religion in the African American community? a. African Americans are overwhelmingly Protestant. b. Africans who were brought involuntarily to the U.S. were Christians. c. A majority of African Americans belong to historically […]

In 1955, the responsibility for healthcare for Indian Americans through the Indian Health Service transferred from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the ________. a. American Medical Association b. Public Health Service c. tribal governments d. state governments According to […]

Which of the following statements is true of the Jewish language(s)? a. The use of Hebrew texts in Jewish day schools has decreased. b. A measure of Jewishness is the ability to speak Yiddish. c. Jews across the world are […]

In 1925, under the provisions of the national origins system, which of the following people would find it easiest to legally enter the United States? a. Hiroto, a Japanese laborer b. Oliver, a British laborer c. Nikolaos, a Greek physician […]

In the context of the Termination Act, the government orders on the Native Americans resulted in ________. a. the tribes becoming autonomous b. tribe members joining the federal services c. major economic upheaval for the affected tribes d. a strong […]

A prejudiced belief leads to ________. a. categorical rejection b. embodied ethnocentrism c. communal harmony d. cultural assimilation The detailed set of religious restrictions governing food preparation that Jews are expected to follow is called ________. a. yarmulke b. kashrut […]

Among Korean Americans, ________ is the organization holding the group together. a. the hui kuan b. the church c. the hometown club d. tsu ________ refers to the act of making amends for the injustice of slavery. a. Slavery reparation […]

Two years into her new job, Paula finds that her salary is considerably lesser than that of her male colleagues at similar positions. She can seek redress for this disparity in pay even after 180 days under the ________. a. […]

Sara has xenophobia. She most likely fears ________. a. strangers or foreigners b. cats and dogs c. new places d. gods or religion Baptist, Episcopalian, Lutheran, Methodist, and Presbyterian are the five mainline churches of ________. a. Jews b. Roman […]

Which of the following characteristics of minority groups is shared by older adults? a. They are victims of reverse discrimination in employment. b. They have little sense of group solidarity. c. Their leisure-time activities are similar to the rest of […]

Korean American women support their families financially. Which of the following is a reason for this? a. This is the role they have carried over to the United States from their homeland. b. They have become ambitious after immigrating to […]

The transition for the Hmong community to the United States was difficult because they ________. a. did not have tight-knit groups to support or sponsor them b. were farmers with little formal education c. were reluctant to dispose their properties […]

In the United States, people have traditionally classified themselves racially as either ________. a. Protestant or Catholic b. Democrat or Republican c. Black or White d. American or Hispanic At the workplace, women and racial and ethnic minorities face ________ […]

Roger, a police officer, takes Iqbal into custody for questioning just because Iqbal is an Arab American. Roger is of the belief that all members of Iqbal’s ethnic community are violent. In this scenario, Roger’s actions best illustrates ________. a. […]

Which of the following best expresses Zionism? a. the championing of racist and anti-Semitic ideologies b. the substitution of cultural traditions as the tie that binds Jews c. the twentieth-century movement to create a Jewish state in Palestine d. the […]

The practice of placing students in specific curriculum groups based on test scores is referred to as ________. a. redlining b. gerrymandering c. profiling d. tracking Which of the following statements is true of mixed status? a. It is concerned […]

Which of the following is a similarity between Christianity and Islam? a. Both are polytheistic. b. Both worship the same God. c. Both view Jesus as the Son of God. d. Both question the existence of an afterlife. Stokely Carmichael’s […]

In 1900, African American sociologist W.E.B. Du Bois called attention to the overwhelming importance of ________ throughout the world. a. the class structure b. the color line c. cultural diversity d. globalization Which of the following is true of the […]

The development of solidarity between ethnic subgroups, such as Hispanics, is called ________. a. panethnicity b. ethnocentrism c. assimilation d. marginalization Asking people their willingness to interact with or be employed with people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds measures […]

The most important organization or social institution among Mexican Americans is ________. a. the National Farm Workers Association b. the hui kuan c. the church d. the family Research has consistently shown that denominations can be arranged in a hierarchy […]

In the current scenario in the United States, which of the following statements is true of the economic status of the elderly? a. The elderly like other subordinate groups form a single economic profile. b. A majority of the elderly […]

A Black worker is shown how to perform her factory job by a White male supervisor. According to the contact hypothesis, this situation would be unlikely to reduce prejudice because ________. a. it is set in a blue-collar work environment […]

W. E. B. Du Bois advocated the leadership of Blacks to be spearheaded by the ________. a. antislavery advocate b. White primary c. abolitionist d. talented tenth In the context of slavery and slave trade, which of the following is […]

When race is articulated or emphasized for Whites, it is more likely to ________. a. be seen as threatening to Whites b. restrict Whites from embracing their own race c. allow them to embrace their national roots with pride d. […]

Sociologist William J. Wilson pointed out that ________. a. programs must be developed to confront ethnic and racial discrimination rather than class subordination b. young Blacks were competing unsuccessfully with young Whites c. class has ceased to be of concern […]

The term ________ has often been used in the United States to refer explicitly to religion. a. ethnophaulism b. pluralism c. ageism d. ethnocentrism Which of the following statements is true of LaPiere’s study? a. The respondents to the questionnaires […]

The Niagara Movement’s legacy was ________. a. documenting slave revolts that accelerated the intensity of oppression b. enduring poverty that gripped a large proportion of the descendants of slavery c. making amendments for the injustice of slavery d. educating a […]

Which of the following statements is true of brain drain? a. It involves the emigration from the United States of skilled professionals. b. It has drawn emigrants from developing nations who are eligible for H-1B visas. c. It involves the […]

In the mid-fourteenth century, Jews were less likely to die from the bubonic plague that wiped out a third of Europe’s population. This was because ________. a. of Jewish social conditions and religious prohibitions. b. of Jewish connections with the […]

The term apartheid schools has been coined to refer to schools that ________. a. are funded by elites b. are all Black c. exclusively have Whites teachers d. are reserved for Hispanics The ________ takes the view that the global […]

Which of the following best describes the term environmental justice? a. the rights of all communities to receive protection from the threat of hazardous waste b. equal access to parkland recreation programs to people of all ethnicities, regardless of race […]

The Hart-Cellar Act is also called the ________. a. Immigration and Nationality Act b. Voting Rights Act c. Immigration Reform and Control Act d. Chinese Exclusion Act Identify a panethnic name used to identify Americans of Spanish or Latin American […]