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A social situation in which prejudice is strongly approved and supported might: a. Be the best place to counter general beliefs about minority groups b. Evoke discrimination in otherwise unprejudiced individuals c. Make people feel guilty so that they change […]

Women in American Indian societies were generally subordinate to men. a. True b. False Native Americans are probably the least assimilated minority group due to their high rates of intermarriage. a. True b. False Answer: b The primary labor market […]

Gambling has eradicated the poverty from most of the American Indian reservations. a. True b. False How long has the Middle East been Arab land? a. Since the early 20th century b. For the past thousand years c. Since September […]

Institutional discrimination is tied to unequal opportunity due to discrimination, personal prejudice, and group competition. a. True b. False Power-conflict theories help explain the origins of prejudice. a. True b. False Answer: a The individualistic view of social mobility is […]

Immigrants experience assimilation into U.S. society similarly depending on education and human capital, regardless of race. a. True b. False Federal policy toward immigration from Mexico: a. Has been consistently pro-immigration b. Has been consistently against immigration c. Has fluctuated […]

This text supports the idea that most assimilation in the United States is a linear, inevitable process. a. True b. False All but which of the following are reasons for the negative reception of Haitians to the United States: a. […]

The initial contact between Puerto Ricans and Americans was in the context of war and conquest. a. True b. False How long did apartheid in South Africa last? a. 40 days b. 40 weeks c. 40 months d. 40 years […]

Modern institutional discrimination is one of the major challenges facing minority groups. a. True b. False Michelle is a poor African American woman. Her race, class, and gender may combine to produce a unique kind of inequality. The concept that […]

Recently (since 2005) immigration from Mexico has fallen off dramatically, primarily because of Enhanced border enforcement b. A weak economy and job market in the U.S. c. A declining birthrate in Mexico d. All of the above e. A and […]

Which group benefited the most from the Gold Rush of 1849? a. Tejanos b. Californios c. American Indians d. Anglos All of the following were methods of coercive acculturation of American Indians except a. the Dawes Act. b. increased self-governance. […]

Societies are divided into horizontal layers (or strata) called social classes. These classes differ from one another in the amount of resources they command. a. True b. False The Nation of Islam and other black power groups distinguished between racial […]

During the early years of European colonization, American Indians were stereotyped as a. wealthy entrepreneurs. b. gentle giants. c. lazy minorities. d. cruel savages. Approximately what percentage of Southern whites owned slaves? a. 10% b. 25% c. 50% d. 70% […]

You work at the local bank as a loan processor. Although you believe that whites and African Americans should be treated equally, your boss demands that you turn down any loans requested by African Americans. According to your text, you […]

What were sundown towns? a. Industrialized areas in the North where aspects of African American culture such as literature and music were able to flourish b. American towns and cities where non-white populations were expelled between the 1890 s and […]

Immigrants from Africa are among the poorest immigrants. a. True b. False There is a correlation between pessimism about the economy and perception of immigrants as threats. a. True b. False Answer: a Fannie Lou Hamer of Mississippi founded the: […]

During the twentieth and early twenty-first century, immigration from Mexico to the United States: a. Has risen constantly; each year brings more immigrants than the year before b. Has fluctuated according to the demand for unskilled labor in the United […]

The first Africans were introduced into colonial society as: a. Free blacks b. Indentured servants c. Slaves d. Servants to white landowners e. None of the above Surveys of U.S. respondents found that Asians are stereotyped as high on competence […]

Which element of the civil rights movement’s success was consistent with the Noel hypothesis? a. Changing subsistence technology weakened control of the minority group b. Widespread sympathetic media coverage outraged many Americans and reinforced the moral consensus c. The movement’s […]

Hispanics are much more likely to register and to vote in national elections than non-Hispanics. a. True b. False Power differentials between groups partly explains why domination was established in some places faster than others. a. True b. False Answer: […]

Which of the following statements most accurately summarizes access to education in the U.S.? a. Opportunities for high-quality education have been distributed equally across the population since World War II. b. Since the civil rights movement, a large portion of […]

Milton Gordon believed that assimilation is inevitable in a democratic and industrial society and follows a predictable cycle. a. True b. False American Indian culture was attacked in which of the following ways? a. Their languages and religion were forbidden […]

Sex refers to: a. Biological characteristics b. Social characteristics c. Both A and B d. None of the above According to Marx, one class owns or controls the means of production, and in the case of an industrial society, Marx […]

Social distance has remained constant, and the rankings have also remained the same over the last 50 years. a. True b. False The British attempted to grant more privileges to the black South African population in the 1800s. a. True […]

The term Chicano, like the term black, was originally derogatory when used by the dominant culture. a. True b. False South Africa was ruled by the white minority, ____ of the population until recently. a. 25% b. 45% c. 10% […]

During the contact period, Mexicans were predominantly __________, whereas Anglo-Americans were primarily________. a. Roman Catholic; Protestant b. Spaniards; American Indians c. competitive; docile d. militaristic; political A politician states in a campaign speech that “it is inevitable that our group […]

According to recent research, which of the following is the biggest threat to traditional American Indian culture? a. Christianity b. The American dream c. Education d. Intermarriage During the Jim Crow era, whites and blacks were separated by extreme segregation. […]

Members of ethnic minority groups cannot also be members of racial minority groups. a. True b. False Sexual behavior is governed by both biological drives and social constraints. a. True b. False Answer: a Seneca Falls is to __________ as […]

One concern with the practice of family wages employed by Henry Ford was that it a. neglected wives and children. b. was based on an ideal family structure. c. focused entirely on single white women. d. increased the rate of […]

Recent attempts to curtail illegal immigration include: a. “Guest worker” programs b. Legislation limiting welfare benefits and access to social programs c. Increases in the size of Border Patrols d. All of the above e. None of the above Contrary […]

Explain the phrase “ideological racism exists apart from the individuals in a society at a particular time” a. Ideological racism is incorporated into one’s culture and is passed on from generation to generation. b. Ideological racism is a group dynamic […]

1. The two groups projected to increase dramatically in the United States over the next half century are: *a. Asian and Pacific Islanders and Hispanic Americans b. Non-Hispanic white Americans and African Americans c. Irish Americans and Eastern Europeans d. […]

1. The process of assimilation could be illustrated by: a. Immigrants celebrating the holidays of their native country b. The great grandson of an immigrant changing his name back to the original spelling c. A minority group member being expelled […]

1. Prejudice is to discrimination as: a. Thinking is to feeling b. Acting is to behaving *c. Thinking is to doing d. Saying is to feeling e. All of the above 2. Which of the following is not an example […]

Page 1 a. Assimilation b. Socialization c. Discrimination *d. Ethnocentrism e. None of the above 1. According to the text, the most important factor in the creation of minority group status is the: *a. Contact situation b. Creation of black […]

1. The shift from agrarian technology to machine-based, manufacturing technology is called: a. Post modernism *b. Industrial revolution c. The information age d. All of the above e. None of the above 2. As societies industrialize, dominant-minority relations move from: […]

1. The most visible enemy of African Americans as they entered the twentieth century was: a. Extreme inequality b. Powerlessness c. Limitations on their freedom *d. Jim Crow system in the South e. All of the above 2. The Brown […]

1. The contact period for American Indians began in earliest colonial days and lasted nearly: a. 400 years b. 250 years *c. 300 years d. 800 years e. None of the above 2. For much of the twentieth century, while […]

1. The three largest Hispanic groups are: a. Hmong Americans, Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans *b. Puerto Ricans, Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans c. Puerto Ricans, Mexican Americans, Brazilian Americans d. All of the above e. None of the above 2. Hispanic […]

1.Which of the following Asian groups are considered “model minorities”? *a. Japanese and Chinese b. Koreans and East Indians c. Vietnamese and Cambodians d. None of the above e. All of the above 2.Asian Americans have common features: a. They […]

1.Between 1820 and 1920, _____ million people immigrated to the United States. a. 10 million b. 15 million c. 27 million *d. 37 million e. 57 million 2.Since the 1960s, how many immigrants (excluding undocumented ones) have arrived in the […]

1. The Malcom and Maria story clearly illustrates: a. The disparity experienced by women in a man’s world b. Possible sex-based differences c. That gender has no bearing in these situations d. That personality and temperament play a key role […]

1. Gender or genders to which a person is sexually attracted: a. Sexual behavior *b. Sexual orientation c. Sexual identity d. Homosexuality 2. The way people think about themselves as sexual beings: a. Sexual behavior b. Sexual orientation *c. Sexual […]

1. The least diverse nation(s) in the world are a. Britain and Scotland b. Mexico c. Northern Europe *d. Korea and Japan 2. The largest minority group in Canada is a. Racial b. Religious *c. Cultural and linguistic d. All […]

1. Which of the six Americans introduced in Chapter 1 and revisited in Chapter 14 is a member of the urban underclass? a. Mary Ann O’Brien, the school teacher b. Hector Gonzalez, the probation officer *c. Mark Richardson, one of […]

Education is a key factor in successful assimilation today. a. True b. False Queer is: a. A term used to address someone who practices a variety of nontraditional sexual behaviors b. Is another term for being gay c. Has no […]

It is possible for an individual to be prejudiced and not discriminate, but not for a person to discriminate without being prejudiced. a. True b. False According to segregated assimilation, descendants of a first generation immigrant who has a working”class […]

Children as young as 5 to 6 months are capable of distinguishing some aspects of gender and race between categories of people. a. True b. False For much of the twentieth century, while industrialization and urbanization changed the situations of […]

A small town experiences a wave of anti-minority group violence in the weeks following the announcement of massive layoffs at the local factory. These incidents would be consistent with the predictions of: a. Selective perception b. Contact hypothesis c. The […]

Which statement is true about race in Brazil? a. Race is seen as sharply delineated categories with clear, definite boundaries. b. Race is seen as a series of categories that have ambiguous, indeterminate boundaries. c. Race was equated with inferiority […]