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 11, 2001
d. For about a century
The right to resist child marriage and the right to access maternal health care are
examples of __________ rights.
a. marital
b. reproductive
c. abortion
d. sexual
Associations based on the region or district in China from which the immigrants had
come were called:
a. Tsongs
b. Huiguan
c. Labor unions
d. None of the above
e. All of the above
African nations tend to be the most diverse and western European nations tend to be the
least diverse.
a. True
b. False
The black power movement was an important move toward:
a. Acculturation
b. Pluralism
c. Assimilation
d. Integration
e. Segregation
According to sociologist Judith Lorber, which type of feminists fought for rape crisis
centers and battered women’s shelters?
a. Gender resistance
b. Gender rebellion
c. Gender reactive
d. Gender reform
Jobs in the primary labor market are likely to be seasonal, have high turnover, or offer
low wages.
a. True
b. False
Most reported hate crimes are:
a. Sexually motivated, with gays, bisexuals, and lesbians as the target group
b. Motivated by gender, with women as the target
c. Racially motivated, with blacks as the target
d. Religiously motivated, with Muslims as the target
e. None of the above
During slavery, which group would be in “double jeopardy”?
a. African American men
b. African American men over 65 years old
c. African American children
d. African American women
e. European American women
According to Marxism, the capitalist class in the early twentieth century controlled the
racially mixed working class by:
a. A strategy of divide and conquer
b. Urging higher priced labor to exclude cheaper labor
c. Reducing wages
d. Manipulating individual personalities
e. Encouraging unions
Self-fulfilling prophecy and reinforcement are key components of
a. the authoritarian personality.
b. scapegoating.
c. the vicious cycle.
d. social distance.
The way people think about themselves as sexual beings:
a. Sexual behavior
b. Sexual orientation
c. Sexual identity
d. Homosexuality
Arab Americans are highly urbanized and almost 50% live in just five states
(California, New Jersey, New York, Texas, and Minnesota).
a. True
b. False
Gay people are exclusively sexually attracted to their own sex.
a. True
b. False
One of the major criticisms of modern racism is it seems to ____.
a. confuse prejudice with political conservatism
b. increase in economic good times
c. blame the victim
d. account for African American job loss
The Afrikaans created apartheid, which resembled
a. Slavery
b. Extermination
c. Jim Crow in the U.S.
d. A coming together
The old racist feelings are now being expressed in other guises such as:
a. Symbolic racism
b. Job discrimination
c. Prejudice
d. Overt discrimination
Currently, there are no longer countries that criminalize and execute those convicted of
LGBT behavior.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following illustrates how the Red Power movement encouraged
assimilation?
a. Successful protests required fluency in English and knowledge of public policy
b. Many American Indian tribes found their unique tribal identity
c. The majority of American Indians were forced to relocate to urban areas
d. The government withdrew much of its funding and support, resulting in
impoverished tribes
Mexican Americans often played important leadership roles in the labor movement,
particularly in agriculture and mining.
a. True
b. False
Social distance ranking indicate that group rankings were stable from the 1920 to 2011.
Which group was listed in the top ranks?
a. Northern European
b. Muslims
c. Japanese
d. Poles
Churches that always perform same sex marriages include:
a. Roman Catholic
b. Southern Baptist
c. United Church of Christ
d. Methodist Church
Pluralism is often couched in the language of multiculturalism, a term for a variety of
programs and ideas that stress mutual respect for all groups and for the multiple
heritages that shaped the United States.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following are the key actors, according to split labor market theorists?
a. Capitalists, higher priced labor
b. Capitalists, lower priced labor
c. Capitalists, higher priced labor, lower priced labor
d. Higher priced labor, lower priced labor
e. Capitalists
Based on the information presented in the text, which of the following individuals
would probably have the highest income?
a. A Cuban American male self-employed within the enclave
b. A Cuban American male who works for a firm owned by another Cuban American
c. A Mexican American male who works for a firm owned by a non-Hispanic white
d. A Puerto Rican male who works for a firm owned by a non-Hispanic white
e. A Cuban American female who does domestic work
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 from high school because of fighting
d. An immigrant learning the language of her new country
e. An immigrant refusing to speak English with her family
Which of the following events resulted in a decrease in United States immigration from
Mexico?
a. The Mexican Revolution
b. Mexican industrialization
c. The Great Depression
d. World War II
Which of the following might explain why U.S. policy on immigration from Mexico
has fluctuated so often?
a. The Noel hypothesis with its emphasis on competition and power
b. The traditional model of assimilation with its emphasis on acculturation and
integration
c. Culture of poverty theory with its emphasis on values and cultural traditions
d. Human capital theory with its emphasis on the importance of education
e. Marxist theory on class conflict
Which of the following is not typical of jobs within the primary market labor market?
a. Jobs in the service sector with little chance of promotion
b. Jobs with opportunity for advancement
c. Jobs with entry requirements of college degrees
d. Jobs that provide security and good benefits
e. Jobs that are usually in large, bureaucratic organizations
At the end of the nineteenth century, Chinese men in the United States outnumbered
Chinese women by:
a. 5 to 1
b. 10 to 1
c. 25 to 1
d. 35 to 1
e. None of the above; there were as many women as men