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
The individualistic view of social mobility is consistent with human capital and melting
pot ideologies.
* a. True
b. False
Slavery was founded on and maintained by
a. misunderstanding.
b. convenience.
c. violence.
d. ignorance.
Discrimination is the tendency to think and feel negatively about the members of other
groups.
a. True
b. False
Apartheid was ended due to all but which of the following factors:
a. The white minority left South Africa
b. International pressure increased
c. The white majority could not maintain numbers to fulfill the needs of a more
sophisticated economy
d. Black South Africans were rising to positions of greater affluence and influence.
In which state did Mexican Americans retain political power during the contact
situation?
a. California
b. Texas
c. Wyoming
d. New Mexico
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
It is common in sociology to separate the social structure into primary and secondary
sectors. Which of the following categories is considered part of the primary sector?
a. Businesses
b. Schools
c. Families
d. Bureaucracies
e. Labor unions
Taken as a group, Asian Americans tend to be more residentially segregated than either
African Americans or Hispanic Americans
a. True
b. False
One way coercive acculturation was “achieved” was by sending American Indian
children to boarding schools. Within these schools, tribal languages, dress, and religion
were forbidden and American Indian culture was generally disparaged. Which theory or
hypothesis would most likely have predicted this?
a. Blauner hypothesis
b. Noel hypothesis
c. Culture of poverty theory
d. Marxist theory
e. Acculturation theory
Ethnic identity is different from racial identity. Thus, Hispanics may be of any race.
a. True
b. False
Compared to other minority groups, much of the occupational and financial
advancement made by Asian Americans is related to the second generation’s high levels
of
a. education.
b. conformity.
c. intermarriage.
d. independence.
One difference between Mexican Americans in the 20th century and African Americans
in the segregated South is that African Americans were disenfranchised and Mexican
Americans were not.
a. True
b. False
Police officer, waiter, and teacher are all examples of __________ occupations.
a. extractive
b. primary
c. manufacturing
d. tertiary
__________________replaced slavery in the South.
a. De jure segregation
b. Plantations
c. Postwar martial law
d. Subtle racism
e. None of the above
The initial settlement of South Africa by the Dutch resembled the
a. Spanish movement into South America
b. French movement into Canada
c. European movement into North America
d. None of the above
Groups that are defined primarily by their cultural characteristics are called racial
minority groups.
a. True
b. False
The tensions and resentments we have studied in the United States are mirrored in the
global system of societies.
a. True
b. False
The contact situation is the most important factor in the creation of minority group
status.
a. True
b. False
There is a greater stigma for:
a. Women who engage in traditional female activities
b. Men who engage in traditional female activities
c. Women who engage in traditional male activities
d. Men who engage in traditional male activities
A 2013 study by Stephens-Davidowitz found that the key variable in whether gay men
were public on Facebook was
a. tolerance of their state of residence.
b. number of friends they had on social networking sites.
c. family support.
d. relationship status.
____________establish their own neighborhood and rely on a set of interconnected
businesses, each of which is usually small in scope, for economic survival.
a. Middleman minorities
b. Sojourners
c. Enclave minorities
d. Structural pluralistic minorities
e. All of the above
Which occupation is closely associated with Filipino immigrants?
a. Nurse
b. Factory worker
c. Engineer
d. Chef
Theoretically, no person, law, or specific group is responsible for:
a. De facto segregation
b. De jure segregation
c. Assimilation
d. None of the above
e. All of the above
The legacy of colonization and conquest for American Indians was poor health and
housing, inadequate education, and slow economic development.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following is true regarding the educational achievements of Asian
Americans?
a. Both the men and women of all Asian American groups exceed national norms.
b. Asian American groups are variable in educational achievement. The men of most
groups exceed national norms but not as many of the women.
c. Only Asian American women actually exceed national norms. The men are much less
educated.
d. Only Chinese, Vietnamese, and Japanese Americans actually exceed national norms.
e. Asian American groups just do not succeed as much as other immigrant groups in the
area of education.
Rosa was an Italian woman who immigrated to the United States in 1900 with her
parents and sister. Which member of Rosa’s family would most likely be completely
assimilated?
a. Rosa’s mother
b. Rosa’s husband
c. Rosa’s sister
d. Rosa’s great granddaughter
Which of the following is an example of selective perception?
a. Seeing a Native American who is drinking in a bar, but not noticing the Native
American who is neatly dressed in a three-piece Armani suit
b. Seeing the old man who pulls out on a freeway at 35 miles an hour while ignoring the
good driver who happens to be elderly
c. Not presuming that an NFL football player could be gay
d. Assuming that the female doctor is really a nurse
e. All of the above
Portugal was actually ruled by the Moors of North Africa for a period of their history.
a. True*
b. False
Human capital theory is inconsistent with American values.
a. True
b. False
Gerhard Lenski is to __________ as Patricia Hill Collins is to __________.
a. intersectionality; subsistence technology
b. subsistence technology; intersectionality
c. bourgeoisie; proletariat
d. proletariat; bourgeoisie
Among American Indians, the concept of private property was:
a. Highly developed
b. Applied only to land, not to livestock or other living things
c. Applied only to horses, buffalo, and articles of clothing
d. Not highly developed
e. Highly varied, according to tribe
Which of the following is true?
a. Pluralism has increased in prominence since the 1960s.
b. The goal of assimilation has been completely abandoned in modern American
society.
c. Assimilation has become much more popular among American minority groups since
the 1960s.
d. The goal of a pluralistic society has been abandoned as completely unrealistic.
e. All of the above