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. Some brought low levels of education and human capital
b. Haitians speak a language that is spoken by almost no one else
c. Haitians have black skin color and suffer traditions of racism and prejudice
d. Haitians are not hard workers and usually end up on government assistance
Birds of passage is synonymous with the term
a. sojourners.
b. prejudice.
c. industrialization
d. pathways.
During Reconstruction, the South was characterized by:
a. African Americans becoming the dominant class
b. A rigid caste system under the policy known as “Jim Crow”
c. An end to the plantation system and urbanization
d. An end to the white class system
e. Increasing opportunity for African Americans
All of the following are correlated with anti-immigrant attitudes except
a. exposure to racist cultural norms during childhood.
b. low levels of education.
c. a Protestant work ethic.
d. competition for jobs.
Communication about cultural differences between Anglo Americans and American
Indians harmed the Anglo American culture.
a. True
b. False
In “Images of Latinas,” Judith Ortiz Cofer argues that stereotypes of Latin women such
as “the good housemaid” and the “hot tamale” have changed over time as Mexican
Americans have assimilated into U.S. culture.
a. True
b. False
The Stonewall Rebellion was the first time LGBT people:
a. Openly protested their treatment
b. Violently resisted their treatment
c. Came out as a group
d. Organized their numbers
The diverse Hispanic American experience or pattern of adjustment to the larger society
illustrates some of the fundamental forces that shape the experiences of minority
groups:
a. The split labor market and the U.S. appetite for cheap labor
b. The impact of industrialization
c. The dangers of a permanent urban underclass
d. The persistence of race as a primary dividing line between people and groups
e. All of the above
Asian American groups are generally less residentially segregated than either African
Americans or Hispanic Americans.
a. True
b. False
Hispanic Americans share a language and some cultural traits, but they do not think of
themselves as a single social entity.
a. True
b. False
According to Robert Blauner, the way in which groups come into contact with each
other, either as immigrant group or colonized group, have consequences that persist
long after the original contact.
a. True
b. False
Contemporary immigrants from Africa are a small group and can be categorized as
“bipolar”bringing both high and low levels of human capital.
a. True
b. False
All of the following were important pathways of integration for European immigrants
except
a. politics.
b. labor unions.
c. education.
d. church.
People classified as “Asian and Pacific Islander”:
a. Represent many different national and linguistic backgrounds
b. Should never be mistaken for unchanging or “natural” divisions between people
c. Vary by social class, religion, gender, and in thousands of other ways
d. None of the above
e. A, B, and C
Hispanics make up ___ of the voting age population.
a. 40%
b. 15%
c. 20%
d. 30%
“The most important source of inequality arises from a person’s relationship to the
means of production.” This statement might be heard from a:
a. Capitalist
b. Weberian
c. Libertarian
d. Marxist
e. Republican
Which book sparked the women’s liberation movement?
a. A Child Called It
b. The Feminine Mystique
c. The Color Purple
d. Living in the Labyrinth
Which of the following is untrue regarding Latino acculturation to the United States?
a. Latino groups are highly variable in their extent of acculturation but are often
“slower” to change than other immigrants (e.g., learning English and adopting Anglo
customs).
b. Hispanics follow many of the same patterns of assimilation as European groups.
c. Rates of acculturation increase with length of residence and are higher for the native
born.
d. While acculturation continues, Hispanic culture and the Spanish language are
revitalized by immigration.
e. What is perceived to be slow acculturation for Latino groups is mostly the result of
fast and continuous immigration.
Institutional discrimination helps __________ the respective positions of dominant and
minority groups.
a. reinforce
b. equalize
c. minimize
d. terminate
An example of integration at the secondary level is intermarriage with members of the
dominant group on a large-scale basis.
a. True
b. False
The first Africans to come to the British colonies were probably indentured servants
rather than slaves.
a. True
b. False
According to the textbook, immigrants entering the primary labor market tend to be:
a. affluent, urbane, and educated
b. poor, rural, and uneducated
c. white
d. from Europe only
e. None of the above
Which statement is true about female immigrants?
a. They came from cultures with strong matriarchal traditions
b. They played multiple roles in immigration and assimilation
c. They were solely wife and mothers once they immigrated to America
d. They typically recorded their experiences in detail
Which of the following is false regarding gender?
a. In most societieswhether hunter gatherer or advanced industrialgirls and boys are
socialized to do different societal tasks.
b. When considering patriarchal societies, women can be considered a separate minority
group.
c. Women within each minority group have divergent experiences influenced by the
ways in which race, ethnicity, gender, and class combine, overlap, and crosscut each
other to form a “matrix of domination.”
d. The fact that “appropriate” behaviors for men and women vary from culture to
culture suggests there is no biological basis for gender roles.
e. Sociologists consider gender and race to be similar social constructs in that there is
little debate about the role of biology in either case.
The conditions under which the minority group and dominant group first come into
contact with each other is referred to as
* a. the contact situation.
b. cultural pluralism.
c. structural assimilation.
d. the Noel hypothesis.
Which of the following best exemplifies racial profiling? The police:
a. Stopping a black man for “suspicion” when he is driving in a white neighborhood
subdivision
b. Pulling over vehicles that fit a specific description
c. Pulling over a vehicle for speeding
d. Increasing patrols in crime-heavy areas
e. All of the above
The idea that the poor are poor because they have “bad values” is associated with:
a. The theory of the urban underclass
b. The culture of poverty theory
c. Black power ideology
d. Paternalistic competition theory
e. Nation of Islam
Anti-Latino prejudice and racism tend to increase ____.
a. When the economy is booming
b. During times of high immigration
c. When there is a democratic president
d. As globalization increases
A setback during the progress of the 1990s for LGBT people was:
a. The Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
b. Don”t Ask, Don”t Tell
c. Lawrence v. Texas
d. There were no real setbacks during this era
Most immigrants discussed in this chapter are the “poorest of the poor” and that’s why
they come to Americato escape high levels of poverty in their home countries.
a. True
b. False