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
b. Reconstruction
c. Slavery codification
d. Relative deprivation
Which of the following statements is true of the first generation Filipino immigrants to
the United States?
a. They were female and employed as permanent workers on sugar plantations.
b. They were male and employed in agricultural labor.
c. They were World War II veterans and wives of U.S. soldiers.
d. They were physicians, nurses, and professionals.
Which of the following statements is true about the income and poverty trends of
Latino households?
a. Latinos are likely to continue to earn much more annually and also fall back on their
many financial resources.
b. The income of Latinos has grown at a faster rate than White Income.
c. Latinos have a stronger financial background than other cultural groups.
d. The gap between the Whites and the Latinos in both income and poverty levels has
remained relatively constant.
After the U.S. Congress stopped Chinese immigration, ________ agreed to completely
halt further immigration in 1908.
a. France
b. Germany
c. Africa
d. Japan
Within Protestant churches, which of the following are characterized by Missouri
Synod Lutherans, Southern Baptists, and Assembly of God?
a. Liberals
b. Moderates
c. Conservatives
d. Fundamentalists
Which of the following statements best represents the pattern of higher education for
Blacks?
a. Attention to a growing number of racial incidents on predominantly White college
campuses has discouraged African Americans from considering college.
b. Pushing for higher standards in educational achievement without remedial courses
has encouraged minority students to attend college.
c. Increased positive publicity about affirmative action has encouraged African
Americans to consider college.
d. More reliance on grants-in-aid than on loans has encouraged students who would be
the first members of their families to attend college.
Politics of accommodation is associated with ________.
a. Frederick Douglass
b. Booker T. Washington
c. W. E. B. Du Bois
d. Jim Crow
Any arbitrary police-initiated action based on race, ethnicity, or national origin rather
than a person’s behavior is called ________.
a. racial profiling
b. reverse discrimination
c. ethnic paradox
d. orientalism
Elizabeth is a twelve-year-old girl who moved to a new school. In a society based on
traditional gender roles, which of the following will help Elizabeth gain popularity?
a. athletic ability
b. academic success
c. toughness
d. coolness
Originally, the phrase pau wau referred to ________.
a. native dances
b. the medicine man
c. the homeland
d. apples
Membership in a dominant or minority group is ________.
a. a personal choice
b. not voluntary
c. not mandatory
d. discretionary
________ of 1968 protects workers 40 years of age or older from being fired because of
their age and replaced with younger workers who presumably would receive lower
salaries.
a. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act
b. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act
c. The Civil Rights Act
d. The Americans with Disabilities Act
Puerto Rico’s independence could result in the country losing ________.
a. its cultural identity
b. U.S. protection
c. representation in the Olympic Games
d. participation in the global economy
Which of the following strengths of African American families allows them to function
effectively in a hostile society?
a. strong entrepreneurship skills
b. strong kinship bonds
c. strong educational background
d. strong financial background
According to Merton’s typology, which of the following types of person may be far
removed from any real contact with subordinate groups?
a. all-weather liberal
b. reluctant liberal
c. timid bigot
d. all-weather bigot
The most important formal organization in the Hispanic community is the ________.
a. court of law
b. family
c. Church
d. government
People with disabilities experience the denial of opportunities and equal rights resulting
from the normal operations of a society. This treatment can be attributed to ________.
a. redlining
b. differential justice
c. institutional discrimination
d. reverse discrimination
Italian Americans established special ties with the Black community in Southern
society. Which of the following was a reason behind this?
a. The Black community had acquired advanced degrees and professions.
b. They received their jobs through labor contractors in Black community.
c. Both groups found comfort in the same Catholic Church.
d. Both groups were marginalized.
A Hispanic college student from the southwest U.S. arrives in college to find that her
roommate is a Jewish woman from New York. As they get to know one another they are
able to overcome their initial prejudices and grow to appreciate each other’s strengths
and talents. This scenario is an example of the ________.
a. contact hypothesis
b. self-fulfilling prophecy
c. formal education hypothesis
d. scapegoating theory
Opinion pollsters have been interested in White attitudes on racial issues longer than
they have measured the views of subordinate groups. This neglect of minority attitudes
reflects ________.
a. the bias of the White researchers
b. the unwillingness of minorities to participate
c. the ethnocentrism of minorities
d. the view that minority groups are more important to study
Which of the following terms refers to Chinese secret societies?
a. tsu
b. hui kuan
c. tongs
d. kanaka maoli
Stereotypes not only influence how people feel about themselves but also affect how
people ________.
a. interact with others
b. commit to equal treatment of all
c. become unprejudiced
d. develop racial tolerance
Which of the following Native American tribes usually were matriarchal and traced
descent through the mother?
a. Southern tribes
b. Western tribes
c. Midwestern tribes
d. Northeastern tribes
In the context of tourism based on Native American heritage, which of the following
statements is true?
a. Tourists interpret their experiences to be conflicting with their previously held
stereotypes of Native Americans.
b. Enterprises related to tourism have achieved significant success to improve the tribal
economy.
c. Native foods and souvenirs are especially sought after by contemporary tourists
conscious of the historical context.
d. Tourism, in light of exploitation of tribal people, is a complex interaction of the
outside with Native Americans.
According to the Department of Justice, any police-initiated action based on race,
ethnicity, or national origin rather than behavior is called ________.
a. panethnicity
b. scapegoating
c. racial profiling
d. ethnic cleansing
Pointing to the increasing affluence of African Americans, sociologist William J.
Wilson concluded that ________.
a. class has become more important than race in determining black life-chances in the
modern industrial period
b. class has ceased to be of concern as more educated Blacks are entering the middle
class
c. programs must be developed to confront ethnic and racial discrimination rather than
class
subordination
d. the overriding goal of the Black middle class is to achieve petty social values and
become acceptable to White society
The characterization of associating acting White with speaking proper English or with
cultural
preferences is sometimes referred to as ________.
a. authoritarian culture
b. regressive culture
c. Black culture
d. oppositional culture
Which of the following is true of the consequences following the ruling of United
States v. Windsor in 2013?
a. Support for same-sex couples has gradually decreased.
b. Opponents to gay marriage are using rejection of business with gays to express their
views.
c. The move for legalizing gay marriage has discontinued at the state level.
d. Federal government has taken up measures against the states where gay marriages
are legal.
Hannah and her family are contemporary American Jews and celebrate both Hanukkah
and Christmas with the same enthusiasm. They exemplify Jewish individuals
accommodating themselves to two cultures and are representative of ________.
a. marginality
b. functionality
c. absolute assimilation
d. mixed status
The suffrage movement that led to the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution
________.
a. received unanimous support from the Congress
b. was started and advocated by non-White unemployed men
c. took a very long time to reach victory
d. was sponsored by brewers
The legal humiliation of de jure school segregation was attacked in the landmark decree
of ________.
a. Smith v. Allwright
b. Brown v. Board of Education
c. Plessy v. Ferguson
d. Williams v. Mississippi