Sara has xenophobia. She most likely fears ________.
a. strangers or foreigners
b. cats and dogs
c. new places
d. gods or religion
Baptist, Episcopalian, Lutheran, Methodist, and Presbyterian are the five mainline
churches of ________.
a. Jews
b. Roman Catholics
c. Buddhists
d. Protestants
The fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners is known as ________.
a. theophobia
b. xenophobia
c. zelophobia
d. homophobia
Which of the following best describes the term glass wall?
a. the obstacles faced by people who enter the fields of law and medicine
b. the obstacles faced by majority groups, especially White men as a result of
affirmative action
c. the barriers to horizontal movement faced by minority groups that may help in job
advancement
d. the discrimination faced by customers who belong to subordinate groups
Which of the following is a reason for the immigration of Central and South Americans
to the United States?
a. economic opportunities
b. environmental degradation
c. downward mobility
d. political vendetta
Which of the following statements is true of the Older Women’s League?
a. It was founded by a retired school principal who was having difficulty obtaining
insurance.
b. It began a Minority Affairs Initiative to recruit elderly women of racial and ethnic
minority.
c. It is the largest organization representing the nation’s elderly.
d. It is intended to serve as a link between feminist movements and activists for the
elderly.
The single most unifying force among Arabs is ________.
a. the Arabic language
b. the religion of Islam
c. their country of origin
d. their panethnicity
Following California’s Alien Land Act, the ________ were driven into cities.
a. Yonsei
b. Kibei
c. Issei
d. Sansei
Population specialist Evelyn Kitagawa estimated the “excess mortality rate” to be 20
percent because of poor health linked to ________.
a. age
b. sex
c. class
d. occupation
Which of the following statements is true about the Irish immigrants?
a. The upper-class Irish immigrants were referred to as “shanty Irish.”
b. Direct competition with Black Americans was a common feature during the
immigration stages.
c. Irish immigrants stayed away from the church and viewed priesthood as an
undesirable occupation.
d. The Irish immigrants assumed more leadership positions in politics and labor unions.
In the context of placing people into racial groups, social relations among Central and
South American groups with each other, Latinos, and non-Latinos defy ________.
a. naturalization
b. nationalization
c. repatriation
d. generalization
The immigration acts of the 1920s resulted in ________.
a. an increase in the influx of Jews
b. a decrease in the influx of Jews
c. a repatriation of Jews from Eastern European countries
d. a ban on the entry of all Jews
Which of the following statements is true of the Employment Assistance Program?
a. It is a successful program and is still in place for those who seek assistance.
b. It involved setting up industries near reservations.
c. It provided tax incentives that eventually paid for themselves.
d. It relocated people away from reservations for better jobs opportunities.
Which of the following best describes a kickout?
a. It refers to a Native American student who leaves school due to an unproductive
academic environment.
b. It refers to a person or group blamed irrationally for another person’s or group’s
problems or difficulties.
c. It refers to a Native American who excels in life despite hardships faced in his or her
childhood.
d. It refers to a payment made to a casino operator in exchange of favors.
Despite the diversity among groups of Asian Americans and Asian Pacific islanders,
they have been treated as a(n) ________ group for generations.
a. ethnocentric
b. monolithic
c. monotheistic
d. secessionist minority
The quotas under the national origin system were based on ________.
a. proportions of people desiring to enter the United States from abroad
b. waiting lists of people wishing to immigrate to the United States
c. the number of people descended from each nationality recorded in the 1920 census
d. ability to pay for visas
Sarah divides her time between her career and her family. She has the same
qualifications and total work experience as her male peers but has had a two-year gap in
her work experience. If she is receiving a salary less than her peers, she is most likely
being subject to ________.
a. sexual harassment
b. the mommy tax
c. the glass escalator
d. reverse discrimination
________ is the view of the global economic system as divided between certain
industrialized nations that control wealth and developing countries that are controlled
and exploited.
a. Labeling theory
b. Fringe-of-values theory
c. World systems theory
d. Exploitation theory
In 1887, which of the following policies bypassed tribal leaders and proposed making
individual landowners of tribal members?
a. The Allotment Act
b. The Reorganization Act
c. The Indian Claims Commission
d. The Alaska Native Settlement Act
A ________ is a credit system used by Korean Americans that grants members money
on a rotating basis to allow them to gain access to additional capital.
a. tsu
b. tong
c. kanaka maoli
d. kye
________ is the religious dimension in the United States that merges public life with
sacred beliefs.
a. Civil religion
b. Religious left
c. Religious ethnicity
d. Symbolic denomination
Which of the following statements is true of Japanese American internment camps?
a. Family ties were strengthened.
b. There were no educational facilities.
c. The evacuees were not allowed to contribute to the U.S. war effort.
d. Security in the camps was not a problem.
In 1942, the forced confinement of Japanese Americans in camps in the United States
was carried out ________.
a. by American sinophobes
b. on orders of the president of the United States
c. on orders of the Supreme Court
d. by anti-government armed militants
Which of the following requirements must be met to become a naturalized U.S. citizen?
a. A person should have entered the country before 18 years of age.
b. A person should have continually resided in the United States for at least two years.
c. A person should be cleared of holding any record of selected criminal offenses.
d. A person should pass a written test in U.S. art and culture.
The Afonso Arinos law prohibited ________ in public places.
a. racial discrimination
b. display of affection
c. alcohol consumption
d. gender discrimination
________ is a term used to refer to Whites in Hawai”i.
a. Gooks
b. Haoles
c. Desi
d. Kyes
One of the central conditions on which slavery in the United States rested was that
________.
a. the slave status was inherited
b. slavery was for ten years
c. slaves were considered mere laborers
d. negotiation was used to maintain the system
Recent research shows that differences in intelligence scores between Blacks and
Whites are almost eliminated when ________.
a. they take the exam in a familiar environment
b. adjustments are made for social and economic characteristics
c. spelling and grammatical mistakes are not taken into account
d. Blacks are given additional time to complete the test
Christian and Muslim faiths are similar in that they are both ________.
a. henotheistic
b. pantheistic
c. polytheistic
d. monotheistic
Hannah and Steven both work as receptionists at a large hospital and receive the same
salary for their work. This is an example of ________.
a. gender roles
b. pay equity
c. redlining
d. resegregation
The structured ranking of entire groups of people that perpetuates unequal rewards and
power in a society is called ________.
a. emigration
b. stratification
c. marginalization
d. amalgamation
Eddie, a Mexican, is a college student at Oklahoma City. He is good in studies and
finishes all his college assignments on time. His White American classmates are
amused at his sincerity. They think that Eddie is an exception to all Mexicans as he is
not lazy like other Mexicans. The assumption of Eddie’s classmates about Mexicans
represents ________.
a. racial profiling
b. ethnocentrism
c. stereotyping
d. social distance
For African Americans, the family reflects the legacy of ________.
a. high income
b. dependable assets
c. racism
d. low stability
Which of the following is true of illegal immigrants in the United States?
a. A majority of them pay taxes and do not claim benefits.
b. A majority of them acquire the most highly paid jobs.
c. A majority of them set up industries across the country.
d. A majority of them are responsible for inflow of money into the country.