Societies are divided into horizontal layers (or strata) called social classes. These
classes differ from one another in the amount of resources they command.
a. True
b. False
The Nation of Islam and other black power groups distinguished between racial
separation and racial segregation, with the former supporting empowerment and the
latter supporting domination.
a. True
b. False
In colonial America, American Indians were not enslaved. According to the Noel
hypothesis, this was because:
a. There was little power differential between colonists and the American Indians
b. There was no competition between colonists and American Indians
c. The colonists felt no ethnocentrism against American Indians
d. The colonists were, by and large, opposed to slavery
e. The colonists preferred the white indentured servants, who were more available and
reliable
At the individual level, the “thinking/feeling” dimension of minority group
mistreatment is called:
a. Ideological racism
b. Discrimination
c. Institutional racism
d. Prejudice
e. Stereotyping
In general, incomes for urban Indians are _________to those for African Americans and
____________ those for whites.
a. comparable, below
b. below, below
c. comparable, comparable
d. below, comparable
e. None of the aboveit depends on if the Indians reside on reservations or not
According to the sociologist Eduardo Bonilla Silva, the new form of prejudice is
expressed:
a. Openly since the election of President Obama
b. In neutral language or objective terms
c. In laws that govern social interaction
d. All of the above
During World War II, the United States placed all of its citizens from enemy countries
(Germans, Italians, and Japanese) in relocation camps.
a. True
b. False
A study of Princeton University undergraduates provided the following perspectives on
the content of American stereotypes:
a. Negative and positive stereotypes can be applied to the same group.
b. Willingness to stereotype seems to decline over the years.
c. The attribution of some traits actually increased in the years between 1933 and 1967.
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
The Equal Rights Amendment:
a. Passed in the early 1960s
b. Passed Congress but not in two-thirds of the state legislatures, as required for
ratification of an Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
c. Passed the state legislatures but not both houses of Congress
d. Was overturned by the Supreme Court
One factor contributing to the high status of Japanese Americans is that unlike
_____________ Americans, the number of immigrants from Japan has been quite small,
and the community has not had to devote many resources to newcomers.
a. Thai
b. Lao
c. Vietnamese
d. Chinese
e. All of the above
According to sociologist Douglas Massey, all of the following factors support
segmented assimilation for contemporary immigrants except
a. continuous migration patterns.
b. speed of transportation.
c. ease of communication.
d. high rates of upward mobility.
Institutional discrimination helps to sustain and reinforce the unequal positions of racial
and ethnic groups in the stratification system.
a. True
b. False
Up to a third of all young black men are either incarcerated in the corrections system or
on probation or parole. What mostly accounts for this over-representation?
a. Black men’s use of guns during crime sprees
b. National “get tough” policies on drug users
c. Black men’s lack of father figures during adolescence
d. Racial profiling that targets blacks in inner cities
e. Poverty and deprivation
According to the textbook, there seems to be a correlation between perception of
immigrants as threats and _______________.
a. pessimism about the economy
b. recent job loss
c. changes in immigration policy
d. the strength of the U.S. dollar
e. All of the above
Which of the following groups is considered a culturally pluralistic group?
a. Italian-Americans in New York City
b. The Cuban American community in South Florida
c. Norwegian immigrants in Minnesota
d. The Amish in Pennsylvania
The Marielitos were all undesirables, convicted criminals, and outcasts.
a. True
b. False
Much of the Southwest became U.S. territory in _____ as a result of _____.
a. 1835, the revolt of Texas against Mexico
b. 1848, the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
c. 1865 the American Civil War
d. 1849, the California Gold Rush
e. 1887, the Dawes Allotment Act
The United States is neither the most nor the least diverse country in the world.
a. True
b. False
The unequal treatment of a group or individual based on his or her group membership
is:
a. Institutional prejudice
b. Discrimination
c. Racist stereotyping
d. Prejudicial racism
e. Personal prejudice
One difference in the situations of Mexican Americans and African Americans in the
nineteenth century was that:
a. Mexican Americans were much more acculturated
b. African Americans were exploited for their land, Mexican Americans for their labor
c. Mexican Americans were able to retain much more of their culture
d. Mexican Americans were exploited only for their land
e. Mexican Americans were more exploited for their wealth
Forms of traditional American Indian culture can be seen in aspects of cuisine,
recreational patterns, and religion.
a. True
b. False
The civil rights movement was successful in ending de facto segregation in the United
States.
a. True
b. False
The Nation of Islam is most closely aligned with a call for blacks to achieve autonomy
and independence, not integration into “the system.”
a. True
b. False
Sexual scripts are gender based, non-verbal expectations
a. True
b. False
When looking at gender stereotypes for females at Arizona State University, students
attributed the same characteristics to both European American and African American
women.
a. True
b. False
Malcolm X supported nonviolence in nonviolent situations but saw violence as
acceptable in the case of self-defense.
a. True
b. False
The creation of minority group status for Mexican Americans reflected the dynamics of:
a. A society in the early stages of industrialization
b. An agrarian society
c. A society that had a long history of positive and productive contacts with Hispanic
societies
d. A society that was turning to commerce after the end of the Gold Rush of 1849
e. A society that needed slaves and tenant farmers
One reason the jigsaw method is so effective at reducing prejudice in children is
a. all children are inherently altruistic.
b. the children are exposed to the realities of racism.
c. elementary students are motivated by a commitment to equality.
d. it taps into students’ motives of self-interest.
Which of the following are examples of ethnicity?
a. White, black
b. Hispanic, white
c. Puerto Rican, Cuban American
d. White, Russian American
e. All of the above
Which of the following is an example of modern institutional discrimination?
a. Companies moving from inner-city areas to suburbs to reduce their expenses
b. Putting minority members at a disadvantage by basing hiring decisions on education
c. Denying home loans to minorities who live in “rundown” areas
d. Colleges basing entrance decisions on standardized tests alone
e. All of the above
During the nineteenth century, an anti-elitist movement attempted to unite poor whites
and blacks in the rural South against the traditional elite classes. This movement was
called:
a. Maquiladoras movement
b. Populism (or the populist movement)
c. Paternalism (or the paternalistic movement)
d. Poor people’s movement
e. Reconstruction revolution
The most important characteristic of a subordinate minority group is that it is dominated
by a more powerful group.
a. True
b. False