You work at the local bank as a loan processor. Although you believe that whites and
African Americans should be treated equally, your boss demands that you turn down
any loans requested by African Americans. According to your text, you are a(n):
a. Unprejudiced nondiscriminatory
b. Unprejudiced discriminator
c. Prejudiced nondiscriminatory
d. Prejudiced discriminator
e. Authoritarian bigot
Which of the following is least likely to be a member of the secondary labor market?
a. Undocumented aliens
b. Recent arrivals who do not have connections to the job market
c. Political refugees
d. The less skilled and educated
e. Employees at international conglomerates
One reason that Arab American women have a low employment rate involves
a. their high level of education.
b. traditional gender roles.
c. church doctrine.
d. their history in the manual labor sector.
Among Hispanic Americans and Asian Americans, the amount of assimilation may vary
significantly, depending on newness of immigration, language skills, and to which
generation they belong.
a. True
b. False
The process of acculturation that took place under slavery could best be described as:
a. A melting pot
b. Cultural pluralism
c. Coercive Anglo-conformity
d. Repressive Africanization
e. Integration
Changes in subsistence technology from agriculture to industrialization to the
“information society” do not alter the stratification system.
a. True
b. False
Public disclosure of one’s gay sexual identity is called:
a. Disclosure
b. Coming out
c. Closeting
d. Gay liberation
A Nisei is:
a. An immigrant from Japan
b. A Japanese war bride
c. An immigrant from Korea
d. A second generation immigrant from Japan
e. A temporary worker from Japan
In a paternalistic system of group relations, overt intergroup contact is common.
a. True
b. False
How many persons, neither named nor charged with crimes, were detained in the years
following the September 11 attacks?
a. 82
b. 200
c. 512
d. 1200
Cultural pluralism exists when groups have acculturated and “merged” cultural
identities and practices.
a. True
b. False
Which city was founded first?
a. Jamestown, Virginia
b. New York, New York
c. Santa Fe, New Mexico
d. Boston, Massachusetts
Which statement most accurately describes the current situation for American Indians?
a. It is both better and different.
b. It is a product of linear assimilation.
c. It will worsen as more and more tribes begin to utilize assets such as natural
resources.
d. It continues to be dictated by tribal leaders.
The civil rights movement is often said to have begun in 1955 in:
a. Montgomery, Alabama
b. Selma, Alabama
c. Birmingham, Alabama
d. Biloxi, Mississippi
e. New Orleans, Louisiana
Michelle is a poor African American woman. Her race, class, and gender may combine
to produce a unique kind of inequality. The concept that describes this phenomenon is
known as:
a. Matrix of domination
b. Marx’s class oppression
c. Minority group
d. Triple discrimination
e. Triple melting pot
There is little support for affirmative action in the United States as a whole.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following processes is expected of homosexual persons in the U.S. but not
of heterosexual persons?
a. Protesting against institutional discrimination
b. Announcing one’s intention to adopt a child
c. Publicly supporting marriage equality
d. Coming out about one’s sexual preferences
In Gordon’s view, primary structural integration typically precedes intermarriage.
a. True
b. False
Which group arrived in South Africa first?
a. The British
b. The Dutch
c. The Germans
d. The Spanish
What impact did the civil rights movement have on African Americans who lived
outside the South?
a. It had minor impact because blacks and whites were treated equally outside the South
b. It had minor impact because racial segregation was not caused by Jim Crow laws
c. It had major impact because much of the racism outside of the South was
unintentional
d. It had major impact because attention was focused on institutional racism in northern
urban areas
According to Lenski’s theory, inequality in a postindustrial society would center on
control of:
a. Factories and mines
b. Educational opportunities and technologies
c. Colleges and universities
d. Land and labor
e. Status and prestige
Which statement not only simplifies minority relations but also scolds other minority
groups?
a. Some Asian groups rank far above other racial minority groups on all the commonly
used measures of equality.
b. Compared to other minority groups, Chinese Americans are considered bipolar.
c. Asian American success is proof that American society is truly the land of
opportunity and that people who work hard and obey the rules will get ahead.
d. The apparent prosperity of so many Asian American families is linked to their
ownership of small businesses in the enclave.
The Chinese established small businesses because:
a. They were not in competition and could remain “invisible”
b. As merchants, they were allowed to send for their wives and children from China
c. They could provide needed services for their own group
d. They offered unique services such as Chinese restaurants or laundries
e. All of the above
Cuban Americans were a very small group until a revolution in Cuba in the late:
a. 1930s
b. 1950s
c. 1960s
d. 1970s
e. 1980s
The social or physical characteristics that mark the boundaries between groups are
usually:
a. Highly visible
b. Selected by the minority groups themselves
c. Scientifically significant
d. Selected for their biological importance
e. Subtle
There is no controversy as to the causes of the male/female income gap.
a. True
b. False
Labor tends to flow from ___________ nations to _____________ nations.
a. less-developed, more-developed
b. more-developed, less-developed
c. highly educated, less educated
d. B and C
e. None of the above
Assimilation in the United States generally has been a coercive and one-sided process
described as Anglo-Conformity.
a. True
b. False
In general, immigrant females outnumbered males, as women had better luck in getting
factory, teaching, and domestic jobs.
a. True
b. False
Korean Americans have formed an enclave that is involved mainly in the small business
of
a. Fruits and Vegetables
b. Clothing
c. Computers
d. Hair Products
Puerto Ricans began to migrate to the mainland in large numbers in the:
a. 1880s
b. 1920s
c. 1940s
d. 1970s
e. 1980s
According to the authors, a fundamental question for our future is
a. Should we focus on unity or diversity?
b. What blend of pluralism and assimilation will serve us best in the 21st century?
c. How can we enhance pluralism and separatism?
d. Which actions will facilitate an increase in personal accountability for both dominant
and minority groups?