Immigrants from Africa are among the poorest immigrants.
a. True
b. False
There is a correlation between pessimism about the economy and perception of
immigrants as threats.
a. True
b. False
Fannie Lou Hamer of Mississippi founded the:
a. Black Muslims
b. SNCC
c. Freedom Party
d. White Citizen’s Council
e. Black Panther Party
After their land was expropriated, American Indians remained a major concern for the
dominant group.
a. True
b. False
Research using social distance scales demonstrates that prejudice exists apart from
individuals and that it is passed from generation to generation.
a. True
b. False
In agrarian society work was:
a. Capital intensive
b. Machine intensive
c. Labor intensive
d. Management intensive
e. All of the above
The boarding schools were successful in fully inculcating Anglo values, ethics, and
religion to native children.
a. True
b. False
The thrust of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was to ban:
a. Public demonstrations for school integration
b. School segregation in Topeka, Kansas
c. School segregation throughout the nation
d. School segregation in the South
e. School segregation for black teachers
Under de jure segregation, separation of African Americans and European Americans in
virtually all aspects of social life was required by law.
a. True
b. False
Primary structural assimilation for Hispanic Americans with the dominant group is
greater than for African Americans.
a. True
b. False
Minority group status affects access to different “life chances” including:
a. Better health care
b. Access to wealth and income
c. Access to decent housing
d. Access to higher education
e. All of the above
Nigerians and Ethiopians compare favorably to national norms in education, suggesting
they:
a. are in the secondary labor market
b. are cheap laborers
c. contribute to “brain drain”
d. all of the above
e. none of the above
The Declaration of Independence was inconsistent with the actions of the dominant
group at that time.
a. True
b. False
The largest minority group in the United States is:
a. Asian and Pacific Islanders
b. African Americans
c. Hispanics
d. Native Americans
e. Non-Hispanic whites
The culture of poverty theory argues that poverty is perpetuated by which of the
following characteristics?
a. The prevalence of female-headed households in African American communities
b. Fatalism
c. An orientation to the present rather than the future
d. The desire for instant gratification
e. All of the above
The immigrant generation of Japanese was termed:
a. Issei
b. Nisei
c. Sansei
d. Yonsei
e. None of the above
Gordon argued that the most significant structural unit within U.S. society was defined
by the intersection of the religious/ethnic and social class boundaries. He called this the:
a. Religious ethnic connection
b. Socio-ethnic class
c. Socio-religious connection
d. Socio-ethnic convergence
e. Ethclass
American Indians are not offended by “trivial” nicknames of athletic teams such as the
Cleveland Indians or the Atlanta Braves and the use of tomahawk chops and Indian
mascots.
a. True
b. False
The black power movement supported the ideals of Martin Luther King Jr. of
integration and assimilation.
a. True
b. False
Evidence that illustrates the effectiveness of the ethnic enclave as a pathway for
adaptation is the difference in Mexican and Cuban incomesCubans tend to make much
more money than Mexicans.
a. True
b. False
Why is the Chinese American group described as bipolar?
a. Because, compared to American culture, Chinese culture is drastically different
b. Because of the high rates of mental illness in the Chinese American population
c. Because Chinese Americans can be found at both ends of the spectrum of success and
affluence
d. Because the acculturation process of Chinese Americans occurred at two distinct
phases
Hispanic Americans’ primary structural assimilation with the dominant group is
_______ than it is for African Americans and ________ than for Native Americans.
a. greater, lesser
b. greater, greater
c. lesser, greater
d. lesser, lesser
e. about the same, about the same
During World War II Japanese Americans were forced into relocation camps.
a. True
b. False
Asian Americans have similar cultural traits:
a. They stress group membership over individual self-interest
b. They stress sensitivity to the opinions and judgments of others
c. Their cultures were traditionally male dominated
d. Avoidance of public embarrassment and not giving offense
e. All of the above
National Coming Out day began in:
a. 1987
b. 1977
c. 2003
d. 2000
In what ways do the Noel and Blauner hypotheses relate to the contact situation of
Mexican Americans and Anglo immigrants?
a. Ethnocentrism was present at first contact.
b. Power differences existed.
c. Competition for land began with the first contact between the groups.
d. They were subjected to coercive acculturation.
e. All of the above are true
The term lesbian originated from the name of a Greek island, which was the birthplace
of:
a. Plato
b. Sappho
c. Socrates
d. Aristotle
The population of the United States is currently:
a. Affected by long-standing unresolved minority issues
b. Affected by rising immigration rates
c. Increasingly diverse
d. Increasingly multilingual
e. All of the above
One of the variables that researchers suggest is a cause of the decline in prejudice is:
a. Good race relations
b. Higher paying jobs
c. Education
d. Minorities on the nightly news
Prejudice and racism are more the result of systems of racial and ethnic inequality than
they are the causes.
a. True
b. False
Because the South lost the Civil War, followed by a great turnover under
Reconstruction, the basic class structure and agrarian economy was destroyed.
a. True
b. False
The relative advantage of the dominant group is maintained day-to-day by widespread
institutional discrimination.
a. True
b. False
According to the text, which of the following prominent Americans espoused
anti-Semitic views?
a. Charles Lindbergh
b. Eleanor Roosevelt
c. John F. Kennedy
d. Milton Gordon