Hispanics are much more likely to register and to vote in national elections than
non-Hispanics.
a. True
b. False
Power differentials between groups partly explains why domination was established in
some places faster than others.
a. True
b. False
The likelihood that prejudice and discrimination will be expressed depends heavily on
the situation an individual is in.
a. True
b. False
A scholar of the structural explanation would likely assert that the key to understanding
the present status of Chinese and Japanese Americans is their
a. particular mode of incorporation.
b. value system.
c. inherent business sense.
d. close bonds with immediate family members.
Which shift in subsistence technology resulted in the mass movement of people from
Europe to the United States between 1820-1920?
a. Migration laws
b. Selective genocide
c. World War I
d. The industrial revolution
Indian reservations were not run by the Indians, but by which federal government
agency?
a. Bureau of Indian Affairs
b. Environmental Protection Agency
c. Department of Health, Housing, and Human Affairs
d. None of the above
Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka was important as a Supreme Court Decision in
1954 because it allowed a few African American children to go to school with white
children.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following companies has created advertising campaigns in line with third
wave feminism?
a. Abercrombie and Finch
b. Dove
c. Wal-mart
d. McDonald’s
Which of the following is not an example of a cultural trait that may be associated with
minority status?
a. Language
b. Facial features
c. Religion
d. Types of foods eaten
e. Speech patterns
Tamara comments to her partner that their neighbor, Sam, must be a “welfare cheat”
because Sam receives food stamps but just purchased a new smartphone. Tamara’s
comment illustrates an example of
a. ideological thinking.
b. cognitive prejudice.
c. affective discrimination.
d. institutional racism.
_________ assimilation occurs when a minority group enters the secondary sector of
the larger society and occupies the same public institutions such as churches, clubs,
schools, and workplaces.
a. Cultural
b. Structural
c. Generational
d. Fluid competitive
e. Intergenerational
The Latino population is growing because of _____.
a. Economic and environmental changes
b. Job availability and lower cost of living
c. High birthrates and immigration
d. Greater acceptance of immigration
Which statement best summarizes the status of the black middle class since the 1960s?
a. The size and prosperity of the black middle class has steadily increased since the civil
rights movement.
b. Black middle class families are typically more financially secure than white middle
class families.
c. The black middle class has grown, but poverty continues to be a serious problem.
d. Class differentiation within the African American community is narrowing; however,
class differentiation between white and African American families is widening.
The concept of the “urban underclass” tends to treat the problems of African Americans
as:
a. Problems that can be solved by a reduction of prejudice in the white community
b. Problems of motivation; they would be solved if black people would just work harder
c. Problems that grow out of the economy and that are shared by other poor urbanites
d. Problems of socialization and values; they would be solved if more African
Americans had middle-class values
e. Problems connected to a lack of educational opportunity
Poverty affects African Americans at much higher rates than it does white Americans.
a. True
b. False
Developments in same-sex relations are tied to the emergence of all of the following
except
a. urbanization.
b. puritanism.
c. capitalism.
d. industrialization.
Ethclass is defined by the intersection of:
a. Religion, ethnic, and social class
b. Working class, religion, and ethnicity
c. Gender, working class, and breadwinners
d. Ethnicity and class
Taken all together, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders comprise slightly less than
_____ of the total population.
a. 1%
b. 5%
c. 8%
d. 13%
e. 15%
American Indians began to urbanize rapidly in the 1950s but are still less urbanized
than the population as a whole. In fact, they are the least urbanized minority group in
the United States.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following groups formed ethnic enclaves?
a. Cuban Americans and Puerto Ricans
b. Japanese and Native Americans
c. Cuban and Chinese Americans
d. Jewish and Mexican Americans
e. Armenians and Bulgarians
____ of black respondents to a survey had a great deal of confidence that local police
would treat blacks and whites equally.
a. 45%
b. 30%
c. 12%
d. 5%
Blauner’s continuum of minority groups includes:
a. Immigrant groups
b. Slaves
c. Enclave minorities
d. All of the above
e. Only A and C
A series of studies conducted at Princeton University in 1933, 1951, and 1967 indicated
that stereotypes of blacks were more favourable.
a. True
b. False
Stereotypes vary by:
a. Race
b. Gender
c. Class
d. A and B
e. A, B, and C
The Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision overturned the principle of _____
established in Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896.
a. “no representation without taxation”
b. “separate but equal”
c. “justice within inequality”
d. “equal access to all public facilities”
Puerto Ricans tend to see race as:
a. Not very important, as Puerto Rico has a long history of racial intermarriage
b. A continuum of possibilities and combinations
c. Less important than social class
d. Impacted by social classsocial class affects perception of race
e. All of the above
As late as the 1920s, ______ of employed Irish-born women in the United States
worked as domestics.
a. 81%
b. 55%
c. 66%
d. 40%
e. None of the above
Selective perception can reinforce and strengthen stereotypes to the point that the
highly prejudiced individual simply does not accept evidence that challenges his or her
views.
a. True
b. False
Mexican immigrants, both undocumented and legal, exist at a similar level of poverty
as they would if they lived in Mexico.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following are true about the stratification in American Indian societies
prior to European contact?
a. Some American Indian societies were highly stratified, and many practiced various
forms of slavery.
b. Some American Indian societies were patriarchal and followed a strict, gender-based
division of labor, but others were more equal.
c. In many tribes, women held positions of great responsibility, including roles in
religion, politics, warfare, and the economy.
d. All of the above are true
e. Only A and C are true
Which concept below best describes someone who is prejudiced and does discriminate?
a. An all-weather liberal
b. An all-weather bigot
c. A racist
d. An all-weather conservative
e. A prejudicial discriminator
Social classes and minority groups are correlated but vary independently.
a. True
b. False
Like other neighboring ethnic groups worldwide throughout history, the Hutus and
Tutsis had longstanding animosity toward one another and frequently fought throughout
history.
a. True
b. False
Raids on Mexican American homes and places of business, the deportation of U.S.
citizens of Mexican descent, and other violations of civil and legal rights that occurred
during the 1950s were a direct result of
a. Operation Wetback.
b. the Bracero Program.
c. World War II.
d. the North American Free Trade Agreement .