Roger, a police officer, takes Iqbal into custody for questioning just because Iqbal is an
Arab American. Roger is of the belief that all members of Iqbal’s ethnic community are
violent. In this scenario, Roger’s actions best illustrates ________.
a. ethnic paradox
b. blended identity
c. reverse discrimination
d. racial profiling
________ are nonprofit organizations that maintain close ties to immigrants’ societies of
origin in Mexico and other Latin American countries.
a. Mojados
b. Sundown clubs
c. Maquiladoras
d. Hometown clubs
In countries that are predominantly Muslim, ________.
a. permanent residency is granted only to disciples of Imams
b. the separation of religion and state is considered necessary
c. citizens are encouraged to embrace other religions
d. governments often reinforce Islamic practices through their laws
The concept of race is ________.
a. ascertained by blood type
b. based on economic differences
c. culturally determined
d. socially constructed
The Irish immigrants who fled to the United States to escape the potato famine were
more likely to consist of ________.
a. families
b. single men
c. single women
d. young couples
Native Americans who oppose gambling on moral grounds do so because ________.
a. they believe the playing field for gambling is uneven
b. gambling detracts politicians from necessary public affairs
c. they believe the casinos trivialize and cheapen their heritage
d. they oppose to the contributions made to politicians involved in policies concerning
gambling laws
Holocaust revisionists are those people who ________.
a. survived the Holocaust
b. deny the legitimacy of the state of Israel
c. claim that the Holocaust did not happen
d. lobby worldwide to raise awareness of the Holocaust
Which of the following is true of the Mexican Indian people?
a. They are considered a part of Mexico’s indigenous communities.
b. They are descendants of the Mtis.
c. They are supportive of progress and modern ways of living.
d. They are considered one of the most affluent communities in Mexico.
A color gradient is ________.
a. the placement of people on a continuum from light to dark skin color
b. the placement of people in distinct racial groupings by skin color
c. an integration of cultures and social movements of people and the exchange of ideas
d. a contradiction of the social construction of race in which social class is linked to
racial purity
________ refers to the struggle against the enemies of Allah.
a. Ka”aba
b. Hajj
c. Hijab
d. Jihad
________ refers to the practice of immigrants sponsoring other immigrants who, in
turn, sponsor still more.
a. Mass emigration
b. Chain immigration
c. Naturalization
d. Political immigration
Which minority group was forced to report to evacuation camps by the U.S.
government during World War II, after the attack on Pearl Harbor?
a. Japanese Americans
b. German Americans
c. Chinese Americans
d. Jewish Americans
With regard to immigration, which of the following statements is true of Canada?
a. Canada receives consistently the least immigrants of any nation, proportionate to its
population.
b. Immigration has been a significant social force contributing to Canadian
multiculturalism.
c. Canada has an increasing proportion of European-born population than Asian-born
population.
d. Immigration laws in Canada are prejudicial, discriminatory, and anti-Asian.
Which of the following factors creates residential segregation in the United States?
a. Government policies do not effectively enforce anti-bias legislation.
b. Policies of banks create barriers based on gender to financing home purchasing.
c. The prejudicial policies of real estate companies allow people from minority groups
to enter into “correct” neighborhoods.
d. Public housing policies make it difficult for the poor to locate housing in inner-city
neighborhoods.
Who among the following can be considered as a person with a disability?
a. a 60-year-old man
b. a young man with a limp
c. a pregnant woman
d. a one-year-old child who walks unsteadily
The term Yiddishkait refers to ________.
a. a Gentile who marries a Jew
b. the support for Israel and its occupied territories
c. the sense of Jewishness
d. a Jew who has assimilated the characteristics of Gentiles
According to the authoritarian personality theory of prejudice, ________.
a. people blame others for their own failures
b. people use others unfairly for economic advantage
c. childrearing leads one to develop intolerance as an adult
d. peer and social influences encourage tolerance or intolerance
The 1900 Organic Act guaranteed ________ to the Hawaiians.
a. racial equality
b. political freedom
c. permanent citizenship
d. commonwealth status
In the context of immigrant adaptation to the United States, which of the following
statements is true?
a. Immigrants have higher divorce rates than White non-Hispanic natives.
b. Second-generation immigrants have lower labor force participation than White
non-Hispanic natives.
c. Second-generation immigrants are overall behind in educational attainment than
White non-Hispanic natives.
d. Immigrant families are more likely to be on public assistance than White
non-Hispanic natives.
The Asian immigrants in the United States were characterized as ________.
a. polite
b. morally superior
c. savage
d. overzealous
Which of the following statements is true of reparations by the federal government to
the Japanese American evacuees?
a. The government formally apologized but never paid anything to the evacuees.
b. The government handed each internee $25 and a small plot of agricultural land.
c. The government never apologized nor paid anything to the surviving internees.
d. The government apologized and authorized payments of $20,000 to each surviving
internee.
The second wave of Cuban immigration began in 1965 as a result of the outcome of
a(n) ________ between Cuba and U.S.
a. missile crisis
b. territory purchase
c. war
d. agreement
A generalization that can be made about the many segments of the Mexican American
population in the nineteenth century is that ________.
a. they were the dominant group in the Southwest
b. they assimilated into the dominant culture fully
c. they were regarded as a conquered people
d. they were considered arrogant and rude
According to W. E. B. Du Bois, which of the following statements best represents the
talented tenth?
a. privileged Blacks who would serve the interests of other Blacks in academics
b. White elites who were willing to help advance the interests of Blacks in the United
States
c. Blacks who supported vocational education over academic programs
d. disadvantaged Blacks who were victims of the atrocities committed by the Whites
________ is a sociohistorical process by which racial categories are created, inhabited,
transformed, and destroyed.
a. Racial formation
b. Racial profiling
c. Racial segregation
d. Racial ethnocentrism
Islam is guided by the teachings of the ________.
a. Qur”an
b. Vedas
c. Torah
d. Avesta
A significant aspect of familism is the godparent-godchild relationship known as
________.
a. campadrazgo
b. curanderismo
c. bracero
d. vendido
After the ruling Aztec Indian tribe was overthrown, Mexico remained a(n) ________
colony between the 1520s and the 1820s.
a. Spanish
b. French
c. American
d. First Nations
Jonathan, a 40-year-old suffering from paralysis in both legs, uses a wheelchair.
Although he reaches his office building well before time, it takes almost an hour for
him to get to his workstation on the first floor. The office building has an elevator
facility, but there are three steps that lead to the elevator. In this scenario, Jonathan is a
victim of ________.
a. institutional discrimination
b. ageism
c. occupational segregation
d. pluralism
Redlining refers to the pattern of ________.
a. racial profiling by law enforcement agencies
b. racial groups to be employed in different occupations from each other
c. IQ tests favoring middle-class children, especially the White and Hispanic middle
class
d. discrimination against those trying to buy homes in racially changing localities
According to the spectrum of intergroup relations, the presence of transnationals is an
example of ________.
a. pluralism
b. assimilation
c. extermination
d. secession