Milton Gordon believed that assimilation is inevitable in a democratic and industrial
society and follows a predictable cycle.
a. True
b. False
American Indian culture was attacked in which of the following ways?
a. Their languages and religion were forbidden
b. Their institutions were circumvented and undermined
c. White definitions of land ownership were imposed
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
The Amish (sometimes called the Pennsylvania Dutch) are committed to a way of life
organized around farming. They maintain a culture and an institutional life that is
separate from the dominant culture. The kind of pluralism that best describes them is:
a. Cultural pluralism
b. Structural pluralism
c. Generational pluralism
d. Fluid competitive pluralism
e. Intergenerational pluralism
The Indian Reorganization Act in 1934 rescinded the Dawes Allotment Act and reduced
the paternalism formerly imposed on the American Indians.
a. True
b. False
Most scholars agree that:
a. Anti-black prejudice was an important cause of American slavery
b. Anti-black prejudice was basically a result of American slavery
c. Intense anti-black prejudice and racism existed in England before the start of the
slave trade
d. Anti-black prejudice actually declined as slavery began to take shape in colonial
times
e. Anti-black prejudice was based on the mutual ethnocentrism between colonialists and
Africans
Who helped found the NAACP and advocated immediate pursuit of racial equality and
a direct assault on de jure segregation?
a. W. E. B. DuBois
b. Jim Crow
c. Booker T. Washington
d. Marcus Garvey
e. Stanley Lieberson
The concept of ___ was foreign to the American Indian culture.
a. Trade
b. Private property or the ownership of things
c. Seizure
d. Warfare
___________________ are exaggerated generalizations about groups of people and
tend to be overly simplistic and difficult to prove.
a. Attributes
b. Stereotypes
c. Prejudices
d. None of the above
e. A and C above
Slavery ended ___ in Brazil.
a. Suddenly
b. Violently
c. Gradually
d. Not at all
All of the following are correct about slaves in colonial America except
a. they were considered chattel.
b. they were forbidden to read or write.
c. they could not work on plantations with whites.
d. their children were considered slaves.
Without European immigration to the United States, the process of industrialization
would have been unchanged.
a. True
b. False
What was one expression of anti-immigrant prejudice and racism?
a. Structural integration
b. The National Origins Act of 1924
c. Increased Catholicism
d. Chains of immigration
e. Revolution
Hunting and gathering societies were largely equal regarding sex roles.
a. True
b. False
Colonists saw slavery as a logical and cost effective solution to the labor-intensive
needs of agriculture at that time.
a. True
b. False
Jamaicans usually settle on the ___ of America.
a. East coast
b. West coast
c. Central section
d. All of the above
The case of U.S. v. Windsor:
a. Completely struck down the DOMA
b. Partially struck down the DOMA (allows state to decide)
c. Supported the demise of Don”t Ask, Don”t Tell
d. None of the above
Although the concept of “machismo” has a negative connotation to the dominant
culture, the term has positive meanings for Hispanics, such as “being a good provider
and a respected father.”
a. True
b. False
Miguel is the son of undocumented immigrants who was brought to the United States
from Mexico as a toddler. Miguel is an example of a(n)
a. United States citizen.
b. Chicano.
c. assimilated American.
d. DREAMer.
The main goal of American Indians was to integrate as quickly as possible into the
mainstream society.
a. True
b. False
By 1910, black labor in the United States was most characterized by:
a. Agricultural work
b. Factory work
c. Domestic work
d. Sales and business work
e. Both A and C
Under traditional Confucianism, women in Asia were expected to be subordinate to
men, chaste, shy, attractive, and domestic.
a. True
b. False
Native Americans have never expressed a desire to be separatist.
a. True
b. False
At the beginning of the twentieth century, Mexican Americans were a low-paid
workforce in the rural sector of their regional economy. In this regard, they resembled:
a. African Americans
b. Native Americans
c. Irish Americans
d. German Americans
e. Jewish Americans
The Noel hypothesis states that if two or more groups come together in a contact
situation characterized by ethnocentrism, competition, and a differential in power, then
some form of racial or ethnic stratification will remain.
a. True
b. False
A majority of contemporary immigrants are “sojourners”immigrants who plan to return
to their home country.
a. True
b. False
African Americans are highly acculturated but not highly integrated into American
society.
a. True
b. False
Buraku people of Japan are virtually indistinguishable from the general population.
There is no physical, cultural, religious, or linguistic difference between them and other
Japanese, yet Buraku people are a minority who have been discriminated against for
centuries.
a. True
b. False
The case of Ricci v. DeStefano is an example of
a. disparate impact.
b. blatant discrimination.
c. intentional prejudice.
d. reverse racism.
Many years ago, a European American storeowner in a racist town succumbed to
pressures from others and agreed to ban African Americans from his shop, even though
he himself was not prejudiced at all. This merchant was an example of Merton’s:
a. All-weather bigot
b. Timid bigot
c. All-weather liberal
d. Fair-weather liberal
e. All-weather conservative
Gordon recognized that in addition to intermarriage within religions, social class and
race also intersected, forming what he called “ethclass.”
a. True
b. False
Tiered wages and unionization favored:
a. Men in the workplace
b. Women in the workplace
c. The most qualified person in the workplace
Studies on the development of prejudice in children indicate that prejudice is learned
through
a. education.
b. development.
c. genetics.
d. socialization.
The distinction between prejudice and discrimination is:
a. Prejudice is a behavior; discrimination is an attitude
b. Prejudice is an attitude; discrimination is a behavior
c. Prejudice is an ideology; discrimination is an attitude
d. Prejudice is an attitude; discrimination is an ideology
e. Prejudice is a feeling; discrimination involves ways of thinking
Which statement is most accurate about de facto segregation?
a. It is voluntary
b. It is a disguised form of de jure segregation
c. It is the opposite of de jure segregation
d. It is unintentional