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Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1. Which of the following refers to the belief in the superiority or worthiness of your own culture, population, or group?
a. Ageism
b. Ethnocentrism
c. Ableism
d. Genderism
2. Which country is on its way to becoming a “no majority” or “minority majority” nation?
a. India
b. United Kingdom
c. United States
d. Australia
3. In which year did the United Nations pass a resolution encouraging the development of school curriculum that focused
on social justice and human rights issues?
a. 2014
b. 2015
c. 2013
d. 2012
4. The term that describes physical characteristics of a group and also functions as a political or social term that designates
dominant and nondominant status:
a. Identity
b. Race
c. Culture
d. Ethnicity
5. When both immigrants and the host society adapt and change for successful assimilation, this is approach to diversity is
known as (the) ________.
a. three-part adaptation
b. lifespan adaptation
c. kaleidoscope approach
d. two-part approach
6. Belief that race is the primary determinant of human traits and capacities and that racial differences produce an inherent
superiority of a particular race is called ______________.
a. racism
b. ethnicity
c. acculturation
d. assimilation
7. Members of a specific culture maintaining their traditions and beliefs rather than accepting those of the dominant
society is an example of:
a. Multicultural human services
b. Acculturation
c. Cultural pluralism
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d. Worldview culture
8. The factors that explain injustice and the lack of fair treatment related to multicultural work include all the following
except:
a. Impartiality
b. Power
c. Discrimination
d. Oppression
9. How can you expand your self-awareness as a helping professional?
a. By exploring your identity related to your own race
b. By exploring your identity related to your own ethnicity
c. By exploring your identity related to your own culture
d. All of these are correct
10. What results in the classification of persons into groups based on shared socio-economic conditions?
a. Impartiality
b. Kindness
c. Power and hierarchy
d. Oppression
11. Which timespan is known as the first wave of immigration and coincided with the opening of Ellis Island?
a. 1880 to 1920
b. 1920 to 1930
c. 1870 to 1880
d. 1930 to 1940
12. What is the term that defines supporting and encouraging equal treatment for all individuals and opposing injustice?
a. Human services
b. Social justice
c. Discrimination
d. Anti-oppression
13. The _______________ is an attempt by a minority group to challenge the benefits and privilege traditionally received
by a dominant group, in this case non-Hispanic whites and Caucasians.
a. Black Lives Matter movement
b. civil rights movement
c. Gender Equity Issues movement
d. None of these are correct
14. The concept of “human universals” includes all of the following EXCEPT:
a. myth and ritual
b. language
c. multiculturalism
d. aesthetics
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15. _________ refers to discrimination of individuals sexually attracted to members of their same sex.
a. Ethnocentrism
b. Classism
c. Heterosexism
d. Sexism
16. Classism refers to:
a. Discrimination of individuals who identify or express a particular gender
b. Discrimination by social and economic status
c. Discrimination against those with disabilities
d. Discrimination of individuals because of their race
17. The culture of individuals from a defined geographic area, including the wide range of cultural aspects such as
religion, language, artistic expressions, and social traditions:
a. Ethnicity
b. Identity
c. Culture
d. Race
18. What is the set of systems that helps you to understand your culture?
a. Traditions
b. Impairments
c. Privileges
d. Stereotypes
19. Representing several different cultures or cultural elements is defined as ___________.
a. individualist culture
b. collectivist culture
c. cultural assimilation
d. multicultural approach
20. Why is social justice a key component in multicultural service delivery?
21. Why is the U.S. population becoming more multicultural?
22. Why is it important for human service professionals to become more aware of their own cultural identities?
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1. b
2. c
3. b