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Henslin, Essentials of Sociology, 12th Edition, Test Bank
Chapter 9: Race and Ethnicity
Multiple-Choice Questions
TB_Q9.1.1
_____ refers to a group whose inherited physical characteristics distinguish it
from other groups.
a. Ethnicity
b. Race
c. Minority group
d. Dominant group
TB_Q9.1.2
The annihilation or attempted annihilation of a people because of their presumed
race or ethnicity is known as
a. genocide.
b. racial superiority.
c. racial purification.
d. ethnic work.
TB_Q9.1.3
The difference between ethnicity and race is that ethnicity refers to _____
characteristics, and race to _____ characteristics, distinguishing one group of
people from another.
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a. cultural; inherited physical
b. inherited physical; cultural
c. dominant group; minority group
d. minority group; dominant group
TB_Q9.1.4
People who are singled out for unequal treatment and who regard themselves as
objects of collective discrimination make up a(n)
a. dominant group.
b. ethnic group.
c. minority group.
d. race.
TB_Q9.1.5
A(n) _____ group is the group with the most power, greatest privileges, and
highest social status.
a. racial
b. established minority
c. ethnic
d. dominant
TB_Q9.1.6
The profusion of skin colors and physical characteristics of different humans is
due to
a. the development of pure races.
b. adaptation to diverse climates and other living conditions as humans spread
throughout the world.
c. biology rather than evolution.
d. the emergence of dominant groups in the last three centuries.
TB_Q9.1.7
Which of the following statements about race is true?
a. Race is a concept that biologists and anthropologists agree upon.
b. There are two races.
c. Ashley Montagu, a physical anthropologist, classified people into forty racial
groups.
d. There are two thousand races.
TB_Q9.1.8
The idea of racial superiority is
a. consistent with some of the evidence.
b. a myth.
c. generally applied to a group other than one’s own.
d. undeniably true.
TB_Q9.1.9
There are two ways that a group can become a minority group. Both involve, in
one way or another,
a. race.
b. ethnic work.
c. climate.
d. geography.
TB_Q9.1.10
Julio had a strong sense of ethnic identity. Our ethnic identity is _____ by our
group having smaller numbers in a society and being the object of discrimination.
a. somewhat lessened
b. heightened
c. unaffected
d. pretty well eliminated
TB_Q9.2.11
_____ is an act of unfair treatment directed against an individual or a group.
a. Racism
b. Contact theory
c. Discrimination
d. Prejudice
TB_Q9.2.12
Usually negative, _____ is an attitude or prejudgment.
a. prejudice
b. contact theory
c. rejecting the norms of a dominant group
d. discrimination
TB_Q9.2.13
_____ refers to prejudice and discrimination based on race.
a. Contact theory
b. Racism
c. Institutional discrimination
d. Unintended discrimination
TB_Q9.2.14
Research on _____ has shown that prejudice and negative stereotypes decrease
and relations improve when people of different racial–ethnic backgrounds interact
frequently.
a. heightened discrimination
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b. the racist mind
c. institutional racism
d. contact theory
TB_Q9.2.15
When it comes to prejudice,
a. we are born with it.
b. heredity and environment play about equal parts.
c. we learn it from the people around us.
d. it has all but been eliminated.
TB_Q9.2.16
Psychologist Eugene Hartley (1946) made up the names of three ethnic groups—
Wallonians, Pireneans, and Danireans—and found that people who were
prejudiced against Jews and Blacks
a. loved the nonexistent Wallonians, Pireans, and Danireans.
b. also hated the nonexistent Wallonians, Pireneans, and Danireans.
c. praised the nonexistent Wallonians, Pireneans, and Danireans for their support
in the struggle against their enemies.
d. questioned who the nonexistent Wallonians, Pireneans, and Danireans were.
TB_Q9.2.17
According to research, it appears that people in the minority _____ the norms of
the dominant group and learn to be _____ their own group.
a. are prejudiced against; always tolerant of
b. internalize; prejudiced against
c. externalize; critical of
d. reject; accepting of
TB_Q9.2.18
Ezekiel’s research (1995) found that Ku Klux Klan and neo-Nazi leaders believed
that race
a. represents the essence of a person.
b. exists only in the mind.
c. is superficial, because all people are the same in the eyes of God.
d. is not a rigid category.
TB_Q9.2.19
_____ is person-to-person or face-to-face discrimination.
a. Institutional discrimination
b. Individual discrimination
c. Racism
d. Prejudice
TB_Q9.2.20
Built into society’s institutions, _____ is negative treatment of a minority group.
a. institutional prejudice
b. unintentional discrimination
c. institutional discrimination
d. contact theory
TB_Q9.2.21
_____ mortgage applicants are most frequently offered subprime loans, which
charge the highest interest.
a. White
b. African American
c. Wallonian
d. Latino
TB_Q9.2.22
Presently, the life expectancy for African American females is about _____ years,
and for white American females it is _____ years.
a. 68; 68
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b. 72; 77
c. 83; 89
d. 88; 90
TB_Q9.2.23
In unintentional discrimination,
a. the discrimination is deliberate.
b. the discrimination is written into law.
c. no one is aware of it.
d. health care is one area that is exempt.
TB_Q9.3.24
A person or group unfairly blamed for someone’s troubles is a(n)
a. scapegoat.
b. symbolic interactionist.
c. authoritarian personality.
d. example of selective perception.
TB_Q9.3.25
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Someone with an authoritarian personality tends to be
a. tolerant of others.
b. secure.
c. submissive to superiors.
d. free of prejudice.
TB_Q9.3.26
One perspective on prejudice is that it is _____, in that it creates in-group
solidarity.
a. interactionist
b. functional
c. dysfunctional
d. a product of a split labor market
TB_Q9.3.27
African Americans, whites, Latinos, and others see themselves only able to make
gains at the expense of other groups, according to
a. conflict theorists.
b. functionalists.
c. psychologists.
d. symbolic interactionists.
TB_Q9.3.28
Symbolic interactionists focus on the role of _____ in affecting perception and
creating prejudice.
a. the authoritarian personality
b. labels
c. history
d. conflict
TB_Q9.3.29
In conflict theory, a(n) _____ is exploited by owners in order to weaken the
bargaining power of workers.
a. reserve labor force
b. split labor market
c. selective perception
d. prejudice
TB_Q9.3.30
Conflict theorists say that capitalists use the _____ to expand production during
economic booms, and then lay off people during economic contractions.
a. split labor market
b. overemployed
c. reserve labor force
d. scapegoats
TB_Q9.3.31
Seeing certain features of an object or situation, but remaining blind to others, is
a. normal perception.
b. a route to greater tolerance, if we apply labels to groups.
c. a focus of conflict theorists.
d. selective perception.
TB_Q9.3.32
_____ create self-fulfilling stereotypes.
a. Labels
b. Capitalists
c. Functionalists
d. The authoritarian personality
TB_Q9.4.33
As whites colonized the United States and expanded westward, what did most
Native Americans die from?
a. Disease
b. Violence
c. Starvation
d. Segregation
TB_Q9.4.34
To _____ is to separate acts from feelings or attitudes.
a. segregate
b. compartmentalize
c. assimilate
d. encourage pluralism
TB_Q9.4.35
The United States government’s relocation of Native Americans to reservations is
an example of
a. direct population transfer.
b. friendship.
c. indirect population transfer.
d. assimilation.
TB_Q9.4.36
Forcible expulsion and genocide are types of
a. internal colonialism.
b. segregation.
c. assimilation.
d. ethnic cleansing.
TB_Q9.4.37
_____ exploits minority groups for economic gain.
a. Ethnic cleansing
b. Internal colonialism
c. Population transfer
d. Compartmentalization
TB_Q9.4.38
_____ is a policy of keeping racial–ethnic groups apart.
a. Segregation
b. Multiculturalism
c. Internal colonialism
d. Assimilation
TB_Q9.4.39
When a group is absorbed into the mainstream culture, this is known as
a. assimilation.
b. apartheid.
c. segregation.
d. population transfer.
TB_Q9.4.40
_____ permits—or encourages—ethnic differences.
a. Functionalism
b. Ethnic cleansing
c. Multiculturalism
d. Compartmentalization
TB_Q9.5.41
WASP stands for
a. Women Against Sexual Predestination.
b. White Anglo-Saxon Protestant.
c. War Against Special Populations.
d. White And Selected Populations.
TB_Q9.5.42
Immigrants to the United States from Poland, Ireland, Italy, and Germany are
examples of
a. white ethnics.
b. WASPS.
c. HORNETS.
d. Latinos.
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TB_Q9.5.43
_____ is an umbrella term for people from any of the Spanish-speaking countries
of Latin America.
a. Latino
b. WASP
c. Mexicano
d. Cubano
TB_Q9.5.44
Among Americans of European descent, the largest group comes from
a. Germany.
b. England.
c. Italy.
d. Norway.
TB_Q9.5.45
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Broadly speaking, the highest percentage of the dominant group in the United
States is found in the
a. North.
b. South.
c. East.
d. West.
TB_Q9.5.46
Which of the following groups in the United States has the highest median family
income?
a. Whites
b. Asian Americans
c. Latinos
d. Native Americans
TB_Q9.5.47
There is a disagreement among sociologists on whether _____ or race is (are)
more important in determining the life chances of African Americans.
a. history
b. ethnicity
c. white ethnics
d. social class
TB_Q9.5.48
Native Americans today speak _____ different languages.
a. 3
b. 27
c. 84
d. 169
TB_Q9.6.49
The concern in some quarters that too many immigrants will change the character
of the United States is
a. new to the last two decades.
b. causing immigration to taper to a trickle.
c. age-old.
d. confined to California.
TB_Q9.6.50
There is _____ prejudice and discrimination in U.S. race–ethnic relations today
than there was in the past.
a. vastly more
b. somewhat more
c. the same amount of
d. less
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Essay Questions
TB_Q9.1.51: Discuss the myth of pure races.
TB_Q9.2.52: Differentiate between prejudice and discrimination.
TB_Q9.3.53: What is the connection between frustration and scapegoats?
TB_Q9.4.54: Explain the relationship between labels and genocide.
TB_Q9.4.55: Arrange the six degrees of acceptance/rejection on a continuum
from most acceptance to least acceptance: segregation, population transfer,
assimilation, genocide, internal colonialism, multiculturalism.