The term Chicano, like the term black, was originally derogatory when used by the
dominant culture.
a. True
b. False
South Africa was ruled by the white minority, ____ of the population until recently.
a. 25%
b. 45%
c. 10%
d. 2%
Which term is considered more inclusive of various forms of gender and sexual
expression that fall outside the bounds of the traditional heterosexual norm?
a. Gay
b. Lesbian
c. Transgender
d. Queer
Which set of terms best characterized the situations of African Americans, American
Indians, and Mexican Americans as a result of contact with Anglo American society?
a. Colonization, paternalism
b. Acculturation, integration
c. Colonization, immigration
d. Secondary structural assimilation, caste system
e. Integration and Anglo-conformity
Assimilation is typically a linear, inevitable process.
a. True
b. False
Hispanic Americans are the largest minority group in the United States.
a. True
b. False
Given the information presented in the text, what points can be made regarding the
“success” of Chinese and Japanese Americans compared to other racial minorities?
a. It is due to the fact that the Japanese and Chinese are more likely to have “good
values.”
b. It illustrates that there is true economic opportunity regardless of race.
c. It is consistent with the predictions of culture of poverty theory.
d. It shows that affirmative action is not really necessary, only hard work and
perseverance.
e. It illustrates the clear economic differences between groups who voluntarily
immigrated and those that were colonized.
Immigrant women were expected to work until they married.
a. True
b. False
Poverty, unemployment, and lower levels of educational attainment continue to be
problems for Hispanic groups, with the exception of Cuban Americans.
a. True
b. False
The three largest Hispanic groups are:
a. Hmong Americans, Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans
b. Puerto Ricans, Mexican Americans, Cuban Americans
c. Puerto Ricans, Mexican Americans, Brazilian Americans
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
After Reconstruction, sharecropping replaced slavery as the main way that the South
supported an agrarian economy.
a. True
b. False
Variations in human skin color:
a. Balance the dangers of exposure to sunlight with the need for vitamin D
b. Have no relationship to climate or geography
c. Are inversely related to the concentration of melanin: the greater the melanin, the
lighter the skin
d. Are related to the distance of the equators: the closer to the equator, the lighter the
skin color
e. Have clear and definite points of demarcation
In opposition to Marx, Weber argued that there are _____ dimensions of inequality.
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four
e. dozens of
What is one reason American Indians have been more successful than African
Americans in preserving their cultures?
a. African Americans were exploited for their land; whereas Native Americans
competed with the dominant culture for labor only.
b. Native Americans were focused on preserving the land and their religion; whereas
African Americans were focused on obtaining the American dream of personal success.
c. The African American social structure was destroyed by slavery; whereas the Native
American tribal units remained intact.
d. Native Americans had treaties that were consistently honoured by the federal
government; whereas African Americans did not.
The 1980s legislation that allowed illegal immigrants to legalize their status was the:
a. Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCa.
b. Quota Act
c. Repatriation program
d. Bracero program
e. Operation Wetback
Italian speakers, French speakers, and German speakers are the three major groups of
a. Swiss society.
b. neo-Nazism.
c. Quebec culture.
d. Northern Ireland.
The plantation owners solved their labor problem after the end of slavery by developing
the __________________.
a. braceros program
b. wet back solution
c. sharecropping system
d. None of the above
e. All of the above
Which of the six Americans introduced in Chapter 1 and revisited in Chapter 14 is a
member of the urban underclass?
a. Mary Ann O”Brien, the school teacher
b. Hector Gonzalez, the probation officer
c. Mark Richardson, one of Hector’s clients
d. Kim Park, a grocery store clerk
e. William Buford, a real estate executive
Asian Americans whose families have been in the United States longer tend to be
highly acculturated and integrated.
a. True
b. False
A violent direct action campaign was launched in the South to challenge and defeat
segregation.
a. True
b. False
Marxism is a theory of history and social change in which ____ is a central concept.
a. inequality
b. prejudice
c. fame or respect
d. international war
e. consensus
According to this book, what is the most probable effect of past-in-present
discrimination on the economic marginality of the black middle class?
a. They are more likely to work in the secondary labor market.
b. They are more likely to be motivated to succeed.
c. They are more likely to benefit from affirmative action than whites.
d. They are less likely to own their own homes and businesses.
e. They are likely to lag far behind middle-class whites in economic resources.
Arab Americans tend to be both diverse and highly urbanized.
a. True
b. False
The Chinese who immigrated to the United States in the nineteenth century were
mostly:
a. Older males
b. Older females
c. Younger males
d. Younger females
e. Families
Sociologist Ruby Kennedy studied multicultural intermarriage and described a
phenomenon she called a “triple melting pot,” referring to the multicultural
intermarriage within three separate groups:
a. African Americans, European Americans, and Jews
b. Native Americans, Hispanics, and African Americans
c. Jews, Muslims, and Buddhists
d. Protestants, Catholics, and Jews
e. Mormons, Jews, and Catholics
In Milton Gordon’s theory of assimilation, the crucial step is from:
a. Integration to acculturation
b. Acculturation to integration
c. Assimilation to pluralism
d. Anglo-conformity to the melting pot
e. Integration to intermarriage
Suffragists initially advocated for:
a. The right to vote
b. The right to own property
c. Both A and B
d. None of the above
The “feeling” aspect of prejudice is called the ______ dimension.
a. affective
b. emotional
c. behavioral
d. cognitive
e. racist
Arab Americans exceeded national norms in terms of high school and college
graduation.
a. True
b. False
In Western Europe, scientific and philosophical interest in the concept of race began:
a. In the 1920s when IQ tests first appeared
b. During the age of European conquest and colonization of nonwhites
c. Just after the American Civil War
d. Thousands of years ago when the Vikings reached North America
e. During slavery
Programs under the IRA included opportunities for women, such as preparing for jobs
off the reservation in the fields of nursing and clerical work.
a. True
b. False
Park felt that intergroup relations go through a predictable set of phases that he called:
a. A “rational” cycle of inter-group relations
b. A “conflictual and competitive cycle”
c. The cycle of “interpenetration and fusion”
d. A “race relations cycle”
e. “Modernization and urbanization”
Prejudice exists because someone or some group gains by it.
a. True
b. False
Which stereotype of Asian Americans makes them especially vulnerable to bullying in
school?
a. They eat unusual foods
b. They are small in stature
c. They rarely fight back
d. They cry frequently
Unlike African Americans, American Indians
a. are a colonized minority group.
b. were used for cheap labor.
c. were considered a military threat.
d. are subject to stereotyping and discrimination.