According to recent research, which of the following is the biggest threat to traditional
American Indian culture?
a. Christianity
b. The American dream
c. Education
d. Intermarriage
During the Jim Crow era, whites and blacks were separated by extreme segregation.
While the free black electorate threatened the political and economic dominance of elite
white society, whites still wantedand neededblack labor. Which theory best explains
segregation under these conditions?
a. Blauner hypothesis
b. Noel hypothesis
c. Culture of poverty theory
d. Lieberson hypothesis
e. Marxist theory
Spousal immunity and federal tax benefits are two benefits of
a. parenthood.
b. employment.
c. marriage.
d. incarceration.
Cuban immigrants are to __________ as Puerto Ricans are to __________.
a. Texas; Florida
b. Florida; the Northeast
c. the southwest; California
d. New York; California
A major point in Gunnar Myrdal’s An American Dilemma is that:
a. Americans learn norms of fairness and justice along with norms that condone or
demand unequal treatment based on group membership
b. Even close siblings may have different levels of prejudice
c. Studies show little familial effect on prejudiced beliefs
d. None of the above
The Bogardus scale of social distance suggests that prejudice is based in:
a. Competition
b. Culture
c. The distinction between thought and action
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
Minority groups are disadvantaged usually as the result of the actions of another group
or groups who benefit from the arrangement.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following is true regarding the contact situations between American
Indians and the Spanish, French, and English?
a. The Spanish found large, well-organized social systems and therefore found it useful
to adapt to Aztec practices.
b. The French needed to cooperate with at least some American Indian tribes to
maximize the benefits of the economy they created.
c. The English met with smaller, less developed tribes and had no specific reason to
adapt to those social structures.
d. All of the above are true.
e. A and C are correct.
Asian Americans are diverse and have brought many different cultural and linguistic
traditions to the United States.
a. True
b. False
The Bureau of Indian Affairs tried to take into consideration the needs of various tribes
by asking tribal leaders for their input regarding policy.
a. True
b. False
Puerto Rico became a U.S. territory as a result of:
a. World War I
b. The American Civil War
c. The Spanish American War
d. A border dispute between Mexico and Cuba
e. World War II
The term “Hispanic American”:
a. Is widely applied, and since it is based on shared language, is seen as neutral and
non-offensive to non-Hispanics
b. Can have negative meanings and controversial connotations
c. Does not acknowledge the roots that some groups have to African and Native
American civilizations
d. Is a label that was invented and applied by the dominant group
e. All of the above
In American Indians tribes, women:
a. Often occupied important economic and political roles
b. Were always subordinate to men
c. Sometimes held economic power but never political power
d. Were excluded from all forms of gardening and farming
e. Could not be healers or teachers
When European immigrants moved out of northern slum areas, who was most likely to
move in after them?
a. White middle-class families
b. Single white women with children
c. African Americans moving from the South
d. Asian immigrants
e. Newer European immigrants
_____ people were murdered during the Rwandan conflict.
a.10,000
b. 100,000
c. 800,000
d. 8,000,000
Which gender-related issue would a third wave feminist most likely be concerned with?
a. Male/female inequality
b. Gender studies courses at a public university
c. The lack of intersexism in society
d. The standard male/female dichotomy
According to the social distance theory, prejudice can be attributed to conflict and
power struggle between groups.
a. True
b. False
The structural explanation of Asian American success in the United States emphasizes
contact situation, enclave economies, and group cohesion.
a. True
b. False
Max Weber distinguished three different sources of stratification in society: class,
prestige, and power.
a. True
b. False
According to adherents of the black power movement, which of the following methods
is best for empowering black Americans?
a. Honestly believing that black is beautiful and believing that blacks can be successful
b. Peaceful and patient assimilation along the lines of Booker T. Washington
c. Mobilization and marches on Washington similar to how A. Philip Randolph
organized the sleeping car porters
d. Liberating themselves on their own terms without regard to what white Americans
want
e. Separatism, including a possible return to Africa, as promoted by W. E. B. DuBois
The Indian reservations, like the slave plantations, could be considered paternalistic
systems with a colonized group.
a. True
b. False
Secondary structural assimilation can be assessed by examining the following
structures:
a. School integration
b. Political power
c. Rates of interracial marriage
d. Integration in various job sectors
e. A, B, and D
Attempts at acculturation by various American Indian tribes often resulted in the loss of
status and power by American Indian women.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following consequences was frequently imposed on black Southerners
who did not conform to the Jim Crow system?
a. Lynching
b. Banishment to northern cities
c. Disenfranchisement
d. Removal of one’s constitutional rights
Sex and gender are the same thing.
a. True
b. False
Black nationalism served as a new rallying cry for solidarity and unified action among
African Americans.
a. True
b. False
Between 1607 and 1890, thousands of American Indians were lost due to
a. warfare.
b. genocide.
c. assimilation.
d. infectious diseases.
In split labor market theory, there are three actors in the economic sector of an industrial
society. These actors are:
a. Elites, dominant race workers, and ethnic workers
b. Elites, higher-priced labor, and women
c. Elites, costly labor, and service sector workers
d. Elites, higher-priced labor, and cheaper labor
e. Owners of production, workers, slaves
During the civil rights movement, police often responded to nonviolent sit-ins and
protests at prayer meetings with brutal violence and imprisonment.
a. True
b. False
Approximately how much of the American Indian population was decimated since
colonization?
a. 10%
b. 25%
c. 33%
d. 50%
e. 75%
A recent study shows that a major factor in the probability of imprisonment for African
American males is growing up in a single-parent home.
a. True
b. False
The United States can best be described as a “melting pot” of people of different
cultures coming together to create a unique society.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following characteristics is not typical of ascribed status?
a. It is usually acquired at birth.
b. It typically cannot be changed easily.
c. It is usually involuntary.
d. It can be altered through hard work and motivation.
e. It is usually for life.