Education is a key factor in successful assimilation today.
a. True
b. False
Queer is:
a. A term used to address someone who practices a variety of nontraditional sexual
behaviors
b. Is another term for being gay
c. Has no particular meaning
d. Is a term that is no longer used
Explanations for the persistence of prejudice through time stress:
a. Competition
b. Culture
c. Socialization
d. All of the above
e. B and C
The degree of income inequality between African Americans and European Americans
has lessened during the past 30 years.
a. True
b. False
Structural pluralism exists when groups have not acculturated and each maintains its
own identity.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following countries is the poorest?
a. Haiti
b. Jamaica
c. Iran
d. Egypt
e. Mexico
The culture of poverty theory states that poverty:
a. Is a result of job loss
b. Those born outside poverty are unable to escape it
c. Is perpetuated by particular characteristics of the poor
d. Does not exist for older Americans because of Social Security
As a result of the Dawes Act of 1887, American Indians:
a. Were barred from dominant group schools
b. Lost the right to vote
c. Lost most of their land
d. Were barred from joining the U.S. Army
e. Became increasingly independent
The black power movement addressed the massive problems of racial inequality
remaining after the victories of the civil rights movement.
a. True
b. False
The red power movement occurred in the 1960s and was very successful.
a. True
b. False
The dual justice system in the United States refers to
a. the idea that law enforcement officers often target young, African American males.
b. a distinction between adult and juvenile consequences of crime.
c. specialty courts such as drug and mental health courts that address specific issues
relevant to minority groups.
d. the concept that black adults and juveniles are more likely to receive harsher
treatment than are whites charged with similar crimes.
One possible source of development and further conflict is in the potentially lucrative
gambling industry.
a. True
b. False
All of the 37 tribally-controlled colleges offer four-year degrees.
a. True
b. False
The social conception of race retains a great deal of strength in everyday life in the
United States.
a. True
b. False
Marx believed that the ultimate result of class struggle would be the victory of the
working class and a classless society.
a. True
b. False
In what way did the red power movement lead to more assimilation?
a. The federal government was successfully forced to honor all treaty obligations.
b. American Indians from different tribes had to find common bonds to work together.
c. Loyalty to tribal traditions was strengthened.
d. Younger American Indians were alienated from the more assimilated older
generation.
e. Militant American Indian women joined forces with the Women’s Liberation
Movement.
The statement that African Americans voted against southern segregation “with their
feet” referred to the dance and blues music that developed during this time period.
a. True
b. False
Stella tells her children that most Mexican Americans have a weak work ethic and are
uneducated. Stella is stereotyping Mexican Americans using
a. the culture of poverty.
b. irrational cognitions.
c. affective stereotypes.
d. a discrete prejudice.
Which of the following Asian groups are considered “model minorities”?
a. Japanese and Chinese
b. Koreans and East Indians
c. Vietnamese and Cambodians
d. None of the above
e. All of the above
The fact that some Asian American women decide to change the shape of their eyes and
noses suggests there is pressure to acculturate on a __________ level.
a. cultural
b. physical
c. submissive
d. sexual
Which of the following are the most prominent differences between Mexican
Americans and Anglo Americans?
a. Mexican Americans don’t emphasize family relations as much as do Anglo
Americans, in part because of the nature of seasonal labor that often requires staying
away from their homes for long periods of time.
b. Mexican Americans tend to be more active in religious life (e.g., church attendance)
than Anglo Americans.
c. No matter how similar their length of residence in the United States, social class, and
educational backgrounds is to other Americans, Mexican Americans still tend to have
different value systems.
d. The dominant society (i.e., Anglo American society) is largely Protestant while most
Mexican Americans are Catholic.
e. Mexican Americans tend to support “machismo,” while Anglo Americans don’t.
American Indians were gradually pushed to near extinction by:
a. Growing power of white Americans
b. Greater resource base of white Americans
c. Increasing technological superiority of white Americans
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
Tom thinks that people in India lack intelligence because many of them are starving but
they won’t kill and eat the cows that roam freely. We could say that Tom is ethnocentric.
a. True
b. False
The pathway of each new immigrant group is strongly influenced by the amount of
human capital they bring.
a. True
b. False
Which Asian American group is the most acculturated?
a. Japanese American
b. Chinese American
c. Korean American
d. Vietnamese American
All of the following are ways racial residential segregation has been preserved today
except
a. black customers are required to furnish greater down payments.
b. blacks are charged higher interest rates.
c. black customers are told that a unit is already sold or rented.
d. black housing applications are blatantly denied when gatekeepers see their race.
Under the Jim Crow system, as under slavery, the subordination of the African
American community was reinforced and supplemented by an elaborate system of:
a. Grapevine gossip
b. Racial etiquette
c. Cross burning
d. Social Networking
e. All of the above
Racism is a prerequisite for prejudice.
a. True
b. False
Strong norms of patriarchy determined the appropriate work for Italian female
immigrants. They tended to work:
a. In jobs that could be done at home
b. In single-sex settings among other immigrant women
c. With older men in factory settings
d. A and B above
e. None of the above
Today, job growth in the United States is largely in manufacturing.
a. True
b. False
An example of cultural assimilation or acculturation would be an immigrant from India
changing his or her eating habits to “American foods,” such as hamburgers and french
fries instead of curry and rice.
a. True
b. False
The black power movement and the Nation of Islam encouraged full participation of
black women as leaders in their movements.
a. True
b. False
Hispanic Americans comprise about _____ of the total U.S. population.
a. 1%
b. 5%
c. 13%
d. 15%
e. 29%