When race is articulated or emphasized for Whites, it is more likely to ________.
a. be seen as threatening to Whites
b. restrict Whites from embracing their own race
c. allow them to embrace their national roots with pride
d. result in increased anti-Black bias
________ is the ratio of a person’s mental age to his or her chronological age,
multiplied by 100, with 100 representing average intelligence and higher scores
representing greater intelligence.
a. Emotional intelligence appraisal
b. Malleability of intelligence
c. Intelligence quotient
d. Spiritual intelligence
Which of the following accurately defines disability?
a. It is a reduced ability to perform tasks one would normally do at a given stage of life.
b. It is any overture that interferes with a person’s ability to perform a job and enjoy its
benefits.
c. It is the inability to be an active member of the nation’s economy in adulthood.
d. It is the continued dependence for substantial assistance from family in old age.
________ was a Mexican American who crusaded to organize migrant farm workers.
a. Reies Lpez
b. Csar Chvez
c. Vicente Lpez
d. Luis Gutierrez
Which of the following Latino communities are citizens by birth?
a. Columbians
b. Mexican Americans
c. Puerto Ricans
d. Cubans
Which of the following refers to the barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified
worker because of gender or minority membership?
a. the glass ceiling
b. the second shift
c. redlining
d. de jure segregation
Much of the land deeded under the Allotment Act of 1887 eventually came into the
possession of ________.
a. the tribal leaders
b. Native American families
c. non-Indians
d. the Black settlers
First generation Japanese immigrants to the United States are known as ________.
a. Issei
b. Sansei
c. Nisei
d. Kibei
In Brazil, the term ________ refers to the Whites.
a. brancos
b. prtos
c. morenos
d. mestizos
Jonathan is publicly attacked because of his sexual orientation. This is an example of
a(n) ________.
a. white-collar crime
b. crime against morality
c. organized crime
d. hate crime
________ is the development of solidarity between ethnic subgroups.
a. Panethnicity
b. Ethnocentrism
c. Assimilation
d. Amalgamation
Which of the following is true of the acknowledgment process established in 1978?
a. It was established by the Department of Justice.
b. According to it, the tribes are required to show that they are a blended group.
c. It was established by the combined efforts of Native American tribes.
d. It was setup to decide if any more tribes needed a government-to-government
relationship.
Ann was born into a Christian family and was very recently converted to Judaism after
her marriage. Which of the following conditions is necessary for Ann to be eligible for
an Israeli citizenship?
a. Her conversion must be performed by an Orthodox rabbi.
b. Her husband must give up Yiddishkait.
c. She must immigrate to Israel after her conversion.
d. She must start wearing a yarmulke.
Among the institutions Spain imported to Puerto Rico was ________.
a. maquiladoras
b. familism
c. panethnicity
d. slavery
Which of the following statements is true of wealth inequality?
a. The wealth gap between White households and Black and Latino households is
decreasing.
b. Black children are more likely to surpass their parents’ income than White children.
c. Well-off Black Americans are more likely to have acquired knowledge from their
parents about how to invest wisely.
d. The median wealth of White households is 20 times that of Black households.
The Issei moved to the cities during the 1920s because of ________.
a. the devastating effects of the Great Depression
b. passage of laws prohibiting discrimination in managerial positions
c. passage of laws making it easier for them to prosper in the urban centers
d. passage of laws making it difficult for them to remain in agriculture
William Ryan’s phrase “blaming the victim” refers to ________.
a. the dominance of the minority group over the racial majority
b. the efforts undertaken by society to protect racial and ethnic minorities
c. criticisms made by dominant groups against the government
d. the portrayal of the problems of racial and ethnic minorities as their fault
In 1898, the Supreme Court’s decision in Williams v. Mississippi ________.
a. upheld the right of the government to deny the right to vote on the basis of race,
ethnicity, and social status
b. approved the use of poll taxes, literacy tests, and residency requirements to
discourage Blacks from voting
c. strengthened Jim Crow laws and advocated the “separate but equal” accommodations
for Blacks
d. reaffirmed the importance of an integrated educational experience
In Israel, ________ defines who is a Jew and extends Israeli citizenship to all Jews.
a. kashrut
b. Aliyah
c. the Law of Return
d. the pass laws
The assimilationist view argues that to succeed in larger White-dominated society, it is
important for Native Americans to ________.
a. start shedding the native beliefs and lifestyles as soon as possible
b. promote embracing the past
c. protest against the education system established by White-dominated society
d. start using curricula that the Native American youth should learn in their homes and
communities
Which of the following statements is true of Jewish religious life?
a. Jews who have not participated in Jewish religious life are not considered Jews.
b. The presence of a religious tradition is an important tie among Jews.
c. All American Jews are affiliated with a synagogue or temple.
d. Jewish identity and participation in the Jewish religion are one and the same.
In the context of race and ethnic relations, which of the following is a similarity
between Brazil and the United States?
a. Both countries imported Asians as slaves to meet the demand for laborers.
b. The majority of population of both countries was composed of African descendants.
c. The manumission of both countries followed a similar pattern.
d. Both countries are similar in their treatment of indigenous people.
Jewish law covering obligations and duties is termed as ________.
a. Yiddishkait
b. halakha
c. shadchan
d. kashrut
The fringe-of-values theory has been used to explain the stereotypes created throughout
history toward Jews and ________.
a. governance
b. money
c. religion
d. education
Which of the following lays emphasis on ethnic food and ethnically associated political
issues rather than deeper ties to one’s heritage?
a. ethnic paradox
b. civil religion
c. secessionist minority
d. symbolic ethnicity
Who among the following is most likely to minimize the number of Jews killed during
the Holocaust?
a. a Holocaust survivor
b. a Holocaust revisionist
c. a Zionist
d. a Holocaust critic
The ________ takes the view that prejudice is influenced by situations that encourage
or discourage the tolerance of minorities.
a. scapegoating theory
b. exploitation theory
c. normative approach
d. contact hypothesis
The type of school discrimination that results from residential patterns is called
________.
a. de facto segregation
b. tracking
c. differential justice
d. racial steering
With regard to framing of the issues of people with disabilities, which of the following
perspectives of the Americans with Disability Act is accurate?
a. It excludes the civil-rights view of disabilities.
b. It takes the perspective adopted by nations such as Great Britain.
c. It sees disability as totally an entitlement issue automatically providing certain
benefits.
d. It is of the view that people with disabilities are being denied certain rights.
Which of the following is an example of racial profiling?
a. Kendrick, an African American, is recruited as a pilot for a commercial airliner.
b. Zayn, an Arab American, is stopped at a turnpike on suspicion of possessing armed
weapons.
c. Andrew, a White American, is issued a speeding ticket for going ten miles over the
limit.
d. Henry, a Mexican American, is appointed as the brand ambassador of a motorbike
company.
The Bogardus scale was conceptualized to measure ________ empirically.
a. social distance
b. racial bias
c. gender inequality
d. economic disparity
Which of the following statements is true of the Battle of Wounded Knee II of 1973?
a. It took place between Cherokee and Apache tribes.
b. It involved the occupation of the site of the infamous cavalry assault of 1890.
c. The leader of the confrontation received no support, yet managed to get successful
results.
d. The occupation received negligible press coverage.
In his book, The Filter Bubble, online political activist Eli Pariser contends that when a
search engine filters searches, it encloses people in a kind of “invisible bubble” or
“walled garden” that ________.
a. limits what they see to what they are already familiar with
b. exposes them to new, exciting information that knows no boundaries
c. enables them to discover ideas that are outside their comfort zone
d. ensures that they are connected to other people all the time
According to the U.S. Supreme Court, which of the following encompass a woman’s
decision whether or not to terminate a pregnancy?
a. the Fourteenth Amendment
b. the Twentieth Amendment
c. the Second Amendment
d. the Nineteenth Amendment
Which of the following statements reflects the Mexican experience in the United
States?
a. Mexican Americans who inherited land proved no match for Anglo lawyers.
b. Mexican Americans’ interests won whenever Mexican Americans and Anglo interests
conflicted.
c. Mexican Americans were granted grazing privileges for their cattle on public lands.
d. Mexican Americans were regarded as a group of unconquered people.