It is possible for an individual to be prejudiced and not discriminate, but not for a
person to discriminate without being prejudiced.
a. True
b. False
According to segregated assimilation, descendants of a first generation immigrant who
has a working”class status and weak coethnic community will most likely
a. completely integrate into the social mainstream.
b. fully integrate into the economic mainstream.
c. lead an affluent lifestyle.
d. lead a deviant lifestyle.
Why do we know so little about anti-Indian racism?
a. Because Native Americans are a noble and proud group
b. Because anti-Indian racism is only evident during times of war
c. Because much of the discrimination had been institutional as opposed to individual
d. Because very few studies have examined this prejudice
Hispanic Americans are:
a. An ethnic group
b. A racial group
c. An ethnic and racial Group
d. None of the above
Hawaii is an example of relative peacefulness in a very diverse society.
a. True
b. False
Social science research shows that same-sex parents have a(n) __________ effect on
their children.
a. positive
b. adverse
c. negative
d. terminal
Although Native Hawaiians retain minority group status, according to your text they
compare favorably with American Indians and black Americans in terms of:
a. Education
b. Income and poverty
c. Home ownership
d. All of the above
e. A and B
Many of the recent Filipino immigrants were actively recruited in which of the
following areas to work in America today?
a. Education
b. Nursing
c. Computers
d. Science
Which immigrant group has faced a particularly negative stereotype in recent years?
a. Jamaicans
b. Haitians
c. Arab Americans
d. Africans
e. None of the above
Jamaican Americans live most often in ethnic enclave communities.
a. True
b. False
_____ was born in Jamaica and advocated a return to Africa for black Americans.
a. Jim Crow
b. Booker T. Washington
c. W. E. B. DuBois
d. Marcus Garvey
e. A. Philip Randolph
Among Hispanics, a split labor market exists that results in women being among the
lowest paid and most exploited in the labor market.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following is not one of the defining characteristics of a minority group?
a. Inequality
b. A pattern of disadvantage or inequality
c. Visible identifying traits or characteristics
d. Small group size
e. Usually determined by birth
Federal employees can claim their gay partner for purposes of federal benefits.
a. True
b. False
Multiracial women feel that other factors separate the needs of women.
a. True
b. False
The Jim Crow system ended as it had begun:
a. Gradually and in a series of discrete episodes and incidents
b. Suddenly with the passing of Plessy vs. Ferguson
c. The system has never ended
d. None of the above
e. All of the above
The expression of masculinity that is most privileged in society is called __________
masculinity.
a. hegemonic
b. heterogeneous
c. hedonistic
d. heterosexual
Racial and gender gaps are narrower in the military than in civilian society.
a. True
b. False
There are no substantial differences between the issues facing white women and those
facing women of color.
a. True
b. False
Socially constructed identities are:
a. Exhaustive
b. Mutually exclusive
c. Both exhaustive and mutually exclusive
d. Neither exhaustive nor mutually exclusive
Black southerners responded to segregation in part by moving to northern urban areas.
a. True
b. False
Stratification is another term for:
a. Prejudice
b. Discrimination
c. The unequal distribution of valued resources
d. Status symbol
e. All of the above
Which of the following best explains “irrational” forms of prejudice?
a. Personality-centered theories
b. Culture-based theories
c. Marxist analysis
d. Social distance theories
e. Split labor market theory
According to the Noel hypothesis, if two groups came together and the contact situation
featured ethnocentrism, competition between groups, and a differential in power, the
result of the contact would be:
a. Assimilation
b. Some system of inequality between the groups
c. Some conflict followed by cultural pluralism
d. Integration without acculturation
e. Warfare
Contrary to the perception that they are “unmelted,” research shows that Hispanic
groups follow many of the same patterns of assimilation as European groups.
a. True
b. False
Lawrence v. Texas 2003
a. Overturned the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA)
b. Overturned Don”t Ask, Don”t Tell
c. Overturned Bowers v. Hardwick
d. Overturned the McCarthy prosecutions
Between the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 and the Gadsden Purchase of 1853,
the Mexican population of what became the Southwest, without moving an inch from
their traditional villages and farms, became a conquered people and a minority group.
a. True
b. False
According to Weber, a princess who was rich but “fell on hard times” and lost all of her
wealth would be:
a. High on prestige, high on class
b. High on class, low on prestige
c. Low on class, low on power
d. High on prestige, low on class
e. High on power, low on class
Native Hawaiians are better off compared to African Americans, Native Americans, and
Mexican Americans.
a. True
b. False
Problems of minority group equality and access will eventually solve themselves or
fade away.
a. True
b. False
Which group benefited most from the continuing industrialization of the United States
in the twentieth century?
a. The descendants of European immigrants
b. African Americans
c. Chinese Americans
d. Puerto Ricans
e. Mexican Americans
American Indians were seen as ideal slaves because they were hard workers and were
close to the land.
a. True
b. False