The term ________ has often been used in the United States to refer explicitly to
religion.
a. ethnophaulism
b. pluralism
c. ageism
d. ethnocentrism
Which of the following statements is true of LaPiere’s study?
a. The respondents to the questionnaires in LaPiere’s study held strong prejudiced
beliefs and were willing to act based on those asserted beliefs.
b. The results of LaPiere’s study showed that Whites were extremely prejudiced toward
the Chinese.
c. A flaw of LaPiere’s study was that even though LaPiere accompanied the couple, the
questionnaires suggested that the guests would be unescorted.
d. A merit of LaPiere’s study was that it used a standard scale to ascertain that the
respondents to the questionnaires were the people who had served LaPiere and the
Chinese couple.
Stay-at-home mothers entering the work force, following a divorce or death of spouse,
and who are not able to find full-time employment are referred to as ________.
a. displaced homemakers
b. second shifters
c. mommy tax payers
d. single mothers
Women’s suffrage became the law with the ________ to the Constitution.
a. Tenth Amendment
b. Second Amendment
c. Twenty-sixth Amendment
d. Nineteenth Amendment
The treaty in which the Sioux lost their land is known as the ________.
a. 1868 Fort Laramie Treaty
b. 1854 Treaty of Medicine Creek
c. 1934 Treaty of Relations
d. 1944 Bretton Woods Agreement
For Mexican Americans, the key term La Raza literally refers to ________.
a. the government
b. the church
c. the state
d. the race
________ is the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups
because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons.
a. Ethnophaulism
b. Assimilation
c. Discrimination
d. Ethnocentrism
In 2010, Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell designated April as ________ without
mention of slavery.
a. Black History Month
b. National Historic Preservation Month
c. Confederate History Month
d. National Native American Heritage Month
Puerto Rico’s value for the United States, as it had been for Spain, was mainly its
________.
a. technological environment
b. strategic location
c. climatic condition
d. cultural orientation
According to the dominant Whites of New England, the Irish were once thought to be
worse than freed Blacks because the Irish ________.
a. did not follow the Catholic church
b. accepted the behavior that was expected of them
c. had higher crime rates than others
d. did not suffer their maltreatment in silence
By far, the largest single denomination in the United States is ________.
a. Judaism
b. Islam
c. Buddhism
d. Catholicism
Which of the following statements is true of people with authoritarian personality?
a. They are unlikely to be prejudiced.
b. They disregard conventional values.
c. They are concerned with power and toughness.
d. They are aggressive toward people who conform to norms.
The Hispanic community’s ________ influences politicians to try and gain their
support.
a. rapid growth in population
b. increased commitment to a single party
c. limited participation in elections
d. decreased voter registrations
The suffrage movement succeeded in gaining women the right to vote. This is a truly
remarkable achievement because ________.
a. group solidarity was nonexistent among its advocates
b. the number of its supporters was steadily decreasing
c. women allegedly try to outwit men by feminine wiles
d. it had to rely on male legislators to ratify the right
Generally, racial profiling occurs when ________.
a. law enforcement officers assume that people fitting certain descriptions are likely to
be engaged in something illegal
b. members of the dominant group use race-neutral principles to defend the racially
unequal status quo
c. government officials grant rights and immunities as a particular benefit or favor to
Whites for being of the White race
d. ethnic and racial minorities speak to or about members of the dominant group in a
condescending way
________ occurs when a minority and a majority group combine to form a new group.
a. Expulsion
b. Fusion
c. Annihilation
d. Segregation
Congressional amendments to various acts designed to eliminate sexist practices from
almost all school systems are collectively called ________.
a. Reading First
b. Title IX
c. Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment
d. Equal Education Opportunity Act
________ are organized around a person’s district of origin in China.
a. Tsu
b. The hui kuan
c. Tongs
d. The hometown clubs
Which of the following is true of marriages between Asians and non-Asians in the
United States?
a. They have led to recognition of diversity in the United States.
b. They are severely regulated in a number of states.
c. They are more common than marriages within the same racial group.
d. They suggest weaker ties between the Chinese and Japanese to their native cultures.
The ________ refers to the barrier that talented Asian Americans face because of
resentment and intolerance directed toward Asian Americans.
a. bamboo ceiling
b. kanaka maoli
c. glass wall
d. reverse discrimination
In the 1860s, the Central Pacific’s labor force was predominantly Chinese. Which of the
following was a reason behind this?
a. Whites refused to do the backbreaking work over the Western terrain.
b. The Chinese were better skilled in railroad work.
c. There were not enough Irish laborers.
d. There was an epidemic which affected the other non-Chinese laborers.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was given the power to
________.
a. ensure that employees have a work environment free from recognized hazards
b. investigate complaints against employers
c. make recommendations to the President
d. ensure that employees do not work more than the maximum number of hours
established by the Commission
The ________ became a law in 1990 and created a national mandate to identify bias
crimes.
a. Civil Rights Act
b. Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act
c. Hate Crime Statistics Act
d. Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
Which of the following statements is true of the treatment met by Asian Americans?
a. Asian Americans are victims of both prejudice and violence.
b. The resentment against Asian Americans is limited to overt expressions of violence.
c. Asian American immigrants were characterized as morally superior.
d. Unlike other subordinate groups, Asian Americans are free from institutional
discrimination.
Which of the following terms has been historically used to address barriers that women
and minority group men have faced in the workplace?
a. glass shield
b. glass wall
c. glass ceiling
d. glass escalator
Joanne and Richard are both single parents looking for housing in a certain
neighborhood. Joanne is consistently quoted higher rents than Richard. If Joanne is
being redlined, it is because she differs from Richard in terms of ________.
a. race
b. income level
c. age
d. occupation
Which of the following arguments is used by supporters of immigration reform?
a. Tax revenues can be increased by legalizing immigrants.
b. The effect on the economy is due to remittances sent by immigrants.
c. The increased competition for jobs is due to the presence of immigrants.
d. The presence of immigrants helps lower divorce rates.
When asked to comment on their “Whiteness,” White people most likely see themselves
________.
a. stigmatized as racist
b. racially tolerant
c. ethnically diverse
d. pioneers of reverse discrimination
The presence of ________ reflects past fusion between different groups in Puerto Rico.
a. symbolic ethnicity
b. a glass ceiling
c. a color gradient
d. a functionalist perspective
In the United States, homosexuality is seen as a social issue because ________.
a. of policies like “don”t ask, don”t tell”
b. heterosexuality is taken for granted and healthy
c. many nonnative societies acknowledge same-sex love
d. of its growing acceptance and popularity
Anti-Jewish prejudice and discrimination is known as ________.
a. anti-Nazism
b. anti-Bogardus
c. anti-Semitism
d. anti-Apartheid
________ refers to a derisive slang for Mexicans who enter the United States illegally.
a. Braceros
b. Mojados
c. Marielitos
d. Neoricans
In states that have been barred from using race explicitly in admissions, ________.
a. enrolment of White students has lowered
b. students from minority groups are performing better academically
c. there has been no change in minority enrollment rates
d. Black and Latino enrollment has dropped
The ilchomose are also called ________.
a. kanaka maoli
b. the 1.5 generation
c. tongs
d. the second generation
At the end of 2009, which of the following states in the United States has had a woman
governor?
a. Washington
b. North Dakota
c. California
d. New York