The Niagara Movement’s legacy was ________.
a. documenting slave revolts that accelerated the intensity of oppression
b. enduring poverty that gripped a large proportion of the descendants of slavery
c. making amendments for the injustice of slavery
d. educating a new generation of African Americans in the politics of protest
Which of the following approaches explains how racism can stigmatize a group as
inferior so that the victimization of that group can be justified?
a. contact hypothesis
b. self-fulfilling prophecy
c. normative approach
d. exploitation theory
The ________ says that prejudiced people believe they are society’s victims.
a. world systems theory
b. fringe-of-values theory
c. scapegoating theory
d. riff-raff theory
Which of the following statements is true of the condition of slaves as evident through
the research conducted by W. E. B. Du Bois and many others?
a. Slave women were often identified as a slave man’s possession.
b. Slave parents decided at what age children would begin working in the fields.
c. Slave couples could get their marriage registered in a court of law.
d. Slave men’s only recognized family role was to sire offspring.
________ is characterized by vandalism of mosques and organized resistance to Arabic
school openings.
a. Islamophobia
b. Zeusophobia
c. Xenophobia
d. Acrophobia
Dominant group members tend to have better material comforts and more political
freedom than minority groups. Sociologists refer to this type of inequality as ________.
a. total deprivation
b. relative deprivation
c. ethnocentrism
d. prejudice
Which of the following statements is true of the hijab worn by the Muslim community?
a. It is unanimously supported by all Muslim women in the United States.
b. It is a head covering or a face veil worn by the women.
c. It is meant to add glamour to a woman’s dress.
d. It is a turban worn the men.
Which of the statements is true of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act?
a. It was a step to resolve sovereignty of the Alaska Natives.
b. The immigrants to Alaska gave up their claims of land in exchange for payments.
c. It addressed Native hunting and fishing rights of the Alaska Natives.
d. It laid down strict regulations for Alaska Native government.
Which of the following represent the Sansei?
a. the first generation immigrants from Japan
b. the second generation, American-born Japanese
c. the third generation, American-born Japanese
d. the Japanese Americans sent back to Japan for school and arranged marriages
A visible activity of the American Indian Movement (AIM) has been its efforts to
________.
a. gain clemency for Leonard Peltier, one of its leaders
b. prove the criminal status of Dennis Banks, an AIM leader
c. prohibit the release of the documentary Incident at Oglala
d. organize a walk called the Trail of Tears
The parents of former Senator Daniel Inui were born in Japan, while he was born in the
U.S. The former Senator from Hawaii is a(n) ________.
a. Issei
b. Kibei
c. Sansei
d. Nisei
________ has been adopted as the state policy in Canada for more than two decades.
a. Apartheid
b. Assimilation
c. Multiculturalism
d. Nativism
Which of the following statements is true of the occurrence of disability in individuals?
a. Ethnic minorities with disabilities have more access to assistance than White people
with disabilities.
b. Racial and ethnic minorities are disproportionately more likely to experience
disabilities.
c. African Americans report the lowest rates of disability.
d. Hispanic people with disabilities are graduating from college more than White people
with disabilities.
Which of the following accurately defines nativism?
a. It refers to the use of race-neutral principles to defend the nonnative populations.
b. It refers to the practice of immigrants sponsoring other immigrants who, in turn,
sponsor still more.
c. It refers to beliefs and policies favoring native-born citizens over immigrants.
d. It refers to continuing dependence of former colonies on foreign countries.
The program of deporting Mexicans during the 1930s was called ________.
a. los mojados
b. repatriation
c. Operation Wetback
d. the bracero program
Which of the following statements is true of the Cobell class action lawsuit?
a. The case was filed under the trust arrangements created by the Reorganization Act.
b. The case was filed on behalf of half a million Whites in the United States.
c. The government had well documented records to present their case.
d. The government was charged with cheating billions of dollars in royalties.
Jos is a typical young mestizo living in contemporary Mexico. Which of the following
statements will most likely hold true for Jos?
a. Jos belongs to a community that wants to break away from Mexico and form a
separate nation.
b. Jos identifies with Mexico’s growing upper class.
c. Jos belongs to a community that is backward and resistant to progress and modern
ways of living.
d. Jos belongs to a community that has developed their own distinct culture.
________ was born not of Black but of White violence.
a. The Niagara Movement
b. Black Power
c. The Civil Disobedience Movement
d. Jim Crow
Which of the following political trends amongst Muslims and Arab Americans is true?
a. A majority of them tend to vote for the Democrats.
b. A majority of them tend to favor the Republicans.
c. A majority of them perceive the Republicans as being more sensitive to the problems
facing Arab and Muslim countries.
d. A majority of them become politically active only when they feel that their residency
is at stake.
Samantha, a 66-year-old White employee in Mexico, was unfairly replaced by her firm
by 43-year-old Mei who is of Japanese origin. In this scenario, Samantha can report a
case of ________.
a. sex discrimination
b. race discrimination
c. age discrimination
d. reverse discrimination
Which of the following is true about Qubcois?
a. They represent the German speaking people of Quebec.
b. They are satisfied with the bilingual status of the province.
c. They have reasserted their identity and sought to dominate in Quebec.
d. They are the Anglophone community residing in the province of Quebec.
________ reflects that no single faith is privileged over all others.
a. Civil religion
b. Religious ethnicity
c. Religious deprivation
d. Model religion
Which of the following measures can prove to be effective in influencing reluctant
liberals toward less discriminatory behavior?
a. equal-opportunity legislation
b. diversity workshop
c. public relations campaign
d. cross-cultural training
One of the factors that explains why official unemployment rates for young African
Americans are so high is that ________.
a. many African Americans are seen as socially capable by the White society
b. many African Americans receive low financial aids
c. Black middle-class men continue to be in the labor force even at an old age
d. many African Americans live in the depressed economy of the central cities
Which of the following statements is true of Brazil?
a. Brazil was never colonized by Europeans.
b. Brazil’s indigenous people are the most affluent of its communities.
c. Brazil imported Black Africans as slaves to meet the demand for laborers.
d. Brazil is considered as a developed nation.
According to Merton’s typology, a person who harbors prejudice but will not
discriminate if discrimination costs money or reduces profits is called a(n) ________.
a. all-weather liberal
b. timid bigot
c. all-weather bigot
d. reluctant liberal
________ are private contracts entered into by neighborhood property owners
stipulating
that property could not be sold or rented to certain minority groups, thus ensuring that
they could not live in the area.
a. Jim Crow laws
b. De facto laws
c. Restrictive covenants
d. Slave codes
In 1654, the Jews of Sephardic origin, immigrating to the United States, ________.
a. were explorers seeking new lands and adventure
b. were refugees expelled from their countries of residence
c. were religious preachers with intentions to introduce their religion to the natives
d. were refugees escaping the Holocaust in Germany
The large majority of Muslims in the United States are ________.
a. Ibadis
b. Ahmadiyyas
c. Shi”is
d. Sunnis
In contemporary America, which of the following is true of homophobia?
a. Families of homosexuals are no longer homophobic.
b. Mass media has always been fighting homophobia.
c. Homophobic myths keep homosexuals oppressed as a group.
d. Homophobia has increased in workplaces and official policies.
Civil rights activist Carmichael and political scientist Hamilton introduced the concept
of ________ to refer to covert acts committed collectively against an entire group.
a. pluralism
b. institutional discrimination
c. color-blind racism
d. institutional racism
Which of the following statements is true of the occupational profile of Chinese
Americans?
a. Whites did not object to Chinese in domestic service occupations.
b. Chinese Americans avoid opportunities in management and related occupations.
c. Whites did not allow Chinese students to remain in the United States following the
completion of their advanced degrees.
d. Chinese Americans in the laundry trade received tough competition from White men.
In the context of criminal justice, which of the following statements is true of Blacks?
a. Blacks are more likely to be able to afford private attorneys than Whites.
b. Crimes involving Black victims are viewed as more socially significant than those
involving White victims.
c. Most of all the violent crimes against Whites are perpetrated by Blacks.
d. Blacks are more likely to be victims of violent crimes than are Whites.
The Ku Klux Klan had its largest membership just after ________.
a. World War I
b. Reconstruction
c. Regeneration
d. World War II
People with disabilities have been socially disadvantaged throughout history. The
reason behind this is ________.
a. the limits of their own skills
b. the special treatment received by the disabled at home, school, and work
c. the assumptions made about them based on some group characteristics
d. the view that the disabled are complex human beings who may have individual
strengths and weaknesses