Children as young as 5 to 6 months are capable of distinguishing some aspects of
gender and race between categories of people.
a. True
b. False
For much of the twentieth century, while industrialization and urbanization changed the
situations of other minority groups, American Indians remained:
a. On the fringes of development and change
b. Marginalized
c. Relatively powerless
d. Isolated
e. All of the above
Common patterns in the process of assimilation followed by European immigrants and
their descendants include:
a. Assimilation by generation
b. Ethnic succession
c. Structural mobility
d. Individual effort leading to mobility
e. A, B, and C
Among the following, the highest percentage of poverty can be found among:
a. European American women
b. African American men
c. African American women
d. European American children
e. African American children
A criticism of the authoritarian personality theory of prejudice is that it:
a. Explains individual prejudice
b. Does not consider the social settings in which an individual is acting
c. Takes family into consideration
d. B and C
e. None of the above
The concept of multiculturalism includes:
a. The idea of mutual respect for all groups and heritages
b. The ultimate goal that we will all be one nationalityAmericans
c. The intermarriage of Protestants, Catholics, and Jews
d. Segregation from people who are “racially inferior” to you
e. Being tolerant of people who are less accomplished than you
Physical attractiveness is more important for men than women.
a. True
b. False
The racial background of Mexican Americans is mainly:
a. Native American and African
b. African and European
c. Native American and European
d. Asian and European
e. Native American only
Following emancipation, there was a significant increase in marriages among African
Americans.
a. True
b. False
Industrialization is the shift from a manufacturing economy to a service sector
economy.
a. True
b. False
According to some sociologists, colonized minority groups such as Chicanos and
Puerto Ricans have not been encouraged to assimilate because they are valued primarily
for their cheap labor and are seen as otherwise less valuable.
a. True
b. False
Sociologist Stanley Lieberson argues that the great migration of blacks to the North had
which of the following effects on white immigrants?
a. It improved the status of white immigrants by providing a comparison that made
immigrant whites seem less undesirable.
b. It created unbearable tension between immigrant groups and newly arriving blacks.
c. It created a multicultural community of immigrant whites and newly arriving
blackswho struggled together against the dominant group.
d. According to Lieberson, all of the above are correct.
e. According to Lieberson, A and C are correct.
__________________came to America because of religious persecution and planned to
make America their home from the beginning.
a. Eastern European Jews
b. Sojourners
c. Southern Italians
d. Africans
e. All of the above
Many sociologists consider Cuban Americans a “success story” because they earn more
than Puerto Ricans and Mexicans. However, the poverty rate for Cuban Americans is
still three times as high as it is for non-Hispanic whites.
a. True
b. False
When power differentials in a society are not very extreme, which of the following
stereotypes is most likely to emerge about a minority group?
a. Lazy
b. Stupid
c. Too smart
d. Irresponsible
e. Evil
Which group established an ethnic enclave similar to the Cubans?
a. Japanese
b. Chinese
c. Vietnamese
d. Filipinos
e. Indians
Exposure of slaves to religion was carefully controlled and emphasized those aspects of
Christianity that stress the virtues of meekness and humility.
a. True
b. False
Attempt to change traditional views on what constitutes positive societal norms
describes the philosophy of:
a. Gender reform feminism
b. Gender resistant feminism
c. Gender rebellion feminism
d. Cultural feminism
The population of the United States is currently:
a. Affected by long-standing unresolved minority issues
b. Affected by rising immigration rates
c. Increasingly diverse
d. Increasingly multilingual
e. All of the above
Minority women have been doubly oppressed because of their gender roles and their
minority group status.
a. True
b. False
According to the textbook, immigrant women are overrepresented in which of the
following occupational category?
a. Service jobs
b. Management
c. Manual labor
d. Government sponsored training programs
e. A and C
Compared to Cuban immigrants who immigrated during the 1980s, Cubans who
immigrated to the U.S. during the height of the cold war were perceived
a. suspiciously.
b. warmly.
c. with disgust.
d. with hostility.
Researchers taking a “nurture” perspective argue that women and men are different
because:
a. God has made women and men differently
b. Females and males have significantly different levels of the hormone testosterone
c. Girls and boys are taught to act in different ways
d. Females and males are “hardwired” differently in their biology
The ethnic conflict in Rwanda shows how difficult it is to deal with centuries old,
ethnicallybased animosities between peoples.
a. True
b. False
The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, one of the nation’s first restrictive immigration
laws, banned virtually all immigration from China for many years.
a. True
b. False
Affirmative action:
a. Is a group of programs that attempt to reduce the effects of past discrimination or
increase diversity in the workplace or in schools
b. Has helped black males more than any other program in history
c. Has limited the number of Asian Americans hired to work in upper management
d. Applies only to racial minorities, not women
The United States can best be described as a “melting pot” of people of different
cultures coming together to create a unique society.
a. True
b. False
Which statement summarizes the general concern with the USA Patriot Act?
a. It removes Arab Americans from aircraft based on their ethnicity.
b. It allows for policies that violate basic civil liberties.
c. It prevents Arab Americans from enrolling in U.S. colleges and universities.
d. It promotes targeting by fundamentalist Christian groups.
The most visible marker of minority group membership is skin color, and it is:
a. The most reliable marker
b. Superficial and relatively unimportant
c. Regarded as a matter of great significance
d. A creation of historical and social processes
e. B, C, and D above
By 1960, Japanese Americans had an occupational profile _________to that of whites
except that they were ____________ among professionals.
a. similar, overrepresented
b. similar, underrepresented
c. different, overrepresented
d. different, underrepresented
e. It’s hard to tell as data weren’t routinely gathered about Asian Americans until the
1980s
Ironically, the status of Japanese women improved during their incarceration in the
relocation camps, as their pay increased and they were freed from traditional
housework.
a. True
b. False