Deck 2: Together or Apart Some Competing Views

Question 1

All of the following fit the early "American" assimilation patter,except:

A)English cultured.
B)Protestant.
C)English languaged.
D)non-White.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

By the 17th century,the ________ had become established as the "native" group along the Atlantic seaboard.

A)Anglo Americans
B)African Americans
C)Native Americans
D)Irish Americans

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The most important alternative to assimilation theory is ________ ________ according to the authors.

A)conflict theory
B)consensus theory
C)internal colonialism
D)external political

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Which group had the more difficult challenge in taking on the Anglo culture by assimilation via substitution?

A)Whites
B)Dutch
C)Native Americans
D)French

Question 5

Assimilation theorists often come under attack by conflict theorists for all of the following except:

A)ignoring power differences.
B)confusing assimilation as a matter of fact with a desirable condition.
C)not applying to non-Whites.
D)overemphasizing the struggles on non-Whites.

Question 6

In Chapter Two,the authors keep their discussion of assimilation at the:

A)societal level.
B)group level.
C)personal level.
D)immigrant level.

Question 7

An unfavorable action toward people because they belong to a certain group is called:

A)prejudice.
B)discrimination.
C)violence.
D)harassment.

Question 8

In the Anglo-conformity model,cultural assimilation occurs by:

A)addition.
B)substitution.
C)subtraction.
D)multiplication.

Question 9

If a minority immigrant group keeps their culture and adapts the mainstream culture,then they have practiced assimilation by:

A)substitution.
B)subtraction.
C)addition.
D)multiplication.

Question 10

The authors divide Gordon's typology into all of the following except:

A)structural assimilation.
B)educational assimilation.
C)primary assimilation.
D)secondary assimilation.

Question 11

Which of the following could fully assimilate into Anglo conformist America,if they had the desire to do so?

A)Dutch
B)Native Americans
C)Mexican Americans
D)African Americans

Question 12

According to Chapter Two,many of the ________ did not move through all of the levels of assimilation and they did not necessarily want to do so.

A)Irish
B)Dutch
C)Native Americans
D)French

Question 13

When prejudice disappears,then ________ assimilation has occurred.

A)behavior
B)economic
C)legal
D)attitude

Question 14

Structural assimilation focuses on ________ relationships,according to Gordon.

A)secondary
B)tertiary
C)primary
D)extra-racial

Question 15

Assimilation theories are generally referred to as ________ or order theories.

A)conflict
B)consensus
C)immigrant
D)emigrant

Question 16

According to Gordon,a group may assimilate ________ without necessarily proceeding through the remaining levels of assimilation.

A)culturally
B)biologically
C)economically
D)attitude receptional

Question 17

An unfavorable attitude toward people because they belong to a certain group is called:

A)prejudice.
B)discrimination.
C)violence.
D)harassment.

Question 18

If a minority immigrant group trades their culture and adapts the mainstream culture,then they have practiced assimilation by:

A)substitution.
B)subtraction.
C)addition.
D)multiplication.

Question 19

Theories predicting that intergroup association over long periods of time will generate lasting hostility are examples of:

A)conflict theories.
B)consensus theories.
C)immigrant theories.
D)emigrant theories.

Question 20

In Chapter Two,the authors list ________ subprocesses of assimilation that may lead to a situation in which subordinate and dominant groups become indistinguishable from one
Another.

A)three
B)five
C)six
D)eight

Question 21

After secondary assimilation,identificational assimilation comes next.

Question 22

Blauner argued that "the communities of color in America share essential conditions with Third World nations abroad." These include all of the following,except:

A)high birth rates.
B)economic underdevelopment.
C)heritage of colonialism.
D)lack of political autonomy.

Question 23

Prejudices are rarely judgements of others.

Question 24

The authors agree with Gordon that there are subprocesses of assimilation.

Question 25

Natives had little influence on the survival and subsistence of the European settlers.

Question 26

The melting-pot ideology ________ the idea that the Anglo-American core should remain as it was before assimilation occurred.

A)accepts
B)rejects
C)confirms
D)disproves

Question 27

Sometimes assimilation includes the adoption of cultural standards form groups other than the
mainstream group in a society.

Question 28

The Europeans displaced the Native Indians in America,then assumed they were the natives.

Question 29

Which perspective offers the broader range of possible models than the others?

A)Anglo-conformity
B)melting pot
C)cultural pluralism
D)secondary assimilation

Question 30

When minority groups assimilate,yet remain distinguishable,they have probably experienced
cultural assimilation by addition.

Question 31

Park and Gordon disagreed that cultural assimilation must lead to other forms of assimilation.

Question 32

"Americans" from the earliest periods in 1600s history came to mean English speakers.

Question 33

The authors argued that according to the Anglo-conformity model,the very meaning of the word "American" had become:

A)substituted.
B)diversified.
C)anglicized.
D)Africanized.

Question 34

Which model do the authors use as their reference point for this book?

A)Anglo-conformity
B)melting pot
C)cultural pluralism
D)secondary assimilation

Question 35

Which researcher presented an anti-assimilationist model?

A)Park
B)Blauner
C)Gordon
D)Kallen

Question 36

The ideology of cultural pluralism can be traced specifically to:

A)Kallen.
B)Gordon.
C)Handlin.
D)Park.

Question 37

A complete merger means no more prejudice nor discrimination will occur between the
minority group and dominant group members.

Question 38

For Gordon,the formation of secondary relationships was the key factor.

Question 39

Secondary assimilation does not always follow primary assimilation in the lists presented in
the text.

Question 40

According to the Anglo-conformity model,which goals concerning assimilation have both groups agreeing that the other's group members will be accepted as close friends and members of their primary groups?

A)cultural
B)secondary
C)marital
D)primary

Question 41

Any group wishing to complete Anglo-conformity assimilation must continue to struggle over
values and power.

Question 42

Gordon did NOT believe that a merger of two groups was inevitable in his model of
assimilation.

Question 43

Almost all of the Dutch gave up their culture and their language.

Question 44

Pluralists believe that no one can become 100 percent American.

Question 45

Separationists do not seek for a total separation from mainstream society.

Question 46

Any group wishing to complete Anglo-conformity assimilation must go beyond intermarriage.

Question 47

The Catholic belief system was at the core of Anglo-conformity.

Question 48

The authors ignore the issue of the beliefs different people hold concerning how the ethnic
groups of our society ought to relate to one another.

Question 49

Kallen argued that ethnically distinctive groups need NOT disappear to have a culturally
plural society.

Question 50

In 1783 J.Hector St.John Crevecoeur asked "What then is the American,this new man? He is
neither a European nor a descendent of a European..."