Deck 9: Cross-Cultural Studies of Majority-Minority Relations

Question 1

Multinational corporations based in the United States and Europe extract natural resources and use inexpensive labor throughout much of Asia,Africa and Latin America,this is called:

A) Multiculturalism
B) Amalgamation
C) The global economy
D) Pluralism

Answer 1

C

Question 2

The present conflict in Northern Ireland is mainly about:

A) Religion
B) Tribalism
C) Colonialism
D) Economics

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The legally mandated system of racial classification,segregation,and discrimination in South Africa was called:

A) Jim Crow
B) Apartheid
C) Internal Colonialism
D) Amalgamation

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Who is the dominant group in Quebec,Canada?

A) The French-speaking population
B) The Indian population
C) The Cajun population
D) The English-speaking population

Question 5

When a country modernizes,intergroup relations can become increasingly fluid if the following condition exists:

A) The dominant group has great power relative to the subordinate group
B) The economy or social system is such that gains by minority group members are not viewed as a threat by the majority
C) There is no effective source of external pressure for more fluid intergroup relations
D) The dominant group is smaller in number than the subordinate group

Question 6

The patterns of assimilation in Mexico can be accounted for by:

A) Intolerance for dark-skinned people
B) Protestant notions of chosen people
C) Amalgamation practices
D) System of beliefs about a superior race of people

Question 7

There appears to be a relationship between urbanization and modernization and changes in majority-minority relationships around the world.Some of the ways urbanization and modernization have brought changes include all the following EXCEPT:

A) Mass communications
B) Creating demands for educated labor
C) Increased contact with other countries
D) Creating demands for unskilled labor force

Question 8

The program of elimination of the Bosnian Muslim population from areas of Bosnia that had Serbian majorities with an aim to establishing Serbian control is called:

A) Ethnic cleansing
B) Assimilation
C) Pluralism
D) Discrimination

Question 9

Yandu is a highly urban industrialized modern country.Its people are classified into nine ethnic classifications.All speak the same language and are equally divided into three religious groups.What would you predict about the level of ethnic conflict in this society?

A) High levels of conflict
B) Racially divided
C) Paternalistic
D) Harmonious

Question 10

The Soviet republic that has had ethnic massacres committed by virtually all of its ethnic groups against one another was:

A) Armenia
B) Yugoslavia
C) The Ukraine
D) Georgia

Question 11

Overall urbanization and modernization in South Africa gave rise to:

A) More fluid intergroup relations
B) Continued rigid intergroup relations with conflict
C) Little change in intergroup relations
D) A push for equality by the white population

Question 12

The reason for Hawaii's harmonious race relations is due to:

A) Strongly enforced state laws about racism
B) Strong religious values of the population
C) The fact that Hawaii has a very homogenous population in terms of race
D) The local population was never conquered or subordinated to racial or ethnic groups

Question 13

Which of the following countries has had a pseudocolonial relationship with the United States?

A) Iran under the Shah
B) England under Thatcher
C) Germany under Kohl
D) South Africa under de Klerk

Question 14

Which of the following is true about the former Soviet Union?

A) Russians were the dominant group and 50% of the population
B) Russians were the dominant group and 10% of the population
C) Georgians were the dominant group and 5% of the population
D) Ukrainians were the dominant group and 1% of the population

Question 15

Which ethnic group dominated the former Yugoslavia?

A) The Bosnians
B) The Croats
C) The Serbs
D) The Montenegrins

Question 16

On April 27,1994,who was elected president of South Africa?

A) Nelson Mandela
B) F.W. deKlerk
C) Marcus Garvey, Jr.
D) Winnie Mandela

Question 17

Germany has had more problems with opposition to immigration due to:

A) The fact that very few immigrants have been admitted to their country as compared to other Western nations
B) The fact that they have experienced serious economic difficulties recently
C) The fact that Germany has had a long history of a multicultural society
D) The fact that the process of unification gave a boost to the political system in Germany

Question 18

The Palestinian-Israeli conflict arose because:

A) The area is considered holy only to Arabs
B) Only the Palestinians have legitimate claim to the land
C) The Palestinians were seeking a safe homeland
D) The Palestinians came under the domination of a new Jewish population through the use of force

Question 19

When an indigenous group is made subordinate to another group entering from the outside,the result is usually:

A) Conflict and ethnic inequality
B) Cooperation and ethnic assimilation
C) Conflict and ethnic assimilation
D) Some combination of the above

Question 20

Racial/ethnic relations in Switzerland and Hawaii are harmonious due to all of the following EXCEPT:

A) Ethnically diverse groups came into the area mainly by choice
B) The local population was never conquered and subordinated
C) There are only two major racial or ethnic groups in each country
D) They have a large number of ethnic or racial groups

Question 21

1.Apartheid in South Africa represented one of the most rigid systems of racial inequality in the modern world.

Question 22

6.The internal colonialism of Hawaii is similar to that of South Africa.

Question 23

3.English-speaking Canadians have led the separatist movement in Quebec.

Question 24

Which of the following has helped to reduce the conflict in Quebec,Canada?

A) The two groups speak different languages
B) Overlapping cleavages in terms of socioeconomic status
C) One group is generally subordinate to the other
D) A history of colonization by the British

Question 25

Racial divisions tend to be more intense than ethnic divisions because:

A) These divisions usually involve class differences
B) Race makes discrimination easier because you can distinguish people by appearance
C) People tend to get angrier about race than ethnicity
D) People tend to share religions in ethnic groups and not in racial groups

Question 26

Current opposition in the United States to immigration is greatest for which ethnic or racial groups?

A) Those from the Middle East
B) Those from Haiti, Asia, Africa and Latin America
C) Those from Eastern Europe
D) Those from Cuba and Puerto Rico

Question 27

Which of the following is true?

A) Societies in which the dominant group is indigenous have the greatest amount of racial and ethnic stratification
B) Modernization and urbanization tend to undermine the development of minority group movements
C) Societies with a large number of racial and ethnic classifications tend to have more ethnic conflict
D) Societies with cross-cutting cleavages experience less intergroup conflict

Question 28

The harshest response to growing immigration in the early and mid-1990s has been in:

A) The United States
B) Germany
C) Great Britain
D) Canada

Question 29

7.Germany admits more immigrants than most Western countries.

Question 30

Which group has faced increased harassment and discrimination in the U.S.since September 11,2001.This group is:

A) White Americans
B) Black Americans
C) Arab Americans
D) Asian Americans

Question 31

In Northern Ireland the wealthy are primarily descendants of:

A) Irish Catholics
B) Scottish Presbyterians
C) English Anglicans
D) English Catholics

Question 32

Divisions,or cleavages,where all racial,religious,class and language divisions are cut the same way is called:

A) Crosscutting cleavages
B) Overlapping cleavages
C) Multiple cleavages
D) Solitary cleavages

Question 33

5.The presence of a colonial history causes intergroup inequality.

Question 34

9.The more cross-cutting cleavages in a society,the greater the ethnic or racial conflict.

Question 35

10.When two ethnic groups speak different languages the potential for conflict between them increases.

Question 36

2.Not all instances of severe intergroup conflict or stratification in the world involve different races.

Question 37

8.Industrialization is no guarantee of improved race relations.

Question 38

4.The impetus for the Jewish settlement of Palestine came not from the expansionist desires of a colonial power but in large part from the desire for a safe homeland.

Question 39

Most Arab Americans are:

A) Muslim
B) Hindu
C) Christian
D) Buddhist

Question 40

Which of the following is true?

A) Ethnic conflicts tend to be more intense when the groups involved speak different languages
B) International conflict with a nation associated with a minority group tends to result in support for the minority group
C) Surges of immigration often lead to increased ethnic understanding
D) Ethnic divisions tend to be more intense than racial divisions

Question 41

3.Why does a state like Hawaii with all its racial and ethnic diversity tend to have good race relations?

Question 42

2.What is ethnic cleansing and how was it used in the former Yugoslavia?

Question 43

1.How is colonization a factor in racial conflict in most countries?