Deck 2: Together or Apart Some Competing Views

Question 1

According to your text,as the English colonized the North American continent,the Native ? Indians had to conform or:

A) fight to the death.
B) pillage and plunder.
C) retreat to other lands.
D) poison the water supplies.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

When majority and minority group members have the belief that they are part of the same ? ethnic group,________ assimilation has occurred.

A) structural
B) marital
C) identificational
D) behavior receptional

Answer 2

C

Question 3

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.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

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

Question 5

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 6

Structural assimilation focuses on ________ relationships,according to Gordon.

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

Question 7

When prejudice disappears,then ________ assimilation has occurred.

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

Question 8

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

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

Question 9

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 10

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 11

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

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

Question 12

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

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

Question 13

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 14

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 15

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 16

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 17

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

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

Question 18

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 19

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 20

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

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

Question 21

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

Question 22

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 23

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 24

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

Question 25

Which researcher presented an anti-assimilationist model?

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

Question 26

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 27

After secondary assimilation,identificational assimilation comes next.

Question 28

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

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

Question 29

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 30

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 31

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

Question 32

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

Question 33

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

Question 34

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

Question 35

The ideology of cultural pluralism can be traced specifically to:

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

Question 36

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

Question 37

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 38

Prejudices are rarely judgements of others.

Question 39

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

Question 40

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 41

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..."

Question 42

Contrast the core ideas of Kallen and Gordon in terms of assimilation.Focus only on the core ? differences as they relate to American experience.

Question 43

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 44

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

Question 45

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

Question 46

Define cultural assimilation by substitution and by addition and provide an example for each.

Question 47

How might Blauner criticize Gordon at the personal,group,and larger social levels of ? American experience?

Question 48

Take the position that America is NOT a melting pot,but rather something different.Be ? detailed about what different means.
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Question 49

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

Question 50

Pluralists believe that no one can become 100 percent American.

Question 51

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

Question 52

Describe ten ways in which America has become a pluralist society,providing evidence for ? your claims.

Question 53

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

Question 54

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

Question 55

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

Question 56

Contrast the three assimilationist theories in terms of primary,secondary group,and cultural ? assimilation.

Question 57

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

Question 58

Briefly explain the problems that African Americans,Mexican Americans,and Native ? Americans have in fitting into the Anglo conformity experience.

Question 59

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

Question 60

What are the core concerns of conflict theorists about assimilation theorists?

Question 61

Briefly explain who benefits the most from Anglo-conformity,cultural pluralist,and ? separationist perspectives.

Question 62

Describe the basic differences between separationist and secessionist ideologies.How might ? the U.S.Federal Government respond to a large scale movement from either of these ? perspectives?