Deck 9: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

Question 1

The idea of young people speaking Welsh is an example of

A)ethnocentrism.
B)emergent ethnicity.
C)resurgent ethnicity.
D)an ethnic barrier.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Newer Chinese settlements in the San Gabriel Valley might be referred to as

A)traditional suburbs.
B)ethnoburbs.
C)white exurban extensions.
D)urban breaks in culture and ethnicity.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

These photos show a couple of groups at times to be "out" in terms of acceptance by the majority.These two groups were

A)Germans and English.
B)Protestants and Anglicans.
C)Japanese and Coloreds (African Americans).
D)Russians and Ukrainians.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The Amish people of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and elsewhere are notable because

A)they openly share their religious beliefs with others.
B)their genetic makeup does not allow them to share their religious beliefs.
C)by choice they do not participate in certain aspects of popular culture.
D)their religion is a mix of a broad spectrum of American popular culture.

Question 5

Originally the word 'ghetto' was applied to ___________ in ____________.

A)blacks;the American South
B)Tatars;the Crimean Peninsula
C)Jews;Venice
D)Palestinian Muslims;the West Bank of Israel

Question 6

A main problem in Tibet is

A)many Chinese have been moved to the region diluting Tibetan culture.
B)Tibetans feel that China has tried to lessen their feelings of ethnic unity.
C)the region has at times been forcibly controlled by China.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 7

September 11, 2001 tended to do what to Americans?

A)make them more commercial and material
B)increase their positive feelings about being integrated into the global economy
C)solidify feelings of American-ness by flying more flags and having deeper patriotic feelings
D)increase gross national product per capita through events related to economic prosperity

Question 8

When an ethnic group (like Mexicans coming to the United States) learn to adapt within the culture of the new country this is called

A)acculturation.
B)ethnic cleansing.
C)reincarnation.
D)areal differentiation.

Question 9

Regarding membership in an ethnic group

A)the ethnic group itself decides what constitutes membership.
B)culture traits and ethnic traits are nearly the same thing.
C)some ethnic groups are better than others.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 10

On the map of dominant ancestral groups in the United States, the east coast could be described as

A)dominantly English in ancestry.
B)consisting mainly of two ancestral groups.
C)of mainly one ancestral group.
D)made up of at least five separate groups.

Question 11

Children of immigrants to a new country

A)often reject the new culture.
B)will usually return to the origin country (or homeland).
C)become more assimilated than their parents.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 12

The map of ethnicity in Milwaukee emphasizes

A)a nearly complete assimilation of one culture into another.
B)the persistent segregation (separation) geographically of two cultures.
C)that acculturation has been completed with most of the African Americans in the city.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 13

Which is the best example of an ethnic neighborhood in the U.S.?

A)the traditional walking city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B)the Midwestern suburb of Gahanna near Columbus, Ohio
C)a small area of Puerto Ricans in Wilmington, Delaware
D)an ethnically Scots-Irish farmstead in the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

Question 14

Ethnocentrism

A)has never been applied by Americans or Japanese people to themselves.
B)involves a particular group's feelings of cultural superiority to another group.
C)is always applied to Europeans.
D)none of the above Scrambling: Locked

Question 15

Urban ethnic segregation

A)can be voluntary or forced.
B)is rarely voluntary.
C)is always voluntary.
D)is always forced and unfortunate.

Question 16

Which is true about Cajun people as an ethnic group?

A)they are unified around a Spanish creole language
B)they are found in many southern parishes of Louisiana
C)southern Indiana upland south characteristics dominate
D)most of them moved from Oklahoma to California during the depression

Question 17

The idea of people of northern California perhaps being a new ethnic group of 'Northern Californians' is an example of

A)ethnocentrism.
B)emergent ethnicity.
C)resurgent ethnicity.
D)a barrier to ethnicity.

Question 18

The best example of assimilation would be

A)Welsh people relearning their language and once again reemphasizing their culture.
B)Basque people from northern Spain moving to the western United States and bringing culture traits with them.
C)the development of a new 'French' culture region in the Americas, like Quebec.
D)native Andean peoples rejecting their highland culture and language and becoming more 'Spanish'.

Question 19

Pella, Iowa or Holland, Michigan are towns of traditional ____________ where distinct ethnicity or culture are proudly shown or celebrated.

A)segregations.
B)ethnic neighborhoods.
C)ethnic assimilations.
D)ethnic islands.

Question 20

Which is probably true of ethnic neighborhoods?

A)they retard assimilation
B)they enhance traditional ethnicity
C)they might involve practically any origin of ethnic peoples
D)all of the above Scrambling: Locked

Question 21

The Palestinian emergent identity is due to these people

A)mainly being Muslim.
B)mainly being Arab.
C)being subject to being a minority and repressed by Israel.
D)mainly living in the Middle East.

Question 22

The map of ethnolinguistic regions of China

A)is fairly uniform.
B)is broadly diverse with some dominant regions.
C)has no regional distinctions.
D)has at least twenty different colored, shaded categories.

Question 23

Ethnicity

A)can include culture, but culture cannot include ethnicity.
B)is a broader concept than culture.
C)includes ideas of ancestry and race.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 24

The southeastern United States or the 'Deep South' is unique ethnically in that

A)many French people live here though it is not as apparent as the main French regions of Cajun Louisiana and states adjoining Quebec, Canada.
B)many different European ethnic groups are today represented here.
C)its pattern is maintained all from Georgia southward into central and southern Florida.
D)many of its counties are dominantly African American whereas though many northern U.S.cities contain many African Americans they don't show up on the map.

Question 25

The word 'ethnos' is

A)Greek for 'people'
B)Latin for 'water'
C)Roman for 'public'
D)Italian for 'love'

Question 26

Which is the best choice referring to gender?

A)sex-the physical difference between males and females
B)the culture nuances between the sexes
C)the term refers specifically to homosexuality
D)none of the above Scrambling: Locked

Question 27

One example of two emergent cultures coming out of one previous one would be

A)the contemporary distinction between North and South Vietnamese culture.
B)the unification of ethnic Germans.
C)the distinct regionalism of North and South in the United States.
D)the rise of two Koreas politically and culturally.

Question 28

Hanification is a term

A)that is distinctly Chinese.
B)that represents the dilution of regional cultures by a main culture.
C)has happened in more countries than just China.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 29

Feminist geography focuses on

A)the geography of cats and dogs.
B)how gender relationships are spatially organized.
C)how geological structures are less influenced by people.
D)none of the above Scrambling: Locked

Question 30

China's one-child policy

A)has always been applied uniformly across all ethnic groups.
B)has been relaxed for different ethnic groups more recently.
C)is not a factor ethnically in China.
D)has recently been applied by China across borders in Vietnam and Mongolia.

Question 31

One issue which shows discrimination against or acceptance of women in a culture might be

A)the total sales of Nike shoes.
B)the minimal existence of General Mills breakfast cereals in central Africa.
C)the number or percentage of women in a country's adult labor force.
D)the square root of total religious adherents in a country's provinces.

Question 32

By county, the rarest ethnic groups to be manifested cartographically are

A)Dutch and Norwegian.
B)German and English.
C)Italian and French.
D)African American and Mexican.

Question 33

Regarding landscapes and places

A)Americans may be prone to apply gender to images and things.
B)most people apply homosexual terms to landscapes.
C)gender is rarely used in place identification or feeling.
D)all of the above. Scrambling: Locked

Question 34

If one were to pick one dominant ethnolinguistic region in China it would be

A)Han and Hui Chinese.
B)Mongolian.
C)Thai.
D)Malay-Polynesian.

Question 35

In Urumqi in western China, Chinese officials fear that which will be an ethnic problem?

A)that Taiwan will take control of the city
B)that it will become another 'special autonomous region' like Macau or Hong Kong
C)that Islamic fundamentalism will surge
D)that language isolate Basque and Caucasic groups will hold more influence

Question 36

A country with a very high female life expectancy might be

A)Japan.
B)Russia.
C)Uganda.
D)India.

Question 37

In the intermountain west of Utah and Idaho, the dominant ancestral group is

A)English.
B)German.
C)Italian.
D)Scottish.

Question 38

Regarding gendered spaces

A)they are rare and not often seen in the Americas.
B)they are common and we experience gendered space almost everyday.
C)they are related mainly to Asian groups like Japanese and Koreas, who are sensitive to gender choices.
D)they are chosen by a gendered group at birth.

Question 39

Maps and discussion in the text show that ethnic groups like Sri Lankan Tamils or Tibetans may

A)attempt to unify with local cultures, abandoning their own.
B)become brand new ethnicities, which had never been witnessed before.
C)try to reinforce their ethnicity by becoming independent countries.
D)virtually disappear after severe repression and persecution.

Question 40

A country with a low percentage of women in its adult labor force might be

A)Sweden.
B)Qatar.
C)Russia.
D)Lesotho.