Deck 10: Race and Ethnicity

Question 1

__________ is the process by which individuals move from one place to another.

A)Migration
B)Immigration
C)Emigration
D)Relocation

Answer 1

A

Question 2

In the United States,__________ has historically mattered more than __________.

A)race;ethnicity
B)ethnicity;race
C)race;social class
D)ethnicity;social class

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Nazi policies culminated in the __________ of millions of men,women,and children in a network of extermination camps during World War II.

A)genocide
B)segregation
C)expulsion
D)assimilation

Answer 3

A

Question 4

In South Africa,__________segregated nonwhites from whites and made legal many forms of discrimination that benefited the white ruling minority.

A)Jim Crow
B)colonialism
C)apartheid
D)penal codes

Question 5

What research method do sociologists use to study patterns and representations of minorities in magazines,television shows,and movies? Raja moved from India to Canada.Leaving India is an example of ______and moving to Canada is an example of _______.

A)immigration,emigration
B)migration,immigration
C)migration,emigration
D)emigration,immigration

Question 6

__________ is a system for classifying people based on perceived innate physical characteristics,whereas __________ is a system for classifying people who are perceived to share cultural similarities.

A)Race;ethnicity
B)Ethnicity;race
C)Race;essentialism
D)Ethnicity;essentialism

Question 7

Sociologists describe race as a social construct.What does this statement mean?

A)Race is a natural phenomenon based on unchangeable traits found in individuals.
B)Race is a system that is invented,created by human beings.
C)Race is believed to be a part of a person's "essence," or their very being.
D)Race is based on an objective measure of physical resemblances.

Question 8

__________ can be described as negative,simplified generalizations about a group,whereas __________ involves actions that harm individuals.

A)Stereotyping;prejudice
B)Prejudice;stereotyping
C)Stereotyping;discrimination
D)Discrimination;prejudice

Question 9

In the United States,__________kept blacks from voting,from attending quality schools,and from participating equally in a wide variety of social institutions in the American South.

A)Jim Crow laws
B)colonialism
C)apartheid
D)penal codes

Question 10

Some of the earliest research on prejudice and discrimination was conducted by __________,who saw racism as__________.

A)sociologists;a result of social hierarchy
B)demographers;a result of population expansion
C)ethnographers;an expression of cultural beliefs
D)psychologists;an expression of particular personality disorders

Question 11

Which of the following is an example of institutional discrimination?

A)a landlord's refusal to rent apartments to nonwhites
B)a manager's refusal to hire gays and lesbians
C)damage to a Jewish synagogue by a group of teenage vandals
D)a corporation's systematic denial to women of access to managerial positions

Question 12

European explorers created a(n)__________ to dominate people across the globe through exploitation and enslavement.

A)colour-coded hierarchy
B)religious organizational system
C)one-drop system
D)class-based hierarchy

Question 13

Which of the following statements regarding how Brazilians think about race is true?

A)Brazilians assign people to racial groups based on whether they are believed to have noble ancestry.
B)Brazilians classify people based on specific combinations of skin colour,hair colour,facial features,and hair texture.
C)Brazilians think racial differences reside in the blood and soul.
D)Brazilians attribute racial differences to genetics.

Question 14

Which of the following is an example of unintentional institutional discrimination?

A)Jim Crow laws that segregated whites and blacks in terms of housing,transportation,and education in the American South
B)federal sentencing guidelines that penalize individuals who possess crack cocaine more heavily than those who possess powder cocaine
C)a company that systematically excludes women from upper-level managerial positions
D)South Africa's system of apartheid

Question 15

W.E.B.Du Bois believed those reluctant to hire based on race actually_____________.

A)confirmed Weber's view of essentialism
B)supported the belief that race is biological destiny
C)emphasized the importance of cultural relativity
D)created the very stereotypes they used as a reason not to hire

Question 16

Rosa is a Guatemalan immigrant.She has learned to speak English and has taken to celebrating traditionally Canadian holidays,such as Thanksgiving and Canada Day.Rosa is experiencing __________.

A)discrimination
B)prejudice
C)assimilation
D)segregation

Question 17

Acts of racial or ethnic discrimination can be classified as __________.

A)individual or intentional
B)individual or institutional
C)institutional or intentional
D)institutional or structural

Question 18

Which of the following statements is true according to the analogy of the red-,blue-,and yellow-coloured blocks cited in the text?

A)Races can be divided first into primary colours and then into secondary colours,like the colours on the colour wheel.
B)We share most,but not all,of the same mental rules of who belongs to what race.
C)We grow up learning to look for certain pieces of information about a person's body to decide which race they belong to,while disregarding others.
D)The race we think people belong to is generally not the race with which they usually identify.

Question 19

Max Weber felt that races stemmed from "common inherited and inheritable traits that actually derive from common descent." This view is known as __________.

A)essentialism
B)constructivism
C)biological destiny
D)physiology

Question 20

Sociologists define ethnicity as a system for classifying people who share __________.

A)common genetic profiles
B)common descent,based on perceived cultural similarities
C)similar racial profiles
D)common descent,based on perceived physical similarities

Question 21

Why are psychological approaches to racism problematic?

A)Psychology can't understand racism.
B)They are not problematic.
C)They overlooked social contexts.
D)They are few psychology researchers who have done work in this area.

Question 22

_______in the home country are those that drive people to leave,while _______ in the receiving country are those that attract people to go there.

A)push factors,pull factors
B)pull factors,push factors
C)mover factors,stayer factors
D)stayer factors,mover factors

Question 23

How is multiculturalism different from assimilation?

A)There is little difference between them.
B)Multiculturalism encourages all citizens to maintain and celebrate their cultural heritage rather than assimilate and give up their cultural heritage.
C)Assimilation encourages all citizens to maintain and celebrate their cultural heritage whereas multiculturalism encourages people to give up their cultural heritage.
D)Multiculturalism wants people to highlight how they are different from each other whereas assimilation encourages people to come together as one.

Question 24

Amir wants to bring his wife and child to Canada from Iran.His wife has little education and currently works as a cook.Which immigration category should he apply under?

A)refugee class
B)family class
C)economic class
D)humanitarian class

Question 25

When did the Canadian government begin to adopt exclusionary immigration policies?

A)early twentieth century
B)1970-2001
C)post 9/11
D)1600s

Question 26

Immigration to Canada and the United States is difficult for ___________families.

A)poor
B)wealthy
C)educated
D)small

Question 27

Which immigration era was designed to prevent diseases from entering Canada?

A)White Settler Society,1600s-1800s
B)Early Twentieth-Century Immigration,1880s-1915
C)The Wars and the Great Depression,1915-1946
D)Humanitarian Measures: 1970-2001

Question 28

According to the Constitution Act,1982,Section 35(2),the term "Aboriginal peoples" includes which of the following?

A)Indian,Inuit,and Métis peoples of Canada
B)Indigenous,Inuit,and Métis people of Canada
C)First Nations,Inuit,and Métis peoples of Canada
D)Aboriginal,Inuit,and Métis peoples of Canada

Question 29

In medieval societies,how were people divided?

A)by race
B)by religion
C)by ethnicity
D)by wealth

Question 30

Why are the children of immigrants today not expected to outperform their parents?

A)Immigration policies today favour the highly skilled.
B)Young people today are lazier than in the past.
C)Good jobs are more difficult to secure today.
D)Fewer people want to immigrate today than in the past.

Question 31

_____________ is stereotypes that can be activated in our minds without our being aware of them.

A)Unconscious discrimination
B)Implicit prejudice
C)Structural discrimination
D)Structural prejudice

Question 32

___________describes the process whereby ethnic populations have dispersed around the globe from their homelands,often under forced conditions.

A)Migration
B)Emigration
C)Refugee status
D)Diaspora

Question 33

Bob doesn't want to rent his apartment to Indigenous people since he thinks they won't pay their rent on time.Which of the following is this?

A)institutional discrimination
B)institutional prejudice
C)individual discrimination
D)individual prejudice

Question 34

What is the top remittance-receiving country?

A)Mexico
B)China
C)India
D)Germany

Question 35

____________is a desire to move.

A)Migrant energy
B)Immigrant energy
C)Migrant transition
D)Immigrant transition

Question 36

Sofia is a successful engineer in Chile.She wants to immigrate to Canada.Which category should she apply under?

A)family class
B)refugee class
C)skilled worker class
D)economic class

Question 37

Forced migration of slaves to the Americas and elsewhere is an example of which of the following?

A)diaspora
B)immigration
C)emigration
D)racism

Question 38

Fathi immigrated to Canada from Syria.Canada is Fathi's ________country and Syria is Fathi's _________country.

A)sending,receiving
B)host,home
C)receiving,sending
D)home,host

Question 39

______________ is a term for people who have immigrated to another country sending monetary gifts,bequests,loans,or other financial help to friends and family in their country of origin.

A)Immigrant remittances
B)Migrant monetary support
C)Immigrant monetary support
D)Migrant remittances

Question 40

David was born and raised in Canada;he recently graduated from medical school and has decided to move to the United States.This is an example of which of the following?

A)immigration
B)brain drain
C)acquiring a work visa
D)brain gain

Question 41

__________ is the process by which individuals move from one place to another.

A)migration
B)immigration
C)emigration
D)relocation

Question 42

During which of the following immigration eras did Canada adopt the use of a security certificate?

A)Post-9/11
B)Humanitarian Measures: 1970-2001
C)Post-War Expansion Years: 1946-1970
D)The Wars and the Great Depression,1915-1946

Question 43

When the Canadian government begin to adopt exclusionary immigration policies?

A)early 20th Century
B)1970-2001
C)Post 9/11
D)1600s

Question 44

What system takes into account language skills,education,age,income and wealth,investment potential,and employment and then qualifies people for immigration into Canada based on how they score?

A)class system
B)points system
C)ranking system
D)immigration system

Question 45

David was born and raised in Canada,he has recently graduated medical school and has decided to move to the States.This is an example of which of the following?

A)immigration
B)brain drain
C)acquiring a work visa
D)brain gain

Question 46

What will generally happen to second-generation children of immigrants today?

A)They will outperform their parents.
B)They will perform the same as their parents.
C)They won't perform as well as their parents.
D)They won't perform as well as third-generation children.

Question 47

Sophia is a third-generation Italian.She heard stories about how her grandparents experienced discrimination when they arrived in the Canada.Her grandparents also maintained their culture and traditions by continuing to speak Italian in addition to leaning English.Sophia knows very little about Italian culture and does not speak Italian.What accounts for this lack of cultural knowledge?

A)Sophia's parents did not expose her to Italian culture for fear that Sophia would experience prejudice and discrimination.
B)Sophia's grandparents and parents gradually assimilated,taking on the traditions of their new country.
C)Sophia was ashamed of her Italian background and did not bother to learn about her Italian ancestry.
D)It was not deemed necessary for Sophia to learn about her cultural background since it would not impact her employment opportunities.

Question 48

When Europeans settled in the New World,they wanted to open up territories for settlements.This meant that First Nations people were not only forcibly removed from their land but sometimes killed.This deliberate and systematic destruction of First Nations people was __________.

A)genocide
B)segregation
C)expulsion
D)assimilation

Question 49

Sofia is a successful engineer in Chile.She wants to immigrate to Canada.Which category should she apply under?

A)family class
B)refugee class
C)skilled worker class
D)economic class

Question 50

Amir wants to bring his wife and child to Canada from Iran.His wife has little education and currently works as a cook.Which immigration category should he apply under?

A)refugee class
B)family class
C)economic class
D)humanitarian class

Question 51

What research method do sociologists use to study patterns and representations of minorities in magazines,television shows,and movies? Raja moved from India to Canada.Leaving India is an example of ______and moving to Canada is an example of _______.

A)immigration,emigration
B)migration,immigration
C)migration,emigration
D)emigration,immigration

Question 52

John was recently sentenced for 10 years in prison for possession of crack cocaine.His lawyer discovered that others have served less time for the possession of powder cocaine,a drug often associated with a different category of people.John's lawyer has concluded that this discrepant sentencing is the result of __________.

A)individual discrimination
B)institutional discrimination
C)prejudice
D)stereotyping

Question 53

____________is the authorizing entry document.

A)Immigration policy
B)A visa
C)Emigration policy
D)A points system

Question 54

Lucy is learning about social constructs in her sociology class.Based on the lectures that she has been exposed to throughout the semester,Lucy has concluded that race is a social construct.Why would Lucy make this conclusion?

A)Definitions of race take different forms in different places in the world and at different times.
B)Race has a biological basis that has been proven by social scientists.
C)Differences among racial groups are obvious.
D)How humans identify and define race has remained consistent throughout human history.

Question 55

______________ is when people who have immigrated to another country send monetary gifts,bequests,loans,or other financial help to friends and family in their country of origin.

A)immigrant remittances
B)migrant monetary support
C)immigrant monetary support
D)migrant remittances

Question 56

Historically,what generally happened to second-generation children of immigrants?

A)They didn't perform as well as their parents.
B)They outperformed their parents.
C)They performed about the same as their parents.
D)They did not perform as well as third-generation children.

Question 57

Fathi immigrated to Canada from Syria.Canada is Fathi's ________country and Syria is Fathi's _________country.

A)sending,receiving
B)host,home
C)receiving,sending
D)home,host

Question 58

Amir had to flee his country due to threats on his life from his corrupt government.Amir has come to Canada under which of the following classifications?

A)family class
B)economic class
C)refugee class
D)humanitarian class

Question 59

Current data indicate that Asian Americans have the highest median household incomes in the United States.Researchers caution,however,that the data about Asian incomes can be misinterpreted because __________.How is multiculturalism different from assimilation?

A)There is little difference between them.
B)Multiculturalism encourages all citizens to maintain and celebrate their cultural heritage rather than assimilate and give up their cultural heritage.
C)Assimilation encourages all citizens to maintain and celebrate their cultural heritage rather than multiculturalism which encourages people to give up their cultural heritage.
D)Multiculturalism wants people to highlight how they are different from each other whereas assimilation encourages people to come together as one.

Question 60

_______in the home country are those that drive people to leave,while _______ in the receiving country are those that attract people to go there.

A)push factors,pull factors
B)pull factors,push factors
C)mover factors,stayer factors
D)stayer factors,mover factors

Question 61

Historically,what generally happened to second generation children of immigrants?

A)They didn't perform as well as their parents.
B)They outperformed their parents.
C)They performed about the same as their parents.
D)They did not perform as well as third generation children.

Question 62

According to the Constitution Act,1982,Section 35(2),the term "Aboriginal peoples" includes which of the following?

A)Indian,Inuit,and Métis peoples of Canada
B)Indigenous,Inuit and Métis people of Canada
C)First Nations,Inuit,and Métis peoples of Canada
D)Aboriginal,Inuit,and Métis peoples of Canada

Question 63

What system takes into account language skills,education,age,income and wealth,investment potential,and employment and then qualifies people for immigration into Canada based on how they score.

A)class system
B)points system
C)ranking system
D)immigration system

Question 64

____________is a desire to move.

A)migrant energy
B)immigrant energy
C)migrant transition
D)immigrant transition

Question 65

Over the last three decades,from 1980 to 2010,the rates at which Latinos completed college __________.Forced migration of slaves to the Americas and elsewhere is an example of which of the following?

A)diaspora
B)immigration
C)emigration
D)racism

Question 66

Why are the children of immigrants today not expected to outperform their parents?

A)Immigration policies today favour the high skilled.
B)Young people today are lazier than in the past.
C)Good jobs are more difficult to secure today.
D)Fewer people want to immigrate today than in the past.

Question 67

Why are psychological approaches to racism problematic?

A)Psychology can't understand racism.
B)They are not problematic.
C)They overlooked social contexts.
D)They are few psychology researchers who have done work in this area.

Question 68

Discuss the differences between individual and institutional discrimination and provide an example of each one.

Question 69

____________is the authorizing entry document.

A)immigration policy
B)Visa
C)emigration policy
D)points system

Question 70

_____________ are stereotypes that can be activated in our minds without our being aware of them.

A)unconscious discrimination
B)implicit prejudice
C)structural discrimination
D)structural prejudice

Question 71

Which immigration era was designed to prevent diseases from entering Canada?

A)White Settler Society,1600s-1800s
B)Early Twentieth-Century Immigration,1880s-1915s
C)The Wars and the Great Depression,1915-1946
D)Humanitarian Measures: 1970-2001

Question 72

Bob doesn't want to rent his apartment to Indigenous people since he thinks they won't pay their rent on time.Which of the following is this?

A)Institutional discrimination
B)Institutional prejudice
C)Individual discrimination
D)Individual prejudice

Question 73

During which of the following immigration eras did Canada adopt the use of a security certificate?

A)Post-9/11
B)Humanitarian Measures: 1970-2001
C)Post-War Expansion Years: 1946-1970
D)The Wars and the Great Depression,1915-1946

Question 74

What will generally happen to second generation children of immigrants today?

A)They will outperform their parents.
B)They will perform the same as their parents.
C)They won't perform as well as their parents.
D)They won't perform as well as third generation children.

Question 75

What is the top remittance receiving country?

A)Mexico
B)China
C)India
D)Germany

Question 76

Amir had to flee his country due to threats on his life from his corrupt government.Amir has come to Canada under which of the following classifications?

A)family class
B)economic class
C)refugee class
D)humanitarian class

Question 77

Scholars have argued that race has been used as a tool of domination.Explain how race has been used to justify power inequalities.

Question 78

___________describes the process whereby ethnic populations have dispersed around the globe from their homelands,often under forced conditions.

A)migration
B)emigration
C)refugee status
D)diaspora

Question 79

___________ are more likely to rely on emergency clinics as their usual source of healthcare.Immigration to Canada and the United States is difficult for ___________families.

A)poor
B)wealthy
C)educated
D)small

Question 80

In medieval societies how were people divided?

A)by race
B)by religion
C)by ethnicity
D)by wealth