Deck 1: Exploring Race and Ethnicity in the United States

Question 1

A subordinate group emerges through migration,annexation,and _____.

A) assimilation
B) colonialism
C) ethnocentrism
D) ethnic antagonism

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following is not an example of marginality?

A) Amish mother and Jewish father
B) Guatemalan who migrated to America
C) Mormon mother and Christian father
D) African American who moved from Detroit to Atlanta
E) C and D

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following is not one of the four main types of minority or subordinate groups?

A) Racial
B) Religious
C) Sex
D) Age

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Race is significant in our society because

A) there is a direct correlation between one's race and one's IQ
B) it helps us understand what group we belong to
C) we have given it significance
D) it dictates who we can and cannot marry

Question 5

Which of the following statements is true?

A) Stereotypes do take individual differences into account.
B) Stereotypes are reliable generalizations about all members of a group.
C) Stereotypes highlight the positive attributes of every person.
D) None of the above

Question 6

Which of the following is the largest minority religious group?

A) Roman Catholics
B) Amish
C) Buddhists
D) Muslim

Question 7

What percentage of the population is male?

A) 39.3%
B) 59.7%
C) 49.3%
D) 50.7%

Question 8

The functionalist perspective emphasizes

A) ritualistic patterns of behavior
B) structural inequalities
C) statuses and status sets
D) interdependent societal parts

Question 9

Which of the following is not one of the five characteristics of minority groups?

A) shares same physical or cultural characteristics of dominant group
B) membership is not voluntary
C) members generally marry others from same minority group
D) members have a strong sense of group solidarity

Question 10

Mary believes that Caucasian families are superior to African American families.This belief illustrates the concept of

A) racial division
B) racial supremacy
C) racial relativism
D) racial formation

Question 11

Who was the first African American to earn a doctorate at Harvard?

A) Martin Luther King, Jr.
B) W.E.B Du Bois
C) William Sumner
D) Max Weber

Question 12

In 2011,_____ and ______ babies outnumbered White new-born babies for the first time in the United States.

A) Non-White; Black
B) Black; White
C) Latino; non-White
D) Hispanic; Latinos

Question 13

By in-group,William Sumner means

A) a group immigrating into the country
B) the dominant group
C) the group to which an individual belongs and feels loyalty
D) the reference group others imitate

Question 14

Which of the following best exemplifies a marital arrangement among members of a minority group?

A) Asian male and African American female
B) Amish male and Buddhist female
C) Jewish male and Jewish female
D) Muslim male and Muslim female

Question 15

What perspective viewed society as an arena of inequality?

A) functionalist
B) conflict
C) socio-biological
D) labeling

Question 16

What percent of the population is comprised of Somalis?

A) 15%
B) 3%
C) 10%
D) 5%

Question 17

Which of the following categories differs from the rest?

A) Puerto Ricans and Cubans
B) Irish Americans and Polish Americans
C) Korean Americans and Pacific Islanders
D) Whites and Blacks

Question 18

Which perspective did Becker introduce to explain why certain people are viewed as deviant and others engaging in the same behavior are not?

A) functionalist
B) conflict
C) socio-biological
D) labeling

Question 19

According to the text,a socio-historical process by which racial categories are created,inhabited,transformed,and destroyed is called

A) racial formation
B) racial supremacy
C) racial tribulation
D) racial segregation

Question 20

In the 2010 Census,what percent of the population selected two or more racial groups?

A) 1.8%
B) 2.9%
C) 1.3%
D) 1.9%

Question 21

What perspective views discrimination as both functional and dysfunctional?

A) conflict
B) functionalist
C) labeling
D) socio-biological

Question 22

In 1947,India was partitioned and which country was created?

A) Great Britain
B) Yugoslavia
C) Pakistan
D) Israel

Question 23

Which of the following is the correct matching?

A) assimilation: A+B+C ― A
B) fusion: A+B+C ― D
C) pluralism: A+B+C ― A+B+C
D) all of the above

Question 24

In 2008,what percent of the population (over age 5)spoke a language other than English at home?

A) almost 10%
B) almost 20%
C) almost 15%
D) almost 25%

Question 25

Which of the following is not one of the six consequences of subordinate-group status?

A) expulsion
B) segregation
C) colonialism
D) fusion

Question 26

How many European Jews and other ethnic minorities were killed in the Holocaust?

A) 2 million
B) 12 million
C) 22 million
D) 32 million

Question 27

What racial group has more than doubled in the last 20 years?

A) Native Americans
B) Asian Americans
C) Hispanics
D) African Americans

Question 28

European colonial powers in North America and eventually the US government drove almost all Native Americans out of their tribal lands and into unfamiliar territory.This is an example of

A) secession
B) expulsion
C) segregation
D) extermination

Question 29

Migration is the general term used to describe any transfer of population.________ describes leaving a country to settle in another; _________ denotes coming into the new country.

A) Emigration; immigration
B) Immigration; emigration
C) Annexation; assimilation
D) Immigration; assimilation

Question 30

Wallerstein's world systems theory draws on which perspective?

A) labeling
B) conflict
C) functionalism
D) socio-biological