Deck 6: Race,ethnicity,and Families

Question 1

Which of the following statement best describes how Americans view illegal immigration and illegal immigrants?

A)The majority of both Republicans and Democrats support the DACA program.
B)Democrats want to ban sanctuary cities while Republicans tend to approve of them.
C)Most Americans support building a wall across the U.S.-Mexican border.
D)Democrats want to continue sponsored immigration,while the vast majority of Republicans want to end it.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

What is the term for a category of people who have less power than the dominant group and who are subject to unequal treatment?

A)Mixed ethnicity
B)Race
C)Minority
D)Racists

Answer 2

C

Question 3

In contrast to the findings of the Daniel Patrick Moynihan's report in 1965,family scholars acknowledge the strengths in the structure of Black families as

A)being heavily matriarchal in response to separation during slavery.
B)being resilient and stable in the face of challenges.
C)having strong gender roles to preserve marriage and families.
D)having responsibilities spread throughout the family as a result of economic challenges.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Ethnicity refers to ________,whereas,race refers to

A)culture; biology.
B)status; color.
C)heritage; culture.
D)diversity; purity.

Question 5

Hispanic immigrants Julio and his wife Angel have three adult children.What difference between the generations could be expected?

A)Their children will not be as successful as their parents.
B)Their children will be more conservative.
C)Their children will be less likely to see divorce as an option.
D)Their children will be more likely to see undocumented immigration as harmful.

Question 6

Grandmothers play a crucial role in Black families.These roles include all of the following EXCEPT

A)managing.
B)identifying.
C)patrolling.
D)assessing.

Question 7

Based on the success of Asian Americans,what is the most effective strategy for immigrants?

A)Emphasize education and be willing to sacrifice for your children's education.
B)Immigrate with plenty of financial resources and connections.
C)Emphasize the individual's needs over the needs of the entire family.
D)Hard work will overcome all challenges,including being a war refugee.

Question 8

With respect to illegal immigration,

A)almost one-third of illegal immigrants have overstayed their visas.
B)the number of illegal immigrants from Mexico have been steadily decreasing over the past few years.
C)over two-thirds of illegal immigrants are from Mexico.
D)less than half of Americans support DACA.

Question 9

Based on current population trends,which group will increase the most in the United States by 2050?

A)American Indian
B)Asian
C)Black
D)Hispanic

Question 10

Which is part a crucial characteristic of the term American Indian and Alaska Native?

A)Affiliation with only one tribe
B)Live on a reservation
C)Hunt and fish for subsistence
D)Maintain an affiliation to their tribe or community of origin

Question 11

Which groups is most likely to have the privilege of rarely thinking about race or ethnicity?

A)Blacks
B)Asians
C)Whites
D)Hispanics

Question 12

Amy is the manager and owner of a small business in a neighborhood with many minorities.When she has a position open,she goes through the applications and tosses any with names that might be Asian or Hispanic.She interviews three people for the job and hired the White applicant.Which most accurately describes her behavior?

A)Discrimination
B)Prejudice
C)Ethnocide
D)Genocide

Question 13

Compared to Black families,Hispanic families

A)have more children.
B)are more matriarchal.
C)have more female-headed households.
D)are viewed as rarely discriminated against.

Question 14

The situation of the Rohingya in Myanmar best illustrates

A)cultural socialization.
B)internalized racism.
C)ethnocide.
D)genocide.

Question 15

Which of the following statements about immigration is TRUE?

A)Today,about 17 million people,or 6 percent of the U.S.population were not born in the United States but migrated here from elsewhere.
B)Many Asians migrated in the 1980s from Cambodia and Vietnam and have been attending college in large numbers.
C)Immigrants tend to be slightly older than native-born residents.
D)Immigrants tend to reside in rural areas rather than in a metropolitan area.

Question 16

When asked to choose the smart girl in a cartoon,a child will likely pick the ________ child according to research done by the University of Chicago.

A)Black
B)Asian
C)Hispanic
D)White

Question 17

Which racial or ethnic group has been nicknamed "the model minority"?

A)Blacks
B)Native Americans
C)Asians
D)Alaskan Natives

Question 18

Bilingual education in schools

A)involves roughly 12.1 million children each year,which is almost three out of every 10 children.
B)was used to help immigrants learn English in the 19th century.
C)is necessary because most Hispanic children do not speak English fluently.
D)faced increasing opposition in the 1970s and 1980s.

Question 19

Which factors listed below are most likely to characterize Black Americans and Black families?

A)College attendance has increased for males between 1990 and today,but has declined for females during this period.
B)Most Black households live below the poverty line.
C)In just a generation,the percentage of Black men and women attending college has doubled,and increasing numbers are joining the middle and upper-middle classes.
D)About 10 percent of Blacks live in a multigenerational household,compared to only 15 percent of Hispanics,and 5 percent of Whites.

Question 20

Children of Asian immigrants adapt quickly to U.S.culture,and their parents

A)tend to be more strict than other U.S.parents.
B)learn English and assimilate quickly.
C)show more emotion than other immigrant families.
D)emphasize the individual over the family.

Question 21

Which of the following groups is most likely to marry someone of a different race or ethnicity?

A)White
B)Asian
C)Black
D)Hispanic

Question 22

What is the name for a set of social policies designed to increase opportunities for underrepresented groups?

A)Marshall Plan
B)Douglas Papers
C)Diversity Design
D)Affirmative Action

Question 23

Affirmative action

A)was tested by Allan Bakke in the 1970s,who was an applicant to medical school.
B)was initiated in the 1880s,after the Civil War,as a mechanism to offer African Americans the chance to attend school.
C)applies primarily to Hispanics,and has been legally challenged as to whether it should apply to other groups.
D)Was originally created in the early twentieth century to enhance opportunities for women,but has more recently focused on racial or ethnic minorities.

Question 24

American Indians and Alaska Natives are less likely to ________ than the general population.

A)be married
B)have children
C)live with extended family
D)live in poverty

Question 25

Based on current trends,what can be predicted about the future of multiracial families?

A)The number of multiracial children will increase but multiracial marriage will decrease.
B)Asians will continue to avoid interracial marriage.
C)The number of multiracial families will increase.
D)The percentage of intermarriage will be half what it is now by 2050.