Deck 7: Raceethnicity and Families

Question 1

The term "ethnicity"

A) Refers to a group distinction based on national origin or distinctive cultural patterns.
B) Refers to a group defined by socially selected physical characteristics.
C) Is closer in meaning to the idea of "a people" than is the term race.
D) Only (a) and (c) above.
E) Only (b) and (c) above.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

It is true about the census measurement of race and ethnicity that

A) In 1860, the only categories were white, black, and mulatto.
B) The number of categories was expanded significantly in 1970 and again in 2000.
C) The ethnicity category (Hispanic, non-Hispanic) was added in 1970.
D) For the first time, multiple racial categories were allowed in 2000.
E) All of the above.

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Compared to earlier times, what has happened since 1960 to the mix of nationalities that have immigrated to the United States?

A) The proportion of European immigrants has declined significantly.
B) The proportion of immigrants from Asia has declined significantly.
C) The proportion of immigrants from Latin America has increased significantly.
D) All of the above.
E) Only (a) and (c) above.

Answer 3

E

Question 4

Which of the following U. S groups has the highest fertility rate?

A) American Indians.
B) Hispanics.
C) Blacks.
D) Whites
E) Asians and Pacific Islanders.

Question 5

When asked to guess the percentage of various groups in the United States population, Americans generally

A) Were amazingly accurate.
B) Significantly under-guessed the Black and Hispanic percentages.
C) Significantly over-guessed the Black and Hispanic percentages

Question 6

"The process by which immigrant groups assimilate into a dominant or host culture and change their values, language and practices"

A) Is often a source of tension between original immigrants and their children.
B) Generally occurs at the same rate for all immigrant groups.
C) Is the definition of acculturation.
D) Both (a) and (c).
E) Both (b) and (c).

Question 7

Data on net household worth finds that

A) Whites have significantly higher household worth than do Blacks and Hispanics.
B) Whites and Blacks have similar household worth, but Hispanics are far behind.
C) Whites and Hispanics have similar household worth, but Blacks are far behind.
D) Household worth of Whites, Blacks, and Hispanics is similar.
E) Household worth of Whites is somewhat lower than that for Blacks and Hispanics.

Question 8

The labor force participation and occupational distribution for Whites is most similar to that for

A) African Americans.
B) Asians and Pacific Islanders.
C) Native Americans.
D) Hispanics.
E) All these groups are very similar.

Question 9

Children in which of the following American groups have the highest percent living in single-female households?

A) American Indians.
B) Hispanics.
C) Blacks.
D) Whites
E) Asians and Pacific Islanders.

Question 10

Percentage increase in enrollments in higher education since 1976 was lowest in which American group?

A) American Indians.
B) Hispanics.
C) Blacks.
D) Whites
E) Asians and Pacific Islanders.

Question 11

Native Americans in the "pan-traditional" category

A) Live in remote reservation area and speak their native language.
B) Have adopted most of the non-Native American styles.
C) Attempt to redefine and reconfirm lost cultural styles.
D) Practice polygyny and other traditional family forms.
E) Are rarely politically active.

Question 12

The idea that the Black family is characterized by instability that is the result of slavery

A) Is referred to as the "historical instability" hypothesis.
B) Is now accepted by virtually all family scholars.
C) Is challenged by, among other things, the recognition of fathers and other kin in naming practices.
D) Both (a) and (b) above.
E) Both (a) and (c) above.

Question 13

In reference to Black family history, the "Great Migration" refers to

A) The transport of slaves from Africa to the Americas.
B) Twentieth century movement out of the rural South.
C) Movement on the underground railroad during slavery.
D) Movement to rural areas immediately after the Civil War.
E) Movement from cities to suburbs in the 1980s and 1990s.

Question 14

An influence of the Great Migration on Black families was

A) A possibly increase in matrifocal families because the man left in search of work.
B) Increased family togetherness because the whole family moved together.
C) Large numbers of Black mothers being employed in factories.
D) A lower standard of living for Blacks in general.
E) More Black families living in three-generation family households.

Question 15

The most recent studies on sharing among poor Black and poor White families, kin, and friendship groups has found

A) Sharing is a way that poor White and Black families can survive poverty.
B) More sharing among poor Whites.
C) More sharing among poor Blacks.
D) Both (a) and (b) above.
E) Both (a) and (c) above.

Question 16

The 1965 Moynihan report

A) Accepted the historical instability hypothesis.
B) Characterized the Black family as "a tangle of pathology."
C) Referred to high rates of delinquency, school failure, and illegitimacy.
D) All of the above.
E) None of the above.

Question 17

According to William Julius Wilson (The Declining Significance of Race, etc.), the major family-related problem for "the truly disadvantaged" Blacks is

A) Blatant racism and discrimination.
B) Lack of good, steady jobs in inner city neighborhoods.
C) Lack of religious convictions.
D) The capitalist system.
E) Inadequate welfare systems.

Question 18

In William Julius Wilson's calculations, MMPI was

A) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory.
B) Mortality Matrix Perennial Indicators.
C) Male Marriageable Pool Index.
D) Married Mentor Patronage Investments.
E) Moneyed Men Pursuing Images.

Question 19

Compared to working-class Blacks, middle-class Blacks

A) Marry later.
B) Have fewer children.
C) Have more egalitarian marriages.
D) All of the above.
E) Only (b) and (c) above.

Question 20

Compared to middle-class Whites with the same incomes, middle-class Blacks

A) Find it easier to pass their advantages on to their children.
B) Have more assets such as home ownership.
C) Are more likely to have graduated from publicly supported urban colleges, rather than private colleges.
D) All of the above.
E) Only (b) and (c) above

Question 21

Among the elite of old-wealth Blacks,

A) Socialization of children is stricter than for other Blacks.
B) The "affluent patriarchal" family pattern is common.
C) Slave ancestors were likely to have been freed prior to the Civil War.
D) All of the above.
E) Only (b) and (c) above.

Question 22

Which of the following is the single best explanation why Cuban Americans have the highest average family income of all U.S. Hispanic groups?

A) They have been in the United States the longest.
B) They immigrated with higher levels of human capital than other groups.
C) They have spread out all over the country, rather than concentrating in a few areas.
D) They settled almost exclusively in the New York City area.
E) They were able to get high paying manufacturing jobs.

Question 23

The Hispanic group with the largest U.S. Population is from

A) Puerto Rico.
B) Mexico.
C) Cuban.
D) Spain, directly.
E) South America.

Question 24

With respect to Mexican-Americans, compadrazgo is

A) A traditional custom of co-parenthood that developed from God-parenthood.
B) The group of workers who are expected to return to Mexico after a temporary period of employment.
C) The house, immediate family, or household.
D) Exaggerated sense of manliness in the gender role structure.
E) A good friend who is almost like a brother.

Question 25

As part of Chicano culture, familism

A) Is a value in which the interests of individual family members are subordinated to the interests of the family system.
B) Becomes stronger as acculturation takes place.
C) Can make long-term individual advancement more difficult.
D) All of the above.
E) Only (a) and (c) above.

Question 26

Americans from ________ have the highest rates of poverty of all Asians.

A) South Korea.
B) Southeast Asia.
C) China.
D) Japan.
E) India.

Question 27

Compared with other immigrant groups, familism and ethnic sharing have led to more economic success among many Asians at least partly because

A) Asian groups are about the only ones that have practiced ethnic sharing.
B) Nearly all Asian groups converted quickly to Christianity, forgetting customs such as filial piety.
C) Sharing has lead to accumulation of human capital, not just survival.
D) It has taken place in the context of socialization that focuses on emotional expressiveness.
E) It has taken place more in rural areas than in cities.

Question 28

Dividing Japanese Americans into the groups Issei, Nisei, and Sansei is of interest to family scholars because it allows for comparisons of families

A) From different regions of Japan.
B) From different Japanese social classes.
C) Who settled in different parts of the United States.
D) At different stages of acculturation.
E) Who spoke different dialects of the Japanese language.

Question 29

In the traditional Irish stem family form,

A) Only one child would inherit the property.
B) Marriages occurred at very young ages.
C) Nearly all men eventually got married.
D) Out-of-wedlock births were quite common.
E) There was little ages difference between husbands and wives.

Question 30

Compared to the immigration experience of Italians, the Irish experience was somewhat unusual in that

A) Most Irish immigrants were poor.
B) Most Irish immigrants were Catholic.
C) More than half of Irish immigrants were women.
D) Most Irish immigrants were over 40 years of age.
E) Very few women of Irish descent remained unmarried.

Question 31

A characteristic of southern Italian and Sicilian families was that

A) They were matrilineal.
B) They were matriarchal.
C) They were father dominated but mother centered.
D) All of the above.
E) Only (a) and (b) above.

Question 32

Historically, how has the U.S. Census Bureau constructed the concepts of race and ethnicity?

Question 33

What are the major factors that influence whether an immigrant group is likely to become financially successful in the United States? Use specific comparisons of groups in your answer.

Question 34

Discuss and evaluate the "historical instability" model of Black families.

Question 35

Discuss the impact of "the great migration" on Black families in America.

Question 36

Review William Julius Wilson's analysis of Black families.

Question 37

"Familism can be very helpful to American ethnic groups, but it can also limit their success." Explain and evaluate this quote, using specific examples.

Question 38

Evaluate the claim that Asians are the "Model Minority."

Question 39

Compare and contrast the experience of Italian Americans and Mexican Americans.

Question 40

How did the Irish stem family form affect their immigration and early American experience?