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Q:
This text supports the idea that most assimilation in the United States is a linear, inevitable process.
a. True
b. False
Q:
According to the authors, a fundamental question for our future is
a. Should we focus on unity or diversity?
b. What blend of pluralism and assimilation will serve us best in the 21st century?
c. How can we enhance pluralism and separatism?
d. Which actions will facilitate an increase in personal accountability for both dominant and minority groups?
Q:
Which statement accurately reflects the role of diversity in U.S. society?
a. The United States is the most diverse country in the world and is a model of success for the global community.
b. Diversity is a fundamental and essential characteristic of U.S. society and can be a strength to be cherished and encouraged.
c. U. S. society owes its prosperity and prominence to individuals in the dominant group who have fought for racial equality.
d. Diversity in the United States illustrates the fact that all minorities can achieve the American Dream if they work hard enough.
Q:
In general, diversity is bad and unity is good in a society.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Survival and success in America for all minority groups has had more to do with __________ than with __________.
a. the drive to succeed; racial barriers
b. group processes; individual motivation
c. colonization; immigration
d. an inner resilience; institutional discrimination
Q:
Which minority group is the most acculturated?
a. Native Americans
b. Mexican Americans
c. Korean Americans
d. African Americans
Q:
Assimilation is typically a linear, inevitable process.
a. True
b. False
Q:
All of the cultures examined in the text have __________ traditions.
a. weak
b. patriarchal
c. egalitarian
d. subliminal
Q:
Which hypothesis can be literally and directly applied to LGBTs?
a. The Blauner hypothesis
b. The Portia hypothesis
c. The Null hypothesis
d. The Noel hypothesis
Q:
Jobs, welfare reform, and health care are examples of issues that are also objects of
a. personalization.
b. determinism.
c. competition.
d. ethnocentrism.
Q:
In general, colonized groups are at a __________ power disadvantage compared to immigrant groups.
a. greater
b. reduced
c. beneficial
d. limited
Q:
All of the following are limitations to a minority group's ability to pursue its own self-interest except
a. large group size.
b. language barriers.
c. divided within-group loyalties.
d. lack of resources.
Q:
According to the Noel hypothesis, the outcome of the contact situation is determined by
a. ethnocentrism.
b. the dominant group.
c. competition.
d. differential in power.
Q:
The conditions under which the minority group and dominant group first come into contact with each other is referred to asa. the contact situation.b. cultural pluralism.c. structural assimilation.d. the Noel hypothesis.
Q:
The individualistic view of social mobility is consistent with human capital and melting pot ideologies.a. Trueb. False
Q:
The postindustrial society in the United states is helped by __________ immigrants, whereas the secondary labor market is supplied by __________ immigrant workers.
a. agrarian; early
b. early; agrarian
c. undocumented; highly educated
d. highly educated; undocumented
Q:
The old racist feelings are now being expressed in other guises such as:
a. Symbolic racism
b. Job discrimination
c. Prejudice
d. Overt discrimination
Q:
What decade saw a reassertion of ethnicity and loyalty to old identities?
a. 1950s
b. 1960s
c. 1970s
d. 1980s
Q:
As society becomes more diverse with new immigrants and deals with unresolved minority grievances, what are the issues that threaten stability?
a. Split labor markets, racial and ethnic stratification, urban poverty, and institutional discrimination
b. Race relations, unemployment, crime, and poverty
c. Health, income, residence, and resources
d. All of the above
Q:
What are some of the reasons U.S. citizens are threatened by immigrants?
a. Fear of danger to jobs, economy, and cultural integrity
b. Different languages
c. Fear of crime
d. Competition
Q:
Which of the following best fits Blauner's definition of an immigrant group?
a. African Americans
b. Mexican Americans
c. Chinese Americans
d. Native Americans
e. All of the above
Q:
By definition, a minority group is always a group:
a. Smaller in number than the dominant group
b. Residentially segregated from the dominant group
c. Singled out for differential and unequal treatment
d. Distinguishable from the dominant group by its racial characteristics
e. Distinguished from the dominant group by its ethnic origins
Q:
The text argues that the most serious problems facing contemporary minority groups are:
a. Problems of prejudice and discrimination
b. Cultural problems such as inappropriate or self-destructive values
c. Structural or institutional problems such as the lack of jobs in the inner city
d. The individualistic pursuit of success that has been so typical of American minority groups
e. The continuous presence of "color consciousness"
Q:
Which of the following is not a fairly recent improvement in the lives of minorities today?
a. The United States has become more tolerant and open.
b. Minority members can be found at the highest levels of success, affluence, and prestige.
c. The strong racism of the past is no longer primary.
d. Jim Crow laws no longer exist.
e. The overt bigotry of the past has been replaced with blindness and indifference, unsympathetic to change.
Q:
Which group best fits the traditional model of assimilation?
a. Protestant "old" immigrants from Northern and Western Europe
b. Japanese Americans
c. Asian immigrants after 1965
d. Jewish Americans
e. Cuban Americans
Q:
Which of the following groups formed ethnic enclaves?
a. Cuban Americans and Puerto Ricans
b. Japanese and Native Americans
c. Cuban and Chinese Americans
d. Jewish and Mexican Americans
e. Armenians and Bulgarians
Q:
Which of the following groups is the poorest?
a. African Americans
b. Native Americans
c. Japanese Americans
d. Cuban Americans
e. Mexican Americans
Q:
Which of the following groups is the least integrated?
a. African Americans
b. Japanese Americans
c. Cuban Americans
d. Native Americans
e. Mexican Americans
Q:
Which of the following groups is the most acculturated?
a. Mexican Americans
b. Chinese Americans
c. Cuban Americans
d. African Americans
e. Korean Americans
Q:
Which of the following is true?
a. Pluralism has increased in prominence since the 1960s.
b. The goal of assimilation has been completely abandoned in modern American society.
c. Assimilation has become much more popular among American minority groups since the 1960s.
d. The goal of a pluralistic society has been abandoned as completely unrealistic.
e. All of the above
Q:
Evidence presented in this text supports the view that minority groups _______:
a. May assimilate in a linear, step-by-step process
b. May acculturate before or after integration
c. May prefer ethnic enclaves and pluralism
d. May become increasingly committed to their ethnic and/or racial group over time
e. All of the above
Q:
You hear someone on the bus say that "all women cry easily" and "all Jews are greedy." These are examples of:
a. Prejudice
b. Individual discrimination
c. Institutional discrimination
d. Stereotypes
e. Oppression
Q:
The distinction between prejudice and discrimination is that:
a. Prejudice is a behavior; discrimination is an attitude
b. Prejudice is an attitude; discrimination is a behavior
c. Prejudice is an ideology; discrimination is an attitude
d. Prejudice is an attitude; discrimination is an ideology
e. Prejudice is a feeling; discrimination involves ways of thinking
Q:
Which factor determines the outcome of the original contact situation between dominant and minority groups?
a. The goals of the minority group
b. The size of the dominant group
c. The prejudice of the dominant group
d. The differential in power between the dominant and minority groups
e. Competition for scarce goods and services
Q:
The view that holds that once Jim Crow"type segregation ended in the 1960s, the opportunity channels and routes of upward mobility of U.S. society were open to all persons is called:
a. Symbolic racism
b. Institutional discrimination
c. Personal prejudice
d. None of the above
Q:
The United States has become more tolerant and open, and minority group members can be found at the highest levels of success, affluence, and prestige. One of the most obvious changes is:
a. Demise of blatant bigotry in public
b. The disappearance of negative intergroup feelings and stereotypes
c. The decline of traditional racism and prejudice
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
Q:
In some ways, ethnicity can be a positive force for people because it:
a. Helps locate them in time and space
b. Helps them understand their position in contemporary society
c. Brings them special government benefits
d. A and B above
e. All of the above
Q:
Only _______________ groups seem to approximate the traditional model of assimilation.
a. Chinese American groups
b. Hispanic American
c. European American ethnic groups
d. American Indian groups
Q:
Since the 1960s, many minority spokespersons have questioned the wisdom of becoming assimilated in the United States because:
a. They do not want to be a part of a society constructed by the systematic exploitation of minority groups
b. They prefer to be given a location where they can set up their own societies
c. Both A and B above
d. None of the above
Q:
Which group benefited most from the continuing industrialization of the United States in the twentieth century?
a. The descendants of European immigrants
b. African Americans
c. Chinese Americans
d. Puerto Ricans
e. Mexican Americans
Q:
The creation of minority group status for Mexican Americans reflected the dynamics of:
a. A society in the early stages of industrialization
b. An agrarian society
c. A society that had a long history of positive and productive contacts with Hispanic societies
d. A society that was turning to commerce after the end of the Gold Rush of 1849
e. A society that needed slaves and tenant farmers
Q:
Which of the six Americans introduced in Chapter 1 and revisited in Chapter 14 is a member of the urban underclass?
a. Mary Ann O"Brien, the school teacher
b. Hector Gonzalez, the probation officer
c. Mark Richardson, one of Hector's clients
d. Kim Park, a grocery store clerk
e. William Buford, a real estate executive
Q:
Which statement best explains the reasons for peace in Switzerland?
a. It is a completely homogenous country.
b. There is an abundance of money and resources .
c. It is a highly acculturated society.
d. There is no history of conquest or coercion among groups.
Q:
High rates of immigration, economic uncertainty for working-class, and strong traditions of racism and intolerance are all causes of hate crimes.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Germany has atoned for the Nazi's attempted genocide of Jews in all of the following ways except
a. eliminating anti-Semitism.
b. paying reparations.
c. funding a variety of culture exchange programs with Israel.
d. becoming Israel's leading trading partner in Europe.
Q:
Periods of segregation _______ occur in Brazil after slavery ended.
a. Did
b. Did not
Q:
Race is seen as a ____ in Brazil.
a. Continuum
b. Dividing line
c. Non factor
d. None of the above
Q:
The Portuguese were ______ hostile toward people of color than other European colonial powers.
a. More
b. Less
c. Equally as
Q:
Slavery ended ___ in Brazil.
a. Suddenly
b. Violently
c. Gradually
d. Not at all
Q:
Brazil was a colony of
a. Britain
b. Germany
c. Portugal
d. Spain
Q:
Between 2008-2010, ___ of all marriages in Hawaii crossed group lines.
a. 22%
b. 32%
c. 42%
d. 72%
Q:
The founding of Israel was a direct result of
a. Normal migration patterns of the Jewish people
b. The horrors of the WWII Holocaust
c. Colonialism by the Jewish people
d. None of the above
Q:
Both the Jews and Palestinians rightfully claim the same territory as their homeland.
a. True
b. False
Q:
The most complex problems in the world might be found in
a. The Middle East
b. Eastern Europe
c. Africa
d. South America
Q:
_____________ was elected as the first black President of South Africa
a. F.W. de Klerk
b. Thabo Mbeke
c. Nelson Mandela
d. Jacob Zuma
Q:
Apartheid was ended due to all but which of the following factors:
a. The white minority left South Africa
b. International pressure increased
c. The white majority could not maintain numbers to fulfill the needs of a more sophisticated economy
d. Black South Africans were rising to positions of greater affluence and influence.
Q:
Apartheid lasted longer in South Africa mainly because
a. There was little support for ending it among the ruling white minority
b. Resistance was illegal and enforced
c. Much resistance was from exile or external
d. All of the above are true
Q:
The Afrikaans created apartheid, which resembled
a. Slavery
b. Extermination
c. Jim Crow in the U.S.
d. A coming together
Q:
The Boer War was a fight between
a. The British and black African tribes
b. The Dutch and the black African tribes
c. The British and the Dutch
d. None of the above
Q:
The initial settlement of South Africa by the Dutch resembled the
a. Spanish movement into South America
b. French movement into Canada
c. European movement into North America
d. None of the above
Q:
South Africa was ruled by the white minority, ____ of the population until recently.
a. 25%
b. 45%
c. 10%
d. 2%
Q:
_____put the _______ in a position to govern the _________in a classic case of divide and conquer, largely setting the stage for the massacre.
a. GermanyTutsisHutus
b. BelgiumTutsisHutus
c. GermanyHutusTutsis
d. BelgiumHutusTutsis
Q:
_____ people were murdered during the Rwandan conflict.
a.10,000
b. 100,000
c. 800,000
d. 8,000,000
Q:
Tribal groups involved in the Rwanda massacre:
a. The Afar and Ashanti
b. The Bobo and Maasai
c. The Hutu and Tutsis
d. The Bambuti and Zulu
Q:
The primary cause of strife in Rwanda was
a. Colonialism
b. Cross border disputes with neighboring Congo
c. Economic problems
d. Lack of a government
Q:
The former Yugoslavia has a complex mix of
a. Religious and ethnic backgrounds
b. Ethnic and racial backgrounds
c. Ethnic, racial, and religious backgrounds
d. Religious (only) backgrounds
Q:
Switzerland has a largely peaceful history, primarily due to
a. Single ethnic background
b. Lack of participation in world conflict
c. Three ethnic groups working voluntarily together
d. None of the above
Q:
Germany faces new challenges largely from
a. A new wave of immigration
b. Continued anti-Semitism
c. Political unrest
d. None of the above
Q:
Unrest and violence in Ireland generally evolved from
a. Colonial British Rule
b. Religious conflict
c. Both of the above
d. None of the above
Q:
The largest minority group in Canada is
a. Racial
b. Religious
c. Cultural and linguistic
d. All of the above
Q:
The least diverse nation(s) in the world are
a. Britain and Scotland
b. Mexico
c. Northern Europe
d. Korea and Japan
Q:
The ethnic conflict in Rwanda shows how difficult it is to deal with centuries old, ethnicallybased animosities between peoples.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Like other neighboring ethnic groups worldwide throughout history, the Hutus and Tutsis had longstanding animosity toward one another and frequently fought throughout history.
a. True
b. False
Q:
The British attempted to grant more privileges to the black South African population in the 1800s.
a. True
b. false
Q:
The Dutch segment of the white community were known as the Afrikaaners.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Part of the complexity of the problems in the Middle East is due to the separation of the peoples along so many different lines.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Hawaii is an example of relative peacefulness in a very diverse society.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Brazil and U.S. history are parallel in many respects.
a. True
b. False
Q:
Portugal was actually ruled by the Moors of North Africa for a period of their history.a. Trueb. False
Q:
There is no legacy of slavery in Brazil today.
a. True
b. False