Multiple Choice Questions

Which state has the highest percentage of minorities?
  • Latino American
  • Hawaii
  • Tiger Woods
  • genocide
Which statement is most accurate regarding the meaning of race?
  • Hawaii
  • They were immigrants from Europe whose language and other customs differed from the original White Anglo-Saxon Protestants.
  • Race varies, depending upon the society in which its meaning is constructed.
  • Latino American
To which ethnic heritage do more Caucasians in America trace their roots than any other?
  • ethnicity
  • attitudes; actions
  • Native Americans
  • German
What is another name for multiculturalism?
  • ethnicity
  • multiculturalism
  • pluralism
  • internal colonialism
For the last five years, Sarah has been trying to recover her ethnic heritage by tracing her family line. This attempt to trace her family line is an example of ________.
  • Selective perception
  • population transfer
  • ethnicity
  • ethnic work
The group in society made up of the unemployed who can be put to work during times of high production and then laid off when they are no longer needed is called ________.
  • the internalization of the norms of the dominant group
  • scapegoats and being blamed for John's grades
  • minority group
  • the reserve labor force
While race might reflect our biological heritage, ________ reflects our cultural heritage.
  • German
  • ethnic work
  • ethnicity
  • slavery
The relocation of Native Americans to reservations and the transfer of Americans of Japanese descent to internment camps during World War II are examples of ________.
  • ethnic work
  • W. E. B. Du Bois
  • authoritarian personality
  • population transfer
What is the largest minority group in the United States today?
  • Hawaii
  • Asian American
  • Theodor Adorno
  • Latino American
The massacre of Native Americans in the 1800s, the extermination of the Jews in Nazi Germany, and the slaughter of the Tutsis in Rwanda are all examples of ________.
  • population transfer and genocide
  • Theodor Adorno
  • William Julius Wilson
  • genocide
Based on the textbook, what are two ways a group becomes a minority?
  • one race is superior to another; pure races exist
  • Respondents can choose one or more races that they consider themselves to be.
  • The split labor market and reserve labor force are most aligned with the symbolic interactionist perspective.
  • the change in political boundaries and migration
The systematic annihilation or attempted annihilation of a people based on their presumed race or ethnicity is called ________.
  • Theodor Adorno
  • William Julius Wilson
  • Hawaii
  • genocide
How did the 2010 U.S. Census instruct Americans to classify themselves in relation to race?
  • The split labor market and reserve labor force are most aligned with the symbolic interactionist perspective.
  • one race is superior to another; pure races exist
  • the internalization of the norms of the dominant group
  • Respondents can choose one or more races that they consider themselves to be.
John recently received his semester grades and found that he had failed two courses. He says the reason he failed the two courses is that they were taught by female professors. John believes that women are really not smart enough to teach at the college level. In this example, the female professors are ________.
  • minority group
  • the reserve labor force
  • prejudice and discrimination
  • scapegoats and being blamed for John's grades
Of the following, the most extreme example of internal colonialism is ________.
  • ethnic work
  • ethnicity
  • casino
  • slavery
Who was the theorist who concluded that highly prejudiced people are actually insecure conformists?
  • They were immigrants from Europe whose language and other customs differed from the original White Anglo-Saxon Protestants.
  • John Dollard
  • Tiger Woods
  • Theodor Adorno
Pedro, a legal immigrant from Mexico, and George, a white male whose family has been in America for several generations, have each applied for a car loan at the local bank. Pedro's loan was turned down while George was granted a loan. In comparing their credit history, both men had good credit, and their debts and income were comparable. This is an example of ________ against Pedro.
  • population transfer
  • authoritarian personality
  • institutional discrimination
  • attitudes; actions
Since the 1960's Native Americans have won a series of legal victories giving them control over reservation lands. During that time they have opened businesses ranging from fishing canneries to industrial parks that serve metropolitan areas. More recently the business endeavor that has attracted the most attention is the __________ business.
  • slavery
  • casino
  • ethnicity
  • ethnic work
Who is the best-known "Cablinasian"?
  • They were immigrants from Europe whose language and other customs differed from the original White Anglo-Saxon Protestants.
  • William Julius Wilson
  • Tiger Woods
  • John Dollard
Of all ethnic groups, in which group are children most likely to grow up with two parents and least likely to be born to a single mother?
  • Latino American
  • Asian American
  • Jim Crow law
  • Hawaii
Which of the following statements is false?
  • Respondents can choose one or more races that they consider themselves to be.
  • the internalization of the norms of the dominant group
  • The split labor market and reserve labor force are most aligned with the symbolic interactionist perspective.
  • the change in political boundaries and migration
The belief held by many African Americans that lighter skinned African American women are more attractive than those with darker skin is referred to as ________.
  • population transfer
  • authoritarian personality
  • the internalization of the norms of the dominant group
  • Tony is exercising the concept of ethnic work.
In American history, who were the white ethnics?
  • They were immigrants from Europe whose language and other customs differed from the original White Anglo-Saxon Protestants.
  • Hawaii
  • Theodor Adorno
  • William Julius Wilson
Switzerland is made up of four separate ethnic groups that have kept their own languages but are peacefully united politically and economically. This pattern of intergroup relations is an example of ________.
  • pluralism
  • internal colonialism
  • population transfer
  • multiculturalism
The sociologist who argued that social class has become the most significant factor in the lives of African Americans in today's U.S. society was ________.
  • Tiger Woods
  • Theodor Adorno
  • They were immigrants from Europe whose language and other customs differed from the original White Anglo-Saxon Protestants.
  • William Julius Wilson
When Bosnian Serbs practiced ethnic cleansing of the Muslim population during the 1990s, they employed a combination of ________.
  • Theodor Adorno
  • population transfer and genocide
  • genocide
  • William Julius Wilson
The practice the South employed after the Civil War to segregate blacks from whites was called ________.
  • Jim Crow law
  • John Dollard
  • population transfer
  • Theodor Adorno
As described in the text, what are the two myths of race?
  • Respondents can choose one or more races that they consider themselves to be.
  • the internalization of the norms of the dominant group
  • one race is superior to another; pure races exist
  • Tony is exercising the concept of ethnic work.
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