Question 1

The Holocaust is an example of which of these?

Accepted Answer

A) assimilation 
B) genocide 
C) amalgamation 
D) segregation 
A) assimilation 
B) genocide 
C) amalgamation 
D) segregation

Question 2

Discriminatory policies may be carried out by persons who do NOT actually believe in them.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Unlike the U.S.,globally speaking race categories are uniform and solid.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

What is the name for a set of ideas and texts produced by the Global North to control and exploit groups from the East?

Accepted Answer

A) xenophobia 
B) orientalism 
C) genocide 
D) diaspora 
A) xenophobia 
B) orientalism 
C) genocide 
D) diaspora

Question 5

Recently,a black family moved into an all-white neighborhood.The whites who lived in the neighborhood wanted the black family to leave so they began to harass them daily.This is an example of ______ motive.

Accepted Answer

A) ideological 
B) bigotry 
C) political-territorial 
D) emotional 
A) ideological 
B) bigotry 
C) political-territorial 
D) emotional

Question 6

Enlightenment thinkers believed in the unity of humankind,but they also believed in classifying people along a continuum from primitive to modern.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The "separate but equal" doctrine of segregation started with an 1896 Supreme Court decision.The case was brought by a man who was one-eighth black,after being asked to leave a "whites only" train car when it was discovered that he was legally considered "colored." What is the name of this famous case?

Accepted Answer

A) Brown v.Board of Education 
B) Jim Crow v.the United States 
C) Plessy v.Ferguson 
D) Love v.Virginia 
A) Brown v.Board of Education 
B) Jim Crow v.the United States 
C) Plessy v.Ferguson 
D) Love v.Virginia

Question 8

Which of TRUE of the line between racial and ethnic groups?

Accepted Answer

A) Race is related to nature and ethnicity is related to nurture. 
B) Racial and ethnic groups are obviously very different. 
C) Racial and ethnic groups are vague and unclear. 
D) Racial and ethnic groups are historically defined. 
A) Race is related to nature and ethnicity is related to nurture. 
B) Racial and ethnic groups are obviously very different. 
C) Racial and ethnic groups are vague and unclear. 
D) Racial and ethnic groups are historically defined.

Question 9

Which of these is a socially constructed definition based on some real or presumed physical or biological characteristic?

Accepted Answer

A) ethnicity 
B) kinship 
C) nationality 
D) race 
A) ethnicity 
B) kinship 
C) nationality 
D) race

Question 10

A classic argument in sociology is "If men define situations as real,they are real in their consequences." The chapter text uses this to demonstrate which of these?

Accepted Answer

A) Majority groups cannot think of themselves as minority groups. 
B) Minority groups often suffer from stereotype threats. 
C) Even though majority and minority statuses are socially constructed,they are treated as "objective." 
D) People rarely change their attitudes about race. 
A) Majority groups cannot think of themselves as minority groups. 
B) Minority groups often suffer from stereotype threats. 
C) Even though majority and minority statuses are socially constructed,they are treated as "objective." 
D) People rarely change their attitudes about race.

Question 11

Which of these is the idea that members of a minority group are affected by the nature of their position in other systems or forms of social inequality?

Accepted Answer

A) multiracialism 
B) pluralism 
C) intersectionality 
D) hegemony 
A) multiracialism 
B) pluralism 
C) intersectionality 
D) hegemony

Question 12

White consumption of black culture in the U.S.has historically been which of these?

Accepted Answer

A) broad and general 
B) highly selective 
C) punishable by law 
D) seen as something to be avoided 
A) broad and general 
B) highly selective 
C) punishable by law 
D) seen as something to be avoided

Question 13

New Mexico and Texas are two states that have a majority-minority population.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

People who are French would be considered an ethnic group.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

The civil rights movement,which took place in the 1950s and 1960s,ended the ______ laws.

Accepted Answer

A) Jim Crow 
B) August Comte 
C) Stanley Milgram 
D) Franklin Mills 
A) Jim Crow 
B) August Comte 
C) Stanley Milgram 
D) Franklin Mills

Question 16

A recent study on Black and White consumption found which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) Blacks consume more than Whites regardless of income. 
B) Whites consume more than Blacks regardless of income. 
C) White and Blacks consume the same regardless of income. 
D) Poor Whites consume more than poor Blacks. 
A) Blacks consume more than Whites regardless of income. 
B) Whites consume more than Blacks regardless of income. 
C) White and Blacks consume the same regardless of income. 
D) Poor Whites consume more than poor Blacks.

Question 17

According to the chapter text,an example of racialized marketing is which of these?

Accepted Answer

A) alcohol 
B) automobiles 
C) menthol cigarettes 
D) ethnic foods 
A) alcohol 
B) automobiles 
C) menthol cigarettes 
D) ethnic foods

Question 18

What percentage of Whites in the U.S.are characterized as "poor?"

Accepted Answer

A) 9% 
B) 20% 
C) 30% 
D) 40% 
A) 9% 
B) 20% 
C) 30% 
D) 40%

Question 19

Neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan are examples of which of these?

Accepted Answer

A) xenophobic groups 
B) hate groups 
C) racial groups 
D) hegemonic groups 
A) xenophobic groups 
B) hate groups 
C) racial groups 
D) hegemonic groups

Question 20

Discuss the factors that affect Blacks and Hispanics when it comes to educational attainment.What are some of the relationships between educational attainment and other life factors that might help to explain lower levels of educational attainment? How does lower educational attainment in turn affect other outcomes?

Accepted Answer

Answers will vary but should discuss the

The Holocaust is an example of which of these?

Discriminatory policies may be carried out by persons who do NOT actually believe in them.

Unlike the U.S.,globally speaking race categories are uniform and solid.

What is the name for a set of ideas and texts produced by the Global North to control and exploit groups from the East?

Recently,a black family moved into an all-white neighborhood.The whites who lived in the neighborhood wanted the black family to leave so they began to harass them daily.This is an example of ______ motive.

Enlightenment thinkers believed in the unity of humankind,but they also believed in classifying people along a continuum from primitive to modern.

Which of TRUE of the line between racial and ethnic groups?

Which of these is a socially constructed definition based on some real or presumed physical or biological characteristic?

A classic argument in sociology is "If men define situations as real,they are real in their consequences." The chapter text uses this to demonstrate which of these?

Which of these is the idea that members of a minority group are affected by the nature of their position in other systems or forms of social inequality?

White consumption of black culture in the U.S.has historically been which of these?

New Mexico and Texas are two states that have a majority-minority population.

People who are French would be considered an ethnic group.

The civil rights movement,which took place in the 1950s and 1960s,ended the ______ laws.

A recent study on Black and White consumption found which of the following?

According to the chapter text,an example of racialized marketing is which of these?

What percentage of Whites in the U.S.are characterized as "poor?"

Neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan are examples of which of these?

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Exam 10: The Conceptions of Race and Ethnicity

The Holocaust is an example of which of these?

Discriminatory policies may be carried out by persons who do NOT actually believe in them.

Unlike the U.S.,globally speaking race categories are uniform and solid.

What is the name for a set of ideas and texts produced by the Global North to control and exploit groups from the East?

Recently,a black family moved into an all-white neighborhood.The whites who lived in the neighborhood wanted the black family to leave so they began to harass them daily.This is an example of ______ motive.

Enlightenment thinkers believed in the unity of humankind,but they also believed in classifying people along a continuum from primitive to modern.

Which of TRUE of the line between racial and ethnic groups?

Which of these is a socially constructed definition based on some real or presumed physical or biological characteristic?

A classic argument in sociology is "If men define situations as real,they are real in their consequences." The chapter text uses this to demonstrate which of these?

Which of these is the idea that members of a minority group are affected by the nature of their position in other systems or forms of social inequality?

White consumption of black culture in the U.S.has historically been which of these?

New Mexico and Texas are two states that have a majority-minority population.

People who are French would be considered an ethnic group.

The civil rights movement,which took place in the 1950s and 1960s,ended the ______ laws.

A recent study on Black and White consumption found which of the following?

According to the chapter text,an example of racialized marketing is which of these?

What percentage of Whites in the U.S.are characterized as "poor?"

Neo-Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan are examples of which of these?

An Introduction to Sociology in the Global Age

Thinking Sociologically

Researching the Social World

Culture

Socialization and Interaction

Organizations, societies, and Global Relationships

Deviance and Crime

Social Stratification in the United States

Global Stratification

Gender and Sexuality

Families

Education

Religion

Politics and the Economy

The Body, medicine, health, and Health Care

Population, urbanization, and the Environment

Social Change, social Movements, and Collective Action

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