Question 1

The attribution of characteristics of superiority or inferiority to a population sharing certain physically inherited characteristics is:

Accepted Answer

A)  feminization 
B)  pluralism 
C)  racism 
D)  color-blind racism 
A)  feminization 
B)  pluralism 
C)  racism 
D)  color-blind racism C

Question 2

According to the Centers for Disease Control, whites can on average expect to live how much longer than blacks?

Accepted Answer

A)  1.5 years 
B)  3.5 years 
C)  7.9 years 
D)  12.2 years 
A)  1.5 years 
B)  3.5 years 
C)  7.9 years 
D)  12.2 years B

Question 3

As of 2017, how many senators were black or Hispanic?

Accepted Answer

A)  1 black and 1 Hispanic 
B)  3 black and 4 Hispanic 
C)  8 black and 12 Hispanic 
D)  13 black and 18 Hispanic 
A)  1 black and 1 Hispanic 
B)  3 black and 4 Hispanic 
C)  8 black and 12 Hispanic 
D)  13 black and 18 Hispanic B

Question 4

In 2017, how many members of Congress were black or Hispanic?

Accepted Answer

A)  20 black and 9 Hispanic 
B)  50 black and 39 Hispanic 
C)  79 black and 69 Hispanic 
D)  109 black and 90 Hispanic 
A)  20 black and 9 Hispanic 
B)  50 black and 39 Hispanic 
C)  79 black and 69 Hispanic 
D)  109 black and 90 Hispanic

Question 5

According to your textbook authors, why has racism flourished? Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

________, consideration in terms of fixed and inflexible categories, often involves the psychological mechanism of ________, directing hostility or anger toward objects that are not really the source of those feelings.

Accepted Answer

A)  Institutional racism; situational ethnicity 
B)  Symbolic ethnicity; individual racism 
C)  Stereotypical thinking; displacement 
D)  Scapegoating; projection 
A)  Institutional racism; situational ethnicity 
B)  Symbolic ethnicity; individual racism 
C)  Stereotypical thinking; displacement 
D)  Scapegoating; projection

Question 7

When a group assumes the attitudes and language of the dominant community, it has engaged in:

Accepted Answer

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

Question 8

Amy Chua's seminal piece World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability argues that small ethnic minority groups often have more power than larger, poorer ethnic groups and that many times ethnic tension is a result of:

Accepted Answer

A)  the lack of cultural knowledge each group has about the other 
B)  the economic advantage enjoyed by these groups 
C)  the inability of other ethnic groups to assimilate 
D)  segregation 
A)  the lack of cultural knowledge each group has about the other 
B)  the economic advantage enjoyed by these groups 
C)  the inability of other ethnic groups to assimilate 
D)  segregation

Question 9

What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination? Must an individual be prejudiced in order to discriminate? Provide examples to illustrate your position. Explain your answer in one paragraph.

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Question 10

Define white privilege. Provide an example. Discuss how this example illustrates white privilege. Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

Accepted Answer

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Question 11

A situation in which ethnic cultures have a distinct and separate existence even while their members participate in the economic and political life of the larger society is known as:

Accepted Answer

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

Question 12

When the U.S. Census Bureau calculates racial and ethnic composition, why might the population totals sometimes exceed 100 percent?

Accepted Answer

A)  Since the year 2000, the U.S. Census Bureau has been forced to guess the population levels due to the rapid rise of illegal immigration. 
B)  Since 1950, researchers have received less funding to conduct surveys about race and ethnicity. 
C)  In the past 30 years, more people have been refusing to participate in the U.S. Census surveys. 
D)  Since the year 2000, respondents have been allowed to identify as more than one racial-ethnic category on the U.S. Census. 
A)  Since the year 2000, the U.S. Census Bureau has been forced to guess the population levels due to the rapid rise of illegal immigration. 
B)  Since 1950, researchers have received less funding to conduct surveys about race and ethnicity. 
C)  In the past 30 years, more people have been refusing to participate in the U.S. Census surveys. 
D)  Since the year 2000, respondents have been allowed to identify as more than one racial-ethnic category on the U.S. Census.

Question 13

The systematic, planned destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  genocide 
B)  ethnic cleansing 
C)  segregation 
D)  pluralism 
A)  genocide 
B)  ethnic cleansing 
C)  segregation 
D)  pluralism

Question 14

What is color-blind racism? How does sociologist Eduardo Bonilla-Silva define color-blind racism? Assess his claims. Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

According to your textbook authors, does Donald Trump make one bigoted statement after another? Analyze their evidence. Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

Accepted Answer

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Question 16

The Supreme Court decision that established the foundation for the civil rights struggles of the 1950s through the 1970s was:

Accepted Answer

A)  Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas 
B)  Plessy v. Ferguson 
C)  Roe v. Wade 
D)  Loving v. Virginia 
A)  Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas 
B)  Plessy v. Ferguson 
C)  Roe v. Wade 
D)  Loving v. Virginia

Question 17

Which of the following would be an example of a microaggression?

Accepted Answer

A)  asking an Asian American for directions 
B)  telling an Asian American that they "speak good English" 
C)  telling a Hispanic American that "they should lighten up" rather than be offended at a racist joke 
D)  telling a Native American that they are making a "mountain out of a molehill" when they disapprove of a white person dressing up as a Native American for Halloween 
A)  asking an Asian American for directions 
B)  telling an Asian American that they "speak good English" 
C)  telling a Hispanic American that "they should lighten up" rather than be offended at a racist joke 
D)  telling a Native American that they are making a "mountain out of a molehill" when they disapprove of a white person dressing up as a Native American for Halloween

Question 18

Did the lives of African Americans in the South get better after the Civil War? Discuss the "black codes" and segregation. Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

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Question 19

An example of the interaction between micro and macro factors that influence migration is a family that moves from:

Accepted Answer

A)  Liberia to escape the civil war to Minneapolis, Minnesota, because they can work at a family business 
B)  England to New York City because of the mother's job transfer 
C)  Texas to Miami to be closer to Cuban culture 
D)  California to Texas and then to Oklahoma for work 
A)  Liberia to escape the civil war to Minneapolis, Minnesota, because they can work at a family business 
B)  England to New York City because of the mother's job transfer 
C)  Texas to Miami to be closer to Cuban culture 
D)  California to Texas and then to Oklahoma for work

Question 20

According to your textbook authors, what is white privilege?

Accepted Answer

A)  the benefits that whites receive due to their hard work 
B)  the advantages that whites have because minorities are less ambitious 
C)  the acknowledgment by whites of their privileges 
D)  the benefits that whites have that were not earned and are not acknowledged as unearned 
A)  the benefits that whites receive due to their hard work 
B)  the advantages that whites have because minorities are less ambitious 
C)  the acknowledgment by whites of their privileges 
D)  the benefits that whites have that were not earned and are not acknowledged as unearned

The attribution of characteristics of superiority or inferiority to a population sharing certain physically inherited characteristics is:

According to the Centers for Disease Control, whites can on average expect to live how much longer than blacks?

As of 2017, how many senators were black or Hispanic?

In 2017, how many members of Congress were black or Hispanic?

According to your textbook authors, why has racism flourished? Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

, consideration in terms of fixed and inflexible categories, often involves the psychological mechanism of , directing hostility or anger toward objects that are not really the source of those feelings.

When a group assumes the attitudes and language of the dominant community, it has engaged in:

Amy Chua's seminal piece World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability argues that small ethnic minority groups often have more power than larger, poorer ethnic groups and that many times ethnic tension is a result of:

What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination? Must an individual be prejudiced in order to discriminate? Provide examples to illustrate your position. Explain your answer in one paragraph.

Define white privilege. Provide an example. Discuss how this example illustrates white privilege. Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

A situation in which ethnic cultures have a distinct and separate existence even while their members participate in the economic and political life of the larger society is known as:

When the U.S. Census Bureau calculates racial and ethnic composition, why might the population totals sometimes exceed 100 percent?

The systematic, planned destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group is called:

What is color-blind racism? How does sociologist Eduardo Bonilla-Silva define color-blind racism? Assess his claims. Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

According to your textbook authors, does Donald Trump make one bigoted statement after another? Analyze their evidence. Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

The Supreme Court decision that established the foundation for the civil rights struggles of the 1950s through the 1970s was:

Which of the following would be an example of a microaggression?

Did the lives of African Americans in the South get better after the Civil War? Discuss the "black codes" and segregation. Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

An example of the interaction between micro and macro factors that influence migration is a family that moves from:

According to your textbook authors, what is white privilege?

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The attribution of characteristics of superiority or inferiority to a population sharing certain physically inherited characteristics is:

According to the Centers for Disease Control, whites can on average expect to live how much longer than blacks?

As of 2017, how many senators were black or Hispanic?

In 2017, how many members of Congress were black or Hispanic?

According to your textbook authors, why has racism flourished? Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

________, consideration in terms of fixed and inflexible categories, often involves the psychological mechanism of ________, directing hostility or anger toward objects that are not really the source of those feelings.

When a group assumes the attitudes and language of the dominant community, it has engaged in:

Amy Chua's seminal piece World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability argues that small ethnic minority groups often have more power than larger, poorer ethnic groups and that many times ethnic tension is a result of:

What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination? Must an individual be prejudiced in order to discriminate? Provide examples to illustrate your position. Explain your answer in one paragraph.

Define white privilege. Provide an example. Discuss how this example illustrates white privilege. Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

A situation in which ethnic cultures have a distinct and separate existence even while their members participate in the economic and political life of the larger society is known as:

When the U.S. Census Bureau calculates racial and ethnic composition, why might the population totals sometimes exceed 100 percent?

The systematic, planned destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group is called:

What is color-blind racism? How does sociologist Eduardo Bonilla-Silva define color-blind racism? Assess his claims. Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

According to your textbook authors, does Donald Trump make one bigoted statement after another? Analyze their evidence. Your answer should be one to two paragraphs in length.

The Supreme Court decision that established the foundation for the civil rights struggles of the 1950s through the 1970s was:

Which of the following would be an example of a microaggression?

Did the lives of African Americans in the South get better after the Civil War? Discuss the "black codes" and segregation. Your answer should be one paragraph in length.

An example of the interaction between micro and macro factors that influence migration is a family that moves from:

According to your textbook authors, what is white privilege?

What Is Sociology

Asking and Answering Sociological Questions

Culture and Society

Socialization and the Life Course

Social Interaction and Everyday Life in the Age of the Internet

Groups, Networks, and Organizations

Conformity, Deviance, and Crime

Stratification, Class, and Inequality

Global Inequality

Gender Inequality

Aging

Government, Political Power, and Social Movements

Work and Economic Life

Families and Intimate Relationships

Education

Religion in Modern Society

The Sociology of the Body: Health, Illness, and Sexuality

Population, Urbanization, and the Environment

Globalization in a Changing World

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, consideration in terms of fixed and inflexible categories, often involves the psychological mechanism of , directing hostility or anger toward objects that are not really the source of those feelings.