Question 1

Which of the following represent the smallest racial or ethnic group in the U.S. of those groups tracked by the U.S. Census?

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A)  Black or African American 
B)  Hispanic or Latino 
C)  Native American or indigenous American 
D)  Asian American 
A)  Black or African American 
B)  Hispanic or Latino 
C)  Native American or indigenous American 
D)  Asian American

Question 2

According to Noel Ignatiev's How the Irish Became White, Irish Catholic immigrants to the U.S. and their descendants came to be accepted as white because they

Accepted Answer

A)  spoke English 
B)  participated in white supremacy 
C)  were Christian 
D)  were from western Europe 
A)  spoke English 
B)  participated in white supremacy 
C)  were Christian 
D)  were from western Europe

Question 3

The Red Power movement promoted land reform for and legal recognition of

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A)  former slaves who fought for the Union during the Civil War 
B)  Asian Americans who had been interned in camps during World War II 
C)  native American tribes 
D)  Irish-Americans who had been victims of discrimination during the 1800s 
A)  former slaves who fought for the Union during the Civil War 
B)  Asian Americans who had been interned in camps during World War II 
C)  native American tribes 
D)  Irish-Americans who had been victims of discrimination during the 1800s

Question 4

Which of the following statements about race and ethnicity in the U.S. is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Latino is a race. 
B)  Latino people can be of any race. 
C)  If you speak Spanish, you are Latino. 
D)  All immigrants from South American speak Spanish. 
A)  Latino is a race. 
B)  Latino people can be of any race. 
C)  If you speak Spanish, you are Latino. 
D)  All immigrants from South American speak Spanish.

Question 5

During what period did African Americans migrate in large numbers from the U.S. South to cities in the rest of the nation?

Accepted Answer

A)  The Great Exodus 
B)  The Great Depression 
C)  The Great Recession 
D)  The Great Migration 
A)  The Great Exodus 
B)  The Great Depression 
C)  The Great Recession 
D)  The Great Migration

Question 6

Which of the following statements about the Latino population in the U.S. is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  The population is disproportionately wealthy because so many immigrants choose to work in high-paying jobs. 
B)  The population is shrinking as more immigrants choose to go to nations more supportive of diversity than the U.S. 
C)  The population has become more diverse since the 1980s, when more immigrants from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Central and South American nations began to come in larger numbers. 
D)  The population has become less diverse since the 1980s, when immigration from South and Central American declined but immigration from Mexico grew. 
A)  The population is disproportionately wealthy because so many immigrants choose to work in high-paying jobs. 
B)  The population is shrinking as more immigrants choose to go to nations more supportive of diversity than the U.S. 
C)  The population has become more diverse since the 1980s, when more immigrants from Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Central and South American nations began to come in larger numbers. 
D)  The population has become less diverse since the 1980s, when immigration from South and Central American declined but immigration from Mexico grew.

Question 7

In a culturally pluralistic society,

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A)  people reject their own cultural traditions in favor of those of the dominant group 
B)  people share some common core values but also retain aspects of their distinct cultures 
C)  new cultural traditions emerge that are shared by all members of a society and reflect contributions from each of their original cultures 
D)  the society recognizes and promotes cultural diversity rather than merely tolerating it 
A)  people reject their own cultural traditions in favor of those of the dominant group 
B)  people share some common core values but also retain aspects of their distinct cultures 
C)  new cultural traditions emerge that are shared by all members of a society and reflect contributions from each of their original cultures 
D)  the society recognizes and promotes cultural diversity rather than merely tolerating it

Question 8

Which of the following statements about human genetic diversity is accurate?

Accepted Answer

A)  Genes are not real, but they have a social impact because we believe that they are. 
B)  There is the same amount of genetic diversity within racial groups as between them. 
C)  There is more genetic diversity between racial groups than within them. 
D)  There is more genetic diversity within racial groups than between them. 
A)  Genes are not real, but they have a social impact because we believe that they are. 
B)  There is the same amount of genetic diversity within racial groups as between them. 
C)  There is more genetic diversity between racial groups than within them. 
D)  There is more genetic diversity within racial groups than between them.

Question 9

What did W.. E. B. Du Bois mean when he said that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line"?

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A)  The long-standing racist thinking and behavior of white Americans would take hard work to overcome. 
B)  With the passing of white people who had living memories of slavery, racism would fade away. 
C)  If enough African Americans lived lives that white people would call "successful," then white people would eventually accept them as equal. 
D)  As Americans became more economically interdependent, especially as more people moved from rural to urban areas and left farming behind, they would prioritize economic solidarity over racial exclusivity. 
A)  The long-standing racist thinking and behavior of white Americans would take hard work to overcome. 
B)  With the passing of white people who had living memories of slavery, racism would fade away. 
C)  If enough African Americans lived lives that white people would call "successful," then white people would eventually accept them as equal. 
D)  As Americans became more economically interdependent, especially as more people moved from rural to urban areas and left farming behind, they would prioritize economic solidarity over racial exclusivity.

Question 10

Initially during the Age of Exploration, as Europeans began to travel beyond Europe, they argued for the superiority of Europeans over others they met due to

Accepted Answer

A)  culture and religion 
B)  biology and genetics 
C)  skin color and hair texture 
D)  height and weight 
A)  culture and religion 
B)  biology and genetics 
C)  skin color and hair texture 
D)  height and weight

Question 11

Immigrants from ____________ were vital in building the transcontinental railroad.

Accepted Answer

A)  Japan 
B)  the Philippines 
C)  China 
D)  Korea 
A)  Japan 
B)  the Philippines 
C)  China 
D)  Korea

Question 12

Murders by mob are called

Accepted Answer

A)  ethnic cleansing 
B)  genocide 
C)  racial profiling 
D)  lynchings 
A)  ethnic cleansing 
B)  genocide 
C)  racial profiling 
D)  lynchings

Question 13

Assimilation is most likely for groups that

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A)  are most economically successful 
B)  share the same racial characteristics as the dominant group 
C)  have the longest presence in a country 
D)  are most recent to immigrate to a country 
A)  are most economically successful 
B)  share the same racial characteristics as the dominant group 
C)  have the longest presence in a country 
D)  are most recent to immigrate to a country

Question 14

Today, most white people in the U.S.

Accepted Answer

A)  have an ethnically mixed ancestry 
B)  can trace their ancestry to a relatively narrow part of the world 
C)  live in highly integrated neighborhoods 
D)  earn about as much as people of color with similar job training 
A)  have an ethnically mixed ancestry 
B)  can trace their ancestry to a relatively narrow part of the world 
C)  live in highly integrated neighborhoods 
D)  earn about as much as people of color with similar job training

Question 15

In addition to prohibiting further immigration of Asian people to the U.S., the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and new immigration laws in 1917 and 1924 prohibited Asian people already in the country from

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A)  speaking any language other than English 
B)  returning to their nation of origin 
C)  becoming citizens 
D)  having children 
A)  speaking any language other than English 
B)  returning to their nation of origin 
C)  becoming citizens 
D)  having children

Question 16

Colorblind racism occurs when white people

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A)  are equally racist to people of all racial and ethnic minority groups 
B)  ignore (or pretend to ignore race), thus ignoring the reality of racism 
C)  are racist among their close white friends but not overtly racist in public settings or in situations with people of color 
D)  commit to eradicating racism from their lives 
A)  are equally racist to people of all racial and ethnic minority groups 
B)  ignore (or pretend to ignore race), thus ignoring the reality of racism 
C)  are racist among their close white friends but not overtly racist in public settings or in situations with people of color 
D)  commit to eradicating racism from their lives

Question 17

In a multicultural society,

Accepted Answer

A)  people reject their own cultural traditions in favor of those of the dominant group 
B)  people share some common core values but also retain aspects of their distinct cultures 
C)  new cultural traditions emerge that are shared by all members of a society and reflect contributions from each of their original cultures 
D)  the society recognizes and promotes cultural diversity rather than merely tolerating it 
A)  people reject their own cultural traditions in favor of those of the dominant group 
B)  people share some common core values but also retain aspects of their distinct cultures 
C)  new cultural traditions emerge that are shared by all members of a society and reflect contributions from each of their original cultures 
D)  the society recognizes and promotes cultural diversity rather than merely tolerating it

Question 18

Which of following is an example of symbolic ethnicity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Americans with no Irish ancestry celebrating St. Patrick's Day by wearing green. 
B)  Americans with no Irish ancestry attending a St. Patrick's Day parade to cheer for their friends in the parade who are Irish or Irish American. 
C)  Americans with Irish ancestry preparing a traditional Irish meal in honor of St. Patrick's Day. 
D)  Irish-Americans moving to Ireland to re-engage their ancestral culture more directly. 
A)  Americans with no Irish ancestry celebrating St. Patrick's Day by wearing green. 
B)  Americans with no Irish ancestry attending a St. Patrick's Day parade to cheer for their friends in the parade who are Irish or Irish American. 
C)  Americans with Irish ancestry preparing a traditional Irish meal in honor of St. Patrick's Day. 
D)  Irish-Americans moving to Ireland to re-engage their ancestral culture more directly.

Question 19

One of W.. E. B. Du Bois' many contributions to our sociological understanding of race was to help us understand that

Accepted Answer

A)  it was differences in opportunity and experience, not in heredity, that shaped differences in outcomes between black and white people 
B)  differences in race are due to differences in melanin levels in skin 
C)  people of different races developed in different regions of the world 
D)  it was the job of African Americans to prove themselves worthy of white respect, not the job of white people to recognize the inherent dignity of people of different races than themselves 
A)  it was differences in opportunity and experience, not in heredity, that shaped differences in outcomes between black and white people 
B)  differences in race are due to differences in melanin levels in skin 
C)  people of different races developed in different regions of the world 
D)  it was the job of African Americans to prove themselves worthy of white respect, not the job of white people to recognize the inherent dignity of people of different races than themselves

Question 20

Why did Europeans come to view race as so important by the 1700s?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were seeking explanations for why so many native people died when Europeans came into contact with them. 
B)  They were trying to divide Europe into nation-states, not just kingdoms, and wanted to do so along racial lines. 
C)  Racial hierarchies justified the permanent enslavement of Africans-even over generations. 
D)  They were seeking to apply Darwin's theory of evolution to human cultures. 
A)  They were seeking explanations for why so many native people died when Europeans came into contact with them. 
B)  They were trying to divide Europe into nation-states, not just kingdoms, and wanted to do so along racial lines. 
C)  Racial hierarchies justified the permanent enslavement of Africans-even over generations. 
D)  They were seeking to apply Darwin's theory of evolution to human cultures.

Which of the following represent the smallest racial or ethnic group in the U.S. of those groups tracked by the U.S. Census?

According to Noel Ignatiev's How the Irish Became White, Irish Catholic immigrants to the U.S. and their descendants came to be accepted as white because they

The Red Power movement promoted land reform for and legal recognition of

Which of the following statements about race and ethnicity in the U.S. is accurate?

During what period did African Americans migrate in large numbers from the U.S. South to cities in the rest of the nation?

Which of the following statements about the Latino population in the U.S. is accurate?

In a culturally pluralistic society,

Which of the following statements about human genetic diversity is accurate?

What did W.. E. B. Du Bois mean when he said that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line"?

Initially during the Age of Exploration, as Europeans began to travel beyond Europe, they argued for the superiority of Europeans over others they met due to

Immigrants from ____________ were vital in building the transcontinental railroad.

Murders by mob are called

Assimilation is most likely for groups that

Today, most white people in the U.S.

In addition to prohibiting further immigration of Asian people to the U.S., the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and new immigration laws in 1917 and 1924 prohibited Asian people already in the country from

Colorblind racism occurs when white people

In a multicultural society,

Which of following is an example of symbolic ethnicity?

One of W.. E. B. Du Bois' many contributions to our sociological understanding of race was to help us understand that

Why did Europeans come to view race as so important by the 1700s?

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Exam 8: Race, Ethnicity, and Multiculturalism

Which of the following represent the smallest racial or ethnic group in the U.S. of those groups tracked by the U.S. Census?

According to Noel Ignatiev's How the Irish Became White, Irish Catholic immigrants to the U.S. and their descendants came to be accepted as white because they

The Red Power movement promoted land reform for and legal recognition of

Which of the following statements about race and ethnicity in the U.S. is accurate?

During what period did African Americans migrate in large numbers from the U.S. South to cities in the rest of the nation?

Which of the following statements about the Latino population in the U.S. is accurate?

In a culturally pluralistic society,

Which of the following statements about human genetic diversity is accurate?

What did W.. E. B. Du Bois mean when he said that "the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color line"?

Initially during the Age of Exploration, as Europeans began to travel beyond Europe, they argued for the superiority of Europeans over others they met due to

Immigrants from ____________ were vital in building the transcontinental railroad.

Murders by mob are called

Assimilation is most likely for groups that

Today, most white people in the U.S.

In addition to prohibiting further immigration of Asian people to the U.S., the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and new immigration laws in 1917 and 1924 prohibited Asian people already in the country from

Colorblind racism occurs when white people

In a multicultural society,

Which of following is an example of symbolic ethnicity?

One of W.. E. B. Du Bois' many contributions to our sociological understanding of race was to help us understand that

Why did Europeans come to view race as so important by the 1700s?

What Is Sociology?

American Sociology: Theories and Contexts

Doing Sociology: Research Methods and Critical Literacy

Culture

Socialization, Social Interaction, and Group Life

Deviance, Crime, and Punishment

Inequality, Mobility, and Social Change

Gender, Sexuality, and the Body

Marriage, Family, and the Law

Science, Religion, and Knowing

Health, Illness, and Medicine

Politics, Media, and Social Movements

Economy, Education, Work, and Recreation

Population, Immigration, and Urbanization

Living on the Planet: Environment, Disaster, and Risk

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