Question 1

Robert Park's model explains the universally progressive pattern in which immigrants arrive,settle in,and achieve full assimilation in a newly homogeneous country.His model is called:

Accepted Answer

A)  immigration patterns. 
B)  assimilation progress. 
C)  the geographic immigrant process. 
D)  straight-line assimilation. 
A)  immigration patterns. 
B)  assimilation progress. 
C)  the geographic immigrant process. 
D)  straight-line assimilation. D

Question 2

Hippocrates believed that physical markers such as skin color were the result of:

Accepted Answer

A)  genetics. 
B)  social status. 
C)  different environmental factors. 
D)  historical context. 
A)  genetics. 
B)  social status. 
C)  different environmental factors. 
D)  historical context. C

Question 3

H.H.Goddard used his tests on what group to generalize about immigrant populations?

Accepted Answer

A)  immigrants at Ellis Island 
B)  immigrants who worked in factories 
C)  immigrants on ships to America 
D)  factory managers 
A)  immigrants at Ellis Island 
B)  immigrants who worked in factories 
C)  immigrants on ships to America 
D)  factory managers A

Question 4

Comte de Buffon's classification schemes assumed that anyone who differed from the following group was abnormal:

Accepted Answer

A)  American 
B)  African 
C)  European 
D)  British 
A)  American 
B)  African 
C)  European 
D)  British

Question 5

Based on measurements of skull bumps,Blumenbach came up with five principal varieties of:

Accepted Answer

A)  humans. 
B)  intelligence. 
C)  athletic ability. 
D)  ethnicity. 
A)  humans. 
B)  intelligence. 
C)  athletic ability. 
D)  ethnicity.

Question 6

Explain what sociologists mean when they argue that race is a social construction.Be sure to give a specific,"real-life" example.

Accepted Answer

When sociologists argue that race is soc

Question 7

The opening story in Chapter 9 about the author kidnapping a child to become his new baby sister shows:

Accepted Answer

A)  how racist his parents were. 
B)  that racism is innate. 
C)  the social impact of race. 
D)  how badly he wanted a sister. 
A)  how racist his parents were. 
B)  that racism is innate. 
C)  the social impact of race. 
D)  how badly he wanted a sister.

Question 8

The General Social Survey asked respondents why,on average,African Americans have worse jobs,income,and housing than white people.Nearly half of the respondents believed that blacks:

Accepted Answer

A)  have been socially repressed. 
B)  don't have the motivation to pull themselves out of poverty. 
C)  have fewer inborn abilities to learn. 
D)  prefer to live that way. 
A)  have been socially repressed. 
B)  don't have the motivation to pull themselves out of poverty. 
C)  have fewer inborn abilities to learn. 
D)  prefer to live that way.

Question 9

Although race has no deterministic,biological basis,it still:

Accepted Answer

A)  influences heredity. 
B)  has important social influence. 
C)  has genetic importance. 
D)  has physical importance. 
A)  influences heredity. 
B)  has important social influence. 
C)  has genetic importance. 
D)  has physical importance.

Question 10

The genetic variation that corresponds with geographic origins is much ____________ than people commonly believe.

Accepted Answer

A)  more random 
B)  more important 
C)  smaller 
D)  greater 
A)  more random 
B)  more important 
C)  smaller 
D)  greater

Question 11

Your text introduces the concepts of whiteness and the browning of America.What effect do you think the presence of one will have on the other? In other words,as American "browns," will the degree of "whiteness" remain the same,or how will it change?

Accepted Answer

The Multiracial March on Washington in 1

Question 12

Miscegenation refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  segregation. 
B)  incest. 
C)  interracial marriage. 
D)  mixed races. 
A)  segregation. 
B)  incest. 
C)  interracial marriage. 
D)  mixed races.

Question 13

Clifford Geertz used what term to describe the fact that ethnic ties remained even after people assimilated?

Accepted Answer

A)  primordialism 
B)  ethnocentrism 
C)  neoassimilation 
D)  ethnicism 
A)  primordialism 
B)  ethnocentrism 
C)  neoassimilation 
D)  ethnicism

Question 14

Who was one of the first sociologists to point out the importance of culture in determining race?

Accepted Answer

A)  Robert Park 
B)  Charles Darwin 
C)  Anthony Giddens 
D)  Ann Oakley 
A)  Robert Park 
B)  Charles Darwin 
C)  Anthony Giddens 
D)  Ann Oakley

Question 15

Aristotle's principle of civic association was that the true test of people's worth was in what they did,not who they were.All people were included in this EXCEPT:

Accepted Answer

A)  brown-skinned people. 
B)  women. 
C)  whites. 
D)  nonwhites. 
A)  brown-skinned people. 
B)  women. 
C)  whites. 
D)  nonwhites.

Question 16

In 1902,the United States barred immigration from what country,because its people were seen as a threat to the American-born labor force?

Accepted Answer

A)  Poland 
B)  China 
C)  Ireland 
D)  Mexico 
A)  Poland 
B)  China 
C)  Ireland 
D)  Mexico

Question 17

Which term refers to the mass killing of a particular population?

Accepted Answer

A)  extinction 
B)  extermination 
C)  expulsion 
D)  genocide 
A)  extinction 
B)  extermination 
C)  expulsion 
D)  genocide

Question 18

Discuss the differences between race and ethnicity.How does symbolic ethnicity fit into explanations of ethnicity? How do the differences between race and ethnicity underscore the privileged position of whites in America?

Accepted Answer

Race is based on physical differences,wh

Question 19

About 35 percent of Muslims worldwide were born in:

Accepted Answer

A)  Iran. 
B)  Afghanistan. 
C)  Canada. 
D)  America. 
A)  Iran. 
B)  Afghanistan. 
C)  Canada. 
D)  America.

Question 20

Compared with 11 percent of the U.S.population as a whole,around 33 percent of Native Americans die before age:

Accepted Answer

A)  45. 
B)  50. 
C)  55. 
D)  60. 
A)  45. 
B)  50. 
C)  55. 
D)  60.

Robert Park's model explains the universally progressive pattern in which immigrants arrive,settle in,and achieve full assimilation in a newly homogeneous country.His model is called:

Hippocrates believed that physical markers such as skin color were the result of:

H.H.Goddard used his tests on what group to generalize about immigrant populations?

Comte de Buffon's classification schemes assumed that anyone who differed from the following group was abnormal:

Based on measurements of skull bumps,Blumenbach came up with five principal varieties of:

Explain what sociologists mean when they argue that race is a social construction.Be sure to give a specific,"real-life" example.

The opening story in Chapter 9 about the author kidnapping a child to become his new baby sister shows:

The General Social Survey asked respondents why,on average,African Americans have worse jobs,income,and housing than white people.Nearly half of the respondents believed that blacks:

Although race has no deterministic,biological basis,it still:

The genetic variation that corresponds with geographic origins is much ____________ than people commonly believe.

Your text introduces the concepts of whiteness and the browning of America.What effect do you think the presence of one will have on the other? In other words,as American "browns," will the degree of "whiteness" remain the same,or how will it change?

Miscegenation refers to:

Clifford Geertz used what term to describe the fact that ethnic ties remained even after people assimilated?

Who was one of the first sociologists to point out the importance of culture in determining race?

Aristotle's principle of civic association was that the true test of people's worth was in what they did,not who they were.All people were included in this EXCEPT:

In 1902,the United States barred immigration from what country,because its people were seen as a threat to the American-born labor force?

Which term refers to the mass killing of a particular population?

Discuss the differences between race and ethnicity.How does symbolic ethnicity fit into explanations of ethnicity? How do the differences between race and ethnicity underscore the privileged position of whites in America?

About 35 percent of Muslims worldwide were born in:

Compared with 11 percent of the U.S.population as a whole,around 33 percent of Native Americans die before age:

The Sociological Imagination: An Introduction

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Exam 9: Race

Robert Park's model explains the universally progressive pattern in which immigrants arrive,settle in,and achieve full assimilation in a newly homogeneous country.His model is called:

Hippocrates believed that physical markers such as skin color were the result of:

H.H.Goddard used his tests on what group to generalize about immigrant populations?

Comte de Buffon's classification schemes assumed that anyone who differed from the following group was abnormal:

Based on measurements of skull bumps,Blumenbach came up with five principal varieties of:

Explain what sociologists mean when they argue that race is a social construction.Be sure to give a specific,"real-life" example.

The opening story in Chapter 9 about the author kidnapping a child to become his new baby sister shows:

The General Social Survey asked respondents why,on average,African Americans have worse jobs,income,and housing than white people.Nearly half of the respondents believed that blacks:

Although race has no deterministic,biological basis,it still:

The genetic variation that corresponds with geographic origins is much ____________ than people commonly believe.

Your text introduces the concepts of whiteness and the browning of America.What effect do you think the presence of one will have on the other? In other words,as American "browns," will the degree of "whiteness" remain the same,or how will it change?

Miscegenation refers to:

Clifford Geertz used what term to describe the fact that ethnic ties remained even after people assimilated?

Who was one of the first sociologists to point out the importance of culture in determining race?

Aristotle's principle of civic association was that the true test of people's worth was in what they did,not who they were.All people were included in this EXCEPT:

In 1902,the United States barred immigration from what country,because its people were seen as a threat to the American-born labor force?

Which term refers to the mass killing of a particular population?

Discuss the differences between race and ethnicity.How does symbolic ethnicity fit into explanations of ethnicity? How do the differences between race and ethnicity underscore the privileged position of whites in America?

About 35 percent of Muslims worldwide were born in:

Compared with 11 percent of the U.S.population as a whole,around 33 percent of Native Americans die before age:

The Sociological Imagination: An Introduction

Methods

Culture and Media

Socialization and the Construction of Reality

Groups and Networks

Social Control and Deviance

Stratification

Gender

Poverty

Health and Society

Family (in Core edition)

Education

Capitalism and the Economy

Authority and the State

Religion

Science, the Environment, and Society

Collective Action, Social Movements, and Social Change

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