Deck 10: The Status of Majority and Minority Groups in the United States Today

Question 1

The movement of blacks back to the south since the 1970s is based on all of the following factors EXCEPT:

A) Many blacks came to realize that the North was not the racial paradise some of them had believed
B) Southern states have offered blacks financial incentives to return
C) Many blacks have returned to areas where their families reside
D) Mores, lifestyles and the climate of the south are more familiar to those who used to live there

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Racial or ethnic groups that are near or above societal norms about education or income,yet have been in the past or are currently subject to widespread discrimination are called:

A) Minority groups
B) Privileged groups
C) Groups with intermediate status
D) Groups with subjective status

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The majority of Hispanic Americans are:

A) Puerto Ricans
B) Cubans
C) Mexican Americans
D) Central or South Americans

Answer 3

C

Question 4

A group with intermediate status in the United States is:

A) Asian-Americans
B) African Americans
C) Latinos
D) Native Americans

Question 5

Which of the following is true about Jewish-Americans?

A) A tiny percentage of the world Jewish population live in the United States
B) The Jewish population of the U.S. is about 2 percent of the total population
C) The U.S. Jewish population is growing more rapidly than the population as a whole because of its high birth rate
D) The U.S. Jewish population is highly rural

Question 6

Most Arab Americans are:

A) Muslim
B) Christian
C) Hindu
D) Buddhist

Question 7

The largest group of Asian Americans are the:

A) Japanese Americans
B) Korean Americans
C) Chinese Americans
D) Filipino Americans

Question 8

What percentage of the world's Jewish population lives in the United States?

A) 2%
B) 15%
C) 40%
D) 90%

Question 9

Those groups who have immigrated to the United States from eastern and southern Europe are referred to as:

A) White immigrants
B) White ethnics
C) Ethnic immigrants
D) Ethnic entrants

Question 10

Native Americans make up what percentage of the U.S.population?

A) 25%
B) 10%
C) 15%
D) 1.7%

Question 11

In which area of the United States do most Puerto Ricans live?

A) New York and New Jersey
B) California, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado
C) Florida
D) Washington, D.C.

Question 12

The greatest percentage of Native Americans live in the:

A) North
B) South
C) West
D) East

Question 13

Which of the following statements is true?

A) The Hispanic population is one of the slowest-growing populations in the United States
B) The Hispanic population is less urban than the black population
C) The median age for Hispanics is older than any other group in the United States
D) The population of Latinos more than tripled between 1980 and 2006

Question 14

Which of the following is the largest minority group in the United States?

A) African American
B) Hispanics
C) Native Americans
D) Asian Americans

Question 15

The majority of Asian-Americans live in:

A) California and Hawaii
B) New York and New Jersey
C) Colorado and Utah
D) Texas and Illinois

Question 16

Which of the following statements is true?

A) Blacks constitute 40 percent of the U.S. population
B) The majority of blacks live in the south
C) The black population is older than the population as a whole
D) Blacks are more suburbanized than whites

Question 17

Which of the following is true?

A) The term "white ethnics" refers to any group who are white
B) The bulk of "white ethnics" immigrated before 1900
C) The largest "white ethnic" group is Italian American
D) The majority of "white ethnic" groups are concentrated in the Northeast

Question 18

The umbrella label "Hispanic" or "Latino" does not cover which of the following groups?

A) Mexicans
B) Puerto Ricans
C) Cubans
D) Haitians

Question 19

African Americans,Latinos,and American Indian people fit the definition of minority groups because they share the following:

A) They each are a smaller percentage of the population than whites
B) They have less wealth, lower incomes, less education, and less power than other groups
C) They share a great deal of wealth and influence in American society
D) They have lower birth rates than other groups in American society

Question 20

The largest reservation in the United States is home to which Native American nation?

A) Cherokee
B) Pueblo
C) Navajo
D) Ute

Question 21

7.The group that most clearly fits the definition of majority group is whites from Eastern and Southern Europe.

Question 22

Approximate equality has been reached among whites,blacks and Hispanics in the area of:

A) Income
B) Unemployment
C) Education
D) None of the above

Question 23

The three largest ancestry groups in the United States are:

A) Germans, Irish, and English
B) Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans
C) African Americans, Mexicans, and Native Americans
D) Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish

Question 24

9.Political representation among minorities has risen to their share of the population.

Question 25

2.Unlike in the past,today the majority of African Americans live in the North.

Question 26

Which of the following is true?

A) The wage gap between whites and racial/ethnic minorities has closed
B) Today deliberate racial discrimination is illegal and less common than in the past
C) Blacks and Hispanics are proportionally represented in elected political positions
D) Blacks and Hispanics have reached educational parity with whites

Question 27

8.African American,Native American,and Latino/as are both less likely to attend college and less likely to graduate when they do attend.

Question 28

The dominant or majority group of Americans came here from what parts of the world?

A) Southern Europe
B) Northern and western Europe
C) Eastern Europe
D) Latin America

Question 29

According to current statistics,black families have lower incomes compared to whites:

A) Only among female-headed households
B) Only among dual earner households
C) Regardless of family type
D) Only among male-headed households

Question 30

6.White ethnics have immigrated to the United States somewhat recently.

Question 31

Which minority group lost ground since 1978 in its median family income as compared to whites?

A) African Americans
B) Hispanics
C) Native Americans
D) Asian Americans

Question 32

Which of the following is true?

A) On the average African Americans live about seven years longer than whites
B) Infant mortality is higher among whites than among minorities
C) Whites are more likely to be ill than are blacks
D) African Americans and Hispanics have more illnesses on average than whites.

Question 33

5.All Asian American groups are highly urban.

Question 34

1.Hispanics are the largest minority group in the United States.

Question 35

10.There is a concentration of blacks and Latinos in two-year colleges.

Question 36

4.The Indian population is among the youngest of any major American racial or ethnic group.

Question 37

Black babies are how much more likely to die in the first year of life than white babies?

A) 10% higher
B) 20% higher
C) Twice as likely
D) Three times as likely

Question 38

Which of the following statements is true?

A) Income of Latinos and blacks is at parity with whites
B) Unemployment rates are the same for whites and minorities
C) Substantial educational inequalities between whites and minorities still exist
D) White teen unemployment rates are particularly high as compared to other racial or ethnic groups

Question 39

3.The Chicano population is heavily concentrated in the Northeast.

Question 40

Which group has the highest percentage of high school graduates?

A) Blacks
B) Whites
C) Hispanics
D) Native Americans

Question 41

1.What does it mean to have intermediate status? Give at least three examples of groups in the United States with intermediate status.

Question 42

3.What evidence does the text list to show that there is continuing inequality for minorities in American society?

Question 43

2.How has whiteness become a racial identity? What are some of the reasons this has happened?