Deck 5: Ethnicity and Race in Canadian Sport

Question 1

Which of the following types of social capital refers to the trust and respect that can develop between people of diverse backgrounds and can lead to opportunities for people to interact outside their homogeneous group?

A)embedded social capital
B)cultural social capital
C)hegemonic social capital
D)autonomous social capital

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Both _____ and _____ have been known to prevent many recent immigrants from participating in sport in Canada.

A)poverty;discrimination
B)language barriers;poverty
C)skin colour;lack of basic sport skills
D)discrimination;lack of basic sport skills

Answer 2

A

Question 3

A newcomer to Canada spends time reading Canadian magazines to learn all about the culture of the country they have moved to in order to adopt new values,beliefs,and behaviours.This newcomer is actively engaged in a process of _____.

A)multiculturalism
B)assimilation
C)institutional completeness
D)hegemony

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The three largest visible minority groups in Canada are:

A)Koreans,Japanese,and Chinese
B)Blacks,Chinese,and Koreans
C)South Asians,Chinese,and Blacks
D)Arabs,South Asians,and Latin Americans

Question 5

Washburne's thesis that differences in leisure between dominant and minority populations are the result of variations in the value systems and social norms of the minority groups provides the basis for _____ theory.

A)ethnicity
B)marginality
C)functionalist
D)conflict

Question 6

A hierarchy of privilege and discrimination has been created in Canada based on skin colour commonly referred to as:

A)discrimination
B)prejudice
C)assimilation
D)racism

Question 7

Communities considered to have high levels of _____ are those in which a range of social supports and relevant services are available to minority people.

A)institutional completeness
B)assimilation
C)cultural pluralism
D)marginality

Question 8

In the early part of the twentieth century,Canada recruited its first major wave of immigrants from:

A)Asia,the U.S.and Mexico
B)Africa.The Middle East,and Eastern Europe
C)Great Britain,the U.S. ,and Europe
D)South America,Mexico,and Europe

Question 9

Which of the following is not a socially significant characteristic in Canadian society?

A)skin colour
B)ethnicity
C)eye colour
D)race

Question 10

Identification with more than one ethnic minority group is sometimes referred to as:

A)multi-racial
B)hybridity
C)completeness
D)marginality

Question 11

According to the text,the popularity of which of the following sports provides the best example of an ethnic sport?

A)hockey
B)tennis
C)soccer
D)lawn bowling

Question 12

In the 21ˢᵗ century,new waves of immigrants to Canada tended to move from _____ and ?from _____.

A)north to south;west to east
B)east to west;north to south
C)south to north;west to east
D)east to west;south to north

Question 13

We learned from the 2011 National Household Survey that _____ of Canada's population is foreign born.

A)5%
B)20%
C)40%
D)53%

Question 14

Which theory noted below suggests that participation in dominant cultural activities is due to the poverty experienced by many minority racial and ethnic people?

A)ethnicity theory
B)marginality theory
C)racial theory
D)functionalism

Question 15

With respect to newcomers to the country,Canada adopts a practice of _____,while the United States adopts a practice of _____.

A)assimilation;cultural pluralism
B)segregation;assimilation
C)cultural pluralism;segregation
D)cultural pluralism;assimilation

Question 16

_____ refers to the values,beliefs,and behaviours we share in common with a subcultural group to which we most closely identify based on common country or origin,language,religion,or cultural traditions.

A)Race
B)Ethnicity
C)Minority group
D)Hegemony

Question 17

For many ethnic minority youth,the first place they encounter sport participation is:

A)ethnic cultural centres
B)public swimming pools
C)private sport clubs
D)in their schools

Question 18

Which of the following is TRUE?

A)We know ourselves and our culture in part through our bodies.
B)Students not involved in sport learn nothing about themselves.
C)Lack of involvement in sport leads to an inability to interact with others.
D)We learn little of value about our culture through sport.

Question 19

Claude Denis rejects the idea that Canada is culturally pluralistic,instead labelling it as _____.

A)assimilationist
B)inclusive
C)whitestream
D)hegemonic

Question 20

We use the word _____ to refer to people who identify with non-European-white groups and individuals.

A)race
B)ethnicity
C)minority
D)coloured

Question 21

In 2014,Donald Sterling,owner of the L.A.Clippers,was banned for life from all NBA games and other associated NBA activities.Sterling was also fined $2.5 million.What did Sterling do?

A)He made racist comments about African-Americans to his mistress.
B)He "stacked" the Clippers team.
C)He unilaterally changed the rules of basketball.
D)He refused to have an Aboriginal player on his team.

Question 22

John,a white male,has been excluded from participating in the North American Indigenous Games.Many people would refer to this as:

A)ethnocentric distortion
B)hegemony
C)reverse racism
D)two-eyed seeing

Question 23

Slavery began in the geographic location now known as Canada in:

A)1867
B)1700
C)1628
D)There has never been slavery in Canada - either before or after Confederation.

Question 24

Rigid beliefs about the characteristics of a racial group are referred to as:

A)socially constructed realities
B)prejudices
C)ethnocentric distortions
D)stereotypes

Question 25

We observe in professional football (e.g. ,the NFL)that blacks are less likely to be coaches and have leadership positions on the team and are more likely to have positions on the team that are deemed to require more athletic ability.This is referred to as:

A)ethnocentric distortion
B)stacking
C)levelling the field
D)hierarchical discrimination

Question 26

We find in Canadian history three factors regulating Aboriginal life.These three are the British North America Act,the Indian Act,and:

A)treaties
B)the Human Rights Act
C)Head Tax of 1885
D)Darwinism

Question 27

An examination of Aboriginal Peoples' practices related to physical activity in Canada identified four potential strengths tied to Aboriginal cultural practices.Which of the following is not one of these four strengths?

A)a holistic orientation
B)ethnocentric distortion
C)a strong emphasis on family and community
D)two-eyed seeing

Question 28

There are three measures of power in sport.Which of the following is not one these three measures?

A)the ability to structure sport
B)the ability to establish sport traditions
C)the ability to set into motion lifelong athletic performance enhancing exercises for individual athletes
D)the ability to define legitimate meanings and practices associated with dominant sport practices