Question 1

One of the key challenges for the 21^st century is to make society safe for ethnicity as well as safe ______ethnicity.

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Question 2

What explanation argues that ethnicity serves as a resource in the collective pursuit of goals in a competitive environment?

Accepted Answer

A)  Primordial explanation 
B)  Instrumental explanation 
C)  Identity thesis 
D)  Collective definition

Question 3

What thesis argues that ethnicity involves a process in which individuals pool their resources to maximize their chances and improve their competitive advantage?

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Question 4

The text distinguishes two seemingly opposed dynamics at the onset of the 21st century. One of these is globalization. According to the text, what is the other dynamic that is shaping developments in the new century?

Accepted Answer

A)  Anti-Racism 
B)  Ethnicity 
C)  Inter-state conflicts 
D)  Ethnic communities

Question 5

According to the case study on Ethnic conflict, while wars between countries ('interstate') have declined in recent years, what kind of ethnic conflict has increased_________ ?

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Question 6

What do we call an ethnic identity that revolves around an attachment to symbols of ethnicity rather than its substance or practice?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lived-in 
B)  Insurgent 
C)  Subjective 
D)  Situational

Question 7

What do we call the process by which ethnicity is transformed into something both harmless and private?

Accepted Answer

A)  Insurgent ethnicity 
B)  Ethnic nationalism 
C)  De-politicizing ethnicity 
D)  Institutional completeness

Question 8

What do we call those socially constructed barriers that secure a social border between ethnic groups?

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Question 9

According to the text, there is no problem in using ethnic conflict in a descriptive sense. As the case study demonstrates, there are major problems in employing ethnic conflict in a (n) _______manner.

Accepted Answer

A)  Symbolic 
B)  Primordial 
C)  Explanatory 
D)  Conflict

Question 10

What of the following approaches tends to see ethnic identity as fluid, emergent, negotiated, and provisional rather than fixed, determining, and rigid?

Accepted Answer

A)  Structuralist 
B)  Hybridic 
C)  Primordial 
D)  Insurgent

Question 11

Ethnically driven civil wars and sectarian violence have killed or displaced millions of people since the 1990s. Most of those killed or displaced have been________ ?

Accepted Answer

A)  Soldiers 
B)  Government officials 
C)  Ethnic majorities 
D)  Civilians

Question 12

What explanatory framework argues that ethnicity exists because it provides a buffer for insulating individuals from an intensely competitive and impersonal world of change and uncertainty?

Accepted Answer

A)  Primordial 
B)  Identity 
C)  Instrumental 
D)  Constructivist

Question 13

According to the text, ethnicity can be expressed in three major ways. Which of the following is NOT an expression of ethnicity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Community 
B)  Identity 
C)  Activity 
D)  Reality

Question 14

A community of people who see themselves as distinct, are seen by others as distinct, and are separated from others by way of cultural boundaries is known as a (n) _________?

Accepted Answer

A)  Ethnicity 
B)  Ethnic group 
C)  Social Movement 
D)  Ethnic nationalism

Question 15

What do we call an approach to studying ethnicity that emphasizes a shared "we-feeling" within the group?

Accepted Answer

A)  Subjective approach 
B)  Objective Approach 
C)  Cookie cutter approach 
D)  Sociological approach

Question 16

What kind of ethnic identity represents a cultural difference that makes a daily difference in peoples lives?

Accepted Answer

A)  Lived-in 
B)  Situational 
C)  Symbolic 
D)  Postmodern

Question 17

What primordial-based approach argues that ethnicity is genetically wired into the human species for the express purpose of transmitting closely related genes from one generation to another?

Accepted Answer

A)  Constructivist 
B)  Instrumental 
C)  Sociobiology 
D)  Evolution

Question 18

A relatively high degree of ________completeness provides ethnic communities with mutual support, access to services in their own language, and sources of identity.

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Question 19

What explanation argues that ethnicity is largely the result of inherent biological impulses?

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Question 20

What term describes the phenomenon that involves a shared awareness of ancestral linkages and recognized commonalities as basis for community, identity, or activity?

Accepted Answer

A)  Race 
B)  Heritage 
C)  Ethnicity 
D)  Ancestry

Exam 4: Ethnicity Matters: Experiences: Politics, Identity, and Power, and Experiences

One of the key challenges for the 21^st century is to make society safe for ethnicity as well as safe ______ethnicity.

What explanation argues that ethnicity serves as a resource in the collective pursuit of goals in a competitive environment?

What thesis argues that ethnicity involves a process in which individuals pool their resources to maximize their chances and improve their competitive advantage?

The text distinguishes two seemingly opposed dynamics at the onset of the 21^st century. One of these is globalization. According to the text, what is the other dynamic that is shaping developments in the new century?

According to the case study on Ethnic conflict, while wars between countries ('interstate') have declined in recent years, what kind of ethnic conflict has increased_________ ?

What do we call an ethnic identity that revolves around an attachment to symbols of ethnicity rather than its substance or practice?

What do we call the process by which ethnicity is transformed into something both harmless and private?

What do we call those socially constructed barriers that secure a social border between ethnic groups?

According to the text, there is no problem in using ethnic conflict in a descriptive sense. As the case study demonstrates, there are major problems in employing ethnic conflict in a (n) _______manner.

What of the following approaches tends to see ethnic identity as fluid, emergent, negotiated, and provisional rather than fixed, determining, and rigid?

Ethnically driven civil wars and sectarian violence have killed or displaced millions of people since the 1990s. Most of those killed or displaced have been________ ?

What explanatory framework argues that ethnicity exists because it provides a buffer for insulating individuals from an intensely competitive and impersonal world of change and uncertainty?

According to the text, ethnicity can be expressed in three major ways. Which of the following is NOT an expression of ethnicity?

A community of people who see themselves as distinct, are seen by others as distinct, and are separated from others by way of cultural boundaries is known as a (n) _________?

What do we call an approach to studying ethnicity that emphasizes a shared "we-feeling" within the group?

What kind of ethnic identity represents a cultural difference that makes a daily difference in peoples lives?

What primordial-based approach argues that ethnicity is genetically wired into the human species for the express purpose of transmitting closely related genes from one generation to another?

A relatively high degree of ________completeness provides ethnic communities with mutual support, access to services in their own language, and sources of identity.

What explanation argues that ethnicity is largely the result of inherent biological impulses?

What term describes the phenomenon that involves a shared awareness of ancestral linkages and recognized commonalities as basis for community, identity, or activity?

Exam 4: Ethnicity Matters: Experiences: Politics, Identity, and Power, and Experiences

One of the key challenges for the 21st century is to make society safe for ethnicity as well as safe ______ethnicity.

What explanation argues that ethnicity serves as a resource in the collective pursuit of goals in a competitive environment?

What thesis argues that ethnicity involves a process in which individuals pool their resources to maximize their chances and improve their competitive advantage?

The text distinguishes two seemingly opposed dynamics at the onset of the 21st century. One of these is globalization. According to the text, what is the other dynamic that is shaping developments in the new century?

According to the case study on Ethnic conflict, while wars between countries ('interstate') have declined in recent years, what kind of ethnic conflict has increased_________ ?

What do we call an ethnic identity that revolves around an attachment to symbols of ethnicity rather than its substance or practice?

What do we call the process by which ethnicity is transformed into something both harmless and private?

What do we call those socially constructed barriers that secure a social border between ethnic groups?

According to the text, there is no problem in using ethnic conflict in a descriptive sense. As the case study demonstrates, there are major problems in employing ethnic conflict in a (n) _______manner.

What of the following approaches tends to see ethnic identity as fluid, emergent, negotiated, and provisional rather than fixed, determining, and rigid?

Ethnically driven civil wars and sectarian violence have killed or displaced millions of people since the 1990s. Most of those killed or displaced have been________ ?

What explanatory framework argues that ethnicity exists because it provides a buffer for insulating individuals from an intensely competitive and impersonal world of change and uncertainty?

According to the text, ethnicity can be expressed in three major ways. Which of the following is NOT an expression of ethnicity?

A community of people who see themselves as distinct, are seen by others as distinct, and are separated from others by way of cultural boundaries is known as a (n) _________?

What do we call an approach to studying ethnicity that emphasizes a shared "we-feeling" within the group?

What kind of ethnic identity represents a cultural difference that makes a daily difference in peoples lives?

What primordial-based approach argues that ethnicity is genetically wired into the human species for the express purpose of transmitting closely related genes from one generation to another?

A relatively high degree of ________completeness provides ethnic communities with mutual support, access to services in their own language, and sources of identity.

What explanation argues that ethnicity is largely the result of inherent biological impulses?

What term describes the phenomenon that involves a shared awareness of ancestral linkages and recognized commonalities as basis for community, identity, or activity?

One of the key challenges for the 21^st century is to make society safe for ethnicity as well as safe ______ethnicity.

The text distinguishes two seemingly opposed dynamics at the onset of the 21^st century. One of these is globalization. According to the text, what is the other dynamic that is shaping developments in the new century?