Question 1

Kazal claimed that the process of construction or invention which incorporates,adapts,and  amplifies preexisting communal solidarities,cultural attributes and historical memories is  crucial to ethnicity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The popular view assumes that assimilation occurs in three generations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Straight-line theory is very controversial among scholars.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

A number of factors affect the rate at which members of a given group are included within American society.List those factors then apply them to Irish immigrants of 1840s and African immigrants of 2000.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A number of factors affect the rate...

Question 5

Describe the U.S.majority group and the difficulties non-Whites have had in being included in  this group.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Describe the U.S.majority group and the difficulties...

Question 6

________ is the concentration of a group of people within a particular area primarily because  they wish to be together.

Accepted Answer

A)  Convolution 
B)  Congregation 
C)  Segregation 
D)  Subvolution

Question 7

Which group is more likely to follow the three generations process?

Accepted Answer

A)  voluntary immigrants 
B)  involuntary immigrants 
C)  conquered groups 
D)  slaves

Question 8

If you are born in the United States,your parents were born in the United States,and your grandparents immigrated to the United States,then you are considered:

Accepted Answer

A)  first generation. 
B)  second generation. 
C)  third generation. 
D)  fourth generation.

Question 9

Hansen found that grandchildren of immigrants experienced a revival of interest in the culture  of the old country of their grandparents.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Many newcomers to the United States resisted assimilation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Why is it becoming more and more difficult to formally and informally classify people by race?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Why is it becoming more and more...

Question 12

The authors argue that there is really only one uniform process leading to Americanization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The three generations description applied to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  second immigration English 
B)  Native Americans 
C)  Mexican Americans 
D)  Black slaves

Question 14

The authors focus on Kennedy's work throughout the entire text and basically ignore Gordon's work.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Americans generally believe that an individual's rewards and place in society should depend heavily on his or her ________ characteristics.

Accepted Answer

A)  ascribed 
B)  appropriated 
C)  achieved 
D)  acknowledged

Question 16

If you think of yourself as belonging to a group of "we" rather than "they," then you are  referring to your:

Accepted Answer

A)  in-group. 
B)  out-group. 
C)  reference-status. 
D)  role exchange.

Question 17

The United States is often described as a nation of nations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

America's cultural and racial diversity has decreased appreciably in the last decade.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

When sociologists focus on a group's cultural traits and heritage they are concerned with:

Accepted Answer

A)  race. 
B)  ethnicity. 
C)  marital assimilation. 
D)  secondary assimilation.

Question 20

Whites have been the largest and most powerful group throughout U.S.history.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 1: Natives and Newcomers

Kazal claimed that the process of construction or invention which incorporates,adapts,and amplifies preexisting communal solidarities,cultural attributes and historical memories is crucial to ethnicity.

The popular view assumes that assimilation occurs in three generations.

Straight-line theory is very controversial among scholars.

A number of factors affect the rate at which members of a given group are included within American society.List those factors then apply them to Irish immigrants of 1840s and African immigrants of 2000.

Describe the U.S.majority group and the difficulties non-Whites have had in being included in this group.

________ is the concentration of a group of people within a particular area primarily because they wish to be together.

Which group is more likely to follow the three generations process?

If you are born in the United States,your parents were born in the United States,and your grandparents immigrated to the United States,then you are considered:

Hansen found that grandchildren of immigrants experienced a revival of interest in the culture of the old country of their grandparents.

Many newcomers to the United States resisted assimilation.

Why is it becoming more and more difficult to formally and informally classify people by race?

The authors argue that there is really only one uniform process leading to Americanization.

The three generations description applied to which of the following?

The authors focus on Kennedy's work throughout the entire text and basically ignore Gordon's work.

Americans generally believe that an individual's rewards and place in society should depend heavily on his or her ________ characteristics.

If you think of yourself as belonging to a group of "we" rather than "they," then you are referring to your:

The United States is often described as a nation of nations.

America's cultural and racial diversity has decreased appreciably in the last decade.

When sociologists focus on a group's cultural traits and heritage they are concerned with:

Whites have been the largest and most powerful group throughout U.S.history.