Question 1

What explanation does functionalism have for prejudice and discrimination today?

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A)   Prejudice and discrimination are the result of a struggle for scarce resources.
B)   Prejudice and discrimination are perpetuated by economic but not racial factors.
C)   Prejudice and discrimination are established on an international level.
D)   Prejudice and discrimination help to increase group cohesion.

Question 2

In the novel The Human Stain by Philip Roth, a professor at a college in the Northeast is forced into early retirement after he is accused of racism. The charge turns out to be ironic when the reader learns that the professor has a secret. The professor was born to African American parents and has been covering up his heritage and living as a white man his whole adult life. Of what is this an example?

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A)   reverse discrimination
B)   hegemony
C)   individual discrimination
D)   passing

Question 3

Explain the difference between racial assimilation and cultural assimilation.

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Racial assimilation occurs when members ...

Question 4

The "Jim Crow" laws, which mandated separate facilities for whites and blacks, were an example of

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A)   population transfer.
B)   assimilation.
C)   individual discrimination.
D)   institutional discrimination.

Question 5

What is the real source of racism according to conflict theory?

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A)   the need for social equality for capitalism to function
B)   the people who attempt to live as if they were members of a different racial group
C)   the struggle between groups over power and control
D)   the desire for assimilation of minority groups into majority groups

Question 6

Understanding that racism in the United States created and maintains inequality is characteristic of

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A)   color blindness.
B)   race consciousness.
C)   white privilege.
D)   reverse racism.

Question 7

Regarding racial categories, modern science has determined that

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A)   there is greater diversity between racial populations than within them.
B)   biologically, there is no such thing as a pure race.
C)   some racial groups are genetically predisposed to be more intelligent than others.
D)   some racial groups are genetically predisposed to be more athletically inclined than others.

Question 8

________ is a set of beliefs about the superiority of one racial or ethnic group compared to another.

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A)   Discrimination
B)   Racism
C)   Prejudice
D)   Assimilation

Question 9

How do sociologists define race and ethnicity?

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All answers must illustrate that the stu...

Question 10

The fact that so many people are asked, "What are you?" in reference to their race is evidence that

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A)   race is not all that important.
B)   race must be established interactionally.
C)   race has a biological basis.
D)   it is usually easy to tell someone's race just by looking at him or her.

Question 11

________ occur(s)  when minority group members are prejudiced against themselves or their own group.

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A)   Internalized racism
B)   Individual discrimination
C)   Microaggressions
D)   Color-blind racism

Question 12

The current demographics of California challenge the way the term "minority" has been used in the past because

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A)   Latinos are a numerical minority but are socially powerful.
B)   there are far fewer African Americans in California than in the rest of the country.
C)   whites are now less than half of the population of California.
D)   California is more tolerant of its ethnic diversity than is the rest of the country.

Question 13

What historical event is sometimes referred to as the "forgotten genocide"?

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A)   the massacre of 1.5 million Armenians by the Turkish government after World War I
B)   the slaughter of the Tutsis in Rwanda
C)   the death of 6 million Jews in Europe during World War II
D)   attacks on ethnic minorities in the Darfur region of Sudan

Question 14

What would a sociologist call the belief that members of one racial group are genetically predisposed to be more intelligent than members of another racial group?

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A)   discrimination
B)   prejudice
C)   racial passing
D)   pluralism

Question 15

Brazilians have many other racial categories including moreno, mulato, neguinho, and pretinho. Most of these terms do not have an equivalent in the United States. What does this tell you?

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A)   Race is a social construct.
B)   Brazil places more importance on symbolic ethnicity.
C)   The United States is less diverse than Brazil.
D)   Brazil has never used science to classify its population.

Question 16

Classical Marxist analysis often argued that everything is ultimately determined by the economy, even though, sometimes, it is through many complicated steps. Can economic factors explain racism?

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A)   No, almost none of the factors associated with racism can be understood in economic terms.
B)   The link between race and class is very strong, and almost all sociologists accept that race is primarily a way to keep the working class divided.
C)   The link between race and class is useful and important, but it does not provide a satisfactory explanation for all forms of racism.
D)   Yes, although the economic origins of racism may be distant now, ultimately, racism began with economic factors.

Question 17

The fact that immigrants from Eastern Europe, Asia, and Latin America tended to be shorter than native-born Americans was taken as evidence that there were inherent racial differences between these populations. However, the immigrants had children who grew up to be as tall as anyone else. Geneticists now understand that, although there can be considerable variation in height within a group due to genetics, height differences between groups are largely caused by diet. What does this demonstrate?

Accepted Answer

A)   Race will always be an important way to understand physical traits.
B)   There are essential differences between racial populations.
C)   Some physical features, like blood type, are correlated with race.
D)   Racial differences are socially constructed and not genetic.

Question 18

A person who is not prejudiced may still participate in discrimination.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

________ is an action or behavior that results in the unequal treatment of an individual because of their membership in a racial or ethnic group.

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A)   Prejudice
B)   Discrimination
C)   Pluralism
D)   Passing

Question 20

Why is the traditional image of the melting pot replaced with the image of the salad bowl in regard to pluralism or multiculturalism?

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A melting pot insinuates that all the in...

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