Question 1

The claim that defining members of some minority as inferior will make them inferior is one application of

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A)  social distance research.
B)  de facto segregation.
C)  the Thomas Theorem.
D)  authoritarian personality theory.

Question 2

Which statement about Arab Americans is true?

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A)  Some Arab Americans are recent immigrants; some are not.
B)  Some Arab Americans speak Arabic; some do not.
C)  Some Arab Americans are Muslims; some are not.
D)  All of these responses are correct.

Question 3

Prejudice and discrimination can reinforce one another.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The killing of people in the Darfur region of Africa is a recent example of

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A)  assimilation.
B)  genocide.
C)  miscegenation.
D)  hypersegregation.

Question 5

Prejudice is a rigid and unfair generalization about an entire category of people.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following concepts refers to a category of people,distinguished by physical or cultural traits,who are socially disadvantaged?

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A)  minority
B)  ethnic category
C)  racial category
D)  out-group

Question 7

A family leaves Russia and takes up residence in the United States,where they gradually lose Russian cultural traditions.Doing so,these people have modified their

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A)  race.
B)  ethnicity.
C)  ancestry.
D)  religion.

Question 8

All members of a minority typically share a distinct identity.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Scientific research shows that there are three biologically pure races.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Authoritarian personality theory states that extreme prejudice is

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A)  built into culture itself.
B)  a trait of certain individuals with particular personalities.
C)  found among poor and disadvantaged people.
D)  found among most people in all societies.

Question 11

Segregation refers to the physical and social separation of categories of people.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

Prejudice and discrimination are found in not just individuals,but in the operation of society's institutions.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Conflict theory states that prejudice is

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A)  a tool used by powerful people to oppress others.
B)  built into culture itself.
C)  common among immigrants.
D)  common among certain people with rigid personalities.

Question 14

Theodor Adorno linked extreme prejudice to a certain personality type.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

A national civil rights movement,which ended most instances of lawful discrimination,took place during

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A)  World War II.
B)  the 1950s and 1960s.
C)  the 1970s.
D)  the 1990s.

Question 16

The first Native Americans immigrated to the United States about the time Christopher Columbus came to the Americas.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The largest category of Asian Americans in the United States is people of _____ ancestry.

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A)  Korean
B)  Japanese
C)  Chinese
D)  Vietnamese

Question 18

What Gunnar Myrdal called the "American dilemma" was

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A)  the denial of basic rights to African Americans by a so-called "democratic society."
B)  the placing of Native Americans on reservations.
C)  the restriction of immigration by a nation that was built by immigrants.
D)  the refusal of many minorities to improve their social standing.

Question 19

Why do sociologists consider the "scientific" racial types of Caucasian,Mongoloid,and Negroid to be misleading and even harmful?

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A)  Every society's population contains a lot of genetic mixture.
B)  Various racial categories are genetically very much alike.
C)  The skin color of Caucasian people ranges from very light to very dark.
D)  All of these are correct.

Question 20

In most cases,race and ethnicity refer to the same thing.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 14: Race and Ethnicity

Prejudice and discrimination are found in not just individuals,but in the operation of society's institutions.

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The claim that defining members of some minority as inferior will make them inferior is one application of

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What Gunnar Myrdal called the "American dilemma" was

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A family leaves Russia and takes up residence in the United States,where they gradually lose Russian cultural traditions.Doing so,these people have modified their

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All members of a minority typically share a distinct identity.

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The largest category of Asian Americans in the United States is people of _____ ancestry.

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Prejudice is a rigid and unfair generalization about an entire category of people.

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The first Native Americans immigrated to the United States about the time Christopher Columbus came to the Americas.

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Which statement about Arab Americans is true?

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Which of the following concepts refers to a category of people,distinguished by physical or cultural traits,who are socially disadvantaged?

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Conflict theory states that prejudice is

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The killing of people in the Darfur region of Africa is a recent example of

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Theodor Adorno linked extreme prejudice to a certain personality type.

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Why do sociologists consider the "scientific" racial types of Caucasian,Mongoloid,and Negroid to be misleading and even harmful?

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A national civil rights movement,which ended most instances of lawful discrimination,took place during

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Scientific research shows that there are three biologically pure races.

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Authoritarian personality theory states that extreme prejudice is

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Segregation refers to the physical and social separation of categories of people.

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In most cases,race and ethnicity refer to the same thing.

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Prejudice and discrimination can reinforce one another.

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