Multiple Choice Quiz

Please answer all questions


1	What is the difference between ethnicity and race?
		A)	Race is a biological reality, while ethnicity is a cultural construction.
		B)	Ethnicity is the politically correct term for race.
		C)	A race is an ethnic group that is assumed to have a biological basis.
		D)	The terms are synonymous.
		E)	All of the above are correct.


2	Which of the following is an ethnic term?
		A)	Negroid
		B)	Hispanic
		C)	Caucasoid
		D)	white
		E)	None of the above are ethnic terms.


3	Ethnicity means:
		A)	identifying with a particular group that is defined in terms of specific phenotypic features
		B)	identifying with, and feeling part of a particular group that shares certain beliefs, values, customs, and norms
		C)	being excluded from other groups based on one's phenotype
		D)	being excluded from other groups because of one's ethnic identity
		E)	Both "b" and "d" are correct.


4	What are the two kinds of status discussed in the textbook?
		A)	achieved and stunted
		B)	ascribed and circumscribed
		C)	achieved and circumscribed
		D)	achieved and ascribed
		E)	ascribed and stunted


5	Which of the following is an achieved status?
		A)	father
		B)	sibling
		C)	age
		D)	daughter
		E)	African American


6	Minority groups:
		A)	are always outnumbered by the majority group
		B)	always speak a different language from the majority group
		C)	are the opposite of ethnic groups
		D)	have less secure access to resources than majority groups
		E)	All of the above statements are correct.


7	Which of the following factors are responsible for the fact that most nation-states are not ethnically homogeneous?
		A)	migration
		B)	colonialism
		C)	conquest
		D)	slavery
		E)	All of the above factors are responsible for the fact that most nation-states are not ethnically homogeneous.


8	What aspect of life does colonialism affect?
		A)	political life
		B)	social life
		C)	economics
		D)	culture
		E)	Colonialism affects all of the above aspects of life.


9	Which of the following statements regarding assimilation is not true?
		A)	Assimilation best describes the process by which immigrants are integrated into Brazilian society.
		B)	Like Brazil, the U.S. is an assimilationist society.
		C)	Assimilation is best represented by the "melting pot" model.
		D)	Assimilation involves minority groups giving up their traditional traditions and adopting the patterns and norms of its host country.
		E)	Assimilationist societies generally lack ethnic neighborhoods.


10	A plural society:
		A)	combines ethnic contrasts and economic interdependence of the ethnic groups
		B)	has many different official religions
		C)	has many different official languages
		D)	is a society that has been colonized by more than more colonial power
		E)	is one in which ethnicities have been replaced by pluralities


11	Which of the following statements about multiculturalism is true?
		A)	Multiculturalism views cultural diversity as something desirable and to be encouraged.
		B)	Multiculturalism encourages the practice of many ethnic traditions.
		C)	A multicultural society socializes individuals not only into the dominant culture but also into an ethnic culture.
		D)	Multiculturalism works best in a society whose political system promotes free expression and in which there are many diverse ethnic groups.)
		E)	All of the above statements regarding multiculturalism are true.


12	Which of the following ethnic groups is not discussed in the book as an example of an ethnic revival?
		A)	the Scottish in the United Kingdom (Great Britain)
		B)	the Bretons in France
		C)	the Brahmins in Boston
		D)	the Welsh in the United Kingdom (Great Britain)
		E)	the Basques in Spain


13	What is discrimination?
		A)	Discrimination is the process of change in which a minority group is incorporated into the dominant culture to the point where it no longer exists as a separate cultural unit.
		B)	Discrimination is the devaluing of a group because of its assumed behavior, values, abilities, or attributes.
		C)	Disrcimination refers to the belief that behavior and social organization are biologically determined.
		D)	Discrimination refers to policies and practices that harm a group and its members.
		E)	All of the above statements regarding discrimination are true.


14	De facto discrimination refers to:
		A)	the legally sanctioned policies and practices that harm a group and its members
		B)	the process of change in which a minority group is incorporated into the dominant culture to the point where it no longer exists as a separate cultural unit
		C)	practiced but not legally sanctioned discrimination
		D)	the combining of ethnic contrasts and economic interdependence of the ethnic groups
		E)	All of the above statements are correct answers.


15	Which of the following is not discussed in the textbook as a form of discrimination?
		A)	attitudinal
		B)	institutional
		C)	genocide
		D)	contextual
		E)	environmental racism

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