Diverse Society (Race, Gender, Class) MCQ Questions Answers

1. For some women, ________ act as a catalyst for activism!

2. Impossibility of performance must be _____, not _____, impossibility.

3. A shared understanding of one’s place in society is called _______ identity.

4. Intrastate Forms of War is defined as Conflicts that exist or occur within the boundaries of particular states; considered to be less legitimate than interstate wars

5. Those groups within a society that are marginalized and have limited power is called

6. National Origins Formula is a formula instituted under the ______ Emergency Quota Act to set annual limits on the numbers of immigrants admitted to the United States from individual countries; quotas were calculated at 3% of the total number of foreign-born persons from particular countries as recorded in the 1910 U.S. census

7. People in the generation born roughly from 1980 to ______ is called Millennials

8. Insider Groups are those groups that hold the bulk of the power in society

9. Identity Politics is a political process/structure that relies on people of specific religions, racial and ethnic groups, or social backgrounds to form exclusive political alliances

10. The targeting of particular racial and ethnic groups by law enforcement and private security agencies is called

11. From the work of Frantz Fanon, the concept that our cognitions, our ideologies, and our worldviews are often those of those in power is called as Colonization of the Mind

12. Traditional or native healers in Latino/a cultures is Curandero

13. The mixing of different racial groups is called

14. ____ code is France’s Colonial Ordinance of 1685, which legislated the life, death, purchase, marriage, and religion of slaves, as well as the treatment of slaves by their masters

15. The systemic favoring, valuing, validating, and including of certain social identities over others is called

16. One drop rule is The rule, based on a definition in the 1924 Racial Integrity Act, that a person was to be considered Black if he or she had any Black or Native American ancestry at all (i.e., “one drop” of Black blood)

17. The surrounding environment in which something (e.g., values, cells, humans) originates, develops, and grows is called

18. The number of elected officials who are veterans was at an all-time high in 2016.

19. Which of the following is a theme within critical race theory?

20. Which event in American history was followed by the establishment of the first public schools?

21. Which of the following is associated with growing up in poverty?

22. Which statement is true regarding disparities across racial and ethnic groups in healthcare?

23. African Americans are about three times likely to die due to race-based factors than due to car, motorcycle, plane, train, or bicycle accidents combined.

24. Which of the following is true regarding the racial composition of the United States over the next 50 years?

25. Which of the following is true about the concept of race?

26. Ethnicity includes which of the following aspects?

27. World War II is a major worldwide conflict (U.S. involvement 1941–45) that spanned Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East

28. A series of military and legislative campaigns that began after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States is called War on Terrorism

29. A military conflict between the United States and Great Britain that began because of British violations of U.S. maritime and trading rights with Europe and quickly became a war pitting the United States against Native Americans, who forged alliances with Britain and France is called

30. The use of organized force; a state of armed conflict between nations, states, or groups within a nation or state is called war

31. Trail of Tears is a name given by Native Americans to the forced relocation, in _______, of tribal groups from their traditional lands to Indian Territory, west of the Mississippi River; during this relocation, thousands died of exposure and disease

32. The unlawful use of force, particularly against civilians, in pursuit of political, economic, or social aims is called terrorism

33. Approach to the Military is a theoretical approach concerned with how people attach meaning to things (flags and memorials), events (wars), and other representations (heroes and patriotism) in support of war, terrorism, and the military

34. Three conflicts (circa 1817–98) that took place in Florida between the U.S. military and the Seminole, who allied with African escaped slaves and Black Seminoles is called Seminole Wars

35. Immigrants to the United States from England, Scotland, and Wales is known as

36. Individuals and organizations with economic, political, or social power that allows them to influence both national and international events, typically with violence ua known as

37. ________ are Immigrants to the United States from Ireland, Switzerland, Poland, Germany, and other Southern European countries

38. Perspectives on the military that posit that military organizations must maintain a legitimate monopoly on the use of force, and the use of this force is uniquely tied to the material instruments of war is called perspectives

39. The informal alliance between the U.S. military and major industries that produce arms and other military materials and seek to influence public policy is called

40. The sociological study of armed forces and war is called Military Sociology

41. Conflict (1846–48) primarily associated with the U.S. government’s desire to annex Texas, California, and other Mexican territories is called

42. Medal of Honor is the highest military honor awarded in the ______ for combat heroism; often called the Congressional Medal of Honor because it is awarded in the name of Congress

43. Intense fear and paranoia regarding Muslims and Arabs, both those living in the _______ and those abroad is called Islamophobia

44. Conflicts involving national states, such as World Wars _______ considered to be legitimate wars is called Interstate Forms of War

45. Hate Strikes is a series of White supremacist wildcat strikes that took place throughout World War II, targeting Black workers competing with ______

46. Functionalist Approach to the Military is the theory that the military, war, and terrorism serve specific and important tasks, or functions, within society, including socialization, integration, and reduction of conflict

47. Disruptive to social structures, increasing stress and violating norms and rules of engagement is called Dysfunctional

48. Force that involves the use of intimidation to obtain compliance is called

49. Bracero Program is guest worker program established in 1942 because of labor shortages caused by _______ allowed Mexican contract laborers to enter the United States to work in agriculture and on railroads

50. The final major battle of the War of 1812, in which the British army was defeated and prevented from seizing New Orleans and subsequently all the lands associated with the Louisiana Purchase is called

51. Legislation enacted in ______ that declared that “no person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance is called Title IX

52. An approach that posits that sports are created and maintained by shared meanings and _____ is called Symbolic Interaction Perspective on Sport

53. A range of activities that involve physical exertion and skill. These activities are organized around sets of rules and can be played at either the individual or the team level is called Sport

54. A view of sport that sees gender, racial, cultural, and national group differences in athleticism as products of socialization and environment is called

55. A view of sport that posits that biological differences between genders and among racial, cultural, and national groups account for variations in athletic ability, performance, and success is called

56. A theory that argues that sport fulfills a multitude of societal needs, such as shared values, acquisition of life skills, conflict management, and social mobility is called

57. Sets of beliefs and interpretations that are shared across group members is called

58. Shared knowledge across group members occupying the same spaces is called

59. A late 19th-century movement in the United States through which lower-status White ethnics sought to gain elite status through the establishment of exclusive sport groups is called Club Movement

60. Structuralism is derived from the class approach to issues of power, politics, and identity, assumes that the state and all political institutions exist relatively independent of each other and are essentially by-products of conflict between and within class groups

61. People born from 1925 to 1945 is called

62. Restrictive Covenants are rules inserted into real estate contracts that specified which _____ could purchase the land

63. A practice of evaluating mortgage lending potential for designated areas that typically discriminated against racial and ethnic minorities is called

64. A model of the distribution of power in society that posits that power is concentrated among discrete elites of relatively equal power; these elites control the resources of significant social institutions is called Power Elite Model

65. The ability to acquire scarce resources is called

66. Poll Taxes is a taxes a person must pay to qualify to vote; before the practice of levying such taxes was prohibited, southern states enacted poll tax laws as a way of restricting voting by ________

67. All of the processes, activities, and institutions having to do with governance_____is called

68. The study of government, political behaviors, institutions, and processes that occur between the state and its society and citizens is called

69. Political positions based on the interests and perspectives of social groups with which people identify is called

70. Actions of political involvement that go beyond voting; includes posting opinions online and participating in letter-writing campaigns, boycotts, protests, and demonstrations is called

71. Pluralism is an approach to the issue of power within society that posits that power is decentralized, widely shared, diffuse, and fragmented

72. De jure enactments employed in the South to disadvantage Blacks by restricting the access to vote to those who could read and interpret sections of the state constitution is called

73. Derived from the class approach to issues of power, politics, and identity, assumes that the state is dominated by an elite class that controls both the political and economic spheres is called _____Instrumentalism

74. Compromise reached during the Constitutional Convention, under which the Congress would be composed of two governing bodies, one in which population would determine the number of seats each state would hold (the House of Representatives), and one in which each state would have two members (the Senate). It was further decided that each slave would be counted as three-fifths of a person in population counts determining numbers of representatives as well as presidential electors, and for purposes of taxation is called Great Compromise of 1787

75. Legal provisions used in the South to restrict voting rights; such clauses granted the right to vote to anyone whose grandfather qualified to vote prior to the Civil War is called

76. Revocation of the right to vote is called Disenfranchisement

77. Legal enactments and processes that restrict political and other rights is called

78. Extralegal processes and methods that restrict political and other rights is called

79. A theoretical approach that represents an attempt by scholars and activists to transform the relationships among race, racism, and power is called Critical Race Theory

80. Politics characterized by alliances of various identity groups whose shared purpose is to establish a specific political agenda is called

81. An approach to issues of power, politics, and identity that assumes that power is derived from having control over specific economic structures within society is called Class Approach

82. A status reflecting the legal process countries use to regulate national identity, membership, and rights is called

83. Boycotts is ______ of protest in which individuals or groups seek to punish or coerce corporations, nations, or persons by refusing to purchase their products, invest in them, or otherwise interact with them

84. A movement orchestrated by southern Blacks—in partnership with northern allies, both White and Black—in the period _______ that not only challenged but also effectively nullified the intimidation and segregation of the Old South is called Black Civil Rights Movement

85. In relation to identity groups, the representation of two groups in opposition (such as White/Black, male/female); such constructs normalize and legitimate racial and gender hierarchies at the expense of other outsiders is called ______Binary Constructs

86. The ability to effect change, to act independently, and to exercise free choices is called Agency

87. Crime, typically nonviolent, committed by business or government professionals; the motivation for such crime is often financial is called

88. The advantage that White people have (over Blacks, Native Americans, Asians, Hispanics, and others) as the result of laws, practices, and behaviors that preserve and (re)create societal benefits for them is called

89. Norms and institutions that obscure the racial intent of laws, practices, and behaviors that preserve and (re)create societal benefits for White people, creating the illusion that White privilege is natural and normal is called

90. The illegal use of deception to collect more funds than allowed from state welfare systems is called Welfare Fraud

91. A theory that links crime to neighborhood ecological patterns is called. Social Disorganization

92. Organized groups of _______ with police powers who systematically enforced the slave codes in the pre–Civil War South is called Slave Patrols

93. The awareness of race shared by members of a racial group and the wider society is called

94. The system resulting from policies of aggressive policing targeting specific groups, which have greatly expanded the U.S. inmate population. In this system, government and industry uses of surveillance, policing, and imprisonment have been merged in an effort to solve economic, social and political problems is called. Prison–Industrial Complex

95. Crime involving groups of people participating in highly centralized criminal enterprises is called

96. Jim Crow Laws are laws designed to preserve Whiteness by criminalizing and sanctioning Blacks, Native Americans, and other racial and ethnic minorities; such laws were widespread across the United States from the 1880s to the ________

97. A theory that proposes that racism produces stressful events and environments, which in turn lead to emotional reactions (such as anger, fear, depression, and rage) that indirectly or directly lead to acts of crime is called

98. The systematic singling out of individuals for labeling as deviant by virtue of their membership in particular groups is called

99. A theory that proposes that differences in criminal involvement among groups result from the groups’ different definitions of criminality is called

100. Deviance are actions and behaviors that defy social norms, from crimes to failures to meet social expectations