Race and Ethnicity MCQ

Race and Ethnicity MCQ

1. The institutional separation of human populations or ethnic groups from one another is known as_____

Answer

Correct Answer: Segregation

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2. Racism are the beliefs and practices that advocate the _____

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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3. Plural Society is a society made up of different _____ groups.

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Correct Answer: Ethnic

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4. One Drop Rule is the American social and legal custom of classifying anyone with one _____ ancestor.

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Correct Answer: Black

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5. Policies adopted by governments to be inclusive to multiple ethnic groups within a society is known as Multiculturalism.

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Correct Answer: True

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6. Knowledge is the _____ of learned information based on experience.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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7. Jim Crow Laws are the laws that were used to segregate _____ from white Americans in the southern United States prior to the civil rights era.

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Correct Answer: African Americans

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8. Intelligence is the capacity to _____

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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9. Hypodescent Concept is a system of racial classification in which children of mixed parentage acquire the social and racial status of the parent whose social and racial status is_____.

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Correct Answer: Lower

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10. Ethnogenesis is the _____ of a new ethnic group.

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Correct Answer: Emergence

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11. Ethnic Boundary Markers refer to the distinctions of _____ or other aspects of culture that emphasize ethnicity.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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12. The process by which an ethnic group adopts the culture of another ethnic group is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Cultural Assimilation

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13. The process by which formerly distinct groups merge through marriage and reproduction is known as_____

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Correct Answer: Biological Assimilation

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14. Contrary to popular belief in the early twentieth century, Franz Boas’ research on race proved which of the following?

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Correct Answer: There are no direct links between race, brain size, and intelligence.

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15. As early as 3000 B.C., Ancient Egyptians divided all humans into ______ categories.

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Correct Answer: 4

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16. The strategic use of ethnic affiliations for collective political mobilization is consistent with which of the following models of ethnicity?

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Correct Answer: Circumstantialist

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17. According to the ______ concept, the offspring of a racially mixed couple will take on the racial category of the parent with lower racial status.

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Correct Answer: Hypodescent

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18. Which of the following was the first U.S. federal immigration law ever enacted solely on the basis of race or nationality?

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Correct Answer: The Chinese Exclusion Act

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19. Ethnic boundary markers would be best associated with ______ aspects of ethnicity.

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Correct Answer: Objective

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20. IQ tests can be used to predict how well a person will adapt to specific environmental conditions.

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Correct Answer: False

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21. In Belgium and Switzerland, different ethnic groups have distinctive cultures, but they also have parity (i.e., equality) with each other. These societies are examples of ______ society.

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Correct Answer: Plural

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22. Which anthropologist’s typologies persist in “folk” racist categories today?

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Correct Answer: Johann Blumenbach

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23. In the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union, ______ movements began to gain momentum, sometimes resulting in genocidal warfare.

Answer

Correct Answer: Ethnonationalist

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