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Race and Ethnicity MCQ

Race and Ethnicity MCQ

1. In 2010, virginia governor bob mcdonnell designated april as ________ without mention of slavery.

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Correct Answer: Confederate History Month

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2. Among the institutions spain imported to puerto rico was ________.

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Correct Answer: Panethnicity

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3. Of the following, the most extreme example of internal colonialism is ________.

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Correct Answer: Slavery

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4. According to theodor adorno's authoritarian personality theory, prejudiced people ________

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Correct Answer: View society as naturally hierarchical.

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5. _____ is an umbrella term for people from any of the spanish-speaking countries of latin america.

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Correct Answer: Latino

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6. Human beings are all members of ________

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Correct Answer: A single biological species.

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7. The stereotype about jews being obsessed with money can be explained by ________.

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Correct Answer: The fringe-of-values theory

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8. The term racial stratification refers to __________.

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Correct Answer: Clearly significant gaps between racial groups along social and economic dimensions

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9. Symbolic interactionists focus on the role of _____ in affecting perception and creating prejudice.

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Correct Answer: Labels

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10. Scapegoat theory states that prejudice is created by ________

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Correct Answer: Frustration among disadvantaged people.

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11. Max weber's definition of race is based on a viewpoint referred to as __________.

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Correct Answer: Essentialism

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12. Lola was born female. as such, this status is __________.

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Correct Answer: Ascribed

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13. Institutional prejudice and discrimination refers to the fact that ________

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Correct Answer: Bias is built into the operation of society's institutions.

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14. Gerhard lenski is important because he linked the nature of inequality to the _____ of a society.

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Correct Answer: Level of development

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15. For chinese immigrants, one result of living in chinatowns was _____.

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Correct Answer: Maintaining traditional culture, forming kinship networks, or clans, and reducing their chance to learn English, which limited job opportunities

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16. Ethnicity is not based on shared __________.

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Correct Answer: Skin color

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17. A good example of the culture theory of prejudice is ________

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Correct Answer: Bogardus's research on social distance.

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18. ________ serves as a reminder of the social construction of race.

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Correct Answer: The color gradient

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19. _____ is a policy of keeping racial-ethnic groups apart.

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Correct Answer: Segregation

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20. __________ examine how we are socialized into prejudice and discrimination.

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Correct Answer: Symbolic Interactionists

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21. The generalization of a set of characteristics to all members of a group is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Stereotyping

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22. The study of communities and their social statuses, practices, and problems with the aim of understanding patterns of health and disease is called Social epidemiology.

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Correct Answer: True

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23. The practice of separating people spatially or socially on the basis of race or ethnicity is known as _____

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Correct Answer: Segregation

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24. Assigning misplaced blame to a person or group based on an alleged characteristic or action is called _____

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Correct Answer: Scapegoating

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25. Contractual agreements that restrict the use of land to preserve the value of adjacent land is called Restrictvie covenants.

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Correct Answer: True

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26. People who have fled war, violence, conflict, or persecution and have crossed an international border to find safety in another country. Are called ______.

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Correct Answer: Refugees

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27. Less powerful groups that are dominated politically, economically, and socially by a more powerful group and, often, discriminated against on the basis of characteristics deemed by the majority are called _____.

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Correct Answer: Minorities

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28. Discrimination enshrined in law, public policy, or common practice is called ______ discrimination.

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Correct Answer: Institutionalized

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29. Overt and intentional unequal treatment, often based on prejudicial beliefs is called Individual discrimination.

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Correct Answer: True

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30. The mass, systematic destruction of a people or a nation is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Genocide

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31. The process of forcibly removing a population from a particular area is called _____,

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Correct Answer: Expulsion

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32. Characteristics of groups associated with national origins, languages, and cultural and religious practices are called _____.

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Correct Answer: Ethnicity

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33. The absorption of a minority group into the dominant culture is called _____.

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Correct Answer: Assimilation

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