Soc 102 Chapter 3 quiz practice

Compared to the U.S. population, how likely are American Indian families to be living in poverty?

somewhat less likely about as likely **more likely two times less likely

Lisa has a White mother and a Black father, but when asked to self-identify her race she chooses Black, not White or mixed. This may be because ________.

**A.) people tend to apply the same identities to themselves as others apply to them B.) the government marked "Black" on her birth certificate C.) she doesn't want others to think she is White D.) race is a reflection of biology

Identify the term that describes the process of immigrant children adapting to a new culture more rapidly than their parents.

**dissonant acculturation consonant acculturation assimilation split assimilation

The fact that the U.S. government has changed the census categories for race every decade is a good example of how race and ethnicity are ________.

**socially constructed determined at birth innate and biological stable

How do the concepts of race and ethnicity differ?

A.) Ethnic identities cannot change over the course of a lifetime the way racial identities can. B.) Ethnic identities, but not racial identities, reflect perceptions about biological traits. C.)** Ethnic identities focus on cultural traits and are sometimes voluntary, whereas racial identities do not. D.) Ethnic identities are measured by the U.S. Census Bureau, but racial identities are not measured.

Why is intermarriage the "litmus test" of racial and ethnic difference?

A.) It happens infrequently. B.) It segregates groups of people C.) Its frequency maintains the distinction between groups D.) **Its frequency allows the measurement of the integration of two groups

According to your textbook, the issue of undocumented immigration is less a matter of border security and increasingly a question of how to treat the immigrants and their families because ________.

A.) most of today's undocumented immigrants are children crossing the border alone B.) undocumented immigrants use new technology to cross the border C.)** about two-thirds of undocumented immigrants have been in the country 10 years or more D.) the number of undocumented immigrants has continued to rise

The Chinese Exclusion Act (1882), The Immigration Act (1924), The War Brides Act (1945), The Homeland Security Act (2002), and the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act (2005) are all examples of

A.) the "New Immigration." B.) efforts by the states to regulate marriage laws without interference from the federal government. C.) immigration laws that have resulted in the separation of families. D.) ** immigration laws that have affected both the separation and the unification of families.

According to the textbook, although still relatively small, which minority group is the fastest-growing in the United States?

Latino **Asian American American Indian Middle Eastern

Lin marries someone from inside his cultural group. Which term best applies to this situation?

exogamy **endogamy acculturation miscegenation

Even though ________ doesn't support the classification of people into races, deeply felt divisions between groups of people remain important ________.

genetic testing; objectively political correctness; biologically social custom; anthropologically **biology; socially

Patterns in contemporary African American family structure (low marriage rates, high rates of single parenthood) can be explained by

matriarchal families. **economic oppression and lack of opportunity. racial deficiency. cultural traditions passed down from Africa.

Maria, a Latina immigrant, set aside her dreams of continuing her education in order to work to send money to her family in her country of origin. This is an example of the cultural trait of ________.

matriarchy tradition ** familism assimilation