Diversity In the American Experience Ch 1

The social construction of race is illustrated by which of the following? A. An olive-skinned Puerto Rican who would be categorized as "white" in Puerto Rice will be categorized as "black" when he immigrates to New York. B. Blacks and whites in most large U.S. cities continue to live in strongly segregated neighborhoods. C. Most Americans continue to think that there are real and easily discernible differences among blacks and whites. D. Many white Americans have unknown black history.

A. An olive-skinned Puerto Rican who would be categorized as "white" in Puerto Rice will be categorized as "black" when he immigrates to New York.

The author argues that, for Americans, a paradoxical result of studying race and ethnic relations in other societies is: A. they learn that in many ways Americans are no different from people in other parts of the world. B. they begin to better understand their own society. C. they learn that in many ways Americans are fundamentally different from people in other societies. D. they begin to realize that the United States is superior to other societies.

B. They begin to better understand their own society.

The importance of race is its: A. scientific validity. B. social meaning. C. academic definition. D. verifiability.

B. social meaning.

Which of the following statements is correct? A. Few societies in the world today are multiethnic. B. Today, the trend towards increasing ethnic diversity is limited to mostly the U.S. C. There is an increasing trend toward ethnic diversity in most societies of the world today. D. There are many societies in the world today that remain ethnically homogeneous.

C. There is an increasing trend toward ethnic diversity in most societies of the world today.

Since the 1970s, the United States has: A. seen very little immigration B. had a majority of immigrants come from the European countries C. became an increasingly diverse country. D. completely eliminated racial and ethnic inequalities.

C. became an increasingly diverse country.

In which of the following countries is there a high degree of ethnic diversity? A. United Kingdom. B. Japan. C. Egypt. D. Canada.

D. Canada

Concerning of the idea of race, which of the following is correct? A. "Race" is no longer a concept given much credence by either scientists or the general public. B. While scientists are in disagreement regarding the number of criteria that should be used to sort people into racial categories, they have reached agreement on the kind of criteria to be used. C. Scientific studies have shown that members of similar racial categories share similar psychological traits. D. Races are statistical abstractions, based on observed physical similarities among populations.

D. Races are statistical abstractions, based on observed physical similarities among populations.

Groupings of people with one or a number of similar characteristics but with little sense of membership and little interaction among them are called: A. ethnic groups. B. ethnic collectivities. C. ethnic enclaves. D. ethnic categories.

D. ethnic categories.

Racist thought is inherently: A. European. B. fair minded. C. Southern-hemisphere-oriented. D. ethnocentric.

D. ethnocentric.

Hughes and Hughes (1952) suggested that if it is easy to resign from the group: A. it is probably Afrocentric ethnicity. B. it is a true ethnic group. C. it is probably Eurocentric ethnicity. D. it is not a true ethnic group.

D. it is not a true ethnic group.