sociology race and ethnicity quiz 2

What is the process called by which a minority group and a majority group combine to form a new group? Assimilation Pluralism Segregation Amalgamation

Amalgamation

According to Samhan (2001), relations between Arab Americans and the dominant majority have been marked by mistrust, misinformation, and deeply entrenched beliefs. The ________ contributed significantly to cultural and political anti-Arab sentiment in the United States.. restrictive immigration policies from the 1920s until 1965 events of the Inquisition "Muslim ban" enacted by Donald Trump Arab-Israeli conflicts in the 1970s

Arab-Israeli conflicts in the 1970s

Which of these terms describes the process by which a minority individual or group abandons its own identity to take on the characteristics of the dominant culture, perhaps by absorbing immigrants from different lands? Pluralism Segregation Amalgamation Assimilation

Assimilation

The first Asian immigrants to come to the United States in the mid-nineteenth century were ________. Japanese Korean Vietnamese Chinese

Chinese

________ immigration came to an abrupt end with the Exclusion Act of 1882. This act was a result of anti-immigrant sentiment due to a depressed economy and loss of jobs. White workers blamed these migrants for taking their jobs. Because these men did not have the funds to return to their homeland, or to bring their families to the United States, they remained physically and culturally segregated in areas of large cities. Chinese Japanese Korean Vietnamese

Chinese

Which of the following theories would suggest that racial and ethnic inequalities must have served an important purpose in order to exist as long as they have? Social conflict Interactionist Racism Functionalism

Functionalism

Which theory suggests we cannot separate the effects of race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and other attributes when we examine the advantages and disadvantages of race? Interaction theory Functionalist theory symbolic-interactionism Intersection theory

Intersection theory

Which group is the only non-immigrant ethnic group in the United States? Irish Americans Russian Americans African Americans Native Americans

Native Americans

The first Arab immigrants came to this country in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries were predominantly ________, and they came to escape persecution and to make a better life. These early immigrants and their descendants, who were more likely to think of themselves as Syrian or Lebanese than Arab, represent almost half of the Arab American population today (Myers 2007). Jordanian, Palestinian, and Saudi Arabian Muslims Syrian, Egyptian, and Lebanese Muslims Iranian, Pakistani, and Egyptian Syrian, Lebanese, and Jordanian Christians

Syrian, Lebanese, and Jordanian Christians

The difference between the terms "Arab" and "Muslim" is that Arab refers to ________ and Muslim refers to ________. a religion; a culture an ethnicity; a language an ethnicity; a culture an ethnicity; a religion

an ethnicity; a religion

Stereotypes are usually new and inventive social categories. consist of actions against a group of people. are mostly true., particularly at an individual level. are recycled from subordinate groups that have assimilated into society.

are recycled from subordinate groups that have assimilated into society.

The belief that one skin tone is superior to another skin tone within a racial group is known as white privilege. racial steering racism colorism

colorism

Which of the following involves the deliberate, targeted annihilation of a subordinate group? pluralism segregation expulsion genocide

genocide

Devin grows up with incredibly strict parents who punish him severely for even minor infractions. When he grows up, he finds himself drawn to other authority figures and emulates the ways some of his heroes act toward others. According to psychologist Theodor Adorno, Devin may be prone to decreased prejudicism. identify more with left-wing philosophies. promote interconnectedness between classes and races .increased prejudicism.

increased prejudicism.

Which of these terms represents the ideal of the United States as a "salad bowl" where a mixture of different cultures is accepted and tolerated with each culture retaining its own identity and being valued equally with mutual respect on the part of all cultures, both dominant and subordinate? genocide expulsion assimilation pluralism

pluralism

A term that can be used interchangeably with the term "minority" is racial group. ethnic group. numerically small. subordinate group.

subordinate group.

Asian Americans certainly have been subject to their share of racial prejudice, despite the seemingly positive stereotype knowns as the________ because they appear to achieve significant educational, professional, and socioeconomic levels without challenging the existing establishment. the minor minority the major minority the quiet minority the model minority

the model minority

One of the benefits that some people receive simply by being part of the dominant group in the U.S. is called racial steering. racism. stereotyping white privilege.

white privilege.