Sociology of Fam Ch. 3 Review

Sarah, a U.S. citizen, was working in Argentina when she met and married Marcos. When Sarah's job transferred her back to the United States, Marcos was able to immigrate because of the ______. 1924 Immigration Act 1965 amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act 2002 Homeland Security Act 2005 International Marriage Broker Regulation Act

1965 amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act

When did the U.S. Census begin identifying multiple-race identities? 1920 1960 2000 1990

2000

What is the relationship between industrial change and Black family structure in the past 40 years? As manufacturing opportunities increased, marriage rates declined. As manufacturing opportunities increased, marriage rates increased. As manufacturing opportunities declined, marriage rates declined. As manufacturing opportunities declined, marriage rates increased.

As manufacturing opportunities declined, marriage rates declined

The expansion of the prison system impacted Black families in what way? Black children became less likely to commit crime. Black families experienced decreases in hardships such as poverty and violence. Black children were less likely to experience a protective kind of parenting. Black grandparents were more likely to live with their grandchildren.

Black grandparents were more likely to live with their grandchildren.

Ernesto is a Cuban American living near Miami in South Florida. Which of the following statements about Ernesto is correct? Ernesto's race is Hispanic. Ernesto's ethnicity is Cuban. Ernesto's ethnicity is Caucasian. Ernesto's ethnicity cannot be determined.

Ernesto's ethnicity is Cuban.

Why is intermarriage the "litmus test" of racial and ethnic difference? It happens infrequently. It segregates groups of people. Its frequency allows the measurement of the integration of two groups. Its frequency maintains the distinction between groups.

Its frequency allows the measurement of the integration of two groups.

When a neighborhood includes just a few poor families, those families can rely on friends and neighbors for support. Which of the following happened as a result of the deindustrialization of northern cities and the concentration of urban poverty? African American families relied on their friends and neighbors. More men took new jobs in manufacturing. Local institutions, such as churches and schools, lost funding. Social support systems strengthened.

Local institutions, such as churches and schools, lost funding.

__________ in northern industrial cities meant poverty was ________ in communities with a majority of Black residents when good-paying blue-collar jobs were eliminated by corporations. Residential segregation/ concentrated Residential segregation/ low Residential integration/ alleviated Residential integration/ moderate

Residential segregation/ concentrated

______ are gradually declining as a proportion of the U.S. population, while ___________ are becoming a larger proportion. Whites/Latinos Latinos/Blacks American Indians/Whites Asians/Pacific Islanders/ Latinos

Whites/Latinos

James and Natasha identify as African American. Reflecting a dominant pattern for African Americans, they have children together and are not married. Sociologists might explain their family structure as reflecting ______. a counter culture race family traditions from Africa a response to social and economic challenges

a response to social and economic challenges

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

about two-thirds of undocumented immigrants have been in the country 10 years or more

Even though __________ doesn't support the classification of people into races, deeply felt divisions between groups of people remain important _________. political correctness/ biologically biology/ socially social custom/ anthropologically genetic testing/ objectively

biology/ socially

Since 2009, trends in illegal immigration have ______. increased decreased stayed mostly the same been impossible to measure

decreased

What contributed to the Black "retreat from marriage"? industrialization deindustrialization desegregation deindividualization

deindustrialization

José and Maria came to the United States from Mexico with their parents. They quickly learned English, but their parents struggle and also want to continue to speak Spanish at home in order to maintain their culture. This is an example of ______. generational continuity dissonant acculturation consonant acculturation assimilation

dissonant acculturation

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

endogamy

Jews share a common cultural identification that includes a combination of language, religion, ancestral origin, and traditional practices. According to your textbook, Jews are most accurately described as a(n) ______. ethnic group race nationality endogamy

ethnic group

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 ______. familism matriarchy tradition assimilation

familism

According to Daniel Patrick Moynihan's 1965 report, what was the main cause of poverty for the Black population? racist legislation birth rates abortion rates family structure

family structure

In 2020, the U.S. Census plans to add a new category, "Middle Eastern or North African." According to your textbook, this is what type of designation? racial group ethnic identity religious identity geographic designation

geographic designation

Contemporary American Indians who live on reservations or other tribal lands are often socially isolated and poor. These social conditions may contribute to ______. higher rates of suicide, diabetes, and alcoholism lower rates of obesity higher rates of intact marriage higher levels of education

higher rates of suicide, diabetes, and alcoholism

The pattern of high educational achievement and intergenerational living among Asian Americans may be explained by cultural traditions, but also by ______. highly educated professional parents who provide models and opportunities for their children immigration laws that permit people to bring family members to the United States stereotypes that Asians are not well-suited for blue-collar work permissive parenting styles

highly educated professional parents who provide models and opportunities for their children

Compared to the U.S. population, how likely are American Indian families to be living in poverty? somewhat less likely more likely about as likely two times less likely

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

people tend to apply the same identities to themselves as others apply to them

What kind of identities and categories reflect perceptions about physical similarities that are assumed to be innate? cultural ethnic racial national

racial

One reason we know race is socially constructed and not a biological given is ______. racial categories do not vary from one culture to another if we line up all humans by skin color, race aligns with existing racial categories racial categories have changed over time people tend to agree on other people's racial identities

racial categories have changed over time

Rose is often told she "looks Latina," and in fact her grandparents came to the United States from Mexico. This is an example of ______. immigration endogamy racial ethnicity assimilation

racial ethnicity

The scholarly view that Black families are resilient and adaptive understands Black family structure as a _______. problem of female domination result of middle-class ideals cause of persistent poverty reaction to persistent poverty

reaction to persistent poverty

Consider the types of relationships you have with people of different racial and ethnic groups (neighbors, work colleagues, close friends, a spouse or partner). Sociologists use these relationships (and peoples' attitudes toward them) to measure ______. social distance immigration culture social construction of race

social distance

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 innate and biological determined at birth stable

socially constructed

When Irish immigrants arrived in the United States in large numbers in the mid-nineteenth century, they faced discrimination and poverty. By 1960, John F. Kennedy, an Irish American, was elected president. This is an example of assimilation, the process by which ______. immigrants reject their own culture immigrants are increasingly marginalized in society parents prevent their children from learning a new language the distinction between immigrants and mainstream society is gradually reduced

the distinction between immigrants and mainstream society is gradually reduced

Which of the following best explains the decline in marriage among African Americans in the last several decades? the lack of suitable marriage partners available for women the tendency of African American men to marry White women increasing intermarriage between different ethnic groups cultural values that de-emphasize child rearing

the lack of suitable marriage partners available for women