CH 10 REVIEW QUIZ

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Q009) A great deal of political and social energy has been directed at illegal immigration from Mexico into the United States. One of the possible arguments in favor of this type of immigration is that these immigrants

bring ethnic and cultural diversity and help shape economic and social dynamics in positive ways

(Q010) One of the reasons undocumented immigrants (those crossing the border illegally from Mexico) are able to find a place in the United States is that they

can be employed more cheaply than other people and take jobs no one else wants.

(Q018) The statement "I don't see race or skin color when judging another person" is an example of:

color-blind racism.

(Q017) Prejudice is to discrimination as thinking is to

doing.

(Q019) The Black unemployment rate is twice the white rate. This is largely the result of

educational attainment.

(Q001) Cultural practices and outlooks of a given community that have emerged historically and that set people apart are referred to as

ethnicity.

(Q023) The concept of race

has changed over time.

Q013) Miami, Florida, and Los Angeles, California, are two very different places with regard to economic power and privilege. In Miami, which group has attained a high level of economic success and influence?

Cubans

(Q011) The highest high school dropout rate is found in which population in the United States?

Hispanic

Q002) What is one possible explanation for the difference in level of assimilation between Japanese Americans and Mexican Americans?

The Japanese American experience of being imprisoned in internment camps provided a more poignant warning of the potential danger of being perceived as "foreign" than even wide-scale economic deprivation.

(Q012) What happened in 1954 to set the civil rights movement in motion?

The Supreme Court ruled, in Brown v. Board of Education, that "separate" education was inherently unequal.

(Q003) Which of the following is true of sociological conceptions of minority groups?

They are defined largely by the fact that such groups experience various kinds of disadvantages in a society.

(Q015) The system of state-controlled racial segregation in South Africa was called

apartheid.

(Q007) The "English only" movement in America seeks to make English the "official language of the United States." Often criticized as a racist effort, the movement is an example of

assimilation.

(Q014) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and subsequent legislation accomplished which of the following?

banned discrimination in public facilities

(Q005) Which of the following pairs are closest to being opposites?

melting pot; pluralism

(Q008) Lucia immigrated to the United States from Ecuador as a child. She now has a bachelor's degree and is married to an Ecuadoran American. While they speak English at work and at the local political meetings they regularly attend, they speak Spanish at home with their parents and children, and they often participate in cultural activities in the evenings and on weekends with others from the Ecuadoran American community. Lucia and her family represent which model of ethnic integration?

multiculturalism

(Q016) More than 100,000 Japanese Americans were sent to federal internment camps following the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941. Afterward, all Asian Americans went from being a relatively unnoticed group to being singled out for discrimination. This is known as

racialization.

(Q006) The arrival of Europeans in the New World was marked by ethnocentric attitudes and a belief that, as Christians, their mission was to civilize the rest of the world. This legacy of colonization is often seen as instrumental in the rise of

racism.

(Q020) In American Apartheid (1993) Massey and Denton argued that educational segregation today is a direct result of

residential segregation.

Q022) According to the text, the most significant explanation of Black/white inequality is:

residential segregation.

(Q004) Which of the following coincided with the early period of colonization in ways that laid the groundwork for the development of modern racism?

scientific racism

Q021) When Asians are referred to as the "model minority," this refers to their

smooth assimilation.


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