Sociology 307 Test Review Chapter 2

Protestants, Catholics, and Jews

Kennedy studied multicultural intermarriage and described a phenomenon she called a triple melting pot, referring to the multicultural intermarriage within three separate groups

mexican american

The single largest ancestry group in the United States is ________.

Cultural assimilation

When ________ assimilation occurs, two or more groups come to share common attitudes, values, and lifestyles.

Class and ethnicity

Which of the following are the key components of ethclass?

Chinatown, located in San Francisco

Which of the following best illustrates an enclave minority?

getting a good education

Which of the following is the most important factor of success according to the status attainment theory?

Human Capitol Theory

Which of the following theories argues that status attainment is a direct result of education, personal values, skills, and other individual characteristics and abilities?

Culture

________ encompasses all aspects of the way of life associated with a group of people

Northern and Western European

________ immigrant groups who were ethnically similar to the dominant group generally experienced a lower degree of ethnocentric rejection.

The melting pot

________ sees assimilation as benign and egalitarian, a process that emphasizes sharing and inclusion.

True

According to Gordon, integration without acculturation is demonstrated by a group when it has had some material success but has not adopted uniquely American values and norms and/or learned fluent

True

According to Milton Gordon, marital assimilation is evidence of the completion of assimilation.

education and training

According to the human capital theory, the reason(s) for upward mobility and assimilation is/are ________.

Anglo-Saxon Protestant traditions

According to the text, which traditions still have a significant influence on American culture and society?

True

Although European Americans did not completely intermarry, there is evidence of patterns of a triple melting pot, with intermarriage occurring within various groups of Protestants, Catholics, and Jews.

True

Assimilation in the United States has generally been a coercive and one-sided process described as Anglo-conformity.

True

Assimilation is a one-way process, and group members only become more assimilated over time.

True

Assimilation is the process in which formerly distinct and separate groups come to share a common culture and merge together socially.

565

Based on data from the 1990 census, about ________ of all married whites have spouses whose ethnic backgrounds do not match their own.

True

Chain immigration, although modified by modern technology, continues to work today.

True

During acculturation, members of a minority group who immigrate to the U.S. might adopt the English language, change their eating habits, acquire new value systems, or change their names.

True

Ethnic succession can be observed in the institution of sports. Sports have been appealing to young men in minority groups that have few other resources or opportunities.

acculturation to integration

In Milton Gordon's theory of assimilation, the most crucial step toward assimilation is from

False

In a typical immigrant chain, European immigrant women would come to America, earn money, and establish themselves. Then, they would send for others from their villages to join them.

ethnic revival

In the late 1960s and early 1970s, there was a notable increase in the visibility of and interest in white ethnic heritage, an upsurge often referred to as the ________.

True

Pluralism exists when diverse groups coexist while maintaining separate identities.

True

Racial minority groups have been largely excluded from the melting-pot model of assimilation.

False

Structural pluralism exists when groups have not acculturated, and each maintains its own identity.

False

The United States is the epitome of a melting pot, where people of different cultures come together to create a unique society.

The idea of mutual respect for all groups and heritages

The concept of multiculturalism includes which of the following?

strong ties of cooperation

The economic success of enclave and middleman minorities is partly due to ________.

True

The experiences of female immigrants have been well documented and reflect those of their male counterparts.

True

The goal of separatism is for the group to sever all ties with the larger society.

Assimilation

The metaphor of the melting pot refers to the process of ________.

An immigrant learning the language of her new country

The process of assimilation could be illustrated by . . .