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Chapter 9: Recognizing the Importance of Race
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. Shared language, religion, and national origin of a particular group of people refers to ______.
a. race
b. ethnicity
c. class
d. society
Learning Objective: 9.1: What are race and ethnicity?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Defining Race and Ethnicity
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Which description best characterizes the concept of race?
a. a fixed biological basis for racial classification
b. a socially constructed category based on perceived differences due to physical appearance
c. a concrete genetic difference along racial lines
d. a group of people sharing the same physical and social traits
Learning Objective: 9.1: What are race and ethnicity?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Defining Race and Ethnicity
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. Research conducted by the Human Genome Project demonstrates ______.
a. ethnic and racial differences are easy to define and put into categories
b. racial differences among groups are the result of different origins
c. racial differences among people occur because of different genetic codes
d. there are more differences within racial groups than between them
Learning Objective: 9.1: What are race and ethnicity?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Defining Race and Ethnicity
Difficulty Level: Medium
4. The findings of the Human Genome Project impacted ideas about racism because they show that ______.
a. races differ in more than just looks
b. genetic make-up within races is almost homogenous
c. there are more genetic differences within a race than between races
d. racial differences have been biologically mandated since early man
Learning Objective: 9.1: What are race and ethnicity?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Defining Race and Ethnicity
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. An elderly man who identifies as Mexican recalls how the U.S. Census in 1940 categorized Mexican people as “white.” This is an example of ______.
a. biologically constructed race
b. socially constructed race
c. fixed categories of race
d. fluid categories of ethnicity
Learning Objective: 9.1: What are race and ethnicity?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Social Construction of Race
Difficulty Level: Hard
6. Living in the United States in the early 20th century, a white family’s ancestry included a mix of European and African American ancestors. As such, according to the U.S. Census in the 1930s, this family was considered Black due to ______.
a. Jim Crow statutes
b. miscegenation laws
c. the three fifths rule
d. the one-drop rule
Learning Objective: 9.1: What are race and ethnicity?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Susie Guillory Phillips and the “One-Drop Rule”
Difficulty Level: Hard
7. Nadia is uncomfortable around Black men because she believes they are dangerous. This is an example of ______.
a. prejudice
b. racism
c. institutional discrimination
d. ethnocentrism
Learning Objective: 9.2: What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Prejudice, Stereotypes, and Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Hard
8. Minority groups such as women, people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBT individuals are often treated unfairly due to their race, gender, sexual orientation, and/or physical and mental abilities. They are experiencing ______.
a. stereotyping
b. acculturalization
c. discrimination
d. ethnocentrism
Learning Objective: 9.2: What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Prejudice, Stereotypes, and Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. Prejudice can stem from ______, which is a predetermined idea about a group or person.
a. stigmatization
b. accommodation
c. objectivity
d. a stereotype
Learning Objective: 9.2: What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Prejudice, Stereotypes, and Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. Which statement best describes racism?
a. negative actions against groups based on sound scientific classification
b. a belief that one racial group is better than another, creating a racial hierarchy
c. negative behaviors against groups based on biological differences
d. a socially constructed category based upon physical differences
Learning Objective: 9.2: What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prejudice, Stereotypes, and Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. While stereotypes and prejudices are held by people of all races, only members of dominant racial groups can be ______.
a. subjective
b. stigmatized
c. biased
d. racist
Learning Objective: 9.2: What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Prejudice, Stereotypes, and Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. Racism requires prejudice and ______.
a. institutional discrimination
b. stereotyping
c. institutional power
d. inherent bias
Learning Objective: 9.2: What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prejudice, Stereotypes, and Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. Growing up in a rural area with little diversity, a young girl hears her family and friends discuss how poor African American women do not deserve government assistance, such as welfare, because it is their fault that they are poor. This young girl is learning stereotypes, prejudicial behavior, and discrimination through ______.
a. sound scientific arguments
b. socialization
c. functionalism
d. justification
Learning Objective: 9.2: What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Prejudice, Stereotypes, and Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Hard
14. What is institutional discrimination?
a. discriminatory treatment of an individual or group as a result of how institutions operate
b. maltreatment or intentional bias toward an individual or group within institutions
c. discriminatory behavior based upon the categorization of racial groups
d. prejudicial behaviors learned within social institutions such as schools
Learning Objective: 9.2: What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Institutional Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. Under the U.S. constitution of 1787, enslaved people would be counted for political representation and taxation purposes according to the ______.
a. Missouri Compromise
b. Fifth Amendment
c. Three-Fifths Compromise
d. Monroe Doctrine
Learning Objective: 9.3: How is power related to racism?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Constitution, the Compromise of 1877, and Plessy v. Ferguson
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. In 1865 slavery was abolished, yet a formerly enslaved African American in the South was later denied federal protection of rights due to the ______.
a. Three-Fifths Compromise
b. Hayes-Tilden Compromise
c. Plessy v. Ferguson ruling
d. Missouri Compromise
Learning Objective: 9.3: How is power related to racism?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Constitution, the Compromise of 1877, and Plessy v. Ferguson
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. In an attempt to immigrate to the Americas in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many Chinese men and women were denied entry due to the ______.
a. Three-Fifths Compromise
b. Chinese Exclusion Act
c. Anti-Immigration Act
d. Hayes-Tilden Act
Learning Objective: 9.3: How is power related to racism?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Immigration Legislation
Difficulty Level: Easy
18. Which court case ruled “separate but equal” facilities constitutional?
a. Brown v. Board of Education
b. Dred Scott v. Sanford
c. Plessy v. Ferguson
d. Loving v. Virginia
Learning Objective: 9.3: How is power related to racism?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Constitution, the Compromise of 1877, and Plessy v. Ferguson
Difficulty Level: Easy
19. Which group was interned during World War II?
a. Greek Americans
b. Chinese Americans
c. Japanese Americans
d. Italian Americans
Learning Objective: 9.3: How is power related to racism?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Immigration Legislation
Difficulty Level: Easy
20. What did the Immigration Act of 1924 do?
a. It granted Filipinos a path to U.S. citizenship.
b. It resulted in the reduction of immigrants from Latin America.
c. It gave preference to Catholic immigrants over Protestant immigrants.
d. It reduced immigration from southern and eastern Europe.
Learning Objective: 9.3: How is power related to racism?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Immigration Legislation
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. What was the result of the Immigration Act of 1965?
a. It created internment camps for Japanese Americans.
b. It increased immigration quotas.
c. It abolished national immigration quotas.
d. It restricted immigration for Chinese population only.
Learning Objective: 9.3: How is power related to racism?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Immigration Legislation
Difficulty Level: Medium
22. Robert Park developed a sociological theory that tried to explain what happens once immigrants reach a new country. Which process did Park describe?
a. acculturation
b. assimilation
c. class consciousness
d. internal colonialism
Learning Objective: 9.3: How is power related to racism?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Assimilation and Conflict Perspectives
Difficulty Level: Medium
23. Sociologist W. E. B. Du Bois rejected theories of assimilation because they fell short of explaining the experience of African Americans. Instead he focused on a(n) ______ basis for racial inequality.
a. personal
b. social
c. physiological
d. economic
Learning Objective: 9.3: How is power related to racism?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Assimilation and Conflict Perspectives
Difficulty Level: Medium
24. When a racial group subordinates and exploits the resources of other racial groups within a country, ______ occurs.
a. internal colonialism
b. external colonialism
c. assimilation
d. discrimination
Learning Objective: 9.3: How is power related to racism?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Assimilation and Conflict Perspectives
Difficulty Level: Easy
25. How do banks avoid following the Fair Housing Act?
a. by loaning to anyone who qualifies for a loan regardless of race
b. by allowing loan officers to refuse to work with minorities
c. by keeping interest rates consistent across different races
d. by moving services away from minority neighborhoods
Learning Objective: 9.4: How has racism influenced social policies throughout U.S. history?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Housing
Difficulty Level: Medium
26. In 1945, an African American family tried to purchase a home in a minority neighborhood, but the federal government refused to insure the mortgage. This practice illustrates ______.
a. reverse racism
b. forced integration
c. redlining
d. desegregation
Learning Objective: 9.4: How has racism influenced social policies throughout U.S. history?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Housing
Difficulty Level: Medium
27. The inability to buy a home in the United States is a factor in poverty because home ownership is ______.
a. a ticket to get out of minority neighborhoods
b. a primary way to attain wealth
c. a social milestone that is necessary for upward mobility
d. not considered important by most people in poverty
Learning Objective: 9.4: How has racism influenced social policies throughout U.S. history?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Housing
Difficulty Level: Hard
28. For most people, income usually comes from ______
a. savings
b. an inheritance
c. investments
d. a job
Learning Objective: 9.4: How has racism influenced social policies throughout U.S. history?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Economy
Difficulty Level: Medium
29. At the end of 2018, which group had the lowest unemployment rate?
a. Asian
b. White
c. Hispanic
d. Black
Learning Objective: 9.4: How has racism influenced social policies throughout U.S. history?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Economy
Difficulty Level: Easy
30. Which statement is TRUE regarding hiring practices over the past three decades?
a. Latinos have generally received more callbacks than African Americans.
b. Hiring discrimination was steady until 2012, when Blacks began to catch up to Whites in job attainment.
c. Hiring discrimination has remained constant.
d. Hiring discrimination is showing signs of improvement.
Learning Objective: 9.4: How has racism influenced social policies throughout U.S. history?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Economy
Difficulty Level: Easy
31. African Americans comprise the largest percentage of incarcerated Americans. This high proportion is most likely a result of ______.
a. discrimination
b. biology
c. poverty
d. location
Learning Objective: 9.4: How has racism influenced social policies throughout U.S. history?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Criminal Justice System
Difficulty Level: Hard
32. Which group is most likely to receive treatment for pain by doctors?
a. Whites
b. Blacks
c. Asians
d. Hispanics
Learning Objective: 9.4: How has racism influenced social policies throughout U.S. history?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Health Care
Difficulty Level: Easy
33. What is a reason that government hasn’t done more to address racial and ethnic inequality with funding and policy?
A. There is very little minority representation in government.
B. The federal government feels it is the states’ responsibility to address inequality and states feel it is the federal government’s responsibility.
C. Local governments have more pressing problems that must be addressed.
D. People who most feel the effects of the inequality do not raise their voices and demand change.
Learning Objective: 9.4: How has racism influenced social policies throughout U.S. history?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Government
Difficulty Level: Hard
34. What is one reason why few people of color are elected to public office?
a. Black citizens do not vote in large numbers.
b. Wealthy minority groups do not donate to political campaigns.
c. District lines are created to place most of minority voters into just a few districts.
d. Many minorities are apathetic toward the political process.
Learning Objective: 9.4: How has racism influenced social policies throughout U.S. history?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Government
Difficulty Level: Medium
35. Which of these racial minority groups has the highest employment and education rates?
a. Native Americans
b. Asian Americans
c. Hispanic Americans
d. African Americans
Learning Objective: 9.4: How has racism influenced social policies throughout U.S. history?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Asian Exception?
Difficulty Level: Medium
36. According to Durkheim, industrial societies need all members to work in an occupation they enjoy and are good at in order for society to function efficiently. In a society where ______ exists, society at large is disadvantaged.
a. racial solidarity
b. external inequality
c. gemeinschaft
d. social solidarity
Learning Objective: 9.5: How can you show that racism and ethnocentrism are key social issues in the United States—and across the world—today?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Dangers of External Inequality and the Benefits of Diversity
Difficulty Level: Medium
37. People who believe that their culture is better than any others are displaying ______.
a. universalism
b. colonialism
c. racism
d. ethnocentrism
Learning Objective: 9.5: How can you show that racism and ethnocentrism are key social issues in the United States—and across the world—today?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Racism and Ethnocentrism Globally
Difficulty Level: Easy
38. A group of refugees from a nation in the midst of civil war have been given permission to emigrate from their country to another. Some members of this new country are ethnocentric. Under these conditions, the immigrants will likely ______.
a. be respected and welcomed
b. be seen as a cheap source of labor
c. face prejudice and discrimination
d. be seen as “separate but equal”
Learning Objective: 9.5: How can you show that racism and ethnocentrism are key social issues in the United States—and across the world—today?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Racism and Ethnocentrism Globally
Difficulty Level: Medium
39. A society has seen a recent influx of immigrants. The members of the government and major businesses for the society must decide how to deal with this. Based on Durkheim’s functionalist theory, what would provide the most good for that society?
a. They should try to relocate as many of the immigrants as possible.
b. They should move the immigrants into the lower paying jobs that no one else wants.
c. They should decide which jobs need the most people and place the immigrants there.
d. They should encourage the immigrants to use the talents they have.
Learning Objective: 9.5: How can you show that racism and ethnocentrism are key social issues in the United States—and across the world—today?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Dangers of External Inequality and the Benefits of Diversity
Difficulty Level: Medium
40. How would someone who is ethnocentric feel about government assistance policies?
a. There shouldn’t be any government assistance for anyone.
b. Government assistance programs should be reserved for legal citizens.
c. Everyone should have access to the government programs they need.
d. People need to earn the right to have government assistance.
Learning Objective: 9.5: How can you show that racism and ethnocentrism are key social issues in the United States—and across the world—today?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Racism and Ethnocentrism Globally
Difficulty Level: Medium
41. A politician runs on a platform that supports affirmative action. How might he explain his position in a way that people in the dominant race would support this policy?
a. It provides government cutbacks to employers who replace some workers.
b. It allows minorities to get jobs they want in fields often closed to them.
c. It allows multinational corporations to have diverse perspectives.
d. It reduces inequality for minority races as they are able to compete for good jobs.
Learning Objective: 9.5: How can you show that racism and ethnocentrism are key social issues in the United States—and across the world—today?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Dangers of External Inequality and the Benefits of Diversity
Difficulty Level: Medium
42. How would Durkheim explain external inequality versus diversity?
a. External inequality is an institutional block to diversity.
b. External inequality is a first step toward diversity.
c. External inequality is based on natural abilities and impact diversity as natural talent.
d. External inequality is diversity of talents, but limited opportunities.
Learning Objective: 9.5: How can you show that racism and ethnocentrism are key social issues in the United States—and across the world—today?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Dangers of External Inequality and the Benefits of Diversity
Difficulty Level: Hard
43. How might ethnocentrism impact a country with high unemployment?
a. Citizens become less welcoming of immigrants who compete for scarce resources.
b. Citizens become more open to diversity that can add more jobs.
c. Citizens become more critical of ethnocentric policies.
d. Citizens become less open to governmental assistance for those who are unemployed.
Learning Objective: 9.5: How can you show that racism and ethnocentrism are key social issues in the United States—and across the world—today?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Racism and Ethnocentrism Globally
Difficulty Level: Medium
44. What is one reason why many business leaders today support affirmative action programs in higher education?
a. They want to avoid costly lawsuits and boycotts.
b. They see an opportunity to eliminate nonproductive White management.
c. It’s a good public relations move that will improve the corporation’s bottom line.
d. It makes good business sense in a diverse world.
Learning Objective: 9.5: How can you show that racism and ethnocentrism are key social issues in the United States—and across the world—today?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Dangers of External Inequality and the Benefits of Diversity
Difficulty Level: Hard
45. What has been the result of diversity programs implemented in organizations?
a. Most have been voluntary and people elect not to participate.
b. They have resulted in a decrease in prejudice against women in the workplace.
c. They have resulted in a decrease in prejudice against racial and ethnic minorities in the workplace.
d. They have limited diversity in hires and promotions.
Learning Objective: 9.5: How can you show that racism and ethnocentrism are key social issues in the United States—and across the world—today?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Diversity Programs that Work
Difficulty Level: Hard
46. A small business owner practices Bonilla-Silva's concept of abstract liberalism. How might this owner respond to issues of racism?
a. He would be open to hiring the best workers no matter their race or ethnicity.
b. He would argue that race is no longer an issue people need to work on.
c. He would ignore racial issues and encourage others to do the same.
d. He would agree that racism is an issue, but oppose affirmative action.
Learning Objective: 9.6: How can you work to diminish racism and racial discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Colorblind Ideology and Racism Evasiveness
Difficulty Level: Hard
47. How would Bonilla-Silva's concept of minimization impact politicians creating public policy as it pertains to racial discrimination in housing?
a. They would argue that all housing should be open to all races, but attempt to keep minorities out of their neighborhoods.
b. They would argue that minority races choose to remain together and do not want to live in other neighborhoods.
c. They would argue that everyone has equal access to all housing areas and there is no discrimination.
d. They would argue that housing is based on income and to address income qualifications instead.
Learning Objective: 9.6: How can you work to diminish racism and racial discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Colorblind Ideology and Racism Evasiveness
Difficulty Level: Medium
48. A young Black man is killed by a police officer who thought the youth had a gun. How would someone use colorblind ideology to defend the police officer after accusations of racism occur?
a. They would use abstract liberalism to argue that the police officer was clearly racist but there is nothing that can be done.
b. They would use minimization to argue that the police officer is representative of all police officers across the nation.
c. They would use naturalization to argue that the youth was not a local and that made him more suspect to the officer.
d. They would use culturalization to argue that the Black community is violent by nature and members of this culture normally have guns.
Learning Objective: 9.6: How can you work to diminish racism and racial discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Colorblind Ideology and Racism Evasiveness
Difficulty Level: Hard
49. In a college seminar, an individual argues that in order to eliminate racism society should ignore race and racial issues completely. This student follows which perspective?
a. post-racialism
b. racism evasiveness
c. colorblind ideology
d. behaviorism
Learning Objective: 9.6: How can you work to diminish racism and racial discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Colorblind Ideology and Racism Evasiveness
Difficulty Level: Hard
50. A person states that she does NOT see color and, as a result, ignores issues of racism. Which term best describes this person’s perspective?
a. the colorblind ideology
b. racism evasiveness
c. white nationalism
d. racial hegemony
Learning Objective: 9.6: How can you work to diminish racism and racial discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Colorblind Ideology and Racism Evasiveness
Difficulty Level: Medium
51. Eduardo Bonilla-Silvia’s culturalization frame of the colorblind perspective of race is best described as ______.
a. policies that help achieve equal rights
b. believing that race does not matter and that racism is no longer a problem
c. arguing that Black peoples’ inferior culture hurts them more than racism
d. racist practices are a part of human nature
Learning Objective: 9.6: How can you work to diminish racism and racial discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Colorblind Ideology and Racism Evasiveness
Difficulty Level: Easy
52. What is racism evasiveness?
a. ignoring racism issues
b. avoiding members of other races
c. showing bias in favor of one race
d. focusing on racist behaviors
Learning Objective: 9.6: How can you work to diminish racism and racial discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Colorblind Ideology and Racism Evasiveness
Difficulty Level: Easy
53. How is the colorblind ideology challenged by social media and news stories?
a. Social media and news sources spread information and videos of racist actions.
b. Social media and news sources act to increase racism evasiveness with pictures of racist actions.
c. Social media and news sources ignore racist actions because they cannot be proven.
d. Social media and news sources depict newfound harmony and lack of racism.
Learning Objective: 9.6: How can you work to diminish racism and racial discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Era of Black Lives Matter and the Presidential Election of 2016
Difficulty Level: Hard
54. A minority family moves into a predominantly White neighborhood. Neighbors visit the family to see what they are like. One family ignores them completely. One family tells them they are welcome, while another petitions to push them out. One family visits and asks the family how they can afford the house on welfare. Which occurrence is an example of microaggression?
a. Ignoring the family completely
b. Asking how they can afford the house
c. Telling them they are welcome
d. Petitioning to push them out
Learning Objective: 9.6: How can you work to diminish racism and racial discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Ways to Address Racism and Ethnic Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Hard
55. A bank manager argues that everyone has equal access to home loans, and if they cannot get one it is based on lack of effort, not race. Which colorblind ideology does this exemplify?
a. abstract liberalism
b. minimization
c. naturalization
d. culturalization
Learning Objective: 9.6: How can you work to diminish racism and racial discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Colorblind Ideology and Racism Evasiveness
Difficulty Level: Hard
True/False
1. Ethnic group members have the same racial features.
Learning Objective: 9.1: What are race and ethnicity?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Defining Race and Ethnicity
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Most people in the United States today categorize people racially by their lineage, or family backgrounds.
Learning Objective: 9.1: What are race and ethnicity?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Defining Race and Ethnicity
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. Prejudice can lead to discrimination.
Learning Objective: 9.2: What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Prejudice, Stereotypes, and Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. A wealthy school district gets most of its funding from local property taxes. Therefore, it gets more money than a poorer district that is also funded by property taxes. This is intentional discrimination.
Learning Objective: 9.2: What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Institutional Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Stereotypes are generalizations about a particular group of people.
Learning Objective: 9.2: What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Prejudice, Stereotypes, and Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Medium
6. The Three-Fifths Compromise abolished slavery.
Learning Objective: 9.3: How is power related to racism?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Constitution, the Compromise of 1877, and Plessy v. Ferguson
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. Plessy v. Ferguson ruled that separate but equal facilities were unconstitutional.
Learning Objective: 9.3: How is power related to racism?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Constitution, the Compromise of 1877, and Plessy v. Ferguson
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Japanese immigration was halted through the Gentleman's Agreement of 1907.
Learning Objective: 9.3: How is power related to racism?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Immigration Legislation
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. War, gang violence, and climate change are all pull factors that drive immigration.
Learning Objective: 9.3: How is power related to racism?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Why Do People Immigrate, What Happens Once They Do, and Who Writes Our History?
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. In Robert Park's four-step assimilation process, accommodation refers to when a group establishes dominance over another group.
Learning Objective: 9.3: How is power related to racism?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Assimilation and Conflict Perspectives
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. White home seekers tend to have advantages over racial minority prospective buyers at every stage of the home-buying process.
Learning Objective: 9.4: How has racism influenced social policies throughout U.S. history?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Housing
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. For people in the middle class, income comes mainly in the form of employment.
Learning Objective: 9.4: How has racism influenced social policies throughout U.S. history?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Economy
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. Educational experiences tend to be similar along racial, ethnic, and class lines.
Learning Objective: 9.4: How has racism influenced social policies throughout U.S. history?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Education
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. Ethnocentrism refers to a divisive belief in cultural superiority.
Learning Objective: 9.5: How can you show that racism and ethnocentrism are key social issues in the United States—and across the world—today?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Racism and Ethnocentrism Globally
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. Racism evasiveness occurs as people talk too much about race and racism.
Learning Objective: 9.6: How can you work to diminish racism and racial discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Colorblind Ideology and Racism Evasiveness
Difficulty Level: Medium
Short Answer
1. Differentiate between race and ethnicity.
Learning Objective: 9.1: What are race and ethnicity?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Defining Race and Ethnicity
Difficulty Level: Hard
2. Discuss how discrimination can occur without prejudice.
Learning Objective: 9.2: What is the difference between prejudice and discrimination?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Institutional Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Hard
3. Discuss the impact of the Immigration Act of 1965.
Learning Objective: 9.3: How is power related to racism?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Immigration Legislation
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. What was the purpose of the Fair Housing Act?
Learning Objective: 9.4: How has racism influenced social policies throughout U.S. history?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Housing
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. Discuss ethnocentrism and its impact on immigration.
Learning Objective: 9.5: How can you show that racism and ethnocentrism are key social issues in the United States—and across the world—today?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Racism and Ethnocentrism Globally
Difficulty Level: Medium
Essay
1. Describe Robert Park's four-step assimilation process. Use one example and follow it through all four steps.
1. Contact (when the groups meet)
2. Conflict (they compete for goods and power)
3. Accommodation (one group establishes dominance)
4. Assimilation (the minority groups embrace the ways of the dominant group and become accepted into it)
Examples will vary.
Learning Objective: 9.3: How is power related to racism?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Assimilation and Conflict Perspectives
Difficulty Level: Hard
2. How do the experiences of American Indians today qualify as internal colonialism?
Learning Objective: 9.3: How is power related to racism?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Assimilation and Conflict Perspectives
Difficulty Level: Hard
3. Explain why Asian immigrant groups have recently been more accepted in the United States than some other groups.
Learning Objective: 9.4: How has racism influenced social policies throughout U.S. history?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Asian Exception?
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. Explain how Durkheim viewed social inequalities.
Learning Objective: 9.5: How can you show that racism and ethnocentrism are key social issues in the United States—and across the world—today?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Dangers of External Inequality and the Benefits of Diversity
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. Explain how ignoring problems of racism can make racism worse.
Learning Objective: 9.6: How can you work to diminish racism and racial discrimination?
Answer Location: The Colorblind Ideology and Racism Evasiveness
Difficulty Level: Hard
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