ASAM 101 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
What is the relationship between social capital and educational success? - Answer-
Having more of the "right" kind of social capital can result in educational success, while
having more of the "wrong" kind of hold you back
Which institution would be most likely to rely on affirmative action admission policies? -
Answer- Harvard University
Consider a stage performance where a group of black and white performers enact a
sense with slaves and their masters. Which of the following characteristics would make
this an example of "minstrelsy"? - Answer- The actors playing the roles of black
characters are white
Representations of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra as a white woman by neoclassical
American and European sculptors are an example of - Answer- whites dominating
images of beauty
There are many different art forms in the aesthetic field. Which of these art forms offers
the most powerful voice for racial justice today, according to the authors? - Answer- hip-
hop
The practice known as a "Mississippi appendectomy" is best described by which of the
following? - Answer- A sterilization performed on a poor black woman in the south
without her consent
Because in many cases a man who lived as a slave could not stop his master from
beating his son or raping his daughter, fatherhood under slavery was denied in a way
that - Answer- all but completely eliminated the role of husband and father for most
enslaved black men
What were the two important institutions that arose to control and confine nonwhites --
African Americans in particular? - Answer- the Lynch mob and the prison
How did the white public justify the existence of lynch mobs? - Answer- Lynch mobs
supposedly kept white women safe from black male rapists
, between 1880 and 1930, Lynch mobs murdered over 2300 black men, women, and
children whom we know of. Which of the following... lynching of black men. - Answer-
taking a white man's job
How did vagabond laws operate to control and confine nonwhites? - Answer- They
transformed those who were poor into criminals, and sent them to jail or hard labor
camps for begging
Which is a central reason that America's prison popularity multiplied so quickly? -
Answer- Sentences for crimes grew much more severe over time
Contrary to popular belief, social-scientific evidence has shown that immigrants -
Answer- make America safer
After George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin in 2012, the police did not
arrest him because of the Stand Your Ground law. What was the supposed purpose of
this law? - Answer- It gave people the right to defend themselves against someone they
perceived as a threat
According to the textbook, what is one political consequence of being imprisoned? -
Answer- In many states, felons lose the right to vote
Historical accounts that gloss over the atrocity of slavery in the United States and focus
on stories of hardworking immigrants, while downplaying anti-immigrant violence, are
examples of ______ because they silence the voices of nonwhites. - Answer-
Eurocentric curriculum
Which best summarizes current educational completion rates by race? - Answer-
Completion rates for both high school and college have increased for all racial groups
Child psychologists Betty Hart and Todd Risley examined speech patterns across
families of different social class backgrounds. Which o..... findings? - Answer- Middle-
class children receive more praise and hear more utterance than poor children
Sociologist Annette Lareau, author of Unequal Childhoods, argues that class
differences in parenting - Answer- are mostly about language, attitudes, and behaviors
Familism is a variant of ____ having to do with one's attachment to, and reliance on,
family-based relationship. - Answer- social capital
The textbook authors use the example that Hispanic students are more likely than white
students to "make fun of people who try to do well in school" to illus...... concept? -
Answer- oppositional culture
Consider a scenario in which a child's parents did not attend college, but they were able
to save money for her college tuition and secured scholarships that would.... concern,
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
What is the relationship between social capital and educational success? - Answer-
Having more of the "right" kind of social capital can result in educational success, while
having more of the "wrong" kind of hold you back
Which institution would be most likely to rely on affirmative action admission policies? -
Answer- Harvard University
Consider a stage performance where a group of black and white performers enact a
sense with slaves and their masters. Which of the following characteristics would make
this an example of "minstrelsy"? - Answer- The actors playing the roles of black
characters are white
Representations of the Egyptian queen Cleopatra as a white woman by neoclassical
American and European sculptors are an example of - Answer- whites dominating
images of beauty
There are many different art forms in the aesthetic field. Which of these art forms offers
the most powerful voice for racial justice today, according to the authors? - Answer- hip-
hop
The practice known as a "Mississippi appendectomy" is best described by which of the
following? - Answer- A sterilization performed on a poor black woman in the south
without her consent
Because in many cases a man who lived as a slave could not stop his master from
beating his son or raping his daughter, fatherhood under slavery was denied in a way
that - Answer- all but completely eliminated the role of husband and father for most
enslaved black men
What were the two important institutions that arose to control and confine nonwhites --
African Americans in particular? - Answer- the Lynch mob and the prison
How did the white public justify the existence of lynch mobs? - Answer- Lynch mobs
supposedly kept white women safe from black male rapists
, between 1880 and 1930, Lynch mobs murdered over 2300 black men, women, and
children whom we know of. Which of the following... lynching of black men. - Answer-
taking a white man's job
How did vagabond laws operate to control and confine nonwhites? - Answer- They
transformed those who were poor into criminals, and sent them to jail or hard labor
camps for begging
Which is a central reason that America's prison popularity multiplied so quickly? -
Answer- Sentences for crimes grew much more severe over time
Contrary to popular belief, social-scientific evidence has shown that immigrants -
Answer- make America safer
After George Zimmerman shot and killed Trayvon Martin in 2012, the police did not
arrest him because of the Stand Your Ground law. What was the supposed purpose of
this law? - Answer- It gave people the right to defend themselves against someone they
perceived as a threat
According to the textbook, what is one political consequence of being imprisoned? -
Answer- In many states, felons lose the right to vote
Historical accounts that gloss over the atrocity of slavery in the United States and focus
on stories of hardworking immigrants, while downplaying anti-immigrant violence, are
examples of ______ because they silence the voices of nonwhites. - Answer-
Eurocentric curriculum
Which best summarizes current educational completion rates by race? - Answer-
Completion rates for both high school and college have increased for all racial groups
Child psychologists Betty Hart and Todd Risley examined speech patterns across
families of different social class backgrounds. Which o..... findings? - Answer- Middle-
class children receive more praise and hear more utterance than poor children
Sociologist Annette Lareau, author of Unequal Childhoods, argues that class
differences in parenting - Answer- are mostly about language, attitudes, and behaviors
Familism is a variant of ____ having to do with one's attachment to, and reliance on,
family-based relationship. - Answer- social capital
The textbook authors use the example that Hispanic students are more likely than white
students to "make fun of people who try to do well in school" to illus...... concept? -
Answer- oppositional culture
Consider a scenario in which a child's parents did not attend college, but they were able
to save money for her college tuition and secured scholarships that would.... concern,
