RACE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS EXAM 3 STUDY GUIDE | COMPLETE SOCIOLOGY
EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
Social construction - ANS ✔✔An idea or way of viewing people based not on biological differences, but
on social perceptions.
Race is a modern ___________________ ___________________, meaning that the ida of race is not
based on biological differences among people, but even though race has become important in
determining how we interact. It is a particular way of viewing human difference that is a product of
colonial encounters. - ANS ✔✔Social construction
Racism - ANS ✔✔The belief that races are populations of people whose physical differences are linked to
significant cultural and social differences and that these innate hierarchal differences can be measured
and judged.
Racism - ANS ✔✔The practice of subordinating race believed to be inferior.
Colonialism - ANS ✔✔The practice of acquiring political control over another country, occupying it with
settlers, and exploiting it economically.
Race - ANS ✔✔A social construction to describe a group of people who share physical and cultural traits
as well as common ancestry.
Slave Codes - ANS ✔✔Laws enacted in the 1660s that clearly spelled out the differences between
African slaves and European indentured servants.
The idea of race that involves classifying humans into what? - ANS ✔✔Distinct groups
Europeans and their descendants have used the idea of race to justify exploitation, slavery, colonialism,
and genocide. True/False? - ANS ✔✔True
Indian Removal Act of 1830 - ANS ✔✔Act that enabled the administration of U.S. president Andrew
Jackson to use military power to displace at least 70,000 Native Americans, killing tens of thousands in
the process.
Trail of Tears - ANS ✔✔The forced displacement of the Cherokee of Georgia, the Apalachiocla of Florida,
the Peoria of Illinois, the Shawnee of Ohio, and a host of other tribes.
The Spanish Inquisition - ANS ✔✔When the Catholic Church began to consolidate its power in Spain
under the reign of monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, the Jews were expelled from
Spain, and converted Jews were subject to scrutiny.
In 1480, Ferdinand and Isabella established a tribunal called _____________ __________________
______________, which was intended to ensure the orthodoxy of people had converted from Judaism
and Islam to Catholicism. - ANS ✔✔The Spanish Inquesition
EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
Social construction - ANS ✔✔An idea or way of viewing people based not on biological differences, but
on social perceptions.
Race is a modern ___________________ ___________________, meaning that the ida of race is not
based on biological differences among people, but even though race has become important in
determining how we interact. It is a particular way of viewing human difference that is a product of
colonial encounters. - ANS ✔✔Social construction
Racism - ANS ✔✔The belief that races are populations of people whose physical differences are linked to
significant cultural and social differences and that these innate hierarchal differences can be measured
and judged.
Racism - ANS ✔✔The practice of subordinating race believed to be inferior.
Colonialism - ANS ✔✔The practice of acquiring political control over another country, occupying it with
settlers, and exploiting it economically.
Race - ANS ✔✔A social construction to describe a group of people who share physical and cultural traits
as well as common ancestry.
Slave Codes - ANS ✔✔Laws enacted in the 1660s that clearly spelled out the differences between
African slaves and European indentured servants.
The idea of race that involves classifying humans into what? - ANS ✔✔Distinct groups
Europeans and their descendants have used the idea of race to justify exploitation, slavery, colonialism,
and genocide. True/False? - ANS ✔✔True
Indian Removal Act of 1830 - ANS ✔✔Act that enabled the administration of U.S. president Andrew
Jackson to use military power to displace at least 70,000 Native Americans, killing tens of thousands in
the process.
Trail of Tears - ANS ✔✔The forced displacement of the Cherokee of Georgia, the Apalachiocla of Florida,
the Peoria of Illinois, the Shawnee of Ohio, and a host of other tribes.
The Spanish Inquisition - ANS ✔✔When the Catholic Church began to consolidate its power in Spain
under the reign of monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella of Castile, the Jews were expelled from
Spain, and converted Jews were subject to scrutiny.
In 1480, Ferdinand and Isabella established a tribunal called _____________ __________________
______________, which was intended to ensure the orthodoxy of people had converted from Judaism
and Islam to Catholicism. - ANS ✔✔The Spanish Inquesition
