RACE & ETHNICITY FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE | COMPLETE SOCIOLOGY FINAL
EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
What is Asians subpopulation? - ANS ✔✔3.6% of the U.S population
and
Pacific Islander about 0.31%
Do Asian Americans have a higher median income rate than Whites? - ANS ✔✔Yes they do, they tend to
make more
Will Asians ever be promoted to manager? - ANS ✔✔Asians American engineers are less likely to be in
manager positions even though they have the same qualifications
What are Asian Americans undergrad degree % - ANS ✔✔In 2006 graduation rates for Asians were 47.9%
Which race is in the Asian ethnic group is the most segregated against? - ANS ✔✔Vietnamese
What is the life span of Asians? - ANS ✔✔Comparable to whites- less accidents
How are Asians discriminated against? - ANS ✔✔- The identifiably of Asians, biological distinctiveness
Murder of Vincent Chin 1982 - ANS ✔✔(Hate Crime) (Beat with a baseball bat by two white men B/C of
his sucssess in the auto industry
Murder of Jim Coo 1989 - ANS ✔✔Shout outside (Hate Crime)
Sterotypes of Asians - ANS ✔✔- Disloyal, sneaky, sly,
- Mostly scientists & engineers
Perception - ANS ✔✔"foreigness"
Sterotype - ANS ✔✔"model minority"
Chinese exclusion Act of 1882 - ANS ✔✔- suspended the immigration of Chinese laborers to the U.S for
ten years
-prohibited persons of Chinese ancestry already residing in the U.S from obtaining U.S citizenship after
the effective date of the act
-set a quota system for Chinese immigrants
Ozawa v United States (1922) - ANS ✔✔Takao Ozawa came from Japan, went to the University of
California at Berkeley, then moved to Hawaii, where he had a family.
He applied to become a naturalized citizen in 1915.
In 1922, when Japanese businessman Takao Ozawa petitioned the Supreme Court for naturalization,
many in the Japanese community believed his was the perfect test case.
, He lost.
The 1924 National Origins Act reinforced the legal decision that persons of Japanese ancestry could not
become naturalized citizens
Was the Court ruling for Ozwa? - ANS ✔✔The Court ruled that according to the best known science
Ozawa was not Caucasian, but of the "Mongolian race"
Did Franklin Roosevelt sign an Executive Order? - ANS ✔✔Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order
9066, which established relocation camps for Japanese and Japanese Americans.
Did Asians face educational challenges? - ANS ✔✔Educational discrimination in college admissions
quotas
admissions policies for Asian-American applicants are "important" because Asian Americans college
admits would overshadow white college admits
despite their successes, Asian Americans continue to experience discrimination.
In 2003, _________ percent of Americans wanted a reduction in immigration. - ANS ✔✔47
Which of the following might mitigate the discriminatory forces against Asian Americans? - ANS
✔✔significant numbers of Asian Americans intermarrying with white Americans
In the future, conflict between African Americans and Latinos will most likely be over
__________________ positions. - ANS ✔✔low- and semi-skilled
What percentage of the Latino immigrant population was not a high school graduate in 2003? - ANS
✔✔51%
Which of the following might reduce future ethnic conflict and hostility that could lead to social
disintegration? - ANS ✔✔values and beliefs emphasizing equality
In the year 2000, ____________________ was the region sending the most immigrants to the United
States. - ANS ✔✔Latin America and the Caribbean
Which legislation encouraged immigration from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia? - ANS ✔✔the Refugee
Act of 1980
In the year 2005, ________________ was the state that was most populated by immigrants. - ANS
✔✔California
Head Start programs were introduced as vehicles by which to: - ANS ✔✔improve access to educational
opportunities among poor children.
According to your text, why is affirmative action controversial? - ANS ✔✔It attacks the social production
of "merit" by trying to close the gap between privileged and underprivileged in the U.S.
Which of the following further fuels hostility and resentment against Latinos? - ANS ✔✔increasing
numbers of Latinos
EXAM REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
What is Asians subpopulation? - ANS ✔✔3.6% of the U.S population
and
Pacific Islander about 0.31%
Do Asian Americans have a higher median income rate than Whites? - ANS ✔✔Yes they do, they tend to
make more
Will Asians ever be promoted to manager? - ANS ✔✔Asians American engineers are less likely to be in
manager positions even though they have the same qualifications
What are Asian Americans undergrad degree % - ANS ✔✔In 2006 graduation rates for Asians were 47.9%
Which race is in the Asian ethnic group is the most segregated against? - ANS ✔✔Vietnamese
What is the life span of Asians? - ANS ✔✔Comparable to whites- less accidents
How are Asians discriminated against? - ANS ✔✔- The identifiably of Asians, biological distinctiveness
Murder of Vincent Chin 1982 - ANS ✔✔(Hate Crime) (Beat with a baseball bat by two white men B/C of
his sucssess in the auto industry
Murder of Jim Coo 1989 - ANS ✔✔Shout outside (Hate Crime)
Sterotypes of Asians - ANS ✔✔- Disloyal, sneaky, sly,
- Mostly scientists & engineers
Perception - ANS ✔✔"foreigness"
Sterotype - ANS ✔✔"model minority"
Chinese exclusion Act of 1882 - ANS ✔✔- suspended the immigration of Chinese laborers to the U.S for
ten years
-prohibited persons of Chinese ancestry already residing in the U.S from obtaining U.S citizenship after
the effective date of the act
-set a quota system for Chinese immigrants
Ozawa v United States (1922) - ANS ✔✔Takao Ozawa came from Japan, went to the University of
California at Berkeley, then moved to Hawaii, where he had a family.
He applied to become a naturalized citizen in 1915.
In 1922, when Japanese businessman Takao Ozawa petitioned the Supreme Court for naturalization,
many in the Japanese community believed his was the perfect test case.
, He lost.
The 1924 National Origins Act reinforced the legal decision that persons of Japanese ancestry could not
become naturalized citizens
Was the Court ruling for Ozwa? - ANS ✔✔The Court ruled that according to the best known science
Ozawa was not Caucasian, but of the "Mongolian race"
Did Franklin Roosevelt sign an Executive Order? - ANS ✔✔Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order
9066, which established relocation camps for Japanese and Japanese Americans.
Did Asians face educational challenges? - ANS ✔✔Educational discrimination in college admissions
quotas
admissions policies for Asian-American applicants are "important" because Asian Americans college
admits would overshadow white college admits
despite their successes, Asian Americans continue to experience discrimination.
In 2003, _________ percent of Americans wanted a reduction in immigration. - ANS ✔✔47
Which of the following might mitigate the discriminatory forces against Asian Americans? - ANS
✔✔significant numbers of Asian Americans intermarrying with white Americans
In the future, conflict between African Americans and Latinos will most likely be over
__________________ positions. - ANS ✔✔low- and semi-skilled
What percentage of the Latino immigrant population was not a high school graduate in 2003? - ANS
✔✔51%
Which of the following might reduce future ethnic conflict and hostility that could lead to social
disintegration? - ANS ✔✔values and beliefs emphasizing equality
In the year 2000, ____________________ was the region sending the most immigrants to the United
States. - ANS ✔✔Latin America and the Caribbean
Which legislation encouraged immigration from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia? - ANS ✔✔the Refugee
Act of 1980
In the year 2005, ________________ was the state that was most populated by immigrants. - ANS
✔✔California
Head Start programs were introduced as vehicles by which to: - ANS ✔✔improve access to educational
opportunities among poor children.
According to your text, why is affirmative action controversial? - ANS ✔✔It attacks the social production
of "merit" by trying to close the gap between privileged and underprivileged in the U.S.
Which of the following further fuels hostility and resentment against Latinos? - ANS ✔✔increasing
numbers of Latinos
