RACE AND ETHNICITY CHAPTER 11 STUDY GUIDE | COMPLETE SOCIOLOGY
CHAPTER REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
social construction of race - ANS ✔✔a more sociological way of understanding racial categories
race is not biologically identifiable and that previous racial categories were arbitrarily assigned, based on
pseudoscience, and used to justify racist practices
ethnicity - ANS ✔✔a term that described shared culture-the practices, values, and beliefs of a group
minority group - ANS ✔✔any group of people who, because of their physical or cultural characteristics,
are singled out from the others in the society in which they live for differential and unequal treatment,
and who therefore regard themselves as objects of collective discriminations
subordinate and dominant group - ANS ✔✔subordinate group can be used interchangeably with the
term minority group. Lacks power in a given society.
dominant group is often substituted for the group that's in the majority. holds the most power in a given
society.
five characteristics of minority groups - ANS ✔✔1. unequal treatment and less power over their lives
2. distinguishing physical or cultural traits like skin color or language
3. involuntary membership in the group
4. awareness of subordination
5. high rate of in-group marriage
stereotypes - ANS ✔✔oversimplified generalizations about groups of people
mainly recycled
prejudice - ANS ✔✔beliefs, thoughts, feelings, and attitudes someone holds about a group
racism - ANS ✔✔stronger type of prejudice used to justify the belief that one racial category is somehow
superior or inferior to others; it is also a set of practices used by a racial minority to disadvantage a racial
minority
institutional racism - ANS ✔✔refers to the way in which racism is embedded in the fabric of society
colorism - ANS ✔✔a type of prejudice in which someone believes one type of skin tone is superior or
inferior to another within a racial group
CHAPTER REVIEW QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
social construction of race - ANS ✔✔a more sociological way of understanding racial categories
race is not biologically identifiable and that previous racial categories were arbitrarily assigned, based on
pseudoscience, and used to justify racist practices
ethnicity - ANS ✔✔a term that described shared culture-the practices, values, and beliefs of a group
minority group - ANS ✔✔any group of people who, because of their physical or cultural characteristics,
are singled out from the others in the society in which they live for differential and unequal treatment,
and who therefore regard themselves as objects of collective discriminations
subordinate and dominant group - ANS ✔✔subordinate group can be used interchangeably with the
term minority group. Lacks power in a given society.
dominant group is often substituted for the group that's in the majority. holds the most power in a given
society.
five characteristics of minority groups - ANS ✔✔1. unequal treatment and less power over their lives
2. distinguishing physical or cultural traits like skin color or language
3. involuntary membership in the group
4. awareness of subordination
5. high rate of in-group marriage
stereotypes - ANS ✔✔oversimplified generalizations about groups of people
mainly recycled
prejudice - ANS ✔✔beliefs, thoughts, feelings, and attitudes someone holds about a group
racism - ANS ✔✔stronger type of prejudice used to justify the belief that one racial category is somehow
superior or inferior to others; it is also a set of practices used by a racial minority to disadvantage a racial
minority
institutional racism - ANS ✔✔refers to the way in which racism is embedded in the fabric of society
colorism - ANS ✔✔a type of prejudice in which someone believes one type of skin tone is superior or
inferior to another within a racial group
