FULL TEST BANK FOR RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS SIXTEENTH EDITION RICHARD T. SCHAEFER, DEPAUL UNIVERSITY

FULL TEST BANK FOR
RACIAL AND ETHNIC GROUPS

SIXTEENTH EDITION

RICHARD T. SCHAEFER, DEPAUL UNIVERSITY

,TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 – EXPLORING RACE AND ETHNICITY....................................................................................... 3
CHAPTER 2 – PREJUDICE AND RACISM ................................................................................................... 38
CHAPTER 3 – DISCRIMINATION MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS ............................................................ 73
CHAPTER 4 – IMMIGRATION ................................................................................................................. 105
CHAPTER 5 – ETHNICITY, WHITENESS, AND RELIGION ......................................................................... 139
CHAPTER 6 – NATIVE AMERICANS: THE FIRST AMERICANS.................................................................. 173
CHAPTER 7 – AFRICAN AMERICANS ...................................................................................................... 216
CHAPTER 8 – AFRICAN AMERICANS TODAY.......................................................................................... 268
CHAPTER 9 – LATINOS: GROWTH AND DIVERSITY ................................................................................ 310
CHAPTER 10 – MEXICAN AMERICANS AND PUERTO RICANS ............................................................... 349
CHAPTER 11 – MUSLIM AND ARAB AMERICANS: DIVERSE CULTURES ................................................. 397
CHAPTER 12 – ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICANS: AN ARRAY OF NATIONALITIES ......................................... 438
CHAPTER 13 – CHINESE AMERICANS AND JAPANESE AMERICANS ...................................................... 481
CHAPTER 14 – JEWISH AMERICANS: THE QUEST TO MAINTAIN IDENTITY........................................... 518
CHAPTER 15 – WOMEN: THE OPPRESSED MAJORITY ........................................................................... 563
CHAPTER 16 – BEYOND THE UNITED STATES: THE COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE ................................ 601
CHAPTER 17 – OVERCOMING EXCLUSION ............................................................................................ 642

,CHAPTER 1 – EXPLORING RACE AND ETHNICITY




MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS



1. IN SOCIOLOGY, THE TERM MINORITY REFERS TO A GROUP.




A. DOMINANT

B. SUBORDINATE

C. RULING

D. SOVEREIGN




ANS:B

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: 1.1: EXPLAIN HOW PEOPLE ARE PLACED IN GROUPS.



TOPIC: HOW ARE WE GROUPED? SKILL LEVEL: REMEMBER THE FACTS DIFFICULTY: EASY



2. SOCIOLOGISTS DEFINE ETHNIC GROUPS BASED ON .

A. WHATEVER DEFINITION A PARTICULAR DOMINANT GROUP APPLIES WITHIN A SPECIFIC
CULTURAL SETTING

B. DIFFERING RELIGIOUS PRACTICES

C. OBVIOUS PHYSICAL DIFFERENCES THAT DISTINGUISH THEM FROM OTHER GROUPS

D. THEIR NATIONAL ORIGIN OR DISTINCTIVE CULTURAL PATTERNS




ANS:D

, LEARNING OBJECTIVE: 1.1: EXPLAIN HOW PEOPLE ARE PLACED IN GROUPS. TOPIC: TYPES OF MINORITY
GROUPS

SKILL LEVEL: UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPTS DIFFICULTY: MODERATE



3. A(N) GROUP IS A SUBORDINATE GROUP WHOSE MEMBERS HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY LESS
CONTROL OR POWER OVER THEIR OWN LIVES THAN DO MEMBERS OF A DOMINANT GROUP.

A. MINORITY

B. GOVERNING

C. STRATIFIED

D. ELITE



ANS:A

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: 1.1: EXPLAIN HOW PEOPLE ARE PLACED IN GROUPS. TOPIC: HOW ARE WE
GROUPED?

SKILL LEVEL: REMEMBER THE FACTS DIFFICULTY: EASY



4. WHICH DEFINITION BEST REPRESENTS THE SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPT OF A SUBORDINATE OR
SOCIAL MINORITY GROUP?

A. A GROUP THAT EXPERIENCES A NARROWING OF LIFE‘S OPPORTUNITIES

B. A GROUP THAT CONSISTS OF LESS THAN 50 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION

C. GROUP MEMBERSHIP DEFINED EXCLUSIVELY IN TERMS OF PHYSICAL TRAITS

D. SOCIAL STANDING THAT IS IRRELEVANT TO THE PROCESSES OF A DEMOCRACY




ANS:A

LEARNING OBJECTIVE: 1.1: EXPLAIN HOW PEOPLE ARE PLACED IN GROUPS. TOPIC: HOW ARE WE
GROUPED?

SKILL LEVEL: UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPTS DIFFICULTY: MODERATE