AAS 100 UIUC FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
ALL CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS
Racial formation occurs in Correct answer-e.All of the above
True or False: Race is rooted in biology/genetics. Correct answer-False
Race is
a. A socio-historical concept
b. A way of grouping people based on perceived differences
c. Relationally constructed
d. Connected to power
e.All of the above Correct answer-b. A way of grouping people based on perceived differences
Orientalism refers to
a. A respectful way to refer to people of Asian descent
b. A system of representations that is rooted in colonialism and imperialism
c. A system of representation that produces an "us" versus "them" binary
d. Both B and C
e.All of the above Correct answer-C. A system of representation that produces an "us" versus
"them" binary
Whiteness is
a. A concept and structure that refers to the unmarked category against which difference is
measured
b. Fixed and unchanging, as in the case with Jews, Southern Europeans, and the Irish
c. Code for "Matsuri" - a traveling festival that brings together all the white flowers from across Japan
d. None of the above
e.All of the above Correct answer-a. A concept and structure that refers to the unmarked category
against which difference is measured
Historiography refers to
a. how we come to know what we think we know
b. a branch of philosophy
c. history as written
d. all of the above
e.none of the above Correct answer-c. history as written
Okihiro refers to "ocean worlds" which means
a. He doesn't care what is happening on land
b. He wants to create an alternative history that shows the continuities between lands and oceans
c. Asians are all originally sailors
d. All of the above
e.None of the above Correct answer-
3. Western expansionism
a. Is connected to the "white man's burden" to "save" the barbarian masses of the world.
b. Is related to European colonizers' desire for land and labor to expand capitalism
c. The ways in which the West never wanted anything to do with Asian natural resources
d. Both "a" and "b"
e.None of the above Correct answer-d. Both "a" and "b"
ALL CORRECT & VERIFIED ANSWERS
Racial formation occurs in Correct answer-e.All of the above
True or False: Race is rooted in biology/genetics. Correct answer-False
Race is
a. A socio-historical concept
b. A way of grouping people based on perceived differences
c. Relationally constructed
d. Connected to power
e.All of the above Correct answer-b. A way of grouping people based on perceived differences
Orientalism refers to
a. A respectful way to refer to people of Asian descent
b. A system of representations that is rooted in colonialism and imperialism
c. A system of representation that produces an "us" versus "them" binary
d. Both B and C
e.All of the above Correct answer-C. A system of representation that produces an "us" versus
"them" binary
Whiteness is
a. A concept and structure that refers to the unmarked category against which difference is
measured
b. Fixed and unchanging, as in the case with Jews, Southern Europeans, and the Irish
c. Code for "Matsuri" - a traveling festival that brings together all the white flowers from across Japan
d. None of the above
e.All of the above Correct answer-a. A concept and structure that refers to the unmarked category
against which difference is measured
Historiography refers to
a. how we come to know what we think we know
b. a branch of philosophy
c. history as written
d. all of the above
e.none of the above Correct answer-c. history as written
Okihiro refers to "ocean worlds" which means
a. He doesn't care what is happening on land
b. He wants to create an alternative history that shows the continuities between lands and oceans
c. Asians are all originally sailors
d. All of the above
e.None of the above Correct answer-
3. Western expansionism
a. Is connected to the "white man's burden" to "save" the barbarian masses of the world.
b. Is related to European colonizers' desire for land and labor to expand capitalism
c. The ways in which the West never wanted anything to do with Asian natural resources
d. Both "a" and "b"
e.None of the above Correct answer-d. Both "a" and "b"
