Policy - Exam 4 UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the term for judging another culture by your cultural standards? - CORRECT
ANSWER Ethnocentrism
What is a term used when smaller groups within a larger society maintain their unique
cultural identities, whereby their values and practices are accepted by the dominant culture,
provided such are consistent with the laws and values of wider society? - CORRECT
ANSWER Cultural pluralism
What term is used for a group of people who share a common culture, such as a common
language, a common religion, or common norms, traditions, food, customs, practices, and
history? - CORRECT ANSWER Ethnicity
What term is used to describe when individuals from marginalized groups adopt and believe
the negative messages and stereotypes about their own group, leading to feelings of self-
doubt, inadequacy, and shame? - CORRECT ANSWER Internalized Oppression
What term describes the practice of a nation extending its control over other lands and
peoples, often through force, to exploit their resources? - CORRECT
ANSWER Colonialism
Who wrote "all men are created equal" while owning 600 slaves? - CORRECT
ANSWER Thomas Jefferson
Why did the court rule that Dred Scott had no right to sue? - CORRECT
ANSWER They said he was a slave, not a citizen.
Which amendment abolished slavery? - CORRECT ANSWER 13th Amendment
(1865)
, What were the local and state laws in the Southern United States from the late 19th to mid-
20th centuries called that mandated racial segregation and discrimination against Black
people? - CORRECT ANSWER Jim Crow Laws
Which organization filed the complaint that led to the Brown v. Board of Education of
Topeka decision? - CORRECT ANSWER The NAACP
Someone who believes in the "melting pot" view of race believes the term race will
eventually become obsolete because of _____. What is the specific term? - CORRECT
ANSWER Assimilation
This theory views racism as a competition between classes for resources and jobs. As jobs
increase, racism decreases: As jobs decrease, racism increases. - CORRECT
ANSWER Class Conflict
Which Supreme Court decision established the doctrine of "separate but equal?" - CORRECT
ANSWER Plessy vs Ferguson
This white supremacist hate group was founded in 1865 during Reconstruction. - CORRECT
ANSWER Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
What pseudoscience linked race to intelligence and behavior? - CORRECT
ANSWER Eugenics
Who led the Farmworkers Movement? - CORRECT ANSWER Ceasar Chavez
What term describes seasonal laborers returning to Mexico? - CORRECT
ANSWER Migrants
What act created Indian reservations in 1851? - CORRECT ANSWER Indian
Appropriation Act
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What is the term for judging another culture by your cultural standards? - CORRECT
ANSWER Ethnocentrism
What is a term used when smaller groups within a larger society maintain their unique
cultural identities, whereby their values and practices are accepted by the dominant culture,
provided such are consistent with the laws and values of wider society? - CORRECT
ANSWER Cultural pluralism
What term is used for a group of people who share a common culture, such as a common
language, a common religion, or common norms, traditions, food, customs, practices, and
history? - CORRECT ANSWER Ethnicity
What term is used to describe when individuals from marginalized groups adopt and believe
the negative messages and stereotypes about their own group, leading to feelings of self-
doubt, inadequacy, and shame? - CORRECT ANSWER Internalized Oppression
What term describes the practice of a nation extending its control over other lands and
peoples, often through force, to exploit their resources? - CORRECT
ANSWER Colonialism
Who wrote "all men are created equal" while owning 600 slaves? - CORRECT
ANSWER Thomas Jefferson
Why did the court rule that Dred Scott had no right to sue? - CORRECT
ANSWER They said he was a slave, not a citizen.
Which amendment abolished slavery? - CORRECT ANSWER 13th Amendment
(1865)
, What were the local and state laws in the Southern United States from the late 19th to mid-
20th centuries called that mandated racial segregation and discrimination against Black
people? - CORRECT ANSWER Jim Crow Laws
Which organization filed the complaint that led to the Brown v. Board of Education of
Topeka decision? - CORRECT ANSWER The NAACP
Someone who believes in the "melting pot" view of race believes the term race will
eventually become obsolete because of _____. What is the specific term? - CORRECT
ANSWER Assimilation
This theory views racism as a competition between classes for resources and jobs. As jobs
increase, racism decreases: As jobs decrease, racism increases. - CORRECT
ANSWER Class Conflict
Which Supreme Court decision established the doctrine of "separate but equal?" - CORRECT
ANSWER Plessy vs Ferguson
This white supremacist hate group was founded in 1865 during Reconstruction. - CORRECT
ANSWER Ku Klux Klan (KKK)
What pseudoscience linked race to intelligence and behavior? - CORRECT
ANSWER Eugenics
Who led the Farmworkers Movement? - CORRECT ANSWER Ceasar Chavez
What term describes seasonal laborers returning to Mexico? - CORRECT
ANSWER Migrants
What act created Indian reservations in 1851? - CORRECT ANSWER Indian
Appropriation Act
