Name: ______
Ch. 10Worksheet (30 Pts. Total)
_____1) The use of the principle of race neutrality to defend a racially unequal status quo is referred to as ______.
A) color-blind racism
B) prejudice
C) discriminatory racism
D) None of these answers is correct
_____ 2) Which of the following aspects of discrimination is the focus of feminist scholar Peggy McIntosh's research?
A) glass ceilings
B) White privilege
C) Asian minorities
D) African American dominance
_____ 3) Which sociologist observed that people respond not only to the objective features of a situation or person but also to the social meaning that situation or person has for them?
A) William I. Thomas
B) William Graham Sumner
C) Karl Marx
D) Robert Merton
_____ 4) Expulsion refers to the process of ______.
A) combining a majority group and a minority group through intermarriage to form a new group
B) expelling a group of people from a territory
C) deliberately and systematically killing an entire people or the members of a nation
D) forsaking a cultural identity in order to become part of a different culture
_____ 5) Which of the following terms refers to a negative attitude toward an entire category of people?
A) exploitation
B) prejudice
C) discrimination
D) pluralism
_____ 6) Institutional discrimination is the ______.
A) denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals or groups that results from the normal operations of society
B) belief that individuals or groups should be denied equal rights and opportunities
C) stereotyping of people who work in public or private institutions
D) establishment of laws that intentionally deny opportunities and equal rights to members of minority groups
_____ 7) An approach to racism that emphasizes how racism keeps minorities in low-paying jobs, thereby supplying the capitalist ruling class with a pool of cheap labor, is based on the work of which classical theorist?
A) Émile Durkheim
B) Talcott Parsons
C) Karl Marx
D) Auguste Comte
_____ 8) A stereotype is a(n) ______.
A) factually induced belief about another person
B) unreliable generalization about all members of a group that does not recognize individual differences within the group
C) person or group that one blames irrationally for one's own problems or difficulties
D) belief that one race is superior and that all others are innately inferior
_____ 9) The practice of assuming that people who fit certain descriptions are likely to be engaged in illegal activities is referred to as ______.
A) explanative prejudice
B) racial profiling
C) institutionalized stereotyping
D) the contact hypothesis
_____ 10) Which population group represents the largest minority in the US?
A) African Americans
B) Latinos
C) Asian Americans
D) Jews
_____ 11) Genocide refers to the process of ______.
A) combining a majority group and a minority group through intermarriage to form a new group
B) expelling a group of people from a territory
C) deliberately and systematically killing an entire people or the members of a nation
D) forsaking a cultural identity in order to become part of a different culture
_____ 12) A minority group is a group ______.
A) that is set apart from others because of physical differences
B) that is set apart from others because of its national origin or distinctive cultural patterns
C) whose members have much less control over their own lives than members of a dominant group
D) that has reached very moral decisions about a way of life
_____ 13) In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed unprecedented legislation called the Civil Liberties Act, requiring the federal government to apologize for the forced relocation of ______to "evacuation camps" during World War II.
A) Japanese Americans
B) Jewish Americans
C) African Americans
D) Vietnamese Americans
_____ 14) A Colombian woman and an Italian man, working together as members of a construction crew, overcome their initial prejudices and come to appreciate each other's talents and strengths. This is an example of ______.
A) the self-fulfilling prophecy
B) the contact hypothesis
C) exploitation theory
D) amalgamation
_____ 15) Minority group members have a strong sense of group solidarity. Which sociologist noted that individuals make distinctions between members of their own group, or the in-group, and everyone else, or the out-group?
A) Erving Goffman
B) William Graham Sumner
C) Manning Nash
D) Karl Marx
_____ 16) The process of denying opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons is known as ______.
A) stereotyping
B) ethnocentrism
C) discrimination
D) segregation
_____ 17) Suicide rates for Native American teenagers is four times higher than the rate for other teenagers; one in ______Native American teenagers has attempted suicide.
A) two
B) four
C) six
D) eight
_____ 18) Ethnocentrism refers to ______.
A) a negative attitude toward an entire category of people, such as a racial or ethnic minority
B) the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice
C) the process by which a person forsakes his or her own cultural tradition to become part of a different culture
D) the tendency to assume that one's own culture and way of life are superior to all others
_____ 19) Which of the following groups has the lowest income level?
A) White non-Hispanic women
B) Asian women
C) Hispanic women
D) African American women
_____ 20) The Mexican people of today are the result of a gradual merging of generations of Spaniards and Indians. This is an example of ______.
A) amalgamation
B) pluralism
C) segregation
D) assimilation
_____ 21) A farmer is called to help sandbag a levy that is about to flood his town. The farmer is stationed between two correctional center inmates who are required to assist in the flood-control efforts. As a result of this experience, the farmer has developed a newfound respect for inmates. This example would be consistent with which perspective?
A) Functionalist perspective
B) Conflict perspective
C) Interactionist perspective
D) Global perspective
_____ 22) An ethnic group is a group ______.
A) that is set apart from others because of physical differences
B) that is set apart from others because of its national origin or distinctive cultural patterns
C) whose members have much less control over their own lives than members of a dominant group
D) that has reached very moral decisions about a way of life
_____ 23) In resisting segregation, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, founded by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., is well known for its ______.
A) commitment to nonviolent civil disobedience
B) use of lawsuits in the courts
C) strategy of running candidates for public office
D) adherence to the philosophy of Black power
_____ 24) The former policy of the South African government that was designed to maintain the separation of Blacks and other non-Whites from the dominant Whites was known as ______.
A) institutional discrimination
B) apartheid
C) afrocentricity
D) white power
_____ 25) Which sociologist suggested that interracial coalitions would most likely reduce racial and ethnic stereotyping and prejudice?
A) Karl Marx
B) William Julius Wilson
C) Robert Blauner
D) Roscoe Cox
_____ 26) Vladimir, a Russian immigrant to the U.S., insists that everyone call him "Joe," and he refuses to speak Russian even when in casual conversation with Russian-speaking neighbors. This is an example of ______.
A) amalgamation
B) pluralism
C) the contact hypothesis
D) assimilation
_____ 27) What term is used by sociologists to describe a group that is set apart from others because of physical differences that have taken on social significance?
A) Ethnic group
B) Racial group
C) Social group
D) Reference group
_____ 28) An invisible barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified individual in a work environment because of the individual's gender, race, or ethnicity is known as ______.
A) pluralism
B) a glass ceiling
C) institutional discrimination
D) exploitation theory
_____ 29) Segregation refers to the act of ______.
A) deliberately and systematically killing the members of an ethnic, racial, or nationality group
B) physically separating two groups, an action often imposed on a minority group by a dominant group
C) combining a majority and a minority group through intermarriage
D) denying opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons
_____ 30) Racism is defined as ______.
A) a belief that one race is supreme and that all others are innately inferior
B) the tendency of people to respond to and act on the basis of stereotypes
C) the systematic killing of an entire people or nation
D) the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice
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