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Chapter 9 Practice Questions
Chapter 9 Practice Questions
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race, ethnicity, minority status, assimilation, pluralism, stereotype, prejudice, discrimination
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1
Mary thinks that all Irish people drink excessively and like to party. This is an example of
implicit bias.
role conflict.
discrimination.
stereotyping.
2
When a landlord refuses to rent to a member of a minority group due to their race, they are
practicing exogamy.
scapegoating.
stereotyping.
discriminating.
3
According to Robert Merton, someone who is prejudiced but does not discriminate is a
active bigot.
all-weather liberal.
timid bigot.
fair-weather liberal.
4
People in the U.S. who are said to have similar physical features, like Asians, are a
ethnic group.
minority group.
racial group.
dominant group.
5
We learn prejudice from our parents, peers and the news media. Which theory is used here?
Ethnic competition theory
Group threat theory
Social learning theory
Contact theory
6
The racial-ethnic group projected to be the largest in the U.S. in 2050 is
Asian Americans.
Hispanic-Latinos.
White Americans.
African Americans.
7
The Amish co-exist with other Americans, yet maintain their unique culture & lifestyle. This is
pluralism.
assimilation.
genocide
amalgamation.
8
Which theory states that prejudice results from the institutional segregation of groups?
Merton's theory
Group threat theory
Scapegoat theory
Contact theory
9
People who support affirmative action argue that
limited access to social networks disadvantage minorities.
ongoing discrimination results in unequal opportunity.
all of the above.
these policies help to ensure workplace diversity.
10
Someone with an authoritarian personality
is prejudiced against other racial and ethnic groups.
rigidly adheres to rules.
obeys authority to a high degree.
all of the above.
11
Europeans waged war on indigenous people in the Americas, defeating them and becoming dominant.
This demonstrates pluralism.
This demonstrates conquest.
This demonstrates involuntary immigration.
This demonstrates segregation.
12
According to the conflict perspective, racial-ethnic inequality results from
Systematic discrimination and unequal opportunities.
cultural differences between groups.
the biological superiority of some groups over others.
institutional dysfunction that has not righted itself.
13
Japanese Americans were forced to live in U.S.-based internment camps during WWII. This is
domestic colonialism.
expulsion.
genocide.
acculturation.
14
The transatlantic slave trade was an example of
annexation.
voluntary immigration.
involuntary immigration.
conquest.
15
Minority groups are groups that
all of the above.
are small in number.
have not assimilated.
lack equal access to societal resources and rewards.
16
Many Mexican Americans speak Spanish, celebrate Cinco de Mayo and practice Catholicism, and are
a racial group.
an ethnic group.
a dominant group.
a social class.
17
Educational inequality where minority groups receive a lower quality education is an example of
institutional discrimination.
individual discrimination.
a hate crime.
prejudice.
18
Immigrants have lower crime rates than native-born Americans.
False
True
19
In the U.K., Indian immigrants are considered Black, while in the U.S., they are seen as Asian.
This demonstrates amalgamation.
This demonstrates the social construction of race.
This demonstrates individual discrimination.
This demonstrates aversive racism.
