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When were Native Americans granted full,unrestricted American citizenship?


A) 1924
B) 1976
C) 1888
D) 1877

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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What is the likely outcome of color-blind racism?


A) a continuation of existing racial and ethnic inequality
B) an escalation of racial tensions
C) eventually,a color-blind society
D) None of the answers is correct.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

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The Civil Rights Movement is an example of


A) resistance.
B) code-switching.
C passing.
D) withdrawal.

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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Why do many people dislike being labeled as "Hispanic"?


A) It lumps them in a category with too many other cultures.
B) They worry about being discriminated against if people know that they are Hispanic.
C) They want to be identified as an individual not as a member of a group.
D) They feel that "Latino" is a more appropriate term for people with a Spanish-speaking heritage.

E) A) and C)
F) All of the above

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Adolf Hitler believed in the superiority of the Aryan race.This is an example of


A) racism.
B) cultural relativism.
C) eurocentrism.
D) elitism.

E) C) and D)
F) All of the above

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Which of the following conditions is necessary for Gordon Allport's contact hypothesis to be effective?


A) Contact needs to be monitored by authorities.
B) Contact needs to occur on a college campus.
C) Contact needs to be sustained.
D) Contact groups need to be of unequal standing so that they can learn from one another.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

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To which theoretical perspective does the split labor market theory belong?


A) conflict theory
B) symbolic interactionism
C) functionalism
D) feminist theory

E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

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Majority groups need to learn about minority groups in their society in order to be successful.

A) True
B) False

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Many immigrants come to the United States each year.Many will have to adapt to new climate conditions,traditions,and customs other than their own as well as learn English as a second language in order to successfully adapt and get a job.Children tend to fare better than the older generation.What is the dominant belief or expectation in the United States regarding immigrants?


A) They will segregate themselves into cultural and ethnic groups.
B) They will be encouraged to retain their own language and customs.
C) They will establish themselves in large cities to promote ethnic diversity.
D) They will assimilate into the dominant culture.

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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During which war were Japanese Americans sent to internment camps?


A) Civil War
B) World War II
C) World War I
D) Vietnam War

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The idea that natural and immutable differences existed that separated the races was known as


A) social determinism.
B) ethnocentrism.
C) racial essentialism.
D) group superiority.

E) All of the above
F) None of the above

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Which of the following BEST describes a field audit?


A) observing racial interactions,between strangers,in public situations
B) sending two otherwise similar,but racially different,subjects into similar situations
C) observing how public institutions,such as banks,treat people of different races and ethnicities
D) sending people of the same race,but with significant differences in education or income,into similar situations

E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

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When people are perceived to share physical characteristics such as skin color this is known as a(n)


A) heritage.
B) ethnicity.
C) society.
D) race.

E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

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There are fewer African Americans in the United States than Whites and that is why they are classified as a minority group.

A) True
B) False

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The term race took on its contemporary connotations in the _____ century.


A) 15th
B) 16th
C) 17th
D) 18th

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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What percentage of people under the age of 18 are multiracial in the United States today?


A) 1 in 7
B) 1 in 10
C) 1 in 20
D) 1 in 100

E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

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The Holocaust that took place during World War II is an example of


A) segregation.
B) population transfer.
C) genocide.
D) assimilation.

E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

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Charlotte is an African American woman.She went into her local bank and talked with a loan officer about a home loan.Charlotte had a good credit rating and was,she felt,a responsible person.She was turned down for the loan that she needed,but was offered one for a much smaller amount which would not be enough to purchase a decent home in the city in which she lived.She would have to save much more money to have enough for a down payment.She was frustrated and talked with many of her black friends regarding their experience with lending institutions in their cities.She found that quite a few had a similar experience.She began researching and found that this situation was happening to African Americans across the country.What was Charlotte realizing?


A) She was a part of an affirmative action plan.
B) She was being subjected to individual discrimination.
C) She was being subjected to institutional discrimination.
D) She was being subjected to gender discrimination.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

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Based upon the classification of four subspecies of Homo sapiens,which was defined as stubborn and easily angered?


A) Africanus
B) Americanus
C) Europeanus
D) Asiaticus

E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

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Frank and Sally are brother and sister who live in the United States.Their mother is white and their father is black.When their parents had to fill out the 2010 census form,they indicated that their children were a mix of black and white.If Frank and Sally lived in Brazil,they might be classified quite differently.Frank has black hair and a slightly darker skin tone than his sister.He has many of the features of his father.Sally,on the other hand,has very light brown hair and lighter skin.In Brazil,Frank and Sally would not be classified into the same racial categories as each other.What would explain the differences in racial classification for Frank and Sally?


A) The United States has a more extensive classification system than Brazil.
B) Brazil has a classification system based on a number of physical characteristics.
C) American society is more accepting of interracial people than Brazilian society.
D) Brazil has not updated its census categories whereas the United States has kept more current.

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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