Question 1

Of all categories of Asian Americans,Japanese Americans have the highest average income.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

In which of the following clusters of states do we find the least racial and ethnic diversity?

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A)  Texas and New Mexico
B)  Maine,Vermont,and New Hampshire
C)  North Carolina and South Carolina
D)  Ohio,Indiana,and IllinoisE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 3

Arab Americans are a U.S.minority that

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A)  is increasing in population size.
B)  has ancestors from many different nations.
C)  has Islam as the dominant religion.
D)  All of these responses are correct.E) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 4

Prejudice and discrimination can reinforce one another.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Historically,WASPs dominated the United States until about

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A)  1860,with the election of Abraham Lincoln.
B)  1932,with the election of Franklin D.Roosevelt.
C)  1960,with the election of John F.Kennedy.
D)  1992,with the election of Bill Clinton.E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

Question 6

Sociologically speaking,a minority is any category that is numerically less than half of a society's population.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

All members of a minority category are disadvantaged.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

According to the most recent data,African Americans accounted for about what percentage of the U.S.population?

Accepted Answer

A)  43 percent
B)  33 percent
C)  23 percent
D)  13 percentE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 9

Scapegoat theory states that prejudice is created by

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A)  cultural beliefs.
B)  high levels of immigration.
C)  frustration among disadvantaged people.
D)  people with rigid personalities.E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 10

Prejudice and discrimination can be either positive or negative.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Who were the first people to settle the area that is now the United States? When did this settlement begin?

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Question 12

When did slavery of African Americans begin in the United States? When was it outlawed?

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Question 13

Which of the following concepts refers to a category of people,distinguished by physical or cultural traits,who are socially disadvantaged?

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A)  minority
B)  ethnic category
C)  racial category
D)  out-groupE) All of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 14

Ethnicity is harder to change than racial identity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Today,about how many immigrants come to the United States,both legally and illegally,each year?

Accepted Answer

A)  125,000
B)  1.25 million
C)  12.25 million
D)  125 millionE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 16

Which of the following is the largest minority category within the U.S.population?

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A)  people of Asian descent
B)  people of African descent
C)  people of Hispanic descent
D)  people of Native American descentE) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 17

According to Theodor Adorno's authoritarian personality theory,prejudiced people

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A)  view society as naturally hierarchical.
B)  reject ethnocentrism.
C)  do not view actions as either right or wrong.
D)  reject all conventional cultural values.E) A) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 18

Culture theory states that prejudice remains widespread despite the fact that our culture defines any and all prejudice as wrong.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The United States is NOT truly pluralistic because

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A)  some people live in "ethnic enclaves."
B)  many people value ethnic diversity.
C)  racial and ethnic categories do not have equal social standing.
D)  All of these responses are correct.E) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 20

Why is it correct to say that Arab Americans are a diverse category of our population?

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Exam 11: Race and Ethnicity

In which of the following clusters of states do we find the least racial and ethnic diversity?

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Prejudice and discrimination can reinforce one another.

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Historically,WASPs dominated the United States until about

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According to the most recent data,African Americans accounted for about what percentage of the U.S.population?

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Sociologically speaking,a minority is any category that is numerically less than half of a society's population.

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Prejudice and discrimination can be either positive or negative.

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Of all categories of Asian Americans,Japanese Americans have the highest average income.

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Who were the first people to settle the area that is now the United States? When did this settlement begin?

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When did slavery of African Americans begin in the United States? When was it outlawed?

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All members of a minority category are disadvantaged.

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Today,about how many immigrants come to the United States,both legally and illegally,each year?

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