SOC 270. Final Study Guide.

Arizona State University SOC 270. Final Study Guide. CH.8 The idea of America as a “melting pot” ties in with which ideal model of intergroup relations? Selected Answer: d. Assimilation The main criticism of assimila ...

Arizona State University SOC 270. Final Study Guide. CH.8 The idea of America as a “melting pot” ties in with which ideal model of intergroup relations? Selected Answer: d. Assimilation The main criticism of assimilation as an ideal model of intergroup relations is: Selected Answer: c. It amounts to forced conformity The fact that many Americans equate all Muslims with terrorists and view all Arabs as Muslims is based on: Selected Answer: c. Discrimination All of the following are examples of the difficulties of separatism EXCEPT: Selected Answer: b. Historically Black colleges and Women’s Colleges Obama won the 2008 presidential election based on support from all the following groups EXCEPT: Selected Answer: d. Strong support from southern whites Native Americans have used many means to reach their goals which include: Selected Answer: d. A reemphasis of traditional culture with efforts to teach younger generations its language, crafts, skills, and history In the early stages of the civil rights movement the goals were, for the most part, to:Selected Answer: c. Eliminate policies of open and deliberate discrimination Chicanismo refers to: Selected Answer: b. Pride in Chicano culture and heritage and a struggle to combat forced assimilation Pluralism happens when two or more groups come to share a common culture or common attitudes, values and lifestyles. Selected Answer: False All of the following tend to promote cultural pluralism among Hispanic Americans EXCEPT: Selected Answer: b. The fact that Latinos tend to be fairly evenly dispersed around the country One argument for pluralism is that it creates divisions in society. Selected Answer: False Many social scientists describe the dominant cultural pattern of the United States as Afro-conformity. Selected Answer: False The largest number of interracial marriages involves which two groups? Selected Answer: c. Whites and Latinos ? When two or more racial or ethnic groups occupy an area and each have their own culture and theirown separate sets of social institutions and primary group relationships it is called: Selected Answer: d. Separatism Which of the following is true? Selected Answer: c. Cultural assimilation occurs much easier than structural assimilation If marital assimilation occurs and persists for an extended period of time, the assimilation of the groups involved becomes complete, and they gradually lose any identity as separate groups, and the outcome is known as: Selected Answer: a. Amalgamation When two groups so assimilate that they lose any identity as separate groups, they have achieved amalgamation. Selected Answer: True Multiculturalism is similar in meaning to: Selected Answer: c. Cultural pluralism When two or more groups come to share common attitudes, values, and lifestyles it is called: Selected Answer: b. Cultural assimilation Which racial or ethnic group presents a clear exception to the pattern of seeking assimilation?Selected Answer: b. Native Americans --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CH. 9 Which of the following is true Selected Answer: b. Ethnic conflicts tend to be more intense when the groups involved speak different languages Yandu is a highly urban industrialized modern country. Its people are classified into nine ethnic classifications. Three ethnic groups speak English, three speak Hindi, and three speak Arabic. The English group is mostly higher social class, the Hindi group is mostly lower-middle and the Arabic group is relatively poor. What would you predict about the level of ethnic conflict in this society? Selected Answer: c. Racially divided Answers: a. High levels of conflict b. Harmonious c. Racially divided d. Paternalistic The legally mandated system of racial classification, segregation, and discrimination in South Africa was called: Selected Answer: d. Apartheid When an indigenous group is made subordinate to another group entering from the outside, the result isusually: Selected Answer: b. Conflict and ethnic inequality When a country modernizes, intergroup relations can become increasingly fluid if the following condition exists: Selected Answer: c. The economy or social system is such that gains by minority group members are not viewed as a threat by the majority The impetus for the Jewish settlement of Palestine came not from the expansionist desires of a colonial power but in large part from the desire for a safe homeland. Selected Answer: True The more cross-cutting cleavages in a society, the greater the ethnic or racial conflict. Industrialization is no guarantee of improved race relations. Selected Answer: False Overall urbanization and modernization in South Africa gave rise to: Selected Answer: d. Continued rigid intergroup relations with conflict Which of the following is true? Selected Answer: a. Societies with cross-cutting cleavages experience less intergroup conflict The Palestinian-Israeli conflict arose because:Selected Answer: a. The Palestinians came under the domination of a new Jewish population through the use of force Apartheid in South Africa represented one of the most rigid systems of racial inequality in the modern world. Selected Answer: True The more cross-cutting cleavages in a society, the greater the ethnic or racial conflict. Selected Answer: False The program of elimination of the Bosnian Muslim population from areas of Bosnia that had Serbian majorities with an aim to establishing Serbian control is called: Selected Answer: b. Ethnic cleansing When two ethnic groups speak different languages the potential for conflict between them increases. Selected Answer: True Germany admits more immigrants than most Western countries. Selected Answer: True Which of the following countries has had a pseudocolonial relationship with the United States? Selected Answer: b. England under Thatcher Answers: a. Iran under the Shahb. England under Thatcher c. South Africa under de Klerk d. Germany under Kohl The internal colonialism of Hawaii is similar to that of South Africa. Selected Answer: False Who is the dominant group in Quebec, Canada? Selected Answer: d. The English-speaking population The presence of a colonial history causes intergroup inequality. Selected Answer: True English-speaking Canadians have led the separatist movement in Quebec. Selected Answer: False ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CH.10 The majority of Hispanic Americans are: Selected Answer: d. Mexican Americans The Indian population is among the youngest of any major American racial or ethnic group.Selected Answer: True Which of the following is true? Selected Answer: c. The largest “white ethnic” group is Italian American Which of the following is the largest minority group in the United States? Selected Answer: c. Hispanics Unlike in the past, today the majority of African Americans live in the North. Selected Answer: False Which group has the highest percentage of high school graduates? Selected Answer: d. Whites Those groups who have immigrated to the United States from eastern and southern Europe are referred to as: Selected Answer: a. White ethnics African Americans, Latinos, and American Indian people fit the definition of minority groups because they share the following: Selected Answer: c. They have less wealth, lower incomes, less education, and less power than other groupsWhich of the following statements is true? Selected Answer: c. The majority of blacks live in the South The group that most clearly fits the definition of majority group is whites from Eastern and Southern Europe. Selected Answer: False The majority of Asian-Americans live in: Selected Answer: b. California and Hawaii In which area of the United States do most Puerto Ricans live? Selected Answer: b. New York and New Jersey The umbrella label "Hispanic" or "Latino" does not cover which of the following groups? Selected Answer: b. Haitians Which of the following is true? Selected Answer: b. Today deliberate racial discrimination is illegal and less common than in the past Approximate equality has been reached among whites, blacks and Hispanics in the area of: Selected Answer: a.None of the answers is correct Which of the following is true about Jewish-Americans? Selected Answer: c. The Jewish population of the U.S. is about 2 percent of the total population Black babies are how much more likely to die in the first year of life than white babies? Selected Answer: b. Twice as likely All Asian American groups are highly urban. Selected Answer: True Hispanics are the largest minority group in the United States. Selected Answer: True