7 WMA

Loyalty and devotion to a state that represents a particular group's culture is

• multiculturalism.

• state.

• nationalism.

• nation-state.

• nation.

Race is

• self-identification with a group sharing a biological ancestor.

• defined by statute in most states.

• characterized by Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic/Latino.

• evenly distributed around the world.

• determinable from physical characteristics.

Which of the following is not a strong centripetal force in the United States?

• the flag

• network television

• "The Star Spangled Banner"

• baseball

• the many ethnic groups living in the United States

The most numerous ethnicity in the United States is

• American Indian and Alaska Native.

• African American.

• Austral-Asian.

• Latino/Hispanic.

• Asian American.

The largest proportion of Asian Americans are from

• Japan.

• the Philippines.

• Vietnam.

• Korea.

• China.

The "separate but equal" doctrine was legally established by

• the Missouri Compromise.

• the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution.

• Brown v. Board of Education.

• states.

• Plessy v. Ferguson.

Clustering of ethnicities is most pronounced at the neighborhood level in the United States.

• True

• False

People who were restricted by covenants in deeds included all but

• blacks.

• Caucasians.

• Roman Catholics.

• Jews.

• All of these groups have been restricted by covenants.

Under apartheid, the South African government

• allowed blacks to vote but not to own property.

• created "homelands" for blacks to legitimize discrimination.

• allowed blacks and whites to attend school together but not to work together.

• continued the slave trade.

• supported the goals of the African National Congress.

Racism is belief in

• the biological classification of people.

• superiority of some groups because of racial identity.

• inferiority of other groups because of racial identity.

• all of the above

• B and C