WorksheetsRace and Ethnicity - Test
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
-Most biologists and social scientists have come to agree that race is not a biological fact. This conclusion is supported by which of the following?
Parents who are considered different racial categories produce offspring.
We are all God’s children.
People can now choose with which race they identify.
There are simply too many “races” to keep track of.
___________ is defined as human-constructed categories to which people are assigned.
Assimilation
Race
Segregation
A minority group
In regard to race, most (if not all) biologists and social scientists have come to agree that
race is a biologically based fact.
race has no basis in biology.
has no real social significance.
race is a product of the 19th century.
Which one of the following is not one of the six official racial categories in the United States?
white
Hispanic
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander
American Indian or Alaskan Native
Today in the U.S., there are six official race categories. In 1890, there were two. This difference in the number of official categories suggest that
immigration changed the racial composition of the country.
race is of no social consequence.
the meaning of race varies by time and place.
people want more choices.
From a sociological point of view, we can conclude that race is
an inherited trait (like hair color).
a biological fact.
a result of the system of racial classification.
a scientific fact.
According to racial formation theory, for race to exist in its present form, anyone who lives in the U.S.
should have no trouble identifying with one of six categories.
must learn to see race.
should believe that race matters.
must freely choose the racial category to which he or she belongs.
_____________ is defined as ideas people hold in common about race that are believed to be so obvious or natural they need not be questioned.
Racial formation
Racial common sense
Racial illusion
Racism
Jen assumes an Asian-appearing person is a recent immigrant to the U.S. This line of thinking represents an example of
racial common sense.
race as an illusion.
racial discrimination.
racial formation.
Once racial labels and categories are in place it is easy to reify them. Reify means to
reject them as meaningless.
treat them as irrelevant
forget that they were made up.
see them as flawed but useful.
Abby appears Asian; specifically she is from India. Her mother is Irish but she sees this ethnic connection as irrelevant. Abby is engaged in
racial purification.
ethnicization.
selective forgetting.
rationalization.
In the U.S., Hispanic, as an official ethnic category, was created in
1900.
1850.
2000.
1970.
If a person seeks to connect with his Samoan heritage by getting a tattoo, he is engaged in a process known as
racial purification.
ethnic renewal.
selective forgetting.
rationalization.
_____________ are part of what sociologist Ashley Doane calls a dominant ethnic group.
African Americans
European Americans
Hispanic Americans
Asian Americans
A hidden ethnicity is something that applies to
involuntary ethnicity.
people considered non-white.
a minority group.
a dominant ethnic group.
The normalization of a dominant ethnic culture promotes the belief that those in the dominant culture are
hiding their ethnicity.
cultureless.
seeking special treatment.
politically incorrect.
Which one of the following statements about minority status is false?
A minority may be the numerical majority in a society.
Minorities do not enjoy the freedom or the privilege to move within the society in the same way that members of the dominant group do.
People that belong to a minority group are treated as a category, not as individuals.
Minority status is a sociological term that applies exclusively to racial and ethnic groups.
The most controversial quality identified as a characteristic of a minority group is that
people who belong to such a group are treated as members of a category.
minority status is based on numbers.
a minority group may be the majority of the population.
membership is involuntary; if people are free to leave the group, they do not constitute a minority
_______ are subgroups within a society that are regarded and treated as if they are inherently different from those in the mainstream.
Ethnic groups
Minority groups
The foreign born
The native born
“When I use checks, credit cards, or cash, I can count on my skin color not to work against the appearance that I am financially reliable.” This statement illustrates an example of
privileges that members of dominant groups enjoy and take for granted.
privileges that members of dominant groups have earned through hard work.
adaptation to dominant culture.
the workings of capitalist societies.
Modern racism emerged as a way to justify
the technological superiority of Europe.
natural and innate inequalities.
obvious racial differences.
European exploitation of nonwhite peoples and their resources
People who hold racist beliefs tend to
accent challenges to those beliefs.
see the flawed logic upon which their beliefs are grounded.
locate the cause of inequalities in biology/nature.
subject those beliefs to scrutiny.
______________ helped to justify exploitation of nonwhite peoples and their resources by pointing to the superiority of the white race.
Colonization
Racial formation theory
Scientific racism
Social constructionist perspectives
Which one of the following theories best explains why black male athletes dominate the sport of basketball?
The black male athlete’s ability can be traced to the fact that slave owners bred their ancestors to be strong.
The black male athlete has an extra muscle in his leg.
Blacks are just better athletes, plain and simple.
Black athletes’ energy is channeled toward money-making sports, such as basketball.
Bill notes that black athletes dominate the sport of basketball and uses that as evidence of natural leaping ability. At the same time, he does not use the same kind of logic to explain why white athletes dominate gymnastics. Bill is guilty of
selective perception.
assimilation.
institutionalized discrimination.
non-prejudiced discrimination.
The distinction between prejudice and discrimination is that
prejudice is a behavior, and discrimination is an attitude.
prejudice is an attitude, and discrimination is a behavior.
prejudice is an ideology, and discrimination is an attitude.
prejudice is an attitude, and discrimination is an ideology.
When prejudiced people encounter a minority person that contradicts stereotypes,
they come to see the group in a new light.
that stereotype is abandoned.
they see that person as an “exception to the rule.”
they fail to notice that the person is different from the stereotype.
__________ is unequal treatment (intentional or unintentional) on the basis of ascribed attributes, such as race and gender.
Discrimination
Prejudice
Racism
Stereotyping
Jerome admits that “whenever someone would break out the inevitable ‘black joke,’ I would be angered, but I didn’t want to jeopardize my own social standing by speaking up.” Jerome’s behavior and conflicting attitude represents that of a(n)
nonprejudiced nondiscriminator.
nonprejudiced discriminator.
prejudiced nondiscriminator.
prejudiced discriminator.
__________ is the established and customary way of doing things in society that keeps minority members in a disadvantaged position.
Systematic discrimination
Corporate discrimination
Normative discrimination
Institutionalized discrimination
____________ is the physical and/or social separation by race.
Absorption assimilation
Involuntary migration
Segregation
Melting pot assimilation
While there are no laws enforcing racial segregation in the U.S., we still find churches and schools segregated. This fact represents the power of
de jure segregation.
de facto segregation.
integration.
redlining.
The process by which ethnic and racial distinctions between groups disappear is
assimilation.
cultivation
institutionalization.
socialization.
Melting pot assimilation
is a one-sided process in which a minority group is absorbed into the dominant culture.
exists when a minority group identifies with the dominant culture
occurs when a minority group procreates with those of a dominant group.
is a new process of cultural blending in which the groups involved blend cultural traits.
In a pluralist society
different racial and ethnic groups coexist in harmony.
integration has been seamlessly achieved.
cultural differences are not tolerated.
one racial group is considered the standard.
__________________ gives whites the sensation of having meaningful repeated contact with other racial groups without actually doing so.
Pluralism
Virtual integration
Segregation
De jure integration
The Civil Rights Movement was a response to
the Ku Klux Klan.
state-sanctioned systems of discrimination.
individuals who were racist.
forced integration
The Selma-to-Montgomery March was an especially significant event for the Civil Rights Movement because
it was the first televised event of the activist movement.
significant percentages of white marched.
law enforcement was on the side of the activists.
it was the first time blacks organized to affect change
Race is a biological fact.
True
False
The diversity of people within any one racial category is so great that knowing someone’s race tells us little about them.
True
False
