Minority Groups Exam Review
Course Introduction
This course provides an in-depth exploration of minority groups within various societies, examining their historical experiences, social positions, and contributions. Key themes include the social construction of minority status, patterns of prejudice and discrimination, legal and political frameworks, and strategies for achieving social justice. Through critical analysis, students will investigate how factors such as race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, and disability shape the lived experiences of minority groups. The course aims to foster a deeper understanding of diversity, inequality, and the mechanisms that perpetuate or challenge marginalization in contemporary contexts.
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Racial and Ethnic Groups 14th Edition by
Richard T. Schaefer
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Chapter 1: Exploring Race and Ethnicity
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Q1) Secession is ________.
A) the physical separation of two groups in residence, workplace, and social functions
B) the withdrawal of a group of people from a dominant group to establish a new nation
C) the eviction of a specific subordinate group from certain areas or even a nation
D) the deliberate, systematic killing of an entire population or people
Answer: B
Q2) Which of the following terms refers to the physical separation of two groups of people in terms of residence, workplace, and social functions?
A) assimilation
B) amalgamation
C) segregation
D) pluralism
Answer: C
Q3) The term ________ is used to describe the deliberate, systematic killing of an entire people or nation.
Answer: genocide
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Chapter 2: Prejudice
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Q1) According to Merton's typology, which of the following types of person may be far removed from any real contact with subordinate groups?
A) all-weather liberal
B) reluctant liberal
C) timid bigot
D) all-weather bigot
Answer: A
Q2) Scapegoating theory says that prejudiced people believe they are ________.
A) society's victims
B) racially tolerant
C) prejudiced nondiscriminators
D) devoid of ethnicity
Answer: A
Q3) Stereotypes not only influence how people feel about themselves but also affect how people ________.
A) interact with others
B) commit to equal treatment of all
C) become unprejudiced
D) develop racial tolerance
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Discrimination
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Q1) Which of the following refers to the barrier that blocks the promotion of a qualified worker because of gender or minority membership?
A) the glass ceiling
B) the second shift
C) redlining
D) de jure segregation
Answer: A
Q2) According to Carmichael and Hamilton, ________ can take place without an individual intending to deprive others of privileges and even without the individual being aware that others are being deprived.
A) pluralism
B) anti-Semitism
C) color-blind racism
D) institutional racism
Answer: D
Q3) The pattern of discrimination against people trying to buy homes in minority or racially changing neighborhoods is called ________.
Answer: redlining
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Chapter 4: Immigration
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Q1) ________ refers to the practice of immigrants sponsoring other immigrants who, in turn, sponsor still more.
A) Mass emigration
B) Chain immigration
C) Naturalization
D) Political immigration
Q2) A program designed to allow students to learn academic concepts in their native language while they learn a second language is called ________.
A) dual-lingual education
B) bilingual education
C) inclusive education
D) accommodative educational practice
Q3) What is brain drain? How has it impacted the United States and other countries?
Q4) In the 1860s, the Central Pacific's labor force was predominantly Chinese. Which of the following was a reason behind this?
A) Whites refused to do the backbreaking work over the Western terrain.
B) The Chinese were better skilled in railroad work.
C) There were not enough Irish laborers.
D) There was an epidemic which affected the other non-Chinese laborers.
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Chapter 5: Ethnicity and Religion
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Q1) The Irish immigrants who fled to the United States to escape the potato famine were more likely to consist of ________.
A) families
B) single men
C) single women
D) young couples
Q2) The fact that Italians often are characterized as criminal is an example of ________ toward White ethnics.
A) victim discounting
B) reverse discrimination
C) respectable bigotry
D) White privilege
Q3) How can the evidence of both, assimilation and the signs of ethnic identity, that support a pluralistic view of society be possible?
Q4) Describe how Italian Americans began to construct a social identity as assimilation proceeded.
Q5) Discuss the reception given to the Irish immigrants who came to the United States after the potato crop failure.
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Chapter 6: Native Americans: the First Americans
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true of the Battle of Wounded Knee II of 1973?
A) It took place between Cherokee and Apache tribes.
B) It involved the occupation of the site of the infamous cavalry assault of 1890.
C) The leader of the confrontation received no support, yet managed to get successful results.
D) The occupation received negligible press coverage.
Q2) The relocation of all Eastern tribes across the Mississippi River that lasted more than a decade is called ________.
A) the Walk for Justice
B) the Trail of Tears
C) pan-Indianism
D) the Ghost Dance
Q3) Originally, the phrase pau wau referred to ________.
A) native dances
B) the medicine man
C) the homeland
D) apples
Q4) Why was the passage of Termination Act of 1953 disastrous?
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Chapter 7: African Americans
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Q1) The ________ of 1867 put each Southern state under a military governor until a new state constitution could be written, with Blacks participating fully in the process.
A) Reconstruction Act
B) De Jure Segregation Act
C) Slavery Reparation Act
D) Emancipation Proclamation Act
Q2) Antislavery advocates, including Whites and free Blacks, were called ________.
A) White primaries
B) abolitionists
C) covenants
D) assimilationists
Q3) The ________ was founded in 1942 to fight discrimination with nonviolent direct action.
A) Council of Discriminatory Practices
B) Fair Employment Practices Commission
C) National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders
D) Congress of Racial Equality
Q4) Distinguish the tactics and ideology of the early civil rights period (1954-1965) from those of the period since 1965.
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Chapter 8: African Americans Today
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Q1) According to Robert Hill of the National Urban League and Morgan State University, which of the following characteristics is typical of African American families?
A) a high social status
B) low achievement aspirations
C) a strong work orientation
D) rigid family roles
Q2) Which of the following strengths of African American families allows them to function effectively in a hostile society?
A) strong entrepreneurship skills
B) strong kinship bonds
C) strong educational background
D) strong financial background
Q3) ________ refers to the practice of discriminating against people trying to buy homes in minority and racially changing neighborhoods.
A) Zoning
B) Redlining
C) Tracking
D) Neutralizing
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Chapter 9: Latinos: The Largest Minority
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Q1) Religious Latinos who are not Catholic ________.
A) do not attend storefront churches
B) feel religion is very important in their daily lives
C) tend to be older
D) are least likely to attend services
Q2) In the context of Latinos' political presence, the ________ have clearly garnered the allegiance of Hispanics.
A) Republicans
B) Dictators
C) Democrats
D) Communists
Q3) Which of the following statements is true about Latino groups in relation to their economic status?
A) They have stronger financial resources to fall back on.
B) They have stronger financial backgrounds than other cultural groups.
C) Their income is on par with the average White income.
D) Their income has gradually increased over the years.
Q4) Discuss color gradient as a social construction of race. Provide examples that reflect the continuum of color gradient.
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Chapter 14: Jewish Americans: Quest to Maintain Identity
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Q1) Discuss the traditional practices of Orthodox Judaism, and explain why an Orthodox Jewish life can be demanding.
Q2) Which of the following examples of ingroup virtues becoming outgroup vices was experienced by Jews in the United States?
A) For Christians to observe Sabbath on Sunday is being orthodox; for Jews to observe Sabbath on Saturday is being reformist.
B) For Gentiles to take interest in the repayment of loans is justifiable; for Jews to do the same is a punishable crime.
C) For Christian men to marry Jewish women was acceptable; for Christian women to marry Jewish men was intolerable.
D) For Gentiles to prefer Gentiles as friends is understandable; for Jews to choose other Jews as friends suggests clannishness.
Q3) Which of the following best expresses Zionism?
A) the championing of racist and anti-Semitic ideologies
B) the substitution of cultural traditions as the tie that binds Jews
C) the twentieth-century movement to create a Jewish state in Palestine
D) the Jewish attitude toward death and the afterlife
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Chapter 15: Women: The Oppressed Majority
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Q1) Contrast the perspectives of functionalists and conflict theorists on development of gender roles.
Q2) In the United States, ________ are an historical exception to the patriarchal tradition.
A) African Americans
B) Latin Americans
C) Asian Americans
D) Native Americans
Q3) Which of the following statements is true of occupational segregation by gender in the United States?
A) It no longer exists.
B) The female-male wage gap has widened since the 1970s.
C) Fewer women are being placed in management positions.
D) Women in nontraditional positions receive lower wages.
Q4) What is mommy tax? How does it affect working mothers in the United States?
Q5) ________ is the ideology that one sex is superior to the other.
Q6) The concept of ________ permits women and men to be both aggressive and expressive, depending on the requirements of the situation.
Q7) What is feminization of poverty? Discuss the reasons that have led to it.
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