Race and Ethnicity - Cultural Studies & Ethics
Practice questions to test your knowledge and improve your understanding.
Intelligence is the capacity to _____
Scapegoat theory states that prejudice is created by ________
Which of the following was the first U.S. federal immigration law ever enacted solely on the basis of race or nationality?
Ethnic Boundary Markers refer to the distinctions of _____ or other aspects of culture that emphasize ethnicity.
People who have fled war, violence, conflict, or persecution and have crossed an international border to find safety in another country. Are called ______.
The absorption of a minority group into the dominant culture is called _____.
Assigning misplaced blame to a person or group based on an alleged characteristic or action is called _____
The stereotype about jews being obsessed with money can be explained by ________.
The strategic use of ethnic affiliations for collective political mobilization is consistent with which of the following models of ethnicity?
The institutional separation of human populations or ethnic groups from one another is known as_____
Of the following, the most extreme example of internal colonialism is ________.
Jim Crow Laws are the laws that were used to segregate _____ from white Americans in the southern United States prior to the civil rights era.
According to the ______ concept, the offspring of a racially mixed couple will take on the racial category of the parent with lower racial status.
Discrimination enshrined in law, public policy, or common practice is called ______ discrimination.
The debtor's prisons of the nineteenth century are good examples of __________.
As early as 3000 B.C., Ancient Egyptians divided all humans into ______ categories.
Ethnicity is not based on shared __________.
Institutional prejudice and discrimination refers to the fact that ________
Hypodescent Concept is a system of racial classification in which children of mixed parentage acquire the social and racial status of the parent whose social and racial status is_____.
In 2010, virginia governor bob mcdonnell designated april as ________ without mention of slavery.
_____ is an umbrella term for people from any of the spanish-speaking countries of latin america.
In the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union, ______ movements began to gain momentum, sometimes resulting in genocidal warfare.
Racism are the beliefs and practices that advocate the _____
For chinese immigrants, one result of living in chinatowns was _____.
The process by which an ethnic group adopts the culture of another ethnic group is known as_____
Latinos adhering to ________ hold beliefs similar to those of evangelicals.
The practice of separating people spatially or socially on the basis of race or ethnicity is known as _____
Characteristics of groups associated with national origins, languages, and cultural and religious practices are called _____.
Among the institutions spain imported to puerto rico was ________.
IQ tests can be used to predict how well a person will adapt to specific environmental conditions.
Which anthropologist’s typologies persist in “folk” racist categories today?
The generalization of a set of characteristics to all members of a group is called _____.
Contrary to popular belief in the early twentieth century, Franz Boas’ research on race proved which of the following?
Ethnic boundary markers would be best associated with ______ aspects of ethnicity.
Typically, people who live in _____ perceive fewer racial categories than people who live in _____.
A prejudiced belief leads to ________.
________ serves as a reminder of the social construction of race.
Lola was born female. as such, this status is __________.
Knowledge is the _____ of learned information based on experience.
A good example of the culture theory of prejudice is ________
The term racial stratification refers to __________.
W. e. b. du bois believed those reluctant to hire based on race actually_____________.
On average, hispanics have __________ for every dollar whites have.
In Belgium and Switzerland, different ethnic groups have distinctive cultures, but they also have parity (i.e., equality) with each other. These societies are examples of ______ society.
__________ examine how we are socialized into prejudice and discrimination.
Symbolic interactionists focus on the role of _____ in affecting perception and creating prejudice.
Less powerful groups that are dominated politically, economically, and socially by a more powerful group and, often, discriminated against on the basis of characteristics deemed by the majority are called _____.
The process by which formerly distinct groups merge through marriage and reproduction is known as_____
The study of communities and their social statuses, practices, and problems with the aim of understanding patterns of health and disease is called Social epidemiology.
_____ is a policy of keeping racial-ethnic groups apart.