AnswersSHS Sociology - 2021Race, Ethnicity, and the Social Structure

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Which act helped the American Indians in keeping their burial land protected?

A
Civil Rights Movement
B
McCarren-Walter Act
C
Chinese Exclusion Act
D
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
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In the 1900s, Asian immigrants mainly settled in the Southwest, while Hispanics settled along the east coast.

A
T
B
F
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In a society in which groups interact closely on a basis of equality, there tend to be

A
high levels of prejudice.
B
vast differences in power held by the various groups.
C
low levels of prejudice.
D
high levels of discrimination.
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There are no biologically pure races.

A
T
B
F
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African Americans were confined to U.S. relocation camps during World War II.

A
T
B
F
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All of the following are physical characteristics used to determine race except

A
skin color.
B
eye color.
C
hair texture.
D
body structure.
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During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, immigrants from predominantly Catholic countries faced open discrimination at the hands of the American-born white Protestant majority.

A
T
B
F
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All of the following acts have had an impact on Asian Americans except the

A
Chinese Exclusion Act.
B
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.
C
Immigration Act of 1924.
D
McCarren-Walter Act.
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The most common patterns of minority treatment include assimilation, segregation, subjugation, and legal protection.

A
T
B
F
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Immigrants have greatly affected many aspects of American culture, including food.

A
T
B
F
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All of the following are sources of prejudice and discrimination EXCEPT:

A
the social environment
B
personality influences
C
subjugation
D
competition for resources
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What is genocide?

A
the extermination of an entire race
B
moving a race to another territory
C
owning an entire race
D
the same as assimilation
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Please select the word from the list that best fits the definition

A
ethnicity
B
race
C
racism
D
cultural pluralism
E
ethnic group
F
stereotype
G
de jure segregation
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Ethnicity and race are two words that mean the same thing.

A
T
B
F
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South Africa practiced subjugation.

A
T
B
F
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Cultural pluralism allows each minority group to keep its cultural identity.

A
T
B
F
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The apartheid system in South Africa was an example of legal discrimination.

A
T
B
F
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The confinement of Japanese Americans to relocation camps during World War II is an example of

A
population transfer.
B
subjugation.
C
assimilation.
D
cultural pluralism.
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The Civil Rights movements of the 1950s and 1960s did not do much to help African-Americans.

A
T
B
F
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The Hispanic population only includes immigrants from Mexico.

A
T
B
F

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