Question 1

Which of the following concepts refers to a state in which racial and ethnic minorities are distinct but have social parity?

Accepted Answer

A)   genocide
B)   segregation
C)   assimilation
D)   pluralism

Question 2

Ethnicity is harder to change than racial identity.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following concepts refers to a category of people, distinguished by physical or cultural traits, who are socially disadvantaged?

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A)   minority
B)   ethnic category
C)   racial category
D)   out-group

Question 4

What does it mean to call Quebec "a distinct society?"

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Calling Quebec "a distinct society" refe...

Question 5

Scientific research shows that there are three biologically pure races.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 6

Discrimination is an unfair belief about an entire category of people.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Pluralism is the idea that people should live with their own kind.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

What evidence is there that race is a socially constructed concept?

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The concept of race as a socially constr...

Question 9

The policies of multiculturalism in Canada

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A)   support the goal of full participation by melting into the majority.
B)   promote unity through diversity.
C)   were officially adopted in the Multiculturalism Act of 1968.
D)   discourage the French and the English from accepting new immigrants.

Question 10

Which of the following concepts refers to a shared cultural heritage?

Accepted Answer

A)   race
B)   minority
C)   ethnicity
D)   stereotype

Question 11

From which world regions do most of today's immigrants come?

Accepted Answer

A)   Asia
B)   Africa
C)   Latin America
D)   Europe

Question 12

The Matsui family came to Canada from Japan 30 years ago. They now speak English at home and the Matsui children date non-Japanese students at college. This family's story is closest to which of the following concepts?

Accepted Answer

A)   pluralism
B)   segregation
C)   assimilation
D)   miscegenation

Question 13

Race or ethnicity often serves as a master status.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

With whom do we associate authoritarian personality theory?

Accepted Answer

A)   Adorno
B)   Bogardus
C)   Marx
D)   Durkheim

Question 15

In 1962, Ellen Fairclough, Canada's first woman federal cabinet minister

Accepted Answer

A)   put an end to White Canada immigration policy.
B)   campaigned to retain national origin as an important criterion for entrance into Canada.
C)   opposed the development of a point system for immigration.
D)   campaigned for a nationwide system of classes that teach English to non-English speaking immigrants.

Question 16

According to T.W. Adorno's authoritarian personality theory, prejudiced people

Accepted Answer

A)   view society as naturally hierarchical.
B)   reject ethnocentrism.
C)   cannot easily see actions as either right or wrong.
D)   tend to reject any conventional cultural values.

Question 17

In Canada, minorities typically have less

Accepted Answer

A)   trouble integrating.
B)   occupational prestige.
C)   desire to attain status.
D)   need to attend post-secondary. B

Question 18

Typically, people who live in _____ perceive fewer racial categories than people who live in _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   Canada; Brazil
B)   Brazil; Canada
C)   Brazil; the United States
D)   the West; the East

Question 19

Quick Quiz:
-Scientific research shows that there are three biologically pure races.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 20

Institutional prejudice and discrimination refers to the fact that

Accepted Answer

A)   some people hold rigid and unfair attitudes.
B)   bias was more pronounced in this nation's history.
C)   bias is built into the operation of social institutions.
D)   many people still hold prejudiced opinions.

Exam 14: Race and Ethnicity

Which of the following concepts refers to a state in which racial and ethnic minorities are distinct but have social parity?

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Ethnicity is harder to change than racial identity.

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Which of the following concepts refers to a category of people, distinguished by physical or cultural traits, who are socially disadvantaged?

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What does it mean to call Quebec "a distinct society?"

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Scientific research shows that there are three biologically pure races.

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Discrimination is an unfair belief about an entire category of people.

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Pluralism is the idea that people should live with their own kind.

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What evidence is there that race is a socially constructed concept?

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The policies of multiculturalism in Canada

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Which of the following concepts refers to a shared cultural heritage?

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From which world regions do most of today's immigrants come?

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The Matsui family came to Canada from Japan 30 years ago. They now speak English at home and the Matsui children date non-Japanese students at college. This family's story is closest to which of the following concepts?

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Race or ethnicity often serves as a master status.

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With whom do we associate authoritarian personality theory?

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In 1962, Ellen Fairclough, Canada's first woman federal cabinet minister

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According to T.W. Adorno's authoritarian personality theory, prejudiced people

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In Canada, minorities typically have less

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