Race And Ethnicity MCQs

Option A: political oppression

Option B: employment opportunities

Option C: food shortages

Option D: population pressures

Correct Answer: employment opportunities ✔

Option A: ethnic cleansing

Option B: institutional racism

Option C: genocide

Option D: scapegoating

Correct Answer: genocide ✔

Option A: new racism

Option B: cultural racism

Option C: ethnocentrism

Option D: institutional racism

Correct Answer: institutional racism ✔

Option A: has some sense of collective or group solidarity

Option B: numerically small compared to the main social group

Option C: identifiably different from others in a society

Option D: holds views contrary to the social norm

Correct Answer: has some sense of collective or group solidarity ✔

Option A: it distinguishes between biological and social factors

Option B: it denotes something fixed and unchanging

Option C: it is social category which has real effects on people’s lives

Option D: it enables comparisons between groups in different countries

Correct Answer: it is social category which has real effects on people’s lives ✔

Option A: acceleration

Option B: diversification

Option C: globalization

Option D: regionalization

Correct Answer: regionalization ✔

Option A: 3%

Option B: 15%

Option C: 25%

Option D: 40%

Correct Answer: 3% ✔

Option A: resource allocation

Option B: ethnocentrism

Option C: discrimination

Option D: group closure

Correct Answer: group closure ✔

Option A: the minority group is disadvantaged compared to the more powerful and dominant group

Option B: minority groups are always non-white

Option C: the minority group has a strong sense of group solidarity

Option D: the minority group often experiences prejudice and discrimination

Correct Answer: minority groups are always non-white ✔

Option A: Israel

Option B: Russia

Option C: USA

Option D: Poland

Correct Answer: Poland ✔

Option A: A+B+C=A

Option B: A+B+C=A+B+C

Option C: A+B+C=D

Option D: A+B+C=A+B+D

Correct Answer: A+B+C=D ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: labeling theory

Correct Answer: conflict perspective ✔

Option A: a subtler form of prejudice masked by nationalist pride

Option B: a post-modern deconstruction of racist ideas to reveal their lack of depth

Option C: racist practices found in newly emerging areas of social life such as cyberspace

Option D: an anti-fascist movement which challenges nationalist politics

Correct Answer: a subtler form of prejudice masked by nationalist pride ✔

Option A: the objective categories of ethnicity used in the census

Option B: a felt sense of group membership on the basis of religion language or history

Option C: the imposition of a racial label on a minority by a powerful majority

Option D: the fragmented and pluralistic nature of ethnicity

Correct Answer: a felt sense of group membership on the basis of religion language or history ✔

Option A: if ethnic stratification continues in a society conflict will decrease as people are socialized into the stratification system

Option B: ethnic stratification will persist as long as it is in the best interests of those in power

Option C: conflicts will be particularly likely and severe if class and ethnic cleavages coincide

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: conflicts will be particularly likely and severe if class and ethnic cleavages coincide ✔

Option A: Underlies the development of ethnic tensions

Option B: results in more well-defined norms and roles

Option C: divides managerial and line workers

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: Underlies the development of ethnic tensions ✔

Option A: Conflict promotes group formation and cohesion

Option B: Conflict may function as a safety valve for society by enabling hostilities to be channelled toward permissible targets known as permissible targets known as scapegoats

Option C: A multiplicity of conflicts between large numbers of differing groups within a society may be conducive to a democratic as opposed to a totalitarian society

Option D: Conflict attributable to ethnic stratification problems may reach an unacceptable frequency and intensity

Correct Answer: Conflict attributable to ethnic stratification problems may reach an unacceptable frequency and intensity ✔

Option A: does not include environmental racism

Option B: occurs because equality of opportunity causes equality of outcome

Option C: occurs in part when gatekeepers admit others like themselves to positions of privilege prestige and power

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: occurs in part when gatekeepers admit others like themselves to positions of privilege prestige and power ✔

Option A: can also be termed racial reconciliation

Option B: is the same as traditional racial prejudice

Option C: is a reflection of whites concern that further reductions in racial inequality will result in loss of the special status that whites in the United States have enjoyed over the years

Option D: has no impact on whites racial policy attitudes

Correct Answer: is a reflection of whites concern that further reductions in racial inequality will result in loss of the special status that whites in the United States have enjoyed over the years ✔

Option A: Racial and ethnic groups often have the potential for carving out their own independent nations from the existing state

Option B: Racial and ethnic stratification is harder to eliminate than are other forms of stratification

Option C: All other forms of stratification grow out of racial and ethnic stratification

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: Racial and ethnic groups often have the potential for carving out their own independent nations from the existing state ✔

Option A: are groups identified on cultural grounds

Option B: are based solely on nationality

Option C: occupy a small territory

Option D: unlike racial groups are socially constructed

Correct Answer: are groups identified on cultural grounds ✔

Option A: migration

Option B: globalization

Option C: colonialism

Option D: diaspora

Correct Answer: diaspora ✔

Option A: classic

Option B: colonial

Option C: guest worker

Option D: illegal

Correct Answer: guest worker ✔

Option A: assimilation

Option B: melting pot

Option C: cultural pluralism

Option D: multiculturalism

Correct Answer: assimilation ✔

Option A: prejudice

Option B: discrimination

Option C: racism

Option D: projection

Correct Answer: discrimination ✔

Option A: racism

Option B: ethnicity

Option C: identity

Option D: stereotyping

Correct Answer: ethnicity ✔

Option A: apartheid

Option B: ethnic cleansing

Option C: multiculturalism

Option D: assimilation

Correct Answer: apartheid ✔

Option A: critical race theory

Option B: conflict theories

Option C: ethnocentrism

Option D: primordialism

Correct Answer: critical race theory ✔

Option A: the existence of cultural diversity within a society

Option B: policies encouraging ethnic groups to live together in harmony

Option C: new immigrants adopting the values and norms of the host culture

Option D: ethnic group cultures exist separately within a society

Correct Answer: policies encouraging ethnic groups to live together in harmony ✔

Option A: stereotypes

Option B: prejudice

Option C: scapegoating

Option D: discrimination

Correct Answer: stereotypes ✔

Option A: it,s a complex concept with multiple meanings

Option B: to reflect the fact that the number of races is disputed

Option C: the concept has no scientific basis but is still widely used

Option D: to distinguish the science of race from discussions of ethnicity

Correct Answer: the concept has no scientific basis but is still widely used ✔

Option A: Malcolm X

Option B: James Baldwin

Option C: Alice Walker

Option D: Ralph Ellison

Correct Answer: James Baldwin ✔

Option A: A+B+C=A

Option B: A+B+C=A+B+C

Option C: A+B+C=D

Option D: A+B+C=A+B+D

Correct Answer: A+B+C=D ✔

Option A: the contact hypothesis

Option B: a self-fulfilling prophecy

Option C: scapegoating

Option D: reverse discrimination

Correct Answer: a self-fulfilling prophecy ✔

Option A: race is an objective way of categorizing people on biological grounds

Option B: the idea of race is socially constructed through powerful ideologies

Option C: race relations in Britain and America can be traced back to colonial times

Option D: people choose their racial identity, and this becomes fixed

Correct Answer: the idea of race is socially constructed through powerful ideologies ✔

Option A: genetics

Option B: evolution

Option C: height

Option D: brain size

Correct Answer: height ✔

Option A: Interactionist believe that groups will experience conflict only if they are of two distinct ethnic groups

Option B: Interactionists downplay the role of communication in ethnicity

Option C: Interactionists believe the world we experience is socially constructed

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: Interactionists believe the world we experience is socially constructed ✔

Option A: have found that American race and ethnic relations have little connection to global issues

Option B: contend that racism serves the economic interests of the capitalist class

Option C: argue that prejudice discrimination and racism operate outside of social structures

Option D: conclude that racist notions serve the economic interests of people of color world-wide

Correct Answer: contend that racism serves the economic interests of the capitalist class ✔

Option A: gatekeeping

Option B: pluralism

Option C: assimilation

Option D: continued subjugation

Correct Answer: pluralism ✔

Option A: In order for a person to discriminate he or she must hold prejudicial attitudes

Option B: Discrimination is an action

Option C: Discrimination is not a form of racism

Option D: none of the above

Correct Answer: Discrimination is an action ✔

Option A: refers to hostile behaviors exhibited by someone who has been offended by a member of a group

Option B: is an attitude of aversion and hostility toward the members of a group simply because they belong it

Option C: cannot not exist in someone who does not discriminate

Option D: is a feeling a minority individual has toward his or her own minority?

Correct Answer: is an attitude of aversion and hostility toward the members of a group simply because they belong it ✔

Option A: racial or cultural self-consciousness

Option B: hereditary membership

Option C: a high degree of marriage outside of the group (exogamy)

Option D: oppression at the hands of a dominant group

Correct Answer: a high degree of marriage outside of the group (exogamy) ✔

Option A: begins with the assumption that race is based on easily classified differences

Option B: considers race a social construct not an absolute

Option C: neither nor b

Option D: both a and b

Correct Answer: considers race a social construct not an absolute ✔