10 Race and Ethnic Stratification: Is It a Question of Color?

01

__________ refers to the division of people based on certain physical characteristics.

Minority

Ethnicity

Stereotype

Race
02

According to the text, races are:

biological categories.

social constructions.

imaginary.

genetic formations.
03

Which of the following is true about race?

It is a social construction in the sense that biological traits may be endowed with social meaning.

It is a clearly distinguishable set of physical traits so that all people may be classified as Caucasoid, Negroid, or Mongoloid.

It determines our mental and physical abilities

None of these is true.
04

People who share common cultural characteristics:

ethnicity

race

racial group

social identity
05

What is the difference between race and ethnicity?

Ethnicity is a matter of biology, but race is not.

Race refers to the sharing of common parentage through many generations.

Ethnicity is a matter of culture.

Race and ethnicity are interchangeable terms.
06

A minority group, whether racial or ethnic, is defined above all by its:

multiculturalism.

assimilation.

minority status.

lack of power
07

The dominant group is the group that has the greatest power, but not necessarily the greatest numbers.

True

False
08

Racial or ethnic group with less power than the dominant group:

lower class

ethnic subdominant

minority

truly disadvantaged
09

Genocide is discrimination based on a person's race.

True

False
10

__________ is the extermination of all or most of the members of a minority group.

Genocide

Eugenics

Pluralism

Assimilation
11

Which of the following is/are (an) example(s) of genocide?

Hitler’s “final solution” to the “Jewish problem”

the Killing Fields of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge

the ethnic cleansing of Muslims and Croats by Serbian forces in Bosnia

all of the above
12

Voluntary migration refers to the forced movement of people from one society to another.

True

False
13

Indigenous superordination is the subordination of an immigrant group to a dominant group.

True

False
14

__________ refers to treating individuals unequally and unjustly on the basis of their group memberships.

Scapegoating

Discrimination

Prejudice

Racism
15

You are a member of a minority group and were hired by a company last year because of pressure from a civil rights group. This year the company is being forced to downsize and has determined to do so through the policy of “last hired, first fired.” That means you and several other minority group members will be out of a job, and will experience what is referred to as:

institutional discrimination.

direct individual discrimination.

de jure discrimination.

indirect individual discrimination.
16

__________ describes the physical and social separation of dominant and minority groups.

Segregation

Subjugation

Pluralism

Assimilation
17

The term __________ describes a person (or category of people) typically with little power, who is unfairly blamed for the troubles of others.

racist

bigot

minority

scapegoat
18

Although we live in a free society that claims to be equal, there are still injustices that occur because of race.

True

False
19

The statement “slavery in the South functioned to build wealth and agriculture, but it came at the expense of people being treated like animals” is a conflict perspective.

True

False
20

Conflict theorists believe racism is a result of power conflicts among different groups.

True

False

10 Race and Ethnic Stratification: Is It a Question of Color?

__________ refers to the division of people based on certain physical characteristics.

According to the text, races are:

Which of the following is true about race?

People who share common cultural characteristics:

What is the difference between race and ethnicity?

A minority group, whether racial or ethnic, is defined above all by its:

The dominant group is the group that has the greatest power, but not necessarily the greatest numbers.

Racial or ethnic group with less power than the dominant group:

Genocide is discrimination based on a person's race.

__________ is the extermination of all or most of the members of a minority group.

Which of the following is/are (an) example(s) of genocide?

Voluntary migration refers to the forced movement of people from one society to another.

Indigenous superordination is the subordination of an immigrant group to a dominant group.

__________ refers to treating individuals unequally and unjustly on the basis of their group memberships.

__________ describes the physical and social separation of dominant and minority groups.

The term __________ describes a person (or category of people) typically with little power, who is unfairly blamed for the troubles of others.

Although we live in a free society that claims to be equal, there are still injustices that occur because of race.

The statement “slavery in the South functioned to build wealth and agriculture, but it came at the expense of people being treated like animals” is a conflict perspective.

Conflict theorists believe racism is a result of power conflicts among different groups.