Social Science 22
Final Study Guide
Professor Thea S. Alvarado
The final will be cumulative, but focused on material covered since the midterm. All
questions will be multiple choice. You may use your text, articles, and notes for the final
exam. Questions may also come from video clips.
Terms:
Ethnic Group
Racial Group
Race
Pluralism
Assimilation
Segregation
Prejudice
Discrimination
Scapegoat
Stereotype
Informal Economy
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Dual Labor Market Model
Nativism
Xenophobia
Minority
Refugee
Nationality
Marginality
Ethnic Paradox
Integration
Ethnocentrism
Denomination
Life Chances
Salad Bowl
Melting Pot
Kaleidoscope
Please answer the following questions as thoroughly as possible:
1. What is the principle of third generation interest?
2. What is symbolic ethnicity? What forms can it take?
3. What is the difference between LEP and ESL programs?
4. Describe the Roman Catholic Church in as much detail as possible.
5. Who developed the term ethclass? What does it mean?
6. Who developed the term civil religion? What does it mean?
7. What is the role of women in religious institutions?
8. What is a secessionist minority? Give an example.
9. What do creationists believe?
10. What part does the US Supreme Court play in religion? Give examples of specific
cases in which the US Supreme Court made a ruling that involved religion.
11. What does the 1st Amendment say? What is its purpose?
12. What is the metaphor of the glass half empty?
13. What is the model minority? How is this term both a positive and a negative for Asian
Americans?
14. What is social capital? What is cultural capital? Give examples.
15. What are the major theological camps in the Protestant religion? Give several
examples of denominations within the Protestant religion.