Race and Ethnicity
Chapter 14
In the past 25 years there has been a
decrease in racial prejudice and
discrimination against African
Americans.
a. Yes
b. No
Someone can be discriminatory
without being prejudiced.
a. Yes
b. No
Prejudice is _____.
a. a belief that one racial category is
superior to another
b. blaming people for one’s own
troubles
c. treating categories of people
differently
d. a rigid and unfair generalization
about an entire category of people
What theory holds that prejudice
springs from frustration among
people who are themselves
disadvantaged?
a.
b.
c.
d.
authoritarian personality theory
scapegoat theory
culture theory
conflict theory
What theory holds that prejudice
springs from frustration among
people who are themselves
disadvantaged?
• The correct answer is b. scapegoat
theory.
What theory holds that prejudice
helps powerful people oppress
others?
a.
b.
c.
d.
authoritarian personality theory
scapegoat theory
culture theory
conflict theory
What theory holds that prejudice
helps powerful people oppress
others?
• The correct answer is d. conflict
theory.
______ are the largest racial or
ethnic minority in the United States.
a.
b.
c.
d.
African Americans
Hispanics
Asian Americans
Native Americans
______ are the largest racial or
ethnic minority in the United States.
• The correct answer is b. Hispanics.
_____ is a shared cultural heritage.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Ethnicity
Culture
Race
Nationality
_____ is a shared cultural heritage.
• The correct answer is a. Ethnicity.
Bias built into the operation of
society’s institutions is _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
prejudice
discrimination
scapegoating
institutional prejudice and
discrimination
Bias built into the operation of
society’s institutions is _____.
• The correct answer is d.
institutional prejudice and
discrimination.
A state in which people of all races
and ethnicities are distinct but have
equal social standing is _____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
genocide
miscegenation
pluralism
assimilation
A state in which people of all races
and ethnicities are distinct but have
equal social standing is _____.Native
Americans were entitled to U.S.
citizenship in _____.
• The correct answer is c. pluralism.
In 1882, the U.S. government passed
the first of several laws limiting
________ immigration.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Japanese
Chinese
Filipino
Korean
In 1882, the U.S. government passed
the first of several laws limiting
________ immigration.
• The correct answer is b. Chinese.
In this country, all of the states below
have a “minority majority” except
_____.
a.
b.
c.
d.
California
New Mexico
Florida
Hawaii
In this country, all of the states below
have a “minority majority” except
_____.
• The correct answer is c. Florida.
Research using the Bogardus social
distance scale shows that U.S.
college students _____.
a. are less prejudiced than students
several decades ago
b. believe Arabs and Muslims should be
kept out of the country.
c. have the strongest prejudice against
African Americans.
d. all of the above
Research using the Bogardus social
distance scale shows that U.S.
college students _____.
• The correct answer is a. are less
prejudiced than students are less
prejudiced than students several
decades ago.