Name: ________________________ Period: _______
Race & Minority-Chapter 11 Quiz
True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
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1. Historically, most cultures defined race more in cultural rather than biological
terms.
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2. Racial supremist ideologies refer to existence of idea/belief that one race is
biologically superior to others in the world.
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3. The first US Census gathered data among only the white population.
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4. The 2000 Census was the very first to allow citizens to self-report more than
one race.
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5. The theory that claims that if there is one drop of another race's blood then
you are tainted by it is One Drop Theory.
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6. Hispanic/Latinos group is represented the most in the US other than Caucasian.
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7. Our society would likely determine the race of a child of an interracial
marriage to be non-white by default.
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8. Our society would determine the race of a child of an interracial marriage to be
the race of the father.
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9. In the US, we tend to look at skin color, facial features, hair color and
texture, and body shape and size in order to distinguish ourselves from people of
other races.
____ 10. We are taught to see distinctive features within racial categories.
____ 11. Ethnic groups consist of people who share a common orientation toward the world,
who develop a sense of peoplehood, and who are perceived by others as having a
distinctive culture.
____ 12. Racial refers to people, their religion, languages, morés, and heritage.
____ 13. Hispanic as a categorical classification is at best an ambiguous one because
there are 19 countries between Mexico and South America and 1 country in Europe
that could be a nation of origin for Hispanic persons and their ancestors.
____ 14. To assume homogeneity (or very similar cultural traits) among all US Hispanics
is a mistake.
____ 15. Minority is a group living within a society which is disadvantaged in terms of
power, control of their own lives, and wealth.
____ 16. The dominant group does not always have to be the most populous group in
society.
____ 17. If I don’t like Chinese food, it makes me prejudiced.
____ 18. The first step to overcoming your prejudices is conducting a self-analysis to
identify where the prejudices came from.
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____ 19. Many people are taught prejudice from family & friends, religious leaders,
television, and the Internet.
____ 20. Discrimination is a behavior which results in the unfair or unequal treatment of
others.
____ 21. Even though discrimination is illegal, it still occurs in the US.
____ 22. Common traits of a hate crime perpetrator include young and white, weak
self-concepts, and poor.
____ 23. Hate crimes are the result of people compensating for their insecurities by
making victims out of others.
____ 24. All-weather liberals are neither prejudiced nor does he/she discriminate.
____ 25. Fair-weather liberals are neither prejudiced nor does he/she discriminate.
____ 26. Timid bigots are neither prejudiced nor does he/she discriminate.
____ 27. Timid bigots are prejudiced but won’t discriminate.
____ 28. Active bigots are prejudiced but won’t discriminate.
____ 29. Active bigots are prejudiced and they discriminate.
Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 30. A group of people with perceived unique biological and physical characteristics.
a) cultural group
b) racial group
c) ethnic group
d) tribal group
____ 31. What has science proven regarding racial groups?
a) Every race is significantly different from each other
b) The biological differences are significant
c) They are not significantly different biologically
d) Science has not proven anything significant about racial groups
____ 32. The simple scientifically-based truth about biological differences between the
races is ___________.
a) Each is very different
b) there are very few
c) too many differences to count
d) none of the above
____ 33. What did the author mean when he stated, “By far the significance of race and
biology is social…”?
a) we are culturally socialized
b) Each society defines culture and race
c) Social aspect of race is more important than the biological aspect
d) Each society has their own way of defining race
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____ 34. Racial supremist ideologies refer to?
a) cultural superiority of each race
b) idea of an inferior race that should rule the world
c) a race is superior because of their ability to conquer and
d)
colonize other race
existence of idea/belief that one race is biologically superior to
others in the world
____ 35. The US’s version of ideological racism left its mark on mainstream culture which
is strikingly ________?
a) British
b) Spanish
c) Dutch
d) Portuguese
____ 36. The first US Census gathered data among which race?
a) all races in the US
b) Whites & Blacks
c) only the whites
d) Whites and Indians
____ 37. Which group is represented the most in the US other than Caucasian?
a) African Americans
b) Asians
c) Mexicans
d) Hispanic/Latinos
e) Native Americans
____ 38. How would our society determine the race of a child of an interracial marriage?
a) Non-white by default
b) Race of the father
c) Race of the mother
d) White if the child had white features
____ 39. In the US, we tend to look at which categories of racial traits in order to
distinguish ourselves from people of other races?
a) skin color
b) facial features
c) hair color and texture
d) body shape and size
e) all of the above
____ 40. What’s the difference between a racial and ethnic group?
a) racial group is regionally defined and ethnic group is
b)
c)
d)
biologically defined
racial group is biologically defined and ethnic group is more
culturally defined
racial is a name given by outsiders and ethnic is name given by
insiders
racial is based on relationships among people who have common
cultural practices and ethnic is based on sociological traits
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____ 41. Ethnic refers to people, their religion, ____________, traditions, and heritage.
a) languages
b) appearance
c) employment
d) history
____ 42. Since the first Census in 1790, how often has US gathered data?
a) every 20 years
b) every 10 years
c) every 15 years
d) every 25 years
____ 43. Hispanic as a categorical classification is at best an ambiguous one because
___________?
a) There are 19 countries between Mexico and South America and 1
country in Europe that could be a nation of origin for Hispanic
persons and their ancestors
b) It could mean anyone who has brown skin that speak Spanish or
French
c) Hispanic category was developed to only describe those of Mexican
origin and you can’t tell others apart from them
d) Not all people under this category speak Spanish and are from
North America
____ 44. A group living within a society and are disadvantaged in terms of power, control
of their own lives, and wealth is called?
a) Majority
b) Mainstream
c) Secondary
d) Minority
____ 45. Sam has been working at the Company A for many years.
The management just hired
an outsider, a woman, to manage the warehouse. Sometimes he thinks to himself,
“Why isn’t she home taking care of her children and her husband. A woman can’t
manage a warehouse properly!” This is an example of?
a) Discrimination
b) Prejudice
c) Gender superiority
d) Bigotry
____ 46. Prejudice is _________________________.
a) speech, mistreatment, illegal or legal
b) the condition of being estranged or disassociated from the
c)
d)
surrounding society
An approach to exploit minorities
feeling, thought or even a predisposition towards others
____ 47. The broad generalizations about a category of people who are assumed to have
positive and negative traits common to every single member of that category is
_______________.
a) stereotypes
b) discrimination
c) categorization
d) labeling
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____ 48. How does one justify their prejudice and at times their discrimination against
others?
a) They feel it is their right to pick and choose who they like and
dislike
b) They make those who are the focus of their deprivation into
perpetrators and themselves into victims
c) They do not justify their prejudice and discrimination
d) None of the above
e) a & b
____ 49. Many people are taught prejudice from _________________.
a) Family & friends
b) Religious leaders
c) Television & Internet
d) All of the above
e) a & c
____ 50. One can create a non-prejudiced environment by creating _______________among
individuals who are vested in the success of the individual success and success
of their group.
a) dependence
b) trust
c) mutual dependence
d) arranged marriages
____ 51. These people are neither prejudiced nor do they discriminate.
a) All-weather liberal
b) Fair-weather liberal
c) Timid bigots
d) Active bigots
____ 52. These people are prejudiced but won’t discriminate.
a) All-weather liberal
b) Fair-weather liberal
c) Timid bigots
d) Active bigots
____ 53. These people are not prejudiced but do discriminate.
a) All-weather liberal
b) Fair-weather liberal
c) Timid bigots
d) Active bigots
____ 54. These people are prejudiced and they discriminate.
a) All-weather liberal
b) Fair-weather liberal
c) Timid bigots
d) Active bigots
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____ 55. These people tend to be those who go along with the crowd or obey orders.
They
may feel guilty because they act under pressure in contrast to their inner
values.
a) All-weather liberal
b) Fair-weather liberal
c) Timid bigots
d) Active bigots
____ 56. These people tend to be very educated, non-traditional, and open-minded
individuals who fail to remember that others rarely feel the same way they do.
a) All-weather liberal
b) Fair-weather liberal
c) Timid bigots
d) Active bigots
____ 57. These people tend to be afraid of acting on their prejudices, not wanting to be
caught or punished.
a) All-weather liberal
b) Fair-weather liberal
c) Timid bigots
d) Active bigots
____ 58. One extreme form of discrimination is the___________.
a) bigotry
b) hate crime
c) predjudice
d) none of the above
____ 59. Common trait(s) of a hate crime perpetrator include:
a) young and white
b) weak self-concepts
c) poor
d) All of the above
e) b & c only
____ 60. These people tend to be extremely disconnected to mainstream values and harbor a
profound sense of entitlement in regards to acting as they desire regardless of
the laws, norms, and morals of society.
a) All-weather liberal
b) Fair-weather liberal
c) Timid bigots
d) Active bigots
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