QUESTION 1

Since the nineteenth century, there has been a tendency in the United States to classify offspring of racially mixed couples as belonging to the race of the parent with the lowest racial status. What is this called?

the multiculturalist concept

the circumstantialist model

the primordialist model

the hypodescent concept

QUESTION 2

"Scientific racism" was used to do which of the following?

implement multicultural education

justify the annihilation of millions of Jews

identify human genetic codes

categorize norms, values, and mores

QUESTION 3

Richard Nesbett argues that

class differences influence IQ scores more than race.

race influences IQ scores more than class.

there is no accurate way to measure intelligence.

environmental enrichment makes no difference in IQ scores.

QUESTION 4

When minority ethnic groups want to resist cultural hegemony by the dominant ethnic group, they often try to secede and develop their own nation states. What is this called?

a pluralist movement

a multicultural movement

an ethnonationalist movement

a colonialist movement

QUESTION 5

Which of the following forms of ethnic interaction was characteristic of many colonial situations?

forced cultural assimilation

voluntary cultural assimilation

forced biological assimilation

voluntary biological assimilation

QUESTION 6

How has the multiculturalist movement influenced life in the United States?

It has had little impact on life in the United States.

It has fostered increasing conflict among competing ethnic groups.

It has revised educational content to include the historical contributions of non-European ethnic groups.

It has reduced the cultural differences between ethnic groups.

QUESTION 7

Why was the "one-drop rule" of racial categorization never used to classify Native Americans?

They received legal entitlements.

They inhabited North America first.

There were too many different tribes.

There was never prejudice against them.

QUESTION 8

The influx of Irish and German immigrants in the nineteenth century caused

a rise in xenophobia and nativistic movements among the WASP population

a realization that racist beliefs were wrong

a decline in forced assimilation

promotion of the idea that America is a "melting pot"

QUESTION 9

When Japan bombed Pearl Harbor,

Japanese Americans were put in military prisons in the United States.

Japanese Americans were put in U.S. prisons even if they had not been found guilty of disloyalty to the U.S.

Japanese Americans that were U.S. citizens by birth, were put into U.S. prisons.

All of the above.

QUESTION 10

According to John Hartigan's research, racial categories in Mexico are based on _____.
genetic differences
skin color
nationalist traditions
the concept of hypodescent