Race & Ethnicity Quiz

What is meant by race is a social construction?

• To tell the difference between cultural beliefs.

• Physical features make humans different, therefore races exist.

• Humans made up the belief that different races exist.

• Races have been around since the beginning of human life.

What term is commonly used to refer to social categories of people who share a common culture?

• Stereotype

• Minority

• Majority

• Ethnic group

What is the characteristic of an ethnic minority group that is ascribed rather than achieved?

• Membership is achieved

• Suffers prejudice and discrimination

• Members feel a sense of group solidarity

• Possesses different characteristics

What do stereotypes reinforce and cause to persist in society?

• Discrimination

• Social harmony

• Prejudices

• Equality

What is the actual behavior involving unequal treatment based on race or ethnicity?

• Prejudice

• Racism

• Discrimination

• Nativism

According to the Scapegoat Theory, who do members of the dominant group vent their anger towards?

• Religious leaders

• Minority groups

• Themselves

• Government officials

What is the first step in assimilation according to the Functionalist Theory?

• Adopting the culture of the dominant society

• Maintaining their own culture

• Creating a new culture

• Rejecting the dominant culture

People with an authoritarian personality, demonstrate?

• Tendency to categorize other people

• Rigid conformity

• Intolerance of ambiguity (different)

• All of the above

What is the policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants?

• Colonialism

• Assimilation

• Nativism

• Racialization

What movement serves as the model for other groups demanding equal rights and protections?

• Women's Rights Movement

• Immigrant Rights Movement

• Native American Movement

• Civil Rights Movement