2009: Chapter 5 Race & Ethnicity

Student: ________________________

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
1) What are life chances, as described by sociologist Max Weber?
A) the amount of bigotry one can expect during a lifetime
B) the amount of segregation once will experience during a lifetime
C) opportunities to express one's ethnic pride
D) opportunities to provide oneself with material goods, positive living conditions, and favorable life experiences

2)Max Weber described a person's opportunities for material goods, positive living conditions, and favorable life experiences as
A) an ethnic paradox. B) civil rights. C) ascribed status. D) life chances.

3) Ethclass refers to the
A) ethnocentrism expressed by the working class.
B) combination of ethnicity and social class.
C) immigrants who experienced downward social mobility.
D) emergence of ethnic identity in the third generation.

4) Research on the principle of third-generation interest indicates that grandchildren of immigrants are likely to want to
A) study their ancestor's language
B) learn about their ethnic group's history
C) visit their ancestor's homeland
D) all of these

5) Civil religion describe
A) governments run by the church.
B) belief systems incorporating many religions, but no single one.
C) courts restricting religious freedom.
D) New Age faiths.

6) The concept respectable bigotry refers to
A) poor Whites' hostility toward African Americans.
B) African American and Puerto Rican hostility toward one another.
C) prejudice against White ethnics.
D) the government's attitudes toward racial and ethnic minorities.

7) How did the Irish become White?
A) They supported abolition.
B) They imported a popular version of Catholicism.
C) They distanced themselves from Blacks.
D) all of these

8) An example of a secessionist minority would be
A) Native Americans. B) the Amish. C) Irish Catholics. D) Italian Americans.

9) The U.S. Supreme Court, in Yoder v. Wisconsin, upheld the right of the Amish to
A) end their children's formal education before the age of 18.
B) refuse military service.
C) live communally.
D) immigrate to the United States from Europe.

10) In the early 1970s, the five mainline churches (Baptist, Episcopalian, Lutheran, Methodist, and Presbyterian) accounted for about half of total Protestant membership. In 2001 that rate had
A) dropped to one-third. B) increased to three-fourths. C) dropped to one-fifth. D) not changed.

11) The 1962 Supreme Court decision Engel v. Vitale ruled which of the following unconstitutional?
A) Christmas displays in public schools B) teaching creationism
C) certain religious activities in schools D) school prayer

12) Race is
A) biological. B) socially constructed. C) phenotypical. D) important only to Whites.


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		Student: ________________________ MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) What are life chances, as described by sociologist Max Weber? A) the amount of bigotry one can expect during a lifetime B) the amount of segregation once will experience during a lifetime C) opportunities to express one's ethnic pride D) opportunities to provide oneself with material goods, positive living conditions, and favorable life experiences 2)Max Weber described a person's opportunities for material goods, positive living conditions, and favorable life experiences as A) an ethnic paradox. B) civil rights. C) ascribed status. D) life chances. 3) Ethclass refers to the A) ethnocentrism expressed by the working class. B) combination of ethnicity and social class. C) immigrants who experienced downward social mobility. D) emergence of ethnic identity in the third generation. 4) Research on the principle of third-generation interest indicates that grandchildren of immigrants are likely to want to A) study their ancestor's language B) learn about their ethnic group's history C) visit their ancestor's homeland D) all of these 5) Civil religion describe A) governments run by the church. B) belief systems incorporating many religions, but no single one. C) courts restricting religious freedom. D) New Age faiths. 6) The concept respectable bigotry refers to A) poor Whites' hostility toward African Americans. B) African American and Puerto Rican hostility toward one another. C) prejudice against White ethnics. D) the government's attitudes toward racial and ethnic minorities. 7) How did the Irish become White? A) They supported abolition. B) They imported a popular version of Catholicism. C) They distanced themselves from Blacks. D) all of these 8) An example of a secessionist minority would be A) Native Americans. B) the Amish. C) Irish Catholics. D) Italian Americans. 9) The U.S. Supreme Court, in Yoder v. Wisconsin, upheld the right of the Amish to A) end their children's formal education before the age of 18. B) refuse military service. C) live communally. D) immigrate to the United States from Europe. 10) In the early 1970s, the five mainline churches (Baptist, Episcopalian, Lutheran, Methodist, and Presbyterian) accounted for about half of total Protestant membership. In 2001 that rate had A) dropped to one-third. B) increased to three-fourths. C) dropped to one-fifth. D) not changed. 11) The 1962 Supreme Court decision Engel v. Vitale ruled which of the following unconstitutional? A) Christmas displays in public schools B) teaching creationism C) certain religious activities in schools D) school prayer 12) Race is A) biological. B) socially constructed. C) phenotypical. D) important only to Whites.



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