Chapter 6

Question 1

Ethnocide refers to the deliberate elimination or destruction of an ethnic culture by a dominant group.

Answer 1

true

Question 2

Which term is defined as discrimination against an ethnic group that is assumed to have a biological basis?

Answer 2

racism

Question 2

Which of the following is NOT an example of an achieved status?

Answer 2

woman

Question 3

When ethnic identity is flexible and situational, it can become a(n

Answer 3

achieved status.

Question 4

In Japan, the burakumin

Answer 4

are stigmatized despite being genetically indistinguishable from other Japanese.

Question 4

Which of the following statements about ethnicity is true?

Answer 4

Ethnicity is one’s identification with a group that shares a common set of beliefs, values, customs, and norms.

Question 4

What is the term for the arbitrary rule that automatically places children of mixed unions in the group of their minority parent?

Answer 4

hypodescent

Question 5

“Class-structured, with differences in wealth, prestige, and power” is another way of saying

Answer 5

stratified.

Question 5

Which term is defined as the expressed physical characteristics of an organism?

Answer 5

phenotype

Question 6

Which term refers to the view that cultural diversity is valuable and worth maintaining?

Answer 6

multiculturalism

Question 6

Which of the following is NOT a marker of an ethnic group?

Answer 6

a biologically ascribed race

Question 7

Which of the following is a major difference between Brazilian and American racial taxonomies?

Answer 7

In the United States, social race is determined at birth and does not change, but in Brazil race can change from day to day.

Question 7

Nation-states are

Answer 7

otherwise known as countries.

Question 8

Which term refers to long-term foreign domination of a territory and its people?

Answer 8

colonialism

Question 8

What is the name for a group among several culturally distinct groups in a society or region?

Answer 8

ethnic group

Question 9

In the 2016 presidential campaign of Donald Trump, the idea of an association between ethnicity (traditionally and predominantly European derived and Christian) and the right to rule the United States was prominent. This idea is known as

Answer 9

ethno-nationalism.

Question 10

________ is identification with, and feeling part of, an ethnic group and exclusion from certain other groups because of this affiliation.

Answer 10

Ethnicity

Question 10

Which term refers to fixed ideas about what members of a group are like?

Answer 10

stereotypes

Question 11

What is the term for policies and practices that harm a group and its members?

Answer 11

discrimination

Question 11

What term refers to the deliberate suppression or destruction of the culture of an ethnic group by a dominant group?

Answer 11

ethnocide

Question 12

What term refers to people who flee a country to escape persecution or war?

Answer 12

refugees

Question 13

Which term refers to the internal domination by one group and its culture or ideology over others?

Answer 13

cultural colonialism

Question 14

What does de jure mean?

Answer 14

part of the law

Question 15

What does de facto mean?

Answer 15

practiced, but not legally sanctioned

Question 15

Which term is defined as any position, no matter what its prestige, that someone occupies in society?

Answer 15

status

Question 15

What does ethnicity mean?

Answer 15

identification with, and feeling part of, an ethnic group and exclusion from other groups

Question 15

The U.S. and Canadian governments use the same racial categories in their censuses.

Answer 15

false

Question 16

An ascribed status is a status that

Answer 16

people have little or no choice about occupying.

Question 17

Only dominant or majority groups can have prejudiced views; minority groups are not capable of being prejudiced.

Answer 17

false

Question 18

What is social status based on choices or accomplishments called?

Answer 18

achieved status