Chp 7 Practice Q's

Question 1

What happened as the Jewish population experienced upward mobility?

a) Their IQ scores rose.
b) IQ scores were no longer used.
c) Aptitude tests replaced IQ scores.
d) Their IQ scores were measured less often.

Answer 1

a) Their IQ scores rose.

Question 1

According to sociological research, which factor has the greatest influence on athleticism?

a) motivation
b) social conditions
c) biology
d) race

Answer 1

b) social conditions

Question 2

According to research, what matters most when determining the economic success of an ethnic or racial group?

a) success aptitude
b) cultural values
c) HWQ (hard work quotient)
d) resources and opportunities

Answer 2

d) resources and opportunities

Question 3

Kateri attends a high school that has two predominant cliques: keeners, who are very academically inclined; and jocks, students who are very involved in sports. Both groups have very negative and stereotypical notions of the other. Which term best describes these negative beliefs?

a) racism
b) bigotry
c) discrimination
d) prejudice

Answer 3

d) prejudice

Question 4

According to the text, why are Koreans in Japan more likely than Koreans in Canada to pursue careers in sports?

a) Multicultural societies like Canada provide more competition in the realm of sports.
b) Koreans who choose to immigrate to Canada have different career motivations than those who choose to remain in Japan.
c) Koreans in Canada experience less prejudice and discrimination.
d) In Japan they have more opportunities in all professional areas.

Answer 4

c) Koreans in Canada experience less prejudice and discrimination.

Question 5

According to sociologist John Porter’s description, which term describes a society that is highly ethnically and racially stratified?

a) institutional discrimination
b) ethnic nationalism
c) a non-racial hierarchy
d) a vertical mosaic

Answer 5

d) a vertical mosaic

Question 6

What is the effect of predominantly promoting athletes as suitable role models for Black youth?

a) It gives true hope to the underprivileged.
b) It deflects Black youths’ efforts away from academic endeavours.
c) It deflects attention from public issues, like poverty and racism.
d) It minimizes the stigma of successful White people.

Answer 6

b) It deflects Black youths’ efforts away from academic endeavours.

Question 7

t various points in history, people of Irish, Jewish, and southern Italian descent were referred to as “Black.” What does this demonstrate?

a) Racial distinctions are not arbitrary.
b) Race as a concept has no social significance.
c) Racial distinctions are social constructs.
d) Racial distinctions are tied to ethnic categories.

Answer 7

c) Racial distinctions are social constructs.

Question 8

After the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York City, some airline passengers overheard a group of other passengers speaking Arabic. The passengers demanded that the foreigners be taken off the plane. The airline employees had the foreign-born passengers disembark. Which term best describes this action?

a) discrimination
b) racism
c) prejudice
d) bigotry

Answer 8

a) discrimination

Question 9

Research indicates that individuals with Caucasian-sounding names receive preferential treatment in social life, such as in the paid labour market and the rental housing market. What does this research demonstrate?

a) discrimination
b) prejudice
c) institutional racism
d) symbolic benefits

Answer 9

a) discrimination

Question 10

According to the text, which term describes an arbitrary social construct used to distinguish people in terms of one or more physical markers?

a) prejudice
b) race
c) ethnicity
d) refugee

Answer 10

b) race

Question 11

Race is to biology as ethnicity is to which of the following?

a) cohesion
b) dissent
c) structure
d) culture

Answer 11

d) culture

Question 12

According to symbolic interactionists, which of the following best describes the development of racial and ethnic labels and identities?

a) a process of struggle
b) a process of group consensus
c) a process of categorization
d) a process of negotiation

Answer 12

d) a process of negotiation

Question 13

What term refers to a racist bias that is built into the fundamental social fabric and not noticed by members of the majority group?

a) ethnic identity
b) institutional racism
c) overt racism
d) symbolic ethnicity

Answer 13

b) institutional racism

Question 14

Vasiliki’s parents encouraged her to participate in activities in their Greek community in Canada, but she refused, telling her parents that she was “Canadian.” When Vasiliki had her own children, however, she became active in the community, volunteered at a Greek cultural centre, and called herself “Greek.” What does this case study demonstrate?

a) Group ethnicity is stronger than individual ethnicity.
b) Ethnicity can change.
c) Denying one’s ethnicity is problematic.
d) Growing up in Canada is confusing for immigrant youth

Answer 14

b) Ethnicity can change.

Question 15

What form of ethnicity do Irish Canadians represent?

a) institutional ethnicity
b) non-structured ethnicity
c) symbolic ethnicity
d) imposed ethnicity

Answer 15

c) symbolic ethnicity

Question 16

Samir is a Canadian citizen living in Toronto, but his parents were born in Morocco and much of his extended family still lives there. Most days, Samir doesn’t feel a strong connection to Morocco. However, when Morocco is in the FIFA World Cup, he wears the colours of the Moroccan flag. What is this an example of?

a) transnational communities
b) virtual communities
c) ethnicity
d) symbolic ethnicity

Answer 16

d) symbolic ethnicity

Question 17

Which term refers to the forcible removal of a population from a territory claimed by another population?
a) relocation
b) colonialism
c) expulsion
d) slavery

Answer 17

c) expulsion

Question 18

Between the time of first contact in the sixteenth century and the early 1920s, how much did the Indigenous population in Canada fall?

a) 45 percent
b) 55 percent
c) 65 percent
d) 75 percent

Answer 18

d) 75 percent

Question 19

Which statement best describes the status of Black Canadians in Canada until the liberalization of immigration policies in the 1960s?

a) They were residentially and socially segregated.
b) They were slaves in Canada’s lumbering and farming industries.
c) They were almost nonexistent.
d) They were migrant workers of transnational families.

Answer 19

a) They were residentially and socially segregated.

Question 20

What happened to the Beothuk people of Newfoundland and Labrador after the arrival of Europeans?

a) They were forced to attend residential schools.
b) Over time, they acquired a symbolic ethnicity.
c) They became victims of genocide.
d) They were able to negotiate their ethnicity.

Answer 20

c) They became victims of genocide.

Question 21

What is the consequence of having split labour markets?
a) decreased conflict and racism
b) decreased conflict but increased segregation
c) increased conflict and racism
d) increased competition for jobs but decreased racism

Answer 21

c) increased conflict and racism

Question 22

Keenan lost his job to an immigrant from Country X. Keenan is upset because he knows that the immigrant is working for $5 less per hour, so the company is making more profit. However, Keenan’s hostility is focused on the immigrant, not the company. What theory would best be used to describe Keenan’s reaction?

a) power-conflict
b) split labour market
c) vertical mosaic
d) symbolic interactionism

Answer 22

b) split labour market

Question 23

Anton argues that the Canadian government is racist, given the ways by which it has segregated, exploited, and unfairly treated the Indigenous population. What theoretical perspective has Anton adopted?

a) conflict
b) symbolic interactionist
c) functionalist
d) primordialist

Answer 23

a) conflict

Question 24

What was the main goal of the federal government’s early policy on Indigenous people?

a) to segregate Indigenous people onto reserves to be among themselves
b) to eliminate poverty by providing education and training designed to help Indigenous people
c) to bring Christianity to all Indigenous people as part of a cultural genocide
d) to assimilate Indigenous people into mainstream Canadian society

Answer 24

d) to assimilate Indigenous people into mainstream Canadian society

Question 25

Inexpensive international communication and travel allow ethnic group members to maintain strong ties to their ancestral homeland in a way never before possible. Which of the following formed as a result of this trend?

a) a globalized economy
b) a universal culture
c) transnational communities
d) global equality

Answer 25

c) transnational communities

Question 26

Which of the following is NOT one of the advantages of continued ethnic group membership among white European groups?

a) economic assistance in finding jobs and housing
b) political leverage in achieving increased access to resources
c) emotional comfort in settling within a new environment
d) physical attributes in acquiring group affiliation

Answer 26

d) physical attributes in acquiring group affiliation

Question 27

As Canada’s racial and ethnic diversity has increased, race relations have evolved from expulsion, conquest, slavery, and segregation to a society based on which of the following?

a) pluralism and assimilation
b) globalized politics and religion
c) social, political, and economic equality
d) urbanization and consumerism

Answer 27

a) pluralism and assimilation

Question 28

According to the text’s consideration of future trends in Canadian society, how can we expect the country’s population to continue to be stratified?

a) along ethnic lines
b) along racial lines
c) along gender lines
d) along age lines

Answer 28

b) along racial lines

Question 29

Which term refers to the spatial and institutional separation of categories of people by race or ethnicity?

a) societal prejudice
b) primordialist practice
c) assimilation
d) segregation

Answer 29

d) segregation