Explain About Cultural Assimilation Of Native Americans Flashcards

. An example of forced assimilation a century ago was the government policy of:

· Opposing all forms of discrimination

· Limiting immigration

· Allowing black and white children to attend different schools

· Taking American Indian children from the families and putting them in schools to learn English

. Which of the following concepts refers to a rigid and irrational generalization about an entire category of people?

· Scapegoating

· Racism

· Prejudice

· Discrimination

3. Native Americans gained the right to US citizenship in:

· 1865

· 1924

· 1965

· 1990

4. Recent research on social distance among US college students shows that:

· There is a trend toward greater acceptance of minorities

· People see less difference among various minorities

· The 9/11 attacks may have increased prejudice towards Arabs and Muslims

· All of the above

6. Douglas Massey and Nancy Denton studied racial segregation in U.S. cities and documented which of the following patterns?

· Hypersegregation

· De facto segregation

· De jure segregation

· Declining segregation

7. What share of the richest people in the United States gained their fortunes mostly from inheritance?

· 1/100

· 1/10

· 1/3

· 9/10

The “feminization of poverty” refers to a trend in the US, by which:

· More and more women are becoming poor

· Women have fewer economic opportunities

· A larger share of the poor are now women

· Fewer women are working for income

9. Most estimates suggest that about __________ people in the United States are homeless for some time during a given year.

· 100,000

· 250,000

· 1 million

· 3 million

10. As of 2006 in the United States, about what share of adults over the age of twenty-five were college graduates?

· 8%

· 28%

· 48%

· 68%

11. In which of the following regions is the poverty rate highest?

· Suburbs

· Central cities

· Rural areas

· All have the same poverty rate

12. In 2006, about what share of the heads of poor households in the United States worked full-time for the entire year and yet were below the poverty line?

· 1%

· 18%

· 38%

· 58%

13. According to class-society theory, modern individuals face the major problem of:

· Anomie

· Powerlessness

· Find a “true-self”

· All of the above

14. Peter Berger describes modernization as ALL BUT WHICH of the following?

· Spread of many small, traditional communities

· The expansion of personal choice

· Increasing social diversity

· A future orientation and growing awareness of time

15. Resource mobilization theory states that social movements will involve people who:

· Feel adrift in society

· Have sufficient resources to launch and sustain them

· Feel they lack things that others appear to have

· Mobilize around cultural symbols

16. The concept "cultural lag" refers to the fact that:

· Time often seems to stand still

· Material culture usually changes faster than nonmaterial culture

· Some societies do not change as fast as others

· Most change involves returning to earlier patterns

. In the opinion of Herbert Marcuse, science:

· Is the key to modern societies being rich

· Is not new to modern societies, having existed for centuries

· Causes more problems than it solves

· Is only one dimension of “rationality”

. Most gender-related violence occurs:

· In the work place

· in the home

· In public places

· On college campuses

. Which of the following statements about women in the U.S. labor force is correct?

· Women now own more than 6.5 million US businesses, 28 percent of the total

· Women are excluded from most “pink-collar” work

· Women are now most of the country’s college faculty

· Women are now a majority of corporate executives

. Which of the following concepts refers to social organization in which males dominate females?

· Patriarchy

· Matriarchy

· Monarchy

· Gerontoarchy

22. Which factor accounts for the largest share of difference in the earnings of working women and men in the United States?

· Difference in education

· Difference in family responsibilities

· Gender discrimination in pay for the same work

· Differences in the type of work men and women do

Looking back over U.S. history, we see a general trend by which women:

· Have gained both power and economic opportunities

· Have made few if any strides towards equality with men

· Are steadily losing ground and becoming less equal with men

· Have kept their position of dominance over men

24. Which of the following concepts refers to attitudes and activities that a society links to people of each sex?

· Primary sex characteristics

· Sexual orientation

· Gender roles

· Secondary sex characteristics

25. The text explains that slaver:

· No longer exists

· Is found today in a number of low-income nations in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa

· Is found in every country of the world

· All of the above

26. The concept "colonialism" refers to the process by which:

· rich nations share advanced technology with poor countries.

· some nations enrich themselves through political and economic control of other nation

· poor nations rebel against control by other poor nations.

· immigration helps to spark economic development.

27. Which of the following statements is an example of "neocolonialism?"

· a country gains new colonies to replace older ones

· a country grants independence to a former colony

· multinational corporations dominate the economy of a poor country

· large companies operate in many countries at one time

28. According to dependency theory, poor countries have become dependent on rich nations because:

· they sell raw materials for low prices to rich nations

· rich countries bring tourism dollars to poor countries

· rich nations buy manufactured goods from poor countries

· all of the above

29. Dependency theory claims that poor nations:

· are responsible for their own poverty

· were “underdeveloped” by colonialism

· suffer from traditional culture

· suffer from a “technology gap”

30. In 2008, any one the richest three people in the world had more wealth than the world's:

· 47 biggest banks

· 47 largest corporations

· 47 poorest countries

· None of the above