AnswersSHS Sociology - 2021Race, Ethnicity, and the Social Structure

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Which act helped the American Indians in keeping their burial land protected?a.Civil Rights Movementc.Chinese Exclusion Actb.McCarren-Walter Actd.Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

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In the 1900s, Asian immigrants mainly settled in the Southwest, while Hispanics settled along the east coast.

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In a society in which groups interact closely on a basis of equality, there tend to bea.high levels of prejudice.b.vast differences in power held by the various groups.c.low levels of prejudice.d.high levels of discrimination.

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There are no biologically pure races.

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African Americans were confined to U.S. relocation camps during World War II.

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All of the following are physical characteristics used to determine race excepta.skin color.c.hair texture.b.eye color.d.body structure.

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During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, immigrants from predominantly Catholic countries faced open discrimination at the hands of the American-born white Protestant majority.

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All of the following acts have had an impact on Asian Americans except thea.Chinese Exclusion Act.c.Immigration Act of 1924.b.Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.d.McCarren-Walter Act.

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The most common patterns of minority treatment include assimilation, segregation, subjugation, and legal protection.

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Immigrants have greatly affected many aspects of American culture, including food.

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All of the following are sources of prejudice and discrimination EXCEPT: a.the social environment c.subjugation b.personality influences d.competition for resources

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What is genocide?a.the extermination of an entire racec.owning an entire raceb.moving a race to another territoryd.the same as assimilation

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Please select the word from the list that best fits the definition

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ethnicity
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de jure segregation
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Ethnicity and race are two words that mean the same thing.

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South Africa practiced subjugation.

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Cultural pluralism allows each minority group to keep its cultural identity.

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The apartheid system in South Africa was an example of legal discrimination.

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The confinement of Japanese Americans to relocation camps during World War II is an example ofa.population transfer.c.assimilation.b.subjugation.d.cultural pluralism.

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The Civil Rights movements of the 1950s and 1960s did not do much to help African-Americans.

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The Hispanic population only includes immigrants from Mexico.

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