RACE AND SPORTS CHAPTER 8
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
/. In the context of race and ethnicity, sports are _____. - Answer-✅cultural sites where
people formulate or change ideas and beliefs about skin color and ethnic heritage
/.Race exists only when _____. - Answer-✅people classify all human beings on the
basis of genetically based physical traits passed from one generation to the next
/._____ refers to a cultural heritage that people use to identify a particular population. -
Answer-✅Ethnicity
/.In sociological terms a(n) _____ is a socially identified population that suffers
disadvantages due to systematic discrimination and has a strong sense of social
togetherness based on shared experiences of past and current discrimination. -
Answer-✅minority
/.Race is based on - Answer-✅a classification of physical traits
/.Ethnicity is based on - Answer-✅the existence of a shared culture
/.The uniquely American "one-drop rule" was based on _____. - Answer-✅a social
agreement among white men
/.Which of the following is true of the one-drop rule? - Answer-✅it creates social and
identity confusion
/.Identify the beliefs supported by racial ideology in extreme cases (check all that apply)
- Answer-✅✓ People in certain populations are childlike beings in need of external
control
✓ People in certain populations are subhuman beings that can be exploited without guilt
✓ People in certain populations are forms of property that can be bought and sold
✓ People in certain populations are evil beings that should be exterminated through
genocide (the systematic destruction of an identifiable population)
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
/. In the context of race and ethnicity, sports are _____. - Answer-✅cultural sites where
people formulate or change ideas and beliefs about skin color and ethnic heritage
/.Race exists only when _____. - Answer-✅people classify all human beings on the
basis of genetically based physical traits passed from one generation to the next
/._____ refers to a cultural heritage that people use to identify a particular population. -
Answer-✅Ethnicity
/.In sociological terms a(n) _____ is a socially identified population that suffers
disadvantages due to systematic discrimination and has a strong sense of social
togetherness based on shared experiences of past and current discrimination. -
Answer-✅minority
/.Race is based on - Answer-✅a classification of physical traits
/.Ethnicity is based on - Answer-✅the existence of a shared culture
/.The uniquely American "one-drop rule" was based on _____. - Answer-✅a social
agreement among white men
/.Which of the following is true of the one-drop rule? - Answer-✅it creates social and
identity confusion
/.Identify the beliefs supported by racial ideology in extreme cases (check all that apply)
- Answer-✅✓ People in certain populations are childlike beings in need of external
control
✓ People in certain populations are subhuman beings that can be exploited without guilt
✓ People in certain populations are forms of property that can be bought and sold
✓ People in certain populations are evil beings that should be exterminated through
genocide (the systematic destruction of an identifiable population)
