Socl 2001 Exam 3 UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Racial groups - CORRECT ANSWER groupings based on social significant physical
characteristics and beliefs about common ancestry
Ethnic groups - CORRECT ANSWER groupings based on common geographic origin and
distinctive cultural characteristics
Ethnic group - CORRECT ANSWER what kind of group are hispanics?
Cajuns, vietnemese, italians - CORRECT ANSWER different ethnic groups
Social constructions of race (history, culture, politics, economics) - CORRECT ANSWER what
plays a major role in shaping the meaning of race?
These categorizations have profound social significance.
One drop of black blood means you are black - CORRECT ANSWER one drop rule?
Ascribed........master - CORRECT ANSWER race and ethnicity are both ___________ statuses.
They are often ______ statuses also
Race and ethnicity - CORRECT ANSWER what Can have profound impacts on life chances
AND
Reflect differences in group power and other dimensions of social inequality
Have changed over time - CORRECT ANSWER Racial/ ethic definitions used by census...
1920 - CORRECT ANSWER last time mulatto appeared?
, 1970 - CORRECT ANSWER when was hispanic added?
2000 - CORRECT ANSWER when was option to claim multiracial identity added?
Ethnicity- NOT RACE - CORRECT ANSWER what group do hispanic, spanish, and latino fall
into?
Races include: white, black, native american, asian - CORRECT ANSWER races include....
Many think of themselves as mestizo which is not an option - CORRECT ANSWER why cant
mexicans fill out census correctly?
White americans - CORRECT ANSWER Refers to people with origins in Europe, Middle East,
or North Africa
Traditionally the racial/ ethnic majority group in the US (numerically and socially)
African americans - CORRECT ANSWER Largest racial/ ethnic minority group in the US
Contemporary inequality rooted in the historical legacy of slavery, Jim crow. And other forms of
discrimination
The south and northeast...not common in northwest - CORRECT ANSWER where are african
americans mostly located in US
Native americans - CORRECT ANSWER - Represent a diverse array of tribal cultures
-Historical legacy of forced migration and the reservation system
- mostly in northwest
The national population is shrinking but more people are claimng native american identity -
CORRECT ANSWER whats happening to native american pop?
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Racial groups - CORRECT ANSWER groupings based on social significant physical
characteristics and beliefs about common ancestry
Ethnic groups - CORRECT ANSWER groupings based on common geographic origin and
distinctive cultural characteristics
Ethnic group - CORRECT ANSWER what kind of group are hispanics?
Cajuns, vietnemese, italians - CORRECT ANSWER different ethnic groups
Social constructions of race (history, culture, politics, economics) - CORRECT ANSWER what
plays a major role in shaping the meaning of race?
These categorizations have profound social significance.
One drop of black blood means you are black - CORRECT ANSWER one drop rule?
Ascribed........master - CORRECT ANSWER race and ethnicity are both ___________ statuses.
They are often ______ statuses also
Race and ethnicity - CORRECT ANSWER what Can have profound impacts on life chances
AND
Reflect differences in group power and other dimensions of social inequality
Have changed over time - CORRECT ANSWER Racial/ ethic definitions used by census...
1920 - CORRECT ANSWER last time mulatto appeared?
, 1970 - CORRECT ANSWER when was hispanic added?
2000 - CORRECT ANSWER when was option to claim multiracial identity added?
Ethnicity- NOT RACE - CORRECT ANSWER what group do hispanic, spanish, and latino fall
into?
Races include: white, black, native american, asian - CORRECT ANSWER races include....
Many think of themselves as mestizo which is not an option - CORRECT ANSWER why cant
mexicans fill out census correctly?
White americans - CORRECT ANSWER Refers to people with origins in Europe, Middle East,
or North Africa
Traditionally the racial/ ethnic majority group in the US (numerically and socially)
African americans - CORRECT ANSWER Largest racial/ ethnic minority group in the US
Contemporary inequality rooted in the historical legacy of slavery, Jim crow. And other forms of
discrimination
The south and northeast...not common in northwest - CORRECT ANSWER where are african
americans mostly located in US
Native americans - CORRECT ANSWER - Represent a diverse array of tribal cultures
-Historical legacy of forced migration and the reservation system
- mostly in northwest
The national population is shrinking but more people are claimng native american identity -
CORRECT ANSWER whats happening to native american pop?
