Society The Basics 6th Canadian Edition By John J. Macionis – Test Bank

Overview

Chapter 11:
Race and Ethnicity

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Race refers to ________ considered important by a society.
A) cultural traits
B) biological traits
C) differences
D) micro-level traits
E) macro-level traits

QuestionID: 11-1-01
Page-Reference: 344
Topic: The Social Meaning of Race and Ethnicity
Skill: conceptual

Answer: B) biological traits

2. What is the term for a socially constructed category composed of people who share biologically transmitted traits that members of a society consider important?
A) minority
B) race
C) ethnicity
D) stereotype
E) peer group

QuestionID: 11-1-02
Page-Reference: 344
Topic: The Social Meaning of Race and Ethnicity
Skill: factual

Answer: B) race

3. Which of the following is true regarding race?
A) Few people think of race in terms of biological traits.
B) Migration has had little impact on the variety of racial traits found today.
C) Race is a socially constructed concept.
D) In any society, definitions and meanings concerning race are stable over time.
E) People in Canada “see” more racial categories than do people in Brazil.

QuestionID: 11-1-03
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Topic: The Social Meaning of Race and Ethnicity
Skill: conceptual

Answer: C) Race is a socially constructed concept.

4. Which of the following is true about race?
A) Racial traits have a great deal to do with being human.
B) Race and geography are interrelated.
C) Some societies have no genetics mixtures.
D) Sociologists accept the categories “Caucasian,” “Negroid,” and “Mongoloid.”
E) All individuals can be classified into racially distinct categories.

QuestionID: 11-1-04
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Topic: The Social Meaning of Race and Ethnicity
Skill: conceptual

Answer: B) Race and geography are interrelated.

5. Which of the following is a reason that sociologists consider the “scientific” racial types of Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and Negroid to be misleading and even harmful?
A) All societies contain biologically “pure” people.
B) The “purer” racial types are physically inferior to those who are “mixed.”
C) The skin colour of “white” people is similar.
D) Some “Black” people actually have darker skin than many “white” people.
E) The population is genetically homogenous.

QuestionID: 11-1-05
Page-Reference: 346
Topic: The Social Meaning of Race and Ethnicity
Skill: conceptual

Answer: B) The “purer” racial types are physically inferior to those who are “mixed.”

6. Why do people construct racial categories?
A) It allows countries to keep track of what types of people are living in the country.
B) People should know who their ancestors are.
C) The categories allow societies to rank people in a hierarchy.
D) The categories allow the government to determine who needs the most resources.
E) The categories allow for more equality.

QuestionID: 11-1-06
Page-Reference: 346
Topic: The Social Meaning of Race and Ethnicity
Skill: conceptual

Answer: C) The categories allow societies to rank people in a hierarchy.

7. What is the difference between race and ethnicity?
A) Ethnicity involves biology, but race does not.
B) Race refers to the sharing of common parentage, generations removed.
C) Ethnicity involves culture.
D) Race and ethnicity are interchangeable terms.
E) Race is a mixture of cultures.

QuestionID: 11-1-07
Page-Reference: 346
Topic: The Social Meaning of Race and Ethnicity
Skill: conceptual

Answer: C) Ethnicity involves culture.

8. Ethnicity refers to:
A) biological traits.
B) cultural traits.
C) what we have in common.
D) micro-level traits.
E) macro-level traits.

QuestionID: 11-1-08
Page-Reference: 346
Topic: The Social Meaning of Race and Ethnicity
Skill: conceptual

Answer: B) cultural traits.

9. The term for a shared cultural heritage is:
A) minority.
B) race.
C) ethnicity.
D) cultural universal.
E) identification group.

QuestionID: 11-1-09
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Topic: The Social Meaning of Race and Ethnicity
Skill: factual

Answer: C) ethnicity.

10. A family leaves Sweden and takes up residence in Canada, where they gradually become less “Swedish.” They have thus changed their:
A) race.
B) ethnicity.
C) minority status.
D) religion.
E) nationality.

QuestionID: 11-1-10
Page-Reference: 347
Topic: The Social Meaning of Race and Ethnicity
Skill: applied

Answer: B) ethnicity.