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