Quiz Chapter 6 & 7

Question 1

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There is no biological basis for race. Rather, race is based upon flawed classifications and social ideologies.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

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The desire of an ethnic community to create and/or maintain a nation-state is known as nationalism.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

What percentage of DNA do all humans share in common?

Answer 3

99.9%

Question 4

________ considers the point at which racism, class, and other components of one’s identity influence social outcomes.

Answer 4

Intersectionality

Question 5

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All people of fair skin tone have always been categorized as white.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

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Ethnic groups are well-defined, thus making them ideal for anthropological exploration.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

The process by which immigrants enculturate into the dominant national culture while retaining one’s ethnic culture is known as

Answer 7

multiculturalism

Question 8

The process of categorizing, differentiating, and attributing a particular racial character to a person or group of people is known as

Answer 8

racialization

Question 9

The process by which minorities adopt the dominant culture and eventually cease to be “other” is known as

Answer 9

assimilation

Question 10

America’s first Thanksgiving is an example of what concept?

Answer 10

origin myth

Question 11

Laws implemented to legally enforce racial segregation in the American South after the Civil War were known as

Answer 11

Jim Crows laws

Question 12

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Less than 0.1 percent of our genetic code shapes visible characteristics associated with race

Answer 12

True

Question 13

President Barack Obama has a white mother from Kansas and a black father from Kenya. Despite this, his race is commonly described as African American, or black. This is most closely an example of which term?

Answer 13

hypodescent

Question 14

The practice by which a nation-state extends political, economic, and military power beyond its own borders over an extended period of time to secure resources and labor is called

Answer 14

colonialism

Question 15

________ is a culturally constructed concept originating in 1691 Virginia at the center of U.S. racial stratification.

Answer 15

Whiteness

Question 16

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Situational negotiation of identity refers to one’s ability to self-identify with different groups based upon social location.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Early European settlers to North America believed themselves to be intellectually superior to Native Americans, and thus destined to rule them. This is an example of

Answer 17

racial ideology

Question 18

The deliberate and systematic destruction of an ethnic or religious group is known as

Answer 18

genocide

Question 19

A shared language, religion, or cultural practice that separates ethnic groups is an example of

Answer 19

ethnic boundary marker.

Question 20

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The “invisible knapsack” refers to a set of unearned advantages that “white” people retain in contemporary society.

Answer 20

True