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1
According to "Ethnic Goes Exurban," the ethnic restaurants formerly found in the District of Columbia are now more likely to be found in:
A)Delaware and New Jersey.
B)Maryland and Virginia.
C)Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
D)New York and Los Angeles.
2
Although the author of "Ethnic Goes Exurban" notes the belief that dining in the Washington area is driven by refugees from political crises around the globe, he disputes this because of the lack of restaurants reflecting refugees from Iraq and:
A)North Korea.
B)Armenia.
C)Indonesia.
D)Somalia.
3
As suggested in "Ethnic Goes Exurban," even Washington's Chinatown is becoming a victim of gentrification.
A)True
B)False
4
According to a sociologist quoted in "It's Blarney Meets Chutzpah, over Red Wine and Green Beer," Purim and St. Patrick's Day are similar in that both:
A)celebrate military victories.
B)always occur on March 17.
C)are dedicated to solemn religious ceremonies.
D)create group solidarity.
5
According to "A Shift in the Income Divide in Queens Puts Blacks Ahead of Whites," the gains among blacks in Queens were driven largely by the growth of two-parent families and the successes of immigrants from:
A)Guyana.
B)the West Indies.
C)Kenya.
D)Nigeria.
6
As cited in Figure 1 in "A Shift in the Income Divide in Queens Puts Blacks Ahead of Whites," the lowest median income in 2005 for households in Queens was among people who are:
A)Black, non-Hispanic.
B)White, non-Hispanic.
C)Asian.
D)Hispanic.
7
As asserted in "A Shift in the Income Divide in Queens Puts Blacks Ahead of Whites," an exception to the findings is found among elderly whites in Queens, who are better off financially than elderly blacks.
A)True
B)False
8
As explored in "'New Brooklyns' Replace White Suburbs," cities such as Anaheim, California, can be considered "new Brooklyns" in that the majority of their residents are now:
A)African American or Jewish.
B)poor, immigrant families.
C)immigrants from Europe.
D)single immigrants rather than families.
9
The label "stealth Brooklyns," as applied in "'New Brooklyns' Replace White Suburbs" to cities with growing immigrant populations, indicates that:
A)these places have an undeservedly poor image to outsiders.
B)most of these cities are located in inaccessible areas.
C)census data are difficult to collect in such locations.
D)many of the residents of these cities are illegal immigrants.
10
As indicated in "'New Brooklyns' Replace White Suburbs," 75 percent of the families of high-school students in the "new Brooklyn" city of Anaheim are eligible to receive welfare.
A)True
B)False
11
As related in "Parishes in Transition," the consolidation of Roman Catholic churches in South Bend, Indiana, raised issues of the parishioners' different:
A)geographical locations.
B)ethnic backgrounds.
C)races.
D)economic positions.
12
African churches, as pointed out in "In New York, Gospel Resounds in African Tongues," at the start serve as:
A)homes away from home for recent immigrants.
B)stepping stones for assimilating into the larger U.S. culture.
C)gaps between traditional polytheism and more modern ideas of monotheism.
D)informational sources for individuals looking to become permanent residents.
13
The most rapid expansion in African churches in the New York region, as explained in "In New York, Gospel Resounds in African Tongues," has been among:
A)Roman Catholic churches.
B)Episcopalian churches.
C)Methodist churches.
D)Pentecostal churches.
14
Over the past 15 years, as described in "In New York, Gospel Resounds in African Tongues," the number of African churches in New York has grown enormously.
A)True
B)False
15
As brought out in "In Brooklyn, An Evolving Ethnicity," the organization formed to represent local Italian-American associations in Brooklyn is the:
A)Federation of Italian-American Organizations.
B)Paesani Social Clubs.
C)Societa Figli di Ragusa.
D)Italia Forever group.
16
As mentioned in "In Brooklyn, An Evolving Ethnicity," recent Italian immigrant Father Tommaseo believes that the key to preserving cultural heritage is:
A)the Roman Catholic Church.
B)art.
C)language.
D)frequent visits to Italy.
17
As noted in "In Brooklyn, An Evolving Ethnicity," membership in clubs of immigrants born in same Italian city, town, or village is dwindling.
A)True
B)False
18
As mentioned in "Melange Cities," cities that have traditionally been more insular communities but are now becoming more diverse include:
A)New York and Los Angeles.
B)London and Paris.
C)Washington, D.C., and Montreal.
D)Seattle and Lisbon.
19
As described in "Melange Cities," Filipino and Hispanic parents in Quebec trekked through the winter streets to see an object found by a Muslim building manager; the object was a:
A)winning lottery ticket.
B)portrait of the Virgin Mary.
C)reindeer.
D)gold statue of a Buddha.
20
According to the author of "Melange Cities," migration is part and parcel of human existence.
A)True
B)False
21
Factors that have led to resurgence of Baltimore's Greektown section, as pointed out in "Greektown's Rise No Myth," include all of the following except:
A)restaurants with a regional following.
B)large numbers of new Greek immigrants.
C)climbing home ownership.
D)St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church.
22
The system of slavery or forced labor that the scholar James Brooks sees as an apt model for understanding slavery in the southwestern United States, as addressed in "The Slave History You Don't Know," is that of:
A)the southeastern United States.
B)the Caribbean.
C)medieval Europe.
D)precolonial Africa.
23
As disclosed in "The Slave History You Don't Know," Spanish colonialists in the New World were ambivalent about the enslavement of Native Americans because:
A)Indians were perceived as being unable to work well under physical duress.
B)Roman Catholic theologians had determined that Indians possessed souls.
C)they were morally opposed to slavery in general.
D)slavery in that region was not as profitable as indentured servitude.
24
When Spanish colonialists arrived in the southwestern United States in the sixteenth century, as posed in "The Slave History You Don't Know," they were surprised to find that the indigenous peoples of the region practiced forms of enslavement.
A)True
B)False
25
The reparations demanded by some African American activists, as explained in "Paying for Jefferson's Sins," should be offered in order to make up for:
A)ongoing discrimination.
B)the end of affirmative action.
C)past slavery.
D)urban poverty and crime.
26
Thomas Jefferson, as described in "Paying for Jefferson's Sins," has become the most notorious example of a slave owner because he:
A)is so often held up as a hero.
B)should have been the last man to ever have held others in bondage.
C)admitted to the evils of slavery.
D)actively encouraged the expansion of the slave trade.
27
An example of Thomas Jefferson's far sightedness, as pointed out in "Paying for Jefferson's Sins," is that he fully appreciated how violent the French Revolution and its aftermath would be, in contrast to the U.S. Revolution.
A)True
B)False
28
As postulated in "How the GOP Conquered the South," the first cracks appeared in the Democratic hold on the South after the 1948 election of:
A)Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
B)Richard M. Nixon.
C)Harry S. Truman.
D)Dwight D. Eisenhower.
29
The author of "How the GOP Conquered the South" points out that the three Democratic presidential victories out of the last 10 presidential elections:
A)belong to candidates who were southerners.
B)occurred because southern votes were split between the Republican and Independent candidates.
C)reflect elections in which southern-voter turnout was less than 50 percent.
D)were against unpopular Republican incumbents.
30
As noted in "How the GOP Conquered the South," the enduring Republican breakthroughs in the South contributed to Richard M. Nixon's 1960 victory in the presidential elections.
A)True
B)False
31
As noted in "Racial Restrictions in the Law of Citizenship," the purpose of the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 was to:
A)limit Chinese participation in U.S. government.
B)cut down the immigration of Chinese laborers.
C)keep any Asians from naturalizing.
D)keep immigrants from entering California.
32
According to "Racial Restrictions in the Law of Citizenship," the racial composition of the United States has been influenced mainly by:
A)the design of U.S. immigration and naturalization laws.
B)world migration patterns.
C)the high birth rate among recent immigrants.
D)deportation laws.
33
As explained in "Racial Restrictions in the Law of Citizenship," none of the people returned to Mexico during the Depression had yet become U.S. citizens.
A)True
B)False
34
As cited in "Ancestry 2000," the single largest ancestry reported by Americans on the census was:
A)Irish.
B)English.
C)German.
D)African American.
35
As given in "Ancestry 2000," the two ancestries most often reported for the 10 largest U.S. cities were:
A)Mexican and African American.
B)English and Puerto Rican.
C)German and Spanish.
D)Irish and Italian.
36
As related in "Ancestry 2000," more than half of all respondents reported at least two ancestries.
A)True
B)False
37
As listed in "Forces That Shape Ethnic Opinions," the survey compared the effect of various factors, including age, gender, income, and education, on all of the following except:
A)pride in ethnic heritage.
B)marriage outside the ethnic group.
C)importance of ethnic heritage.
D)friendships outside ethnic group.
38
As reported in "Forces That Shape Ethnic Opinions" the ethnic groups that were surveyed included:
A)Italian, Hispanic, and Arab.
B)Greek, Native American, and Iraqi.
C)German, Scandinavian, and Vietnamese.
D)Chinese, West Indian, and Nigerian.
39
As cited in "Forces That Shape Ethnic Opinions," the correlation between pride in ethnic heritage and attendance at weekly religious services is most significant among Jewish Americans.
A)True
B)False
40
The top metropolitan destination for new immigrants to the United States, as mentioned in "Zooming in on Diversity," is:
A)Miami.
B)Dallas-Fort Worth.
C)San Francisco.
D)New York City.
41
According to "Zooming in on Diversity," the only top "magnet metro area" for immigrants that is also a top destination for domestic migrants is:
A)New York City.
B)Atlanta.
C)Dallas.
D)Los Angeles.
42
Already, as noted in "Zooming in on Diversity," there are several U.S. states that have nonwhite majorities.
A)True
B)False
43
As stated in "Intermarriage in the Second Generation," most interracial couples consist of a:
A)black spouse with a white or Asian spouse.
B)Asian spouse with a white or Hispanic spouse.
C)Hispanic spouse with a white, black, or Asian spouse.
D)white spouse with an Asian, Hispanic, or black spouse.
44
As noted in "Intermarriage in the Second Generation," less than one percent of marriages were interracial in 1970, just a few years after:
A)immigration laws in the United States were relaxed.
B)the census began tracking the ethnicity of respondents.
C)the U.S. Supreme Court struck down all anti-miscegenation laws.
D)the country began to see an influx of Vietnam War brides.
45
As maintained in "Intermarriage in the Second Generation," many second-generation Americans are married to second-generation partners because the second generation is relatively large in size.
A)True
B)False
46
The immigrant-directed newspaper Haitian Times, as described in "New Americans Fresh Off the Presses," is atypical of immigrant publications because the man serving as editor and publisher has experience in professional journalism and the paper:
A)does not report on news from home.
B)is published in English.
C)is distributed for free.
D)accepts no advertising.
47
In large markets such as New York and Los Angeles, as put forth in "New Americans Fresh Off the Presses," television stations that are among the most watched are those that are broadcast in:
A)Chinese.
B)Yiddish.
C)Hindi.
D)Spanish.
48
The Haitian Times, as explained in "New Americans Fresh Off the Presses," fills a common gap for immigrant residents by publishing stories about Haitians in the United States as well as news from Haiti.
A)True
B)False
49
As explained in "The Diversity Visa Lottery--A Cycle of Unintended Consequences in United States Immigration Policy," the legislation establishing a diversity visa lottery system:
A)had no appeal to Irish would-be immigrants.
B)excluded would-be immigrants from European Union countries.
C)was crafted to attract immigrants from former Communist countries.
D)ultimately benefited unexpected groups.
50
According to "The Diversity Visa Lottery--A Cycle of Unintended Consequences in United States Immigration Policy," the first incarnation of the diversity visa lottery came in the:
A)Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986.
B)Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996.
C)Immigration Act of 1990.
D)Immigration Act of 1965.
51
The author of "The Diversity Visa Lottery--A Cycle of Unintended Consequences in United States Immigration Policy" claims that the diversity visa lottery contradicts the philosophy of American immigration admissions.
A)True
B)False
52
As presented in "Immigration and America's Future," the most dramatic manifestation of the breakdown of America's immigration system is the:
A)serious lack of skilled workers immigrating to the United States.
B)large percentage of immigration that is illegal.
C)country's inability to screen for possible terrorists among immigrants.
D)huge backlog of visa and "green" card applications.
53
As stated in "Immigration and America's Future," the primary engines of immigration are employment and:
A)political asylum.
B)religious freedom.
C)family unification.
D)education.
54
According to "Immigration and America's Future," in the 1990s, half of the growth in the U.S. labor force came from immigrants.
A)True
B)False
55
As related in "More Muslims Are Coming to U.S. After a Decline in Wake of 9/11," America's newest Muslims are described as arriving at:
A)Ellis Island.
B)Dulles International Airport.
C)Kennedy International Airport.
D)the port of Los Angeles.
56
As noted in "More Muslims Are Coming to U.S. After a Decline in Wake of 9/11," Nur Fatima, a Pakistani immigrant, symbolically celebrated her new-found freedom in the United States by:
A)displaying an American flag.
B)shedding her hajib (head scarf).
C)changing her name.
D)converting to Christianity.
57
According to "More Muslims Are Coming to U.S. After a Decline in Wake of 9/11," a larger percentage of Muslim immigrants have graduate degrees than other American residents.
A)True
B)False
58
According to "A True Believer in Immigrants," Father Hoyos writes newspaper articles, preaches in stadiums, and has, through his nonprofit organization, funded community centers in:
A)Colombia.
B)Nicaragua.
C)El Salvador.
D)Costa Rica.
59
As noted in "A True Believer in Immigrants," after Hoyos was transferred from his Falls Church parish to Dale City:
A)he was warned by the Vatican to end his support for immigrants.
B)church membership dropped drastically.
C)he was elected to Congress.
D)a Latino home-buying boom occurred nearby.
60
As portrayed in "A True Believer in Immigrants," Hoyos himself was an illegal immigrant who eventually became a U.S. citizen.
A)True
B)False
61
The author of "The Hotel Africa" notes that he dreads phone calls from Africa because:
A)they usually means someone is sick or has died.
B)they are so expensive.
C)the time difference means they come in the middle of the night.
D)they are usually requests for money.
62
The hotel referred to in the title of "The Hotel Africa" is one being renovated by the author's friend in his native:
A)Senegal.
B)Cameroon.
C)Kenya.
D)Nigeria.
63
As pointed out in "The Hotel Africa," during George W. Bush's first presidential campaign, he compared Africa to Mexico, as if both were countries.
A)True
B)False
64
As mentioned in "Who Is a Native American?" when considering Native-American entrepreneurs, many think only of:
A)crafts.
B)gaming.
C)farming.
D)hunting equipment.
65
As illustrated by Table 1 in "Who Is a Native American?" the state with the largest population of Native American people is:
A)California.
B)Oklahoma.
C)Texas.
D)New Mexico.
66
As disclosed in "Who Is a Native American?" Thomas Hicks worked for 20 years at Ford, keeping his Native-American heritage a secret for most of his career.
A)True
B)False
67
Throughout the displays of the new National Museum of the American Indian, as described in "Guiding Spirit," is the message that the objects on display:
A)are important to all Indians.
B)have layers of meaning beyond their aesthetic value.
C)are only a small portion of the items that have spiritual meaning for members of Native tribes.
D)were wrongfully taken from Native American tribes.
68
At the National Museum of the American Indian, as pointed out in "Guiding Spirit," there are several red stone pipes on display in the Lelawi Theater with their bowls disconnected from their stems because many Native people believe they:
A)should not be viewed intact by outsiders.
B)could be dangerous for non-Indians who touched them while they were connected.
C)should only be connected for ceremonies, to release their full power.
D)best illustrate the craftsmanship involved in this way.
69
As noted in "Guiding Spirit," many American Indians believe that an object can carry the energy of the person who once owned it.
A)True
B)False
70
Although one's ethnic group is just one of a number of possible identity sources, as maintained in "Playing Indian at Halftime," it is:
A)often the primary source for many people of minority cultures.
B)at the heart of inequality in U.S. society.
C)an easy label for outsiders to apply.
D)an aspect of one's identity that cannot be escaped.
71
Many school officials, as presented in "Playing Indian at Halftime," argue that their school's use of Indian symbols or mascots is inoffensive because they:
A)are merely honoring Native Americans.
B)are only following school tradition.
C)incorporate sensitive teaching practices.
D)do not educate a significant population of Native American students.
72
Teachers and school administrators who work from a monocultural framework may hinder the academic success and personal development of many of their students, even if this outcome is unintentional, according to "Playing Indian at Halftime."
A)True
B)False
73
As reported in "Who Is an African American? Robert Allen of the University of California, Berkeley contends that race is a:
A)biological category.
B)historical artifact.
C)political category.
D)legalism.
74
According to "Who Is an African American?" the civil-rights movement largely was organized and led by the:
A)Democratic Party.
B)African American church.
C)League of Women Voters.
D)academic establishment.
75
As stated in "Who Is an African American?" the most comprehensive civil-rights legislation to date came during the Kennedy Administration.
A)True
B)False
76
As reported in "Cracking the Genomics Code," Dr. Bruce Jackson of the University of Massachusetts:
A)does not believe DNA science is useful for ancestry research.
B)focuses on DNA research as the exclusive factor in his disease research.
C)created the world's first forensics DNA-science degree program.
D)is pessimistic about what DNA research can accomplish.
77
As noted in "Cracking the Genomics Code," Dr. Charles E. Crutchfield III's field of practice is:
A)microbiology.
B)oncology.
C)hematology.
D)dermatology.
78
As pointed out in "Cracking the Genomics Code," Dr. Georgia Dunston's studies of variations within the genome suggest the interrelatedness of all life.
A)True
B)False
79
As reported in "Why I Gave Up on Hip-Hop," the author turned away from rap/hip-hop music because the music:
A)went mainstream.
B)became political.
C)became misogynistic and vapidly materialistic.
D)all began to sound alike.
80
As noted in "Why I Gave Up on Hip-Hop," among the musicians the author currently listens to and enjoys are:
A)50 cent.
B)Snoop Doggy Dog.
C)Diddy.
D)LL Cool J.
81
As pointed out in "Why I Gave Up on Hip-Hop," a higher percentage of rap/hip-hop listeners are black than white.
A)True
B)False
82
As noted in "The GOP's Brownout," the immigration bill that passed the U.S. House in December 2005:
A)was strongly opposed by Rep. Tom Tancredo and other conservative Republicans.
B)heightened the anxiety of undocumented residents.
C)included measures to provide a legal path to citizenship.
D)reflected President Bush's vision for immigration down the line.
83
As observed in "The GOP's Brownout," the percentage of state voters who are Hispanic is highest in:
A)New Mexico.
B)Florida.
C)Nevada.
D)Colorado.
84
As pointed out in "The GOP's Brownout," George Bush's percentage of the Latino vote declined from 2000 to 2004.
A)True
B)False
85
As noted in "Inventing Hispanics," rather than defining themselves as a singular minority group, the majority of Hispanics view themselves as:
A)Native Americans.
B)Octogenarians.
C)Spanish.
D)Americans.
86
As suggested in "Inventing Hispanics," during the 2000 Census a majority of Hispanics chose not to identify their racial affiliation by checking the category marked:
A)"Independent."
B)"Undefined."
C)"Some other race."
D)"Other."
87
As explained in "Inventing Hispanics," Hispanics have become the largest U.S. minority group, surpassing African Americans in numbers.
A)True
B)False
88
As recounted in "The Changing Face of Arlanadria," city planners in Alexandria, Virginia, want to revitalize the Arlandia neighborhood by:
A)limiting additional Hispanic businesses.
B)creating a Latino version of the bustling Chinatowns in Los Angeles and New York.
C)establishing a tax-free enterprise zone.
D)allowing only American citizens to live there.
89
In comparing Mexicans to other groups who have come to New York since 1990, the author of "15 Years on the Bottom Rung" notes that:
A)Mexicans' experience compares unfavorably to both other groups in all areas studied.
B)Mexicans have higher levels of education than Dominicans.
C)more Mexicans than Chinese have proficiency in English.
D)Mexicans are less likely than others to live in overcrowded quarters.
90
As reported in "15 Years on the Bottom Rung," Samuel P. Huntington of Harvard contends that:
A)immigrants do not assimilate into American culture.
B)mixed loyalties are of no importance in Mexican immigrant assimilation.
C)the separate culture of Mexican immigrants is a developing threat to the United States.
D)Mexicans will eventually assimilate successfully in the United States.
91
As maintained in "15 Years on the Bottom Rung," Mexicans immigrants living in the United States are generally no better off than they would have been had they stayed in Mexico.
A)True
B)False
92
As reported in "To Be Asian in America," for aspirational Asian Americans, the method to achieve the priority of social mobility is often seen to be:
A)rejection of Asian culture.
B)accumulation of wealth.
C)education.
D)group cohesiveness.
93
As pointed out in "To Be Asian in America," the group of Asian Americans with the highest percentage of college degrees is:
A)Asian Indians.
B)Chinese Americans.
C)Filipino Americans.
D)Vietnamese Americans.
94
As stated in "To Be Asian in America," in the 2000 Census, per capita income for Asian Americans was lower than for the overall population.
A)True
B)False
95
As reported in "Lands of Opportunity: Chinese Immigration," Mialian Li's experience of the Cultural Revolution in China included that it:
A)caused her to have a lifelong hatred of the Communist Party.
B)involved the execution of her father by the government.
C)convinced her that all governments are despotic.
D)denied her an education.
96
As identified in "Lands of Opportunity: Chinese Immigration," the biggest obstacle for the Luo family is:
A)lack of a Chinese community.
B)poverty.
C)lack of viable work experience.
D)inability to understand English.
97
As noted in "Lands of Opportunity: Chinese Immigration," the number of foreign-born Chinese living in the United States has more than doubled since 1980.
A)True
B)False
98
As reported in "Incarceration, Redress, Reconsiderations," the official justification for the imprisonment of Japanese-Americans during World War II was:
A)public security.
B)their own protection.
C)military necessity.
D)suspicion of espionage.
99
As stated in "Incarceration, Redress, Reconsiderations," Lillian Baker argues in a number of publications that:
A)incarceration of Japanese-Americans did not really occur.
B)Japanese-Americans were free to leave the camps.
C)only the Japanese-Americans were interned.
D)the Japanese-Americans presented a unique security threat.
100
As noted in "Incarceration, Redress, Reconsiderations," during World War II there was widespread public indignation about the imprisonment of Japanese-Americans.
A)True
B)False
101
As identified in "Thirty Years Later," one of the major differences between Vietnamese immigrants and other, more-recent immigrant communities is that the Vietnamese:
A)do not have well-developed communities.
B)were originally refugees from a divisive war.
C)shy away from urban areas.
D)generally had relatives in the United States when they first arrived.
102
As pointed out in "Thirty Years Later," the method most Vietnamese used to leave the temporary refugee camps was:
A)resettlement to a third country.
B)repatriation to Vietnam.
C)demonstrating proof of being financially self-supporting.
D)finding a sponsor.
103
As stated in "Thirty Years Later," Vietnamese immigrants have enjoyed a more tolerant social climate in the United States compared to immigrants in other periods of American history.
A)True
B)False
104
As related in "Our Lady of La Vang Parish Turns 25," in addition to religious activities, the parish community:
A)has an active political arm.
B)keeps the Vietnamese culture alive.
C)sponsors Vietnamese ownership of businesses.
D)trains church members to become American citizens.
105
Evidence reported in "Miracle" suggests that the results of the election of Pope John Paul II for American Polonia included:
A)major moves to develop new initiatives in the Polish American community.
B)more serious devotional life in many parishes.
C)widespread, serious self-assessment.
D)increase in anti-Polish humor.
106
As noted in "Miracle," Cleveland activist Ben Stefanski said the election of a Polish pope was:
A)justice delayed.
B)a mistake.
C)inevitable.
D)staggering to the mind.
107
As stated in "Miracle," Polish Americans were not pleased with the press coverage they received when Pope John Paul II was elected.
A)True
B)False
108
As identified in "Our Polish American Self Image: Responding to Its Detractors," all of the following are Polish Americans who have risen to fame in American political life except:
A)Barbara Mikulski.
B)Frank Murkowski.
C)Casimir Pulaski.
D)Zbigniew Brzezinski.
109
As noted in "Our Polish American Self Image: Responding to Its Detractors," the social movement that Poles have been most closely associated with is:
A)Solidarity.
B)Glasnost.
C)Perestroyka.
D)Prague Spring.
110
As claimed in "Our Polish American Self Image: Responding to Its Detractors," knowledge of Polish heritage and culture is not an especially visible part of the American scene.
A)True
B)False
111
As brought out in "'Bursting with Pride' in Little Italy," Nancy Pelosi:
A)now rarely returns to Baltimore's Little Italy.
B)experienced discrimination growing up because of her Italian heritage.
C)had a family with strong record of political involvement.
D)has Baltimore's Little Italy within her congressional district.
112
Politically, large majorities of African Americans, Hispanics and American Jews are, as concluded in "Where We Stand on Issues":
A)Democrats.
B)Republicans.
C)independents.
D)not registered to vote.
113
According to "Where We Stand on Issues," neither party affiliation nor stated political philosophy are enough to:
A)win elections.
B)consider key issues as important.
C)predict how individuals from various ethnic communities will define their stances on certain issues.
D)determine long-range outcomes.
114
As pointed out in "Where We Stand on Issues," Jewish Americans are the most pro-choice group.
A)True
B)False
115
Some individuals, as put forth in "American Jewish History," objected to the proposed celebration of the 350th anniversary of Jewish life in the United States as unseemly in light of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and:
A)the fact that the country is at war.
B)ongoing violence in Israel.
C)efforts to suppress nationalistic sentiments.
D)current debates over the role of religion in public life.
116
Until recently, as explained in "American Jewish History," scholarly books dealing with Jewish life in the United States focused on all of the following except:
A)legitimating their presence in the United States.
B)the plight of Holocaust survivors.
C)displaying their patriotism.
D)undermining prejudice against them.
117
Most of the Jews now residing in the United States, as cited in "American Jewish History," are descendants of immigrants from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
A)True
B)False
118
As described in "Young U.S. Muslims Strive for Harmony," the Muslim American Project:
A)is supported by almost all Muslims.
B)contends that supporting the U.S. government hurts Muslims.
C)advocates enforcement of Sharia law.
D)encourages American Muslims to participate in politics.
119
As reported in "Young U.S. Muslims Strive for Harmony," Imam Magid contends that extremism in Britain is because:
A)people have the wrong idea about what religion is.
B)Muslims are badly treated there.
C)Muslims cannot peacefully coexist as a minority in a non-Muslim country.
D)Britain is not a Muslim country.
120
As noted in "Young U.S. Muslims Strive for Harmony," Basim Hawa contends that the best way to build a thriving Islamic community in the United States is for Muslims to isolate themselves within familiar groups.
A)True
B)False
121
As stated in "For 'Borat' Audience, First Come the Gasps, Then the Laughs," political correctness:
A)can mask the social dysfunction and ignorance that lead to racial and ethnic stereotypes.
B)has no use and should be eliminated.
C)has been adopted by minorities but not mainstream America.
D)is a handicap.
122
As reported in "The Trouble with Tolerance," among the points identified as conventional wisdom in Wendy Brown's Regulating Aversion: Tolerance in the Age of Identity and Empire is the idea that:
A)the faults of men and women are always remedial.
B)tolerance is not inherently benign.
C)tolerance is an appropriate balm for soothing conflicts.
D)no differences between people should be considered intractable.
123
As noted in "The Trouble with Tolerance," a basic teaching from thinkers such as John Locke and Immanuel Kant is that the highest morality is:
A)adherence to truth.
B)action in the face of injustice.
C)orthodoxy.
D)tolerance of opposing views.
124
As observed in "The Trouble with Tolerance," guardians of Enlightenment liberalism contend that there are no views that cannot be tolerated.
A)True
B)False
125
In teaching a class on genocide, as described in "American Self-Interest and the Response to Genocide," the author most often encounters the question of:
A)whether genocide might be some by-product of modernity.
B)what role religion plays in genocide.
C)why the United States and other nations have not done more to prevent it.
D)why the victims were unable to fight back.
126
Soon after belatedly ratifying the UN Genocide Convention in 1988, as reported in "American Self-Interest and the Response to Genocide," and in spite of knowing about a recent incidence of genocide within that country, the United States offered support to the leader of:
A)Turkey.
B)Iraq.
C)Congo.
D)Sudan.
127
Despite numerous instances, as maintained in "American Self-Interest and the Response to Genocide," there have actually been far fewer victims of genocide in the twentieth century compared to the nineteenth.
A)True
B)False
128
As detailed in "Ethnic, Religious Fissures Deepen in Iraqi Society," disputes center on all of the following issues except:
A)land.
B)jobs.
C)political power.
D)the status of women.
129
As brought out in "Ethnic, Religious Fissures Deepen in Iraqi Society," the two dominant ethnic groups in Iraq are the:
A)Sunni Muslims and Kurds.
B)Kurds and Arabs.
C)Shiites and Sunnis.
D)Baathists and Arabs.
130
As related in "Ethnic, Religious Fissures Deepen in Iraqi Society," the Kurds and Turkmens have worked together closely since the fall of Saddam Hussein.
A)True
B)False
131
The U.S. government's ethnic policy for Iraq, as asserted in "Never Underestimate the Power of Ethnicity in Iraq," appears to have been to:
A)assume that new freedoms would diminish tensions.
B)have no policy at all.
C)allow the dominant ethnic group to take charge.
D)make provisions to ensure that minority groups would be represented in the new government.
132
British colonial governments, as set forth in "Never Underestimate the Power of Ethnicity in Iraq," were highly conscious of ethnic divisions and engaged in all of the following practices regarding these groups except:
A)engaging in divide-and-conquer policies.
B)favoring some minority groups.
C)attacking the rituals minority groups held sacred.
D)actively aggravating ethnic resentments.
133
People in the United States, as maintained in "Never Underestimate the Power of Ethnicity in Iraq," often fail to understand the depth of ethnic tensions in other countries as their own melting-pot experiment has led to mainly successful assimilation.
A)True
B)False
134
Religious discrimination, as defined in "Correlated Conflicts," refers to restrictions on the:
A)economic activities of particular religious groups.
B)political freedoms of particular religious groups.
C)religious practices of members of a religious group.
D)accuracy of information disseminated about a particular religious group.
135
According to "Correlated Conflicts," the MAR data indicates that an ethno-religious minority group rarely engages in violence such as terrorism or civil war unless it:
A)has a desire for self-determination.
B)has additional grievances apart from religious restrictions.
C)fails to attract the attention of outside groups.
D)perceives that the government of the state is particularly vulnerable.
136
All too often, as maintained in "Correlated Conflicts," religion and ethnicity are grouped together in considering sources of conflict.
A)True
B)False
137
According to "The Geometer of Race," the racial classifications of which of the following people remain the most influential to this day?
A)Stephen Jay Gould
B)Carolus Linnaeus
C)Charles Darwin
D)Johann Friedrich Blumenbach
138
As noted in "The Geometer of Race," Carolus Linnaeus characterized four basic human groups according to all of the following except:
A)color.
B)intelligence.
C)humor.
D)posture.
139
As noted in "The Geometer of Race," Blumenbach thought that his switch from the Linnaean four-race system to his own five-race scheme arose only from his improved understanding of nature.
A)True
B)False
140
As reported in "Trading Left Jabs," the single-most influential factor shaping Virginia politics is:
A)the heavily military Tidewater.
B)African Americans in cities.
C)the southwest perimeter of the Greater Washington area.
D)agribusiness in the Shenandoah Valley.
141
In discussing the biography of James Webb, the author of "Trading Left Jabs" notes that he:
A)is a lifelong Democrat.
B)is a graduate of the Air Force Academy.
C)favor's stringent gun control.
D)wrote several novels after the Vietnam War.
142
As stated in "Trading Left Jabs," James Webb contends that affirmative action should not apply to women or Hispanics.
A)True
B)False
143
Among the conclusions reached by the author of "Colorblind to the Reality of Race in America" regarding the current state of society is that:
A)the civil rights movement was an unmitigated failure.
B)the civil rights movement was an unmitigated success.
C)America is inherently a colorblind society.
D)racial dominance by white people continues as a central element of U.S. society.
144
As related in "Colorblind to the Reality of Race in America," in the dissenting opinion of the Plessy v. Ferguson decision, Justice John Marshall Harlan based his opinion on the claim that:
A)the 14th Amendment prohibited segregation.
B)the Constitution is color blind.
C)a genuinely integrated society is impossible.
D)separate facilities for different races are not necessary.
145
As noted in "Colorblind to the Reality of Race in America," in the McClesky v. Kemp case the Supreme Court upheld Georgia's death penalty despite disparate execution rates.
A)True
B)False





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