Quiz 3

1.   Gerrymandering involves the redrawing of voting district borders by the officials in power to benefit a political party.  

1. True 
2. False

2.    During what era did the environmental movement focus on citizen participation and change at the local level?        

1. grassroots environmentalism 
2. mainstream environmentalism
3. the modern environmental movement
4. the conservation era

3.  A woman is married to another woman. She is attracted to her wife but she is also attracted to men. In the past she has dated both women and men. How would this woman MOST likely identify?        

1. homosexual
2. asexual
3. bisexual
4. gender nonconforming

4.  Barack Obama, as a presidential candidate, argued that racial prejudice is one of America’s defining social problems. He was implicitly acknowledging that

1. membership in socially constructed categories of race and ethnicity can affect people’s life chances.
2. low-income women of all ethnicities see marriage as having few benefits.
3. race is constructed almost entirely through interaction.
4. racism is driven by economic factors and any solution to racism must involve affirmative action.

5. A man has no sexual attraction of any kind and, though he is romantically interested in other people, he has never felt an interest in or desire for sex. How would this man MOST likely identify?      

1. bisexual  
2. homosexual
3. gender nonconforming
4. asexual

6.   A boy receives a B+ on his English paper with the teacher’s comment, “Brilliant insight, but you’re lacking focus and have some typos.” How is this typical of the way schools treat boys?

1. Boys are judged mostly on the basis of their effort.
2. Boys are given more challenging assignments than girls.
3. Boys are more likely to be punished for horseplay and hyperactivity than girls.
4. Boys are more likely to receive praise for the intellectual quality of their work than girls.

7.   A set of beliefs about the superiority of one racial or ethnic group compared to another is            

1. racism. 
2. discrimination
3. assimilation.
4. prejudice.

8.   An industry dumps waste in an area adjacent to where members of racial and ethnic minorities reside. What is this practice called?            

1. corporate welfare 
2. environmental racism
3. resource depletion
4. NIMBY

9.   During the summer of 2009, two groups in Lincoln, Nebraska, held rallies about health care, one supporting and one opposing legislation proposed to overhaul America’s health-care system. At one point, the two groups went beyond holding signs and shouting slogans and tempers flared. Objects were thrown, shoving occurred, and the police had to step in to break up the    

1. march.
2. social movement.
3. riot.
4. rally.

10.   Classical Marxist analysis often argued that everything is ultimately determined by the economy even though, sometimes, it is through many complicated steps. Can economic factors explain racism?        

1. The link between race and class is very strong and almost all sociologists accept that race is primarily a way to keep the working class divided. 
2. No, almost none of the factors associated with racism can be understood in economic terms. 
3. Yes, although the economic origins of racism may be distant now, ultimately, racism began with economic factors. 
4. The link between race and class is useful and important, but it does not provide a satisfactory explanation for all forms of racism.