Elements of Sociology 4e, Practice Quiz: Chapter 08

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. Which term refers to the social process through which individuals are viewed and judged as essentially different in terms of their intellect, morality, values, and innate worth due to perceived differences in physical appearance or cultural heritage?

Discrimination correct incorrect

Prejudice correct incorrect

Racialization correct incorrect

Essentialism correct incorrect

Racial bigotry correct incorrect

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. In 1985, Bill C-31 repealed which discriminatory practice of the 1876 Indian Act?

The sexist practice of recognizing only men, their wives and their offspring as "Indian" correct incorrect

The racist practice of recognizing only registered "Indians" as Indigenous people correct incorrect

The sexist practice of recognizing only women as registered "Indian" correct incorrect

The classist practice of recognizing only Indigenous men of upper social classes as registered "Indian" correct incorrect

The racist practice of giving Indigenous people special privileges correct incorrect

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. Black communities emerged in Nova Scotia in the late eighteenth century when slaves who left their American masters to fight for the British in the American Revolution were granted freedom, also known as which of the following?

The American Proclamation correct incorrect

The British verdict correct incorrect

The American edict correct incorrect

The British Proclamation correct incorrect

The Canadian Proclamation correct incorrect

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. Which one of the following is NOT an element of racism?

Prejudice correct incorrect

Power correct incorrect

Discrimination correct incorrect

Racialization correct incorrect

Bigotry correct incorrect

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. Which term refers to open, conscious expression of racist views by an individual?

Racial bigotry correct incorrect

Systemic racism correct incorrect

Smiling racism correct incorrect

Systematic racism correct incorrect

Hate racism correct incorrect

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. Which term refers to the view that every ethnic group is made up of certain traits that have been carried down from the past to the present with little or no change?

Social constructionism correct incorrect

Instrumentalism correct incorrect

Postcolonialism correct incorrect

Primordialism correct incorrect

Colonialism correct incorrect

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. Which term refers to the economic and political exploitation of a country or people by another one?

Colonialism correct incorrect

Internal colonialism correct incorrect

External colonialism correct incorrect

Dual colonialism correct incorrect

Postcolonialism correct incorrect

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. Which term refers to elite members who mobilize ethnicity in order to gain personal wealth and power?

Moral entrepreneurs correct incorrect

Ethnic promoters correct incorrect

Ethnic entrepreneurs correct incorrect

Moral agitators correct incorrect

Ethnic activists correct incorrect

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. According to Everett C. Hughes, the "ethnic division of labour" describes what type of situation?

Where in Canada, different ethnic groups take on jobs for which they are inherently best suited correct incorrect

Where in Quebec, the English held positions of power while French occupied lowest rung of employment ladder correct incorrect

Where in colonial Canada, Indigenous peoples and settlers divided all labour along ethnic lines correct incorrect

Where in Quebec, visible minorities tend to occupy the least desirable occupations correct incorrect

Where in Canada, newcomers are expected to work their way up to the most desirable occupations correct incorrect

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. Which term refers to the way different social factors, such as race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation combine to shape the experience of a minoritized group?

Racism correct incorrect

Multisectionality correct incorrect

Matrix of oppression correct incorrect

Intersectionality correct incorrect

Grid of domination correct incorrect

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. The definition of racial categories is rooted solely in biological realities.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Indigenous people's long history is inadequately reflected in Canadian history books and when Indigenous peoples are mentioned, they are studied mostly by outsiders from a social problems perspective.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Despite the nearly 240-year existence of black communities in Canada, and the fact that nearly half of Canada's black population was born in Canada, black Canadians are still frequently treated as newcomers.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Friendly racism is a relatively harmless version of racism and this should not concern us.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Systemic racism against Indigenous people and visible minorities in Canada is an essential element of the country's master narratives.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Primordialism is an approach to explaining ethnicity and ethnic conflict that tends to absolve colonial powers of blame for regional ethnic conflicts.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. The historic oppression of Canada's Indigenous people by the dominant culture is a good example of internal colonialism.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. In terms of ethnic diversity, Canadian society most resembles a melting pot where ethnic, cultural, and religious groups maintain their separate identities.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Daniel G. Hill was Canada's first black sociologist whose work shed important light on the conditions of black Canadians from a non-white perspective.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. According to intersectional theory, all Canadian women experience similar levels of discrimination based on their gender.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect