Eth125 Week 4 Quiz
1. The largest ancestral group of European Americans is a. French. b. Irish. c. German. d. Norwegian.
2. Which of the following groups has always been considered White by the English?
a. Irish.
b. Germans.
c. Swedes.
d. none of these
3. The principle of third-generation interest states that a. the grandchildren of the original immigrants would have an increased interest in their ethnicity. b. the grandchildren of the original immigrants would have a decreased interest in their ethnicity. c. the children of immigrants would have more of an interest in their ethnicity than their children. d. none of these
4. The emphasis on ethnic foods and ethnically associated political issues was called __________ by Herbert Gans. a. symbolic ethnicity. b. ethnic paradox. c. ethnic identity. d. ethnic practices.
5. The maintenance of one’s ethnic ties in a way that can assist with assimilation in larger society is referred to as a. integrated ethnicity. b. symbolic ethnicity. c. ethnicity paradox. d. integration.
6. Which two White ethnic groups found, upon immigrating to America, that their shared religion did not trump their cultural differences, to such a degree that clergy were imported from Europe?
a. Germans and Irish
b. Irish and Italians
c. Jews and Italians
d. Germans and Poles
7. The concept respectable bigotry refers to a. poor Whites’ hostility toward African Americans. b. African American and Puerto Rican hostility toward one another. c. prejudice against White ethnics. d. the government’s attitudes toward racial and ethnic minorities.
8. The acceptability of Polish jokes is an example of a. poor taste. b. symbolic ethnicity. c. respectable bigotry. d. ethnic paradox.
9. A group of _____ were sent to internment camps in Montana during World War II. a. Canadian Americans b. Italian Americans c. Columbian Americans d. Japanese Americans
10. During WWII, many Italian
2. Which of the following groups has always been considered White by the English?
a. Irish.
b. Germans.
c. Swedes.
d. none of these
3. The principle of third-generation interest states that a. the grandchildren of the original immigrants would have an increased interest in their ethnicity. b. the grandchildren of the original immigrants would have a decreased interest in their ethnicity. c. the children of immigrants would have more of an interest in their ethnicity than their children. d. none of these
4. The emphasis on ethnic foods and ethnically associated political issues was called __________ by Herbert Gans. a. symbolic ethnicity. b. ethnic paradox. c. ethnic identity. d. ethnic practices.
5. The maintenance of one’s ethnic ties in a way that can assist with assimilation in larger society is referred to as a. integrated ethnicity. b. symbolic ethnicity. c. ethnicity paradox. d. integration.
6. Which two White ethnic groups found, upon immigrating to America, that their shared religion did not trump their cultural differences, to such a degree that clergy were imported from Europe?
a. Germans and Irish
b. Irish and Italians
c. Jews and Italians
d. Germans and Poles
7. The concept respectable bigotry refers to a. poor Whites’ hostility toward African Americans. b. African American and Puerto Rican hostility toward one another. c. prejudice against White ethnics. d. the government’s attitudes toward racial and ethnic minorities.
8. The acceptability of Polish jokes is an example of a. poor taste. b. symbolic ethnicity. c. respectable bigotry. d. ethnic paradox.
9. A group of _____ were sent to internment camps in Montana during World War II. a. Canadian Americans b. Italian Americans c. Columbian Americans d. Japanese Americans
10. During WWII, many Italian