History Multiple Choice 5
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Multiple Choice Questions for Chapter 5:
5.1. The 2005 Katrina hurricane disaster in New Orleans brought national attention to the issue of poverty.
Many poor were unable to evacuate before the storm and were stranded by floods. Some attributed the
problems to large social institutions like the federal, state, and local governments for their failure to
maintain safe levees, evacuate people or provide aid after the storm. Conservative commentators
blamed
a. superstitious traditions that prompted people to pray and perform religious rituals for safety
instead of evacuating.
b. the breakdown of the family indicated by 60% of births in New Orleans being out of wedlock
creating poverty and vulnerability.
c. the breakdown of the extended family; most only took care of their own nuclear families
instead of helping older parents or poor siblings or cousins.
d. the breakdown of neighborhoods’ sense of community responsibility indicated by an “every
man for himself” mentality instead of helping neighbors.
Reference: Page 105
5.2. Sociologists assert that the three most important systems of stratification in the United States today
include ...
a. race ethnicity, class and religion.
b. class, gender, and genotype.
c. race ethnicity, class and gender.
d. marital status, race and class.
Reference: Page 106
5.3. According to Aulette, members of hunting and gathering societies …
a. had a social class stratification stronger than agricultural societies but not as strong as
modern industrial societies.
b. had a stronger social class stratification than modern industrial societies.
c. were not stratified by social class.
d. focused their efforts on social class mobility.
Reference: Page 107
5.4. The American class system is characterized by all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Class is economically based.
b. Class has nothing to do with social relationships.
c. Class system boundaries are fluid.
d. Class positions are in some part achieved.
Reference: Page 107
5.5. Social class
a. is a universal social phenomenon occurring in all human societies.
b. is a social relationship.
c. is unrelated to economic factors.
d. provides clear cut boundaries that individuals in the U.S. are unable to cross.
Reference: Page 107
5.6. Aulette distinguishes three major social classes in our society. These include all of the following
EXCEPT:
a. Owning class
b. Middle class
c. Working class
d. Lower class
Reference: Page 107
5.7. The owning or upper class is an elite group of about ______ percent of the total population that owns
71% percent of all the wealth and receives 43.2% of all of the household income.
a. 1%
b. 5%
c. 10%
d. 20%
Reference: Pages 107-108
5.8 The middle class in America constitutes about _______ percent of the population.
a. 25-30%
b. 40-50%
c. 60-65%
d. 80-85%
Reference: Page 108
5.09. Which social class includes the largest proportion of people in our society, about 60 to 65%?
a. Owning class
b. Middle class
c. Working class
d. Lower class
Reference: Page 108
5.10. Among humans, race is
a. both biologically and socially based.
b. neither biologically nor socially based.
c. is socially important but biologically nonexistent.
d. biologically important but increasingly socially unimportant.
Reference: Page 109
5.11. The Aulette text asserts that dividing people into races is impossible for all of the following reasons
EXCEPT:
a. There are so many varieties of groups of people.
b. There is so much variation within each group.
c. Many people have ancestors from different origins.
d. So many people choose not to be categorized.
Reference: Page 109
5.12. Biologists and geneticists have concluded that
a. races are determined and distinguished genetically.
b. distinguishing between races cannot be done.
c. we have to use a combination of skin color, blood type and genetics to produce four major
races with more than 30 subracial categories.
d. genetic variations within people of the same race is less than variation between different
races.
Reference: Page 109
5.13. Most Asian families have been traditionally patriarchal. Which of the following is more egalitarian,
probably due to the equal treatment of men and women in the indigenous religion?
a. Japanese
b. Chinese
c. Filipino
d. Vietnamese
Reference: Page 111
5.14. Research comparing expressions of masculinity or machismo between European-American, African-
American and Chicano-American men documented
a. few differences between the three categories of men.
b. that Chicano-American men expressed a significantly stronger sense of masculinity than
African-American men.
c. that African-American men expressed a significantly stronger sense of masculinity than
European-American men.
d. that African-American and Chicano-American men were similar in expressing a significantly
stronger sense of masculinity than European-American men.
Reference: Page 112
5.15. Which area of the United States has the largest proportion of people born in other countries?
a. Northeast
b. Northwest
c. Southeast
d. Southwest
Reference: Page 113
5.16. Which is biologically determined and which is socially defined?
a. Sex is biologically determined while gender is socially defined.
b. Sex is socially determined while gender is biologically defined.
c. Both are socially and biologically determined.
d. Neither are socially or biologically determined.
Reference: Page 114
5.17. In the process of stratifying humans into male and female, masculine and feminine, scholars use the term
_______ to denote biological differences and the term _______ to denote social expectations.
a. sex ... sex
b. gender ... gender
c. sex ... gender
d. gender ... sex
Reference: Page 114
5.18. Sex and gender are
a. interchangeable terms in sociology.
b. collapsed into one category in all known societies.
c. different systems of classification but both are important to family experience.
d. different systems of classification but only gender is important to family experience because
it is a social category.
Reference: Page 114
5.19. Famous anthropologist Margaret Mead studied gender in three societies in New Guinea. She found that
a. all three defined masculinity and femininity the same supporting the theory that masculinity
is naturally associated with aggressiveness and violence while femininity is associated with
gentleness and passivity.
b. men were associated with aggressiveness in all three societies but social definitions of
femininity varied including both aggressive and passive characteristics.
c. women were associated with gentle passivity in all three societies but social definitions of
masculinity varied including both aggressive and passive characteristics.
d. both men and women were gentle and passive in one society; both men and women were
aggressive and violent in a second society; while men were passive and women were
aggressive in the third society.
Reference: Page 114
5.20. Families among the upper class
a. are more visible and open to the public than families in other social classes.
b. are not important in the upper class because upper-class people strongly value individual
achievement.
c. play an important role in maintaining boundaries between themselves and other social
classes.
d. give little responsibility to women for maintaining the class system and their families place
within the system.
Reference: Page 115
5.21. Sociologist Georg Simmel wrote that “aristocrats would get to know each other better in an evening than
the middle class would in a month.” Aulette explained that he meant that wealthy people identify
themselves _____________, while middle-class people identify themselves _____________ .
a. by membership and background … by individual achievement
b. by individual achievement … by membership and background
c. more strongly by individual achievement … less strongly by individual achievement.
d. less strongly by membership and background … more strongly by membership and
achievement.
Reference: Page 115
5.22. The most important single predictor of a man's occupational status is his
a. IQ.
b. education level.
c. father's occupational status.
d. mother's occupational status.
Reference: Page 116
5.23. According to Aulette, since the 1980's the chances of moving from middle or working class into the
upper class in America have __________; America has __________ social mobility than many
European countries.
a. improved ... more
b. improved ... less
c. declined ... more
d. declined ... less
Reference: Page 116
5.24. The upper class consider their wealth
a. as much of a burden as a blessing because it overshadows their individual achievements.
b. as belonging to the family line, not to individuals.
c. the most important factor in determining their upper-class status.
d. totally unimportant; merely a matter-of-fact good fortune.
Reference: Page 116
5.25. All of the following are characteristics of middle-class families EXCEPT:
a. Geographic mobility.
b. Replacement of kin with other institutions for economic support.
c. Reliance on kin rather than friends for affective support.
d. Lineal investment of resources between parents and children.
Reference: Page 117
5.26. Geographical residential mobility is most pronounced among the
a. upper class.
b. middle class.
c. working class.
d. lower class.
Reference: Page 117
5.27. Aulette reports that middle-class people are ___________ to share material resources with extended
family when compared to working-class people.
a. less likely
b. more likely
c. equally likely
Reference: Page 117
5.28. Aulette discusses Henderschott’s research, which compares relocators (people who moved for work) to
stayers (people who declined an opportunity to move for work). She found that declining a move was
__________ stressful than/as accepting a move.
a. more
b. less
c. equally
Reference: Page 118
5.29. Research cited by Aulette indicates that the group that is most ambivalent and sometimes negative about
education for their children is the
a. Black middle class.
b. White middle class.
c. Black working class.
d. White working class.
Reference: Page 119
5.30. Comparisons of white and black middle-class families show that black families are more likely to
a. feel ambivalent about education for their children.
b. show a smaller degree of equality between husbands and wives.
c. emphasize community responsibility.
d. emphasize freedom, autonomy and individualism
Reference: Page 119
5.31. Research cited by Aulette indicates that the group that is most conscious of cultivating community
responsibility is the
a. White middle class.
b. Black middle class.
c. White working class.
d. Black working class.
Reference: Page 119
5.32. Research cited by Aulette comparing black families and white families indicates that greater equality
between husbands and wives are found in _________ families; egalitarian ideologies are stronger among
__________; and that __________ men are more likely to help with housework and childcare.
a. black ... blacks ... black
b. white ... whites ... white
c. black ... blacks ... white
d. white ... whites ... black
Reference: Page 119
5.33. All of the following are characteristics of white working-class families EXCEPT:
a. Ideological commitment to marry for love, not money.
b. Importance attached to extended kin.
c. Appearance of separation between work and family.
d. Geographic mobility.
Reference: Page 120
5.34. The famous Labor Department Report, "The Negro Family: The Case for National Action," also known
as the Moynihan Report, blamed the dilapidated housing, poverty, unemployment and inferior education
experienced by African Americans on
a. the organization of African American families.
b. the civil rights movement.
c. racism in the legal system.
d. the dominance of men over women in African American families.
Reference: Page 121
5.35. The famous Labor Department Report, "The Negro Family: The Case for Nationa l Action," also known
as the Moynihan Report, suggested that black men could improve their ability to behave in properly
masculine ways by
a. joining the army as a world run by strong men.
b. modeling their behavior after famous black athletes and actors.
c. attend ing churches with traditional- gender doctrine.
d. obtaining vocational training in construction jobs.
Reference: Pages 121-122
5.36. Anthropologist Carol Stack studied a low- income, African American neighborhood called the Flats to
further investigate the conclusions of the Moynihan report. Her research found that all of the following
are characteristics of the neighborhood’s families EXCEPT:
a. kin and nonkin membership in families.
b. hiding resources and possessions to prevent having to share.
c. shared child raising.
d. domestic authority of women.
Reference: Page 122
5.37. Shared child raising has been found among all of the following EXCEPT:
a. African Americans.
b. Native Americans.
c. Chicanos
d. Chinese
Reference: Pages 124
5.38. Among Chicanos, compadrazgo refers to
a. a system of shared child raising.
b. multiple nuclear families living in one household.
c. a single nuclear family living in a household isolated from extended family.
d. ancestors that have died.
Reference: Page 124
5.39. Among Vietnamese and other Southeast Asian immigrants, the concept of extended family obligations
includes all of the following EXCEPT:
a. a broad range of blood relatives.
b. ancestors who have died.
c. family members of the future.
d. non-blood spiritual guardians.
Reference: Page 124
5.40. Children of Vietnamese and other Southeast Asian immigrants are taught that their primary duty is to
their
a. mothers.
b. fathers.
c. family lineage.
d. themselves.
Reference: Page 124
5.41. Anthropologist Carol Stack studied a low- income, African American neighborhood called the Flats to
further investigate the conclusions of the Moynihan report. Her research documented matriarchy
a. in both families and in the community.
b. inside families but not in the community.
c. in the community but not in family relationships.
d. in neither the community nor in family relationships.
Reference: Pages 124-125
5.42. Roschelle studied extended community-based kin and non-kin family support networks. She compared
how four racial ethnic groups shared resources and services. Which group was least likely to develop
such networks?
a. Whites
b. Blacks
c. Puerto Ricans
d. Chicanos
Reference: Page 125
5.43. Roschelle studied extended community-based kin and non-kin family support networks. She compared
how four racial ethnic groups shared resources and services. What characteristic did she identify as
crucial for the development of such networks?
a. Blood relationships
b. Stable marriages
c. Geographic stability
d. Insufficient resources to be independent.
Reference: Page 125
5.44. Hansen compared different social classes in her research on extended kin and non-kin, paid and nonpaid,
family support networks. She documented that
a. all social classes depend on such networks to take care of family needs.
b. working-class families are more dependent on such networks than middle- and upper-class
families.
c. upper-class families do not use such networks.
d. middle-class families have the most flexibility in purchasing family support care.
Reference: Page 126
5.45. About 11% of the U. S. population are immigrants. About what percentage of children in the U.S. live
in immigrant families?
a. 11%
b. 22%
c. 33%
d. 44%
Reference: Page 126
5.46. An immigration pattern in which part of a family migrates to another country for a time before being
followed by other parts of the family is referred to as
a. partial family migration.
b. family stage migration.
c. intermittent migration.
d. individual migration.
Reference: Page 127
5.47. All of the following are true about Mexican American families who immigrated to the United States
EXCEPT:
a. Men immigrated mostly unaccompanied before 1965 and stayed for long periods of time in
bachelor communities in which multiple men shared household.
b. Once they arrived in the United States, women quickly worked to establish networks for
goods and information.
c. When women joined their husbands after a lengthy separation, their relationships returned to
the patriarchal nature of Mexican families.
d. Men were proud of having learned domestic skills during the separation and continued to
share these tasks when their wives joined them.
Reference: Pages 127-128
5.48. The Family Stage Migration pattern of Mexican American families prior to 1965 prompted these
families to ____________ than those families that immigrated together after 1965.
a. become more gender egalitarian
b. become less gender egalitarian
c. have a higher divorce rate
d. have a lower divorce rate
Reference: Pages 127-128
5.49. All of the following are true about the post-immigration experience of Vietnamese American families
EXCEPT:
a. Vietnamese women were more likely to find employment in the U.S. than men. This created
a shift in power that benefited women.
b. Women organized social networks to help them survive in their new communities.
c. Only men sought employment after immigration so their wives remained isolated and had
more trouble adjusting to their new communities.
d. Gender inequality remained intact after immigration although it was renegotiated.
Reference: Pages 128-129
5.50. The majority of poor families in the United States are
a. White
b. Black
c. Hispanic
d. Native American
Reference: Pages 129-13
5.51. The racial ethnic group in which children have the greatest likelihood of living below the poverty level
is:
a. White
b. Black
c. Hispanic
d. Native American
Reference: Page 130
5.52. Pearce (cited by Aulette) asserted that the "feminization of poverty" can be attributed to
a. the responsibility of women for children.
b. religious prohibitions against birth control.
c. lower levels of education of women.
d. deadbeat dads refusing to pay child support.
Reference: Page 130
5.53. The "Culture of Poverty" model blames poverty on all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Lack of proper values
b. Single-parent households
c. Welfare system
d. High unemployment rates
Reference: Page 131-132; adapted from Aulette test bank*
5.54. The data from the University of Michigan's Panel Study of Income Dynamics ____________ the culture
of poverty model or theory for explaining poverty.
a. challenged
b. supported
c. disproved
d. proved
Reference: Page 131
5.55. The social structural model blames poverty on all of the following EXCEPT:
a. a shift in jobs from the central cities to the suburbs.
b. a decline in manufacturing jobs.
c. an increase in teen, single mothers.
d. the economic decline.
Reference: Page 132; adapted from Aulette test bank*
5.56. Families can help "provide a vehicle of resistance" to the social system, an example of the micro level
impacting the macro level. In which of the following ways discussed in the text do families help
challenge the social system?
a. Families aid in the physical survival of their members.
b. Families can teach a way of thinking that questions dominant ideologies about the
distribution of power.
c. Families can create or support organizations such a unions that struggle against the powerful.
d. All of the above.
Reference: Page 133; adapted from Aulette test bank*
5.57. The Mothers of East Los Angeles, a group of about 400 Mexican American women, transformed their
oppressed social position into a basis of empowerment in five ways, including all of the following
EXCEPT:
a. They transformed gender-based roles, responsibilities, and networks into a political resource
such as using experiences and friends they met in their children’s school activities.
b. They used their ethnic and class identity as a basis of community identity.
c. They developed speaking, writing and political skills through self-organized workshops and
classes.
d. They redefined the concept of “mother” to include militancy and political responsibility.
Reference: Pages 133-134
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