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Test Bank For Introduction To Sociology A Canadian Focus 10th Edition Hewitt Download
Test Bank For Introduction To Sociology A Canadian Focus 10th Edition Hewitt Download
2) In referring to Canada as a vertical mosaic, Porter called attention to the fact that ________ is
a major source of inequality.
Answer: ethnicity
Diff: 1
5) A/an ________ group is a highly variable and complex social entity that has assumed various
forms in different societies and historical eras.
Answer: ethnic
Diff: 1
6) Racism is a/an ________ that regards racial or ethnic categories as natural genetic groupings,
and that attributes behavioural and psychological differences to the genetic nature of these
groupings.
Answer: ideology
Diff: 2
7) A/an ________ group is a social category that occupies a subordinate rank in a social
hierarchy.
Answer: minority
Diff: 1
8) The 2006 Census found the about of the visible minority population was
born in Canada.
Answer: one-third
Diff: 2
9) The prevalence of across ethnic and racial boundaries is increasing, and over 41
percent of Canadians today report multiple ethnic ancestries.
Answer: marriage
Diff: 1
11) The term "race" refers to arbitrary categories that reflect a social process of labeling and
classification that has been called ________.
Answer: racialization
Diff: 2
12) Intergroup relationships in Canada in this century have been shaped by the historical
process of ________.
Answer: colonialism
Diff: 3
13) Since Confederation, the affairs of status Indians have been managed by various branches
and departments of the ________.
Answer: federal government
Diff: 1
15) In the 1990s, immigrants from ________ contributed 58 percent of total immigration to
Canada.
Answer: Asia
Diff: 3
16) Assimilationism is the view that ethnic diversity gradually and inevitably ________.
Answer: declines
Diff: 2
17) Many ________ theorists are more concerned with understanding what lies behind dominant
assumptions and social conventions than with developing theories to explain and predict
behaviour, solving social problems or prompting social change.
Answer: postmodern
Diff: 3
18) Canada has a larger percentage of immigrants in its population than any other country
except for ________.
A) the United States
B) Britain
C) France
D) Australia
E) Italy
Answer: D
Diff: 2
20) A sequential movement of persons from a common place of origin to a common destination,
with the assistance of relative or compatriots already settled in the new location, is known
as:
A) sponsored immigration
B) chain migration
C) quota migration
D) family class entry
E) institutional completeness
Answer: B
Diff: 2
22) The Canadian city with the largest proportion of visible minorities is:
A) Halifax
B) Montreal
C) Winnipeg
D) Vancouver
E) Toronto
Answer: D
Diff: 2
25) ________ specialization may be the result of immigrants seeking specific employment goals
or discrimination and limited opportunities in the local economy.
A) marginal
B) occupational
C) culturally deprived
D) minority group
E) pluralist
Answer: B
Diff: 2
28) A race:
A) is a social group
B) is a group of people who share ascribed characteristics
C) is mutually exclusive
D) is a minority group
E) cannot be defined
Answer: B
Diff: 2
32) The form of social control whereby physical distance is maintained in order to ensure social
distance from groups with whom contact is not wanted is known as:
A) integration
B) assimilation
C) segregation
D) pluralism
E) dualism
Answer: C
Diff: 2
33) The Indian Act withheld the vote from Indigenous Peoples in Canada until ________.
A) 1920
B) 1940
C) 1960
D) 1980
E) 1982
Answer: C
Diff: 3
36) After the passage of ________ in Quebec, the use of French rapidly increased within business
organizations.
A) the Charter of Rights
B) the Red Book
C) the Meech Lake Accord
D) Bill 101
E) Bill 171
Answer: D
Diff: 2
38) ________ was the view that ethnic diversity will gradually decline as ethnic group members
are integrated into the general population.
A) Pluralism
B) Systemic discrimination
C) Colonialism
D) Confederation
E) Assimilationism
Answer: E
Diff: 2
40) Gordon maintained that in ________ assimilation individuals may learn the language, values
and customs of the dominant group but it does not mean they will be necessarily assimilated
into the social structure.
A) ethnic
B) structural
C) systemic
D) institutional
E) cultural
Answer: E
Diff: 3
41) The model which explains the successive stages in the relationships between dominant and
minority groups in any society is known as the:
A) race relations cycle
B) human ecology approach
C) assimilationist approach
D) two-category perspective
E) assimilation
Answer: A
Diff: 2
44) In the modern world, what extreme forms of social control have been applied to subordinate
minorities?
Diff: 2
45) What are the origins of discrimination against Indigenous Peoples in Canada? In more recent
years, how have Indigenous Peoples worked to retain their rights?
Diff: 3
47) What factors explain the erosion of French language and culture outside Quebec since
Confederation?
Diff: 2
48) What are the main differences between assimilation and pluralism?
Diff: 2
50) In referring to Canada as a vertical mosaic, Porter called attention to the fact that region is a
major source of inequality.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1
51) The sequential movement of persons from a common place of origin to a common
destination is referred to as "the vertical mosaic."
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 3
52) The degree to which an ethnic population develops a self-sufficient range of ethnic
institutions paralleling those of the larger society is known as chain migration.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2
53) An ethnic group is a highly variable and complex social entity that has assumed various
forms in different societies and historical eras.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
54) Racism is an ideology that regards racial or ethnic categories as natural genetic groupings,
and that attributes behavioral and psychological differences to the genetic nature of these
groupings.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
55) Racialization refers to assigning people to socially constructed racial categories and
behaving toward them as though these categories were real.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
58) Canada's 45 000 Inuit are exempt from the provisions of the Indian Act, and no historic
treaties were ever made between the Inuit and the Government of Canada.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
59) Since Confederation, the affairs of status Indians have been managed by various branches
and departments of the federal government.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
61) In Canada, many immigrants who are highly educated cannot work in their professions, and
often work as taxi drivers or cleaners instead.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2
63) Structural assimilation refers to the degree to which individuals are accepted into intimate or
primary social relationships with the dominant group.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2