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Public and Private Families An Introduction 8Th Edition By Andrew Cherlin - Test Bank

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Public and Private Families An Introduction 8Th Edition By Andrew Cherlin – Test Bank

 

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Sample Questions Are Posted Below

 

Chapter 05 Race, Ethnicity, and Families Answer Key

 

Multiple Choice Questions

1.
(p. 167)
When Barack Obama was born in Hawaii to an interracial married couple in 1961 at least ________ states had laws forbidding marriages between whites and non-whites.

A. eleven

 

B. fifteen

 

C. twenty two

 

D. twenty six

 

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2.
(p. 141)
The number of births and deaths among American Indians did not change dramatically between 1970 and 1980. How would you explain the 72 percent rise in their population during this same time period?

A. There was finally a category of Native American to check on U.S. Census forms.

 

B. There was a high immigration rate from South and Central America.

 

C. More people began to think of themselves as American Indian and reported themselves to the U.S. Census as that.

 

D. None of these are true.

 

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3.
(p. 147)
The racial-ethnic group with the greatest number of children under 18 not living with either parent is

A. non-Hispanic white.

 

B. Hispanic.

 

C. American Indian.

 

D. African American.

 

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4.
(p. 154)
The number of middle-class African American families in the United States has been increasing, but one critical aspect that distinguishes them from middle-class white families is their

A. education.

 

B. assets, such as savings, investments, and homes.

 

C. salaries.

 

D. family support.

 

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5.
(p. 160)
Which of the following people have a long tradition of consensual unions?

A. Asian Americans

 

B. Cubans

 

C. Puerto Ricans

 

D. African Americans

 

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6.
(p. 168)
Family households in the United States most likely to marry someone from a different race are from the ________ racial-ethnic group.

A. African American

 

B. Asian American

 

C. non-Hispanic white

 

D. Hispanic

 

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7.
(p. 150-151)
The decline in marriage among African Americans can be explained by the following phenomenon:

A. the lack of suitable marriage partners for women due to job losses and incarceration among men.

 

B. the fact that most African American men marry white women.

 

C. increasing intermarriage between the different ethnic groups.

 

D. the cultural reasons that de-emphasize marriage and children as an important step to forming a family.

 

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8.
(p. 159-160)
To overcome their economic hardships, Puerto Ricans have used a system of __________, much as African Americans have used a system of __________.

A. consensual unions; female-centered kin networks

 

B. grandfamilies; consensual unions

 

C. grandfamilies; female-centered kin networks

 

D. female-centered kin networks; consensual unions

 

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9.
(p. 160)
The most economically disadvantaged racial-ethnic group among Hispanics is

A. Mexican American.

 

B. Cuban.

 

C. Puerto Rican.

 

D. Guatemalan.

 

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10.
(p. 161)
The __________ strategy, used by Cubans—especially those living in and around Miami—is a viable way for an immigrant group to achieve economic success.

A. assimilation

 

B. female-centered network

 

C. grand family

 

D. enclave

 

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11.
(p. 162)
The __________ family is thought to be superior in allowing people to be upwardly mobile, as is evidenced by the success of Cubans.

A. conjugal

 

B. female-centered

 

C. male-centered

 

D. cohabitation-based

 

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12.
(p. 159-160)
Puerto Ricans have the least selective migration patterns among Hispanics. This would partially explain their __________.

A. higher economic standing among Hispanic groups living in the United States

 

B. low economic standing among Hispanic groups living in the United States

 

C. equally successful economic standing with other Hispanic groups living in the United States

 

D. equally unsuccessful economic standing with other Hispanic groups living in the United States

 

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13.
(p. 142-143)
The ________ category has become an umbrella for an extremely diverse group of people that differ in language, religion, and physical features.

A. African American

 

B. American Indian

 

C. European American

 

D. Asian American

 

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14.
(p. 167)
The economically disadvantaged position of American Indian families is most comparable to that of

A. Puerto Rican families.

 

B. African American families.

 

C. Mexican American families.

 

D. Asian American families.

 

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15.
(p. 160)
The first wave of Cuban American immigrants, in contrast to most other major immigrant groups in the United States, arrived in _____.

A. a political migration

 

B. a labor migration

 

C. a social migration

 

D. an unpopular (with the U.S. government) migration

 

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16.
(p. 167)
Statistics from 2006 show that ____ of American Indian births were to mothers who were unmarried.

A. 32%

 

B. 36%

 

C. 54%

 

D. 65%

 

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17.
(p. 156)
Which of the following is not an example of a mediating structure?

A. a church

 

B. a neighborhood

 

C. the court system

 

D. the family

 

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18.
(p. 163)
One way mentioned by Cherlin in which Asian culture differs from American culture pertains to

A. how to educate children.

 

B. the responsibility assumed by adult children for their parents.

 

C. the importance of mediating structures.

 

D. the average age at first marriage.

 

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19.
(p. 141)
Nagel wrote of “ethnic renewal” where people increasingly identify themselves as

A. American Indian.

 

B. Black American.

 

C. Hispanic American.

 

D. Asian American.

 

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20.
(p. 145-156)
When comparing African American and non-Hispanic white families, it can be said that black families are more likely to

A. include an extended family member.

 

B. face adversities without seeking support from kin.

 

C. be headed by a married couple.

 

D. have a higher asset-to-income ratio.

 

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21.
(p. 145-146)
Which of the following statements is true of whiteness as an ethnicity?

A. Only poor immigrants from Europe were originally considered white.

 

B. Whiteness is an inherent characteristic of people.

 

C. Nearly all whites descended from European immigrants.

 

D. Who is or is not considered white has not changed at all over time.

 

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22.
(p. 161)
Which of the following groups has the lowest incidence of poverty among Hispanics?

A. Cuban Americans

 

B. Mexican Americans

 

C. Puerto Rican Americans

 

D. Central Americans

 

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23. Which of the following is the reason behind high birthrates among Mexican Americans?

A. increased willingness among illegal immigrants from Mexico to be enumerated

 

B. low rates of contraception use

 

C. a patriarchal family system

 

D. the family patterns of recent immigrants from Mexico

 

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24. Which of the following is a reason why college-educated black women are less likely to marry than their white peers?

A. because more black men have intermarriages than black women

 

B. because more white women are open to marriage than black women

 

C. because black women usually take longer to graduate than white women

 

D. because of the prevalence of consensual unions among black women

 

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25. Which of the following is the reason for the prevalence of intermarriages among American Indians?

A. a growing identity crisis among the American Indians

 

B. the large proportion of American Indians who consider themselves multiracial

 

C. a growing movement among American Indians to spread their way of life

 

D. the collapse of the traditional kinship systems of American Indian communities

 

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26. ________ immigrants appear to have used conjugal families as a means of pooling the labor and accumulating the capital necessary to start a business.

A. Cuban

 

B. Mexican

 

C. Puerto Rican

 

D. Guatemalan

 

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Matching Questions

27.
(p. 142-166)
Matching the following

1. a cause for the prosperity of Cuban Americans      racial-ethnic group   5
2. midlevel social institutions and groups, such as the church, the neighborhood, and the family      Mexican American   8
3. mediating structure in the lives of African Americans      Hispanic   12
4. cohabiting relationships in which couples consider themselves to be married but have had no legal or religious ceremony      social capital   9
5. people who share a common identity and whose members think of themselves as distinct from others      mediating structure   2
6. conferring an identity beyond the sharing of resources through kinship ties      Cubans   13
7. extent to which black women’s lives are affected by overlapping systems of race, class, and gender-based disadvantage      consensual unions   4
8. marry at a younger age than other Hispanics, or African Americans      American Indian   6
9. economic advantage a person has by virtue of the structure of his or her relations with other people      the church   3
10. average number of children a woman will bear over her lifetime if current birthrates remain the same      business ownership   1
11. large, dense, single-ethnic group that is relatively self-sufficient      total fertility rate   10
12. persons in the United States who trace ancestry to Latin America      intersectionality   7
13. immigrants whose first waves were the result of a political migration      immigrant enclave   11

 

 

True / False Questions

28.
(p. 161)
The most prosperous Hispanic group in the United States today is the Cuban American group.

TRUE

 

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29.
(p. 157)
Many Hispanic family households are headed by an unmarried male.

FALSE

 

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30.
(p. 152)
Grandparents play a more important role, on average, in the lives of black families than in white families.

TRUE

 

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31.
(p. 158-159)
Mexican Americans have more high-birthrate, multigenerational families than any other racial-ethnic group in the United States.

TRUE

 

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32.
(p. 150-151)
Welfare has been the major factor contributing to an increase in out-of-wedlock births to African American women in the United States.

FALSE

 

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33.
(p. 150)
Sixty-nine percent of black men without high school diplomas are incarcerated by the time they are in their early thirties.

TRUE

 

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34.
(p. 158)
One recent study predicts that by 2040 Mexican immigrants since the 1980s and their descendants will have produced 36 million additional births.

TRUE

 

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35. Social capital is the resources that a person can access through his or her relationships with other people.

TRUE

 

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36. The prosperity of Cuban Americans is derived in large part from the support they received from mediating structures.

FALSE

 

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Essay Questions

37.
(p. 151-152)
Why have social scientists been reluctant to acknowledge the role of culture (as compared to the role of economics) in explaining the differences between African American and white families?

Answer will vary.

 

38.
(p. 149)
Explain why the racial gap in nonmarital childbearing has been narrowing.

Answer will vary.

 

39. Using information you have read in your text, compare and contrast any three U.S. racial-ethnic groups in terms of size (proportionate to the total U.S. population), marriage patterns, fertility patterns, and economic advantages or disadvantages.

Answer will vary.

 

40.
(p. 161-162)
Why were early waves of Cuban immigrants more successful over time in the United States than later waves?

Answer will vary.

 

41.
(p. 143-144)
Why do sociologists separate racial-ethnic groups for the study of family?

Answer will vary.

 

42.
(p. 148-154)
In what three ways do the marriage patterns of black women differ from those of white women in the United States?

Answer will vary.

 

43.
(p. 157-160)
Describe some of the trends in patterns of immigration to the United States among Mexican Americans and Puerto Rican Americans. How might these have affected family life?

Answer will vary.

 

44.
(p. 159-160)
Puerto Americans in the United States tend to be the most economically disadvantaged Hispanics. Thinking in terms of immigration and other factors, how would you explain this disadvantage?

Answer will vary.

 

45.
(p. 167-169)
Describe why the rates of racial and ethnic marriage vary so greatly. Using one of the low-end groups and one of the high-end groups, give some of the differences between the two racial-ethnic groups and explain why they are less inclined or more inclined to intermarry.

Answer will vary.

 

46.
(p. 150-152)
Explain the two major factors that Cherlin believes explain the decrease in African American marriages and the increase in children born to unmarried mothers.

Answer will vary.

 

47.
(p. 150-151)
Explain how the following fact affects family relationships in the United States: For every three black unmarried women in their twenties, there is roughly one unmarried black man with earnings above the poverty line.

Answer will vary.

 

48.
(p. 160)
Name two kinds of socially recognized unions among Puerto Ricans. How do they differ?

Answer will vary.

 

49.
(p. 156)
What is meant by a “mediating structure”, and what does it do for African American families?

Answer will vary

 

50.
(p. 167)
Why is it difficult today to talk about the American Indian family?

Answer will vary.

 

 

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