Chapter 1 Student Quiz

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. Race is best defined, in terms of its lifespan, as an idea that

emerged independently worldwide at different time periods. correct incorrect

possessed an enduring and ancient usage. correct incorrect

formed within colonial eras and during the enslavement of African-descended people. correct incorrect

only influences nonwhite people. correct incorrect

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. Racism can take form as a belief and a practice.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Fill in the blank: The negative beliefs that the English held about __________ may have shaped how they, the English, understood Native Americans.

Irish people correct incorrect

African-descended people correct incorrect

peasants correct incorrect

the colonies correct incorrect

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. Fill in the blank: The __________ during the Spanish inquisition was one early influence on the idea of race.

purity of blood concept correct incorrect

forced assimilation of Jewish and Muslim people correct incorrect

court hearings concerning identity correct incorrect

interracial marriages correct incorrect

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. The Massachusetts Bay Colony did use the idea of race to categorize Native Americans.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Fill in the blank: __________ codes are important because they initially crystalized the idea of race by creating a separate class of people for exploitation.

Slave correct incorrect

Jim Crow correct incorrect

Colony correct incorrect

Race correct incorrect

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. Fill in the blank: Researchers used science to try to show __________ by measuring skulls and brains.

equal intelligence among groups correct incorrect

equality among racialized groups correct incorrect

white superiority and a biological basis to race correct incorrect

propensity to diabetes correct incorrect

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The removal (as exemplified by the experience of the Trail of Tears) of American Indian communities was influenced by the ideology of

Manifold Destiny. correct incorrect

Manifest Destiny. correct incorrect

white and American Indian destiny. correct incorrect

new colonies destiny. correct incorrect

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. The practices of classifying human groups was influenced by

the social classification of the time. correct incorrect

the economic systems of the time. correct incorrect

the classification systems of political hierarchies. correct incorrect

classification practices that categorized plants and animals. correct incorrect

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. The early forces that influence our ideas of race today are

colonialism, slavery, and the development of science. correct incorrect

capitalism and colonialism. correct incorrect

science and social-class structures. correct incorrect

neoliberalism. correct incorrect

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. Fill in the blank: In the first 200 years in the Americas, populations of native groups declined by __________ percent.

2 correct incorrect

25 correct incorrect

75 correct incorrect

95 correct incorrect

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. Early justifications of the slave trade in the Americas included

ideologies of racial inferiority held by white slave owners. correct incorrect

agricultural and craft knowledge brought by African people. correct incorrect

geographical unfamiliarity of African people with the landscapes. correct incorrect

proximity to the Americas. correct incorrect

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The fact that Declaration of Independence begins with "all men are created equal" is the product of its authors not owning slaves.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Racial classifications and the cultural and moral traits assigned to each group have justified genocide.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect

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. Intelligence testing has been used through history to dismantle the biological foundation for racial classifications.

TRUE correct incorrect

FALSE correct incorrect