Practice Quiz Chapter 02

. Approximately how many new immigrants were admitted to Canada between 2011 and 2016?

5 million

1.2 million

500,000

2.3 million

. Where do most of today's immigrants settle?

The maritime provinces

Rural communities

Small towns

Large urban centres, such as Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver

. Which term refers to internalized criteria by which members of a society select and judge goals and behaviour in society?

Values

Norms

Cultures

Beliefs

. Which of the following is used to help us to understand how minority-group status and marginalization shape the experiences and identity of individuals based on the interaction of culture, age, gender, social class, and other salient domains that influence inequality?

An intercultural lens

An intersectionality lens

An interdimensional lens

An interplay lens

. Which term refers to the process by which a society moved from the pre-industrial to the industrial world?

Increased migration to rural and remote communities, especially by young people cutting them off from family, social values and norms, and access to an education.

Strengthening of the extended family and increasing the number of multigenerational households.

Shift from home to factory production that meant the family was no longer the centre of economic production.

The rise in small- and medium-sized businesses that hired people with limited education, decreased leisure time, and the stabilization of wealth for many people.

. What is the process by which a society moved from the pre-industrial to the industrial world?

Urbanization

Modernization

Globalization

Feminization

. The status of elderly people was lowest in what type of preliterate societies?

Those where the oldest members had knowledge of survival skills, rituals, and customs

Those that had a surplus of food

Those where the oldest members controlled property

Those where leadership was based on ability rather than on longevity or family ties

. The Canadian Constitution recognizes three separate groups of indigenous people: First Nations, Metis, and Inuit. Which of the following statements is TRUE?

There are considerable similarities in beliefs, values, and customs, both among various bands, nations and among generations in each community.

Some structural and cultural conditions are unique to many communities and have an effect on Indigenous seniors, who have been held in low respect.

Traditional indigenous cultures share some of the following elements: a large kin networks with strong familial ties and orientation; close-knit community; preference to care for their own in their own communities; wide variety of spiritual beliefs; and adherence to traditional healing practices and beliefs.

Indigenous communities are characterized by low fertility, high life expectancy, more education, and the same level of disability in their population when compared to the general population.

. Indigenous elders experience which paradox?

Longevity and declining birth rates

Lower mortality rates and lower life expectancy

High fertility and better health outcomes

Social/community connectedness and poorer health status

. What distinguishes racial subcultures from the dominant culture?

National origin

Physical features

Language

Religion

. Biological aging is a universal experience.

TRUE

FALSE

. Ethnocentrism occurs when members of the "mainstream" culture view themselves as inferior to visible minorities.

TRUE

FALSE

. There is significant evidence that disproves the claim the modernization lowers the status of older people.

TRUE

FALSE

. Members of a subculture adopt a set of values, norms, customs, behaviours, and attitudes that differ from those of mainstream society.

TRUE

FALSE

. In multicultural societies, members of ethnic or racial minority groups often experience discrimination and marginalization.

TRUE

FALSE

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