Question: Question: Anti-imperialists held various opinions on why the United States should not annex foreign territories. For example, the American Anti-Imperialist League believed that imperialism ________.
Answer Choices:
A) was subjugation and a violation of democratic principles
B) added large numbers of unskilled non-Whites to the nation
C) degraded the country’s Anglo-Saxon heritage
D) would move more immigrants to steal industrial jobs from Americans
Answer: A) was subjugation and a violation of democratic principles
Question: Question: By the 1870s most miners ________.
Answer Choices:
A) continued to prospect on their own
B) had switched to cattle ranching
C) worked for corporations
D) had become millionaires
Answer: C) worked for corporations
Question: Question: The 1960 election set the stage for three future presidents. Which of the following was it NOT known for?
Answer Choices:
A) Massive advertising
B) Contributions from wealthy donors
C) Youth contrasted with experience
D) Importance of polls
Answer: B) Contributions from wealthy donors
Question: Question: Which of the following was true of the My Lai Massacre?
Answer Choices:
A) It was broadcast live on television.
B) All US soldiers who took part in the massacre served jail time.
C) More than 300 unarmed men, women, and children were killed.
D) It did not affect Americans’ view of the Vietnam War.
Answer: C) More than 300 unarmed men, women, and children were killed.
Question: Question: World War II had notable contributions by minority groups. Which of the following was not an example?
Answer Choices:
A) 442nd Regimental Combat Team
B) Tuskegee Airmen
C) Women Air Force Service Pilots
D) 101st Airborne Division
Answer: C) Women Air Force Service Pilots
Question: Question: Which of the following was known as a radical suffragist?
Answer Choices:
A) Helen Kendrick Johnson
B) Emma Goldman
C) Edith Bolling Wilson
D) Alice Paul
Answer: D) Alice Paul
Question: Question: Membership in an ethnic group is best described as ________.
Answer Choices:
A) singular
B) contextual
C) unchanging
Answer: B) contextual
Question: Question: The number of phonemes in human languages is typically how many?
Answer Choices:
A) 10-20
B) 20-45
C) 30-60
D) 45-55
Answer: B) 20-45
Question: Question: Racial classifications are ________.
Answer Choices:
A) based on real, biological differences
B) social conventions that differ from culture to culture
C) universally similar
D) not arbitrary
Answer: B) social conventions that differ from culture to culture
Question: Question: Which was NOT true of the Soviet launch of Sputnik in 1957?
Answer Choices:
A) It was the first non-crude satellite ever launched into space.
B) It showed that the Soviets held a technological advantage over the United States at that time.
C) It occurred after the United States had already launched a satellite into space.
D) It launched the Space Race.
Answer: C) It occurred after the United States had already launched a satellite into space.
Question: Question: Which of the following is NOT characteristic of the yellow journalism genre?
Answer Choices:
A) self-promotion for the newspaper
B) disinterest in using anonymous sources
C) experimental page layouts
D) sensational stories with lurid images
Answer: B) disinterest in using anonymous sources
Question: Question: When the day’s work was done in the 1930s, the radio was a household technology that became essential because it offered a way for people to escape, even if temporarily, the realities of the Depression. Which of the following was a contribution of radio to mass culture?
Answer Choices:
A) Created a common frame of reference
B) Skepticism of content by listeners
C) Attention to the distant, local broadcast
D) Avoidance of programs with single-story lines
Answer: A) Created a common frame of reference
Question: Question: Which of the following is the primary reason for the presence of many Old French loan words in the English vocabulary?
Answer Choices:
A) Old French had words for many things that English had no words for.
B) All languages borrow words from nearby languages.
C) The English were ruled for some time by the Normans, who spoke Old French.
D) The English had extensive trade contacts with France throughout most of history.
Answer: C) The English were ruled for some time by the Normans, who spoke Old French.
Question: Question: Anthropologists typically agree with which of the following statements about race?
Answer Choices:
A) Clusters of biological traits are static, distinct from one part of the world to another.
B) There is more genetic variation within so-called racial groups than between them.
C) There are clear genetic boundaries between races.
Answer: B) There is more genetic variation within so-called racial groups than between them.
Question: Question: The school environment affects intelligence in which of the following ways?
Answer Choices:
A) IQ is not significantly affected by the school setting.
B) IQ rises before we attend school and then does not change much.
C) IQ rises when we attend school and declines when we leave school.
D) IQ rises when we attend school and continues to rise when we leave school.
Answer: D) IQ rises when we attend school and continues to rise when we leave school.
Question: Question: A recent example of a society built on the principle of racial segregation is ________.
Answer Choices:
A) Japan
B) India
C) France
D) South Africa
Answer: D) South Africa
Question: Question: Which of the following is true of nonverbal communication?
Answer Choices:
A) Nonverbal symbols express meaning the same way in all parts of the world.
B) The nonverbal use of spatial distance is not symbolic.
C) It includes symbols that may be consciously or unconsciously performed out of habit.
D) It consists of spontaneous expression.
Answer: C) It includes symbols that may be consciously or unconsciously performed out of habit.
Question: Question: In the US, Irish male immigrants used to be perceived as ________.
Answer Choices:
A) musical
B) intelligent
C) hard-working
D) violent
Answer: D) violent
Question: Question: A correctly formatted title page for a student paper includes which of the following elements?
Answer Choices:
A) The title of the paper
B) The page numbers, in the upper right corner; both initials appear on the following page(s)
C) Author name and affiliation (i.e., the school being attended)
D) All of the above
Answer: D) All of the above