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SOC 303 Midterm Review Sheet

You will do the test on Moodle, and have 2 hours (120 minutes) to complete it. You may take it

anytime between 1:00 AM and 11:59 PM on Tuesday, Oct. 26. You must be finished by

11:59PM. You can take the test once, only.

Venkatesh Essay Question (10 points).

Be prepared to write about how the activities and informal institutions of these main characters

JT, the Black Kings, Mrs. Bailey, and the women of the writing workshop- illustrate how social,

political, and economic institutions and behavior are inextricably interwoven

(interconnected in ways that cannot be untied or disentangled).

For full credit, give an example for each of the above-listed characters/groups, of behavior and

institutions in the Robert Taylor Homes projects. The key thing is to describe how [their] social,political, and economic institutions and behavior are inextricably interwoven. Describe each of

your examples fully.

The rest of the test is multiple choice and true/false: 45 questions (2 points each).

Topics include:

-the main points of the Supreme Court cases/13th,14

th, and 15

thAmendments discussed in class;

-which groups have higher unemployment rates and economic disadvantages;

-assimilation theorists;

-aversive racism;

-internal and external theories of inequality (name them);

-who determines the sovereignty of Native tribes;

-Mexican-American labor organizing efforts;

-the Chinese Expulsion Act;

-the 1964 Civil Rights Act;

-the term race;

-conflict perspective;

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-symbolic interactionist perspective;

-structural functionalist perspective;

-failing to see article;

-Native protest efforts of the 20t century;

-Jewish Americanss ethnicity;

-the terms Native American vs. Native;

-the newest immigration;

-Oliners book: basic facts of Juseks life and Jews situation;

-Oliners preconditions of genocide and steps for healing from genocide;

-Oliners profile of rescuers;

-measures of assimilation;

-sexualized violence against Native women (article);

-massacre at Sand Creek- main points of article;

-U.S. slave trade- its unique character and economic basis (Zinn article);

-Norma Williams comparison of traditional and modern Mexican-American family rituals;

-Norma Williams contributions to symbolic interactionist theory;

-William Julius Wilson and the declining significance of race;

-the term otherize (Alsutany article);

-Humboldt County history of Native treatment (Bret Harte article);

-Campbell article on oppression of Natives;

-Kanter and Stein- main points of work on proportions in groups;

-social learning theory as it applies to race and ethnicity;

-Venkatesh methodology and theoretical framework;

-Venkatesh- description of players and institutions in the projects and relations with

institutions outside the projects

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In short, any of the readings and class lecture and discussion materials are includable. Look for

main points, not details, of each. For books, look for theoretical discussion, methodology, and

data description- main points.

The essay question measures your ability to see the interconnections between the social,

political, and economic aspects of a situation- here, the Robert Taylor Homes that Venkateshdescribed.