Ethnicities Key Issue 1 Quiz

This map represents the distribution of which U.S. Census category?

• African American

• Hispanic or Latino

• Native American

• Asian American

A suburban area with a clustered ethnic population is termed a _________________________.

• ethnoburb.

• suburb.

• ethnic enclave.

• ethnic exclave.

Brazil’s racial clustering is a reflection of...

• its history as a Dutch colony.

• the complication of defining race instead of ethnicity.

• forced relocation of most of the population.

• the location of indigenous groups and the history of immigration.

President Barack Obama is a good example of the...

• complexity of ethnic identity in the United States.

• confusion over ethnicity and race in Kenya.

• natural and biological basis for classifying humans.

• complexity of Asian American identity in the United States.

The largest Hispanic/Latino groups in the United States are from which two countries?

• Guatemala and Mexico

• Cuba and Mexico

• Puerto Rico and Mexico

• Puerto Rico and Cuba

The largest numbers of Asian Americans are descended from immigrants from...

• Vietnam.

• Japan.

• China.

• the Philippines.

Race is often described as...

• being characterized by Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic/Latino.

• identification with a group that is perceived to share a physiologic trait such as skin color.

• determinable from physical characteristics such as the exact shape of a person's face or head.

• evenly distributed around the world, independent of ethnicity.

A racist believes in...

• the equality of women and men regardless of ethnic or racial identity.

• the superiority of some groups because of cultural identity.

• the inferiority of some groups because of economic factors and the superiority of other groups because of political affiliations.

• the biological classification of people and the superiority of some groups over others on the basis of racial identity.

A(n) ________ is a place with high concentration of an ethnic group distinct from a surrounding area.

• enclave

• neighborhood

• census block

• county

Portugal and ________ are the leading places of origin for Brazil's population.

• North Africa

• West Africa

• East Africa

• Central Africa