Ch. 7 Ethnicities

Geographers are concerned with ethnicity because

• it is a concept which is place-based.

• it is another term for race.

• folk and popular ethnicities sometimes come into conflict.

• it is the best way to divide people into countries.

Which of the following is NOT a feature of culture and cultural diversity?

• religion

• ethnicity

• race

• art

Race is

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

• identity with a group of people who are perceived to share a physiological trait, such as skin

  color.

• identity with a group of people who share a physiological attachment to a particular country.

• defined by statute in most states.

The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics conducts the official census differently as

compared to the way the U.S Bureau of the Census conducts the U.S. official census by asking

Brazilians to

• identify themselves as belonging to one of five so-called races.

• identify themselves based upon the ethnicity of their father.

• identify themselves by region.

• only count the head of the household.

Which of the following statements is TRUE regarding the distribution of races in Brazil?

• Whites form a majority in the north and central states of Brazil.

• Browns only form a majority in the central states of Brazil.

• Browns form a majority in the southern states of Brazil.

• Browns form a majority in the northern states of Brazil.

Comparing ethnicity and race reveals

• race is a better indicator of what someone is like than ethnicity.

• ethnicity is part of a person's cultural identity but race is not.

• it is possible not to have an ethnicity but everyone belongs to a race.

• both are biologically determined but only race involves skin color.

Racism is the belief in

• race being the primary determinant of human traits and that racial differences produce inferior

  and superior peoples based on their race.

• nationalism being the primary determinant of race.

• ethnic identity taking precedence over nationalism.

• the distribution of skin color by geographers.

What are some differences between ethnicity and race?

• Ethnicity is primarily determined by genetics.

• Race is the preferred basis for distinguishing among people.

• Ethnicity is identity with a group of people who share the cultural traditions of a particular

  homeland or hearth, while the definition of race involves genetically transmitted traits.

• Ethnicity is an official category and race is not.

The most numerous ethnic minority group in the United States are

• African Americans.

• Asian Americans.

• Latino/Hispanics.

• Austral-Asians.

Native Americans and Alaska Natives together make up what percentage of the total United

States population?

• 1

• 3

• 5

• 8