Race and Inequality Review

Race is a group of people who share observable physical traits and whom others see as belonging to a distinct group.

• True

• False

The set of cultural characteristics that distinguishes one group from another is known as

• race

• ethnicity

• minority group

• stereotype

A group of people who because of their physical characteristics or cultural practices are singled out and treated unequally is known as

• race

• ethnicity

• minority group

• stereotype

An oversimplified, exaggerated, and unfavorable generalization about a group of people is known as

• race

• ethnicity

• minority group

• stereotype

What characteristics are used to define race, ethnicity and minority group?

• love, fairness & diversity

• racism, discrimination & segregation

• race-non genetic, ethnicity-non cultural, minority group-non physical

• race-inherited physical, ethnicity-cultural, minority group-physical or cultural

How are discrimination and prejudice related?

• They coexist as one another in society.

• One deals with society and the other with psychological disorders.

• They are separate but related features of the minority group experience.

• They are equal and relate to feature experience by minority groups.

The intentional destruction of an entire population is known as...

• Racism

• Genocide

• Prejudice

• Scapegoating

Minority Groups are a group of people who are singled out for unequal treatment because of their physical characteristics or cultural practices.

• True

• False

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a minority group?

• They have distinctive physical or cultural traits

• Members of the group share a common sense of identity

• The minority is controlled by the majority

• Minorities get suppressed by the majority because certain minority traits are believed to be superior

True or False: Minorities are classified as a minority group only because as a group, their population is fewer in numbers compared to a majority population

• True

• False