Unit 1: Vocabulary

The social construction of race is that:

• Race is based on biology.

• Race is based on genetics.

• Race is a human-created system based on skin color.

• Race is based on different types of blood.

What is white supremacy?

• The belief that the white race is superior to any other race.

• The ideology that the white race is inferior.

• The false belief that the white race is inferior to any other race.

• The false belief that the white race is superior to any other race.

What is colonization & imperialism?

• Only taking land within your own country.

• Going to another country and taking their land.

• Only settling on land within your country.

• Going to another country to trade land

"The Americas was a land full of millions of indigenous people who lived there long before Christopher Columbus", is an example of:

• 1st person perspective

• 3rd person narrative

• Dominant narrative

• Counter narrative

A typical U.S history textbook will start out with Christopher Columbus discovering America in 1492, this is an example of:

• Dominant narrative

• Majority narrative

• Minority perspective

• Counter narrative

The original people of the land is called:

• Indian people

• Intelligent people

• Indentured servants

• Indigenous people

Standing up and fighting against oppression is an example of:

• Resistance

• Migration

• Recovery

• Retreating

The cruel and unfair use of power to hurt a person or group of people, is:

• Resistance

• Oppression

• Resilience

• Progression

________ is defined as the way of life for a group of people.

• Culture

• Resilience

• Resistance

• Oppression

Age, race, gender, and religion all make up our ________.

• Culture

• Identity

• Nationality

• Beliefs