G.I.2: Ch 14: Culture Clash Review

A socially constructed category is used to categorize people who share biological traits that a society thinks are important.

• Race

• Ethnicity

• Culture

• Civilization

Socially constructed categories based on cultural traits that a society finds important rather than strictly biological traits.

• Race

• Ethnicity

• Culture

• Civilization

A group that has a shared cultural heritage.

• Race

• Ethnic group

• Culture

• Civilization

A 20th-century law that says even the smallest amount of African American ancestry is enough to classify someone as black rather than white.

• The American “One-Drop” rule

• The British "One-Drop" rule

• South African Apartheid

• The American melting pot

__________ in the past was more commonly used by a society as a way to organize people and distribute power.

• Race

• Ethnocentricity

• Ethnicity

• Culture

Any category of people, who are distinguished by physical or cultural differences, that a society sets aside and subordinates.

• Minority

• Majority

• Superior

• Ethnic Group

Which choice is NOT one of the 6 US Census groups?

• Middle Eastern

• Caucasian

• Asian

• Some other race

A ____________ assumes that something you think to be true for a whole group applies to every individual member of that group too, with little or no evidence.

• prejudice

• culture

• census

• discrimination

Exaggerated and simplified descriptions that are applied to every person in a category.

• Stereotypes

• Identifiers

• Ethnocentric

• Racism

The negative attitudes or beliefs we have about a group that we're consciously aware of.

• Explicit Bias

• Implicit Bias

• Racism

• Discrimination