Ethnicities Ch. 7

Race is based on _____________ characteristics, while Ethnicity is based on ____________ characteristics

• cultural, physical
• physical, cultural
• achieved, ascribed
• citizenship, cultural

A group of people identified by cultural, religious, or national characteristics is:

• Race
• Ethnicity
• Gender
• Minority

Which of the following is true of race?

• Racial categories are biologically determined.
• Some races have innate advantages over others.
• Racial differences play a significant role in genetics.
• There is no scientific evidence for distinct human races.

Race does not exist biologically and was created by man as a way to classify people based on noticeable physical characteristics. 

• True 
• False 

the school of thought that race is not biologically identifiable

• social construction of race

• scapegoat theory

• pluralism

In the United States, which of the following is shared by all Americans?

• nationality

• language

• religion

• race

• ethnicity

A group that has shared cultural heritage.

• Race

• Ethnic Group

• Latino Americano

• Minority

• Prejudice

_________are small areas of cities that are inhabited by a minority cultural group.

• Ethnic island

• Host society

• Ethnic enclaves

• Ethnic group

Chinatown, and Polish Hill is the examples of______

• Ethnic group

• Ethnic island

• Ethnic enclaves

• Ethnocentrism

belief in superiority of one's own ethnic group :

• ethnic enclave

• ethnocentrism

• ethnic religion

• acculturation