Ethnicity

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

Widely held negative attitudes towards a group and its individual members is:

• prejudice
• racism
• discrimination
• stereotype

Saying that all African Americans are good at sports is an example of a....

• a stereotype
• reversed discrimination
• discrimination
• active racism

An extreme form of prejudice that assumes superiority of one racial group over other groups.

• racism
• Prejudice
• Discrimination

individuals who share a common cultural background and a common sense of identity.

• minority group

• Ethnic group

• race

• ethnicity

Which of the following is the most accurate definition of a stereotype?

• Providing a characterization of an entire group of people based on the actions of some
• People sticking together, creating an "us versus them" attitude
• The discrimination of an entire group of people through policies of segregation
• Believing that your racial or ethnic background is better than everyone else's

The most severe form of institutional racism was ________.

• The Civil War

• Jim Crow

• Apartheid

• None of the above

The mass killing of a group of people to eliminate the entire group is called ___.

• Ethnophobia

• Genocide

• Ethnic Cleansing

• Xenophobia

In the 1990's, the most savage example of Genocide occurred in which Central African Country?

• Rwanda

• Uganda

• Republic of Congo

• Nigeria