Race/Ethnicity Review Quiz (January 2023)

Culture includes all of the following EXCEPT:

• values and beliefs

• attitudes and rituals

• languages

• biological characteristics

Ethnicity is a classification of people based on:

• Skin color

• national origin and/or culture

• patterns of behavior

• biological characteristics

Members of an ethnic group must practice all the beliefs of the group.

• true

• false

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

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

refers to people sharing certain biologically inherited physical characteristics that are considered important within a society

• race
• ethnic group
• minority group
• stereotype

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

• nationality

• language

• religion

• race

• ethnicity

1930's New Deal Loan Programs to finance homes that were ...

• Separated but equal

• Colored Coded to be fair to all races

• Color-Coded Maps to favor the green areas with white people

• Color-Coded Maps to favor the red areas with non-white people

Redlining meant that ....

• if you lived in the "green areas" it was super easy to qualify for a home loan.

• if you lived in the "red areas" it was super easy to qualify for a home loan.

Which definition describes racism?

• A belief that national interests an culture are superior to others

• Policy or attitude against age groups

• Prejudice or discrimination based on race

• Prejudice or discrimination based on gender

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

• Race
• Ethnicity
• Gender
• Minority