Race Literacy Quiz (From: RACE – The Power of an Illusion)

Members of a race can be identified by their...

• None of the Above

• Skin Color

• Ancestry

• Genes

• All of the above

Which species has the most genetic variation?

• Humans

• Chimpanzees

• Penguins

• Fruit Flies

• Elephants

Which continent has the greatest human genetic diversity?

• Europe

• Africa

• South America

• North America

• Asia

The characteristic that Greeks felt distinguished them from “barbarians” was:

• Religion

• Skin Color

• Language

• Customs

• Intelligence

When Jamestown colonist John Rolfe traveled to the Court of London in 1619 with his new wife Pocahontas, it caused a scandal because:

• An Englishman had married an Indian

• A Christian had married a heathen

• Pocahontas, a princess, married beneath her by marrying a commoner

• Londoners had never seen an Indian before

Which of the following was NOT an important reason why African slavery first took root in North America:

• They were deemed innately inferior

• They were skilled semi-tropical farmers

• The supply of indentured servants from Europe was becoming unreliable

• Unlike Native Americans, they were resistant to European diseases

• They couldn’t easily run away

In America, the rise of the idea of white supremacy was tied most directly to:

• Indian removal

• Slavery

• The Declaration of Independence

• The U.S. Constitution

• Ancient Greece

Which was NOT introduced to Indians by whites?

• An Indian identity

• Democracy

• Identity by “blood quantum

• Measles

• Horses

Of the $120 billion in home loans underwritten by the federal government between 1933 and 1962, what percentage went to white homeowners?

• 45%

• 64%

• 75%

• 88%

• 98%

According to a 1993 study, 86% of suburban whites lived in a community where the Black population was:

• Less than 5%

• Less than 10%

• More than 15%

• More than 10%

• Less than 1%