Race and Ethnicity Lesson 2

Which of these two are NOT detectable in the human genome?

• Race

• Ethnicity

• Both

• Neither

What percentage of genetic material do all humans share?

• 1%

• 50%

• 99%

• 100%

What example of racial imbalance occurred after World War 2 until the 1990s?

• Nazi Germany

• South African Apartheid

• Transatlantic Slave Trade

• All of the above

What percentage of people in the U.K. are classed as "White British"?

• (64.6 per cent)

• (87.2 per cent)

• (99.7 per cent)

• (100 per cent)

What is Ethnicity?

• ...prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism by an individual, community, or institution against a person or people on the basis of their membership of a particular racial or ethnic group, typically one that is a minority or marginalized.

• ...a source of identity which comes from society and culture

  (this differs to race as a concept (originally) thought to stem from

  biology.

• ...each of the major groupings into which humankind is considered (in various theories or contexts) to be divided on the basis of physical characteristics or shared ancestry.

• All of the above

Which of these were NOT a distinguishing factor of ethnic groups discussed:

• Language

• Religion / Belief

• Eye Colour

• Geographic Location

What is the key difference between race and ethnicity?

• There are no differences, they are synonyms

• One is seen to be based on biological factors, the other is seen to be based more on culture

• One is used by academics, the other is used by people who didn't go to school

• All of the above

People only have one ethnic group?

• True

• False