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What Is Ethnicity?

Authored by Ms Payton

Social Studies

9th Grade

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What Is Ethnicity?
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What does the term 'ethnicity' primarily refer to?

A group of people with shared cultural origins

A group of people speaking the same language

A classification based on physical appearance

A group of people from the same country

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

In which decade did the term 'ethnicity' begin to be frequently used in social discourse?

1920s

1950s

1980s

1890s

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an example of a narrower ethnic identifier within a larger ethnic group?

Punjabi within the Indian ethnic group

American within the English-speaking group

Mandarin within the Asian group

European within the Western group

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What was the original meaning of 'race' before the introduction of racialized slavery?

Common cultural characteristics or genealogy

Skin color

National origin

Language spoken

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which groups were considered separate races in the 19th century but later subsumed into 'whiteness'?

Celt, Slavs, Iberics, and Hebrews

Germans, French, Russians, and Italians

Nordics, Mediterraneans, Baltics, and Arabs

Latinos, Asians, Africans, and Oceanians

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a key component that distinguishes ethnicity from subcultures?

Personal interests

Professional affiliations

Heritage

Hobbies

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What can cause new categories and hyphenated identities in ethnicity?

Economic status

Migration

Political affiliation

Educational attainment

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