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Poverty : What does social invisibility look like?

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Social Invisibility includes people who are :

a)

homeless

b)

determined to be less valuable based on culture

c)

minorities

d)

migrant workers

e)

only people who have no income are considered socially invisible.

2.

Untouchables are

a)

lowest level in the Indian caste system

b)

considered impure or polluting due to occupations like fishermen, scavengers, sweepers

c)

prohibited to interact with the rest of society

d)

outlawed in India, Nepal and Pakistan now

e)

lowest class in Tibet

3.

Ragyabpa

a)

in Tibet

b)

in Pakistan

c)

executioners were the lowest of ragyabpa

d)

status is passed on from parent to child, impossible to break out.

4.

Al-Akhdam

a)

Yemen

b)

socially segregated and forced to do menial work

c)

suffer extreme discrimination and persecution

d)

thought of as worse than animals

e)

intermarriage with Al-Akhdam class is allowed.

5.

Osu is from:

a)

Igboland (Southeastern Nigeria)

b)

Legoland

c)

Netherlands

d)

South Africa

6.

Burakumin are from:

a)

Japan

b)

Korea

c)

Indonesia

d)

Phillipines

7.

Tanka

a)

from Southern China

b)

lived on ancient sailing ships, not allowed on land

c)

served the Europeans

d)

from Northern China

e)

lived in market places and shrines

8.

Baekjeong

a)

Korea

b)

took up occupations involving raw meat (butchers and executioners)

c)

BBQ restaurants

d)

Japan

e)

beggars and migrants

9.

Cagot

a)

western France/ northern Spain

b)

not due to ethnic, religious or occupation reason to become cagot

c)

the status is passed on from parent to child

d)

excluded from political and social rights

e)

there were not allowed to intermarry or work with food.

10.

Aliens

a)

not a citizen of the country they reside, became outcast in foreign country

b)

from other space

c)

treated as second class citizens with limited legal and civil rights, less opportunities

d)

get deported by the Trump adminstration

11.

Homo Sacer

a)

from Rome

b)

from Greece

c)

due to breaking an oath

d)

no civil rights or protection from the state, can be killed by anyone

e)

forced to live in marketplaces or shrines

12.

Bitlahla

a)

South Asian punishment for not behaving correctly and following marriage norms

b)

temporary

c)

status is passed from parent to child

d)

male politician can give bitlahla a chance to reenter society if a penalty is paid

13.

Lumpenproletariat

a)

not interested in revolutionary advancement

b)

eager to join revolution

c)

a term coined by Karl Marx

d)

unorganizable and unthinking

14.

Bui Doi

a)

Vietnam

b)

Thailand

c)

dust of life ( abandoned child) , city vagrants

d)

Miss Saigon, children born of American and Vietnamese descent

e)

juvenile gang members