Race and Ethnicity

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a minority group?

• They have distinctive physical or cultural traits

• Members of the group share a common sense of identity

• The minority is controlled by the majority

• Minorities get suppressed by the majority because certain minority traits are believed to be superior

True or False: Minorities are classified as a minority group only because as a group, their population is fewer in numbers compared to a majority population

• True

• False

Which of the following do biologists NOT use as characteristics to determine race?

• Height

• Weight

• Facial Features

• Eye Color

Races have been classified into 3 different divisions. Which of the following is NOT one of those 3 divisions?

• Humanoid

• Mongoloid

• Negroid

• Caucasian

Ethnic minorities can be classified based on which of the following:

• Language

• Religion

• Customs

• All of the Above

The blending or fusing of the minority groups into the dominant society is known as...

• Assimilation

• Cultural Transfusion

• Cultural Pluralism

• None of the Above

True or False: The difference between a melting pot and assimilation is that in a melting pot the mixing of cultures is voluntary, whereas assimilation is more of a forced mixing

• True

• False

True or False: Through a practice of making accommodations, a minority group may maintain its own culture while dealing with the dominant culture when necessary

• True

• False

_________ is the systematic effort to destroy an entire population.

This type of segregation takes places because of laws

• De Jure Segregation

• De Facto Segregation