SOC102: Chapter 3

Select the best definition of race:

• A social construction that is used to distinguish between groups of people based on physical characteristics

• A shared cultural heritage among a group of people

Select the best definition of ethnicity:

• A social construction that is used to distinguish between groups of people based on physical characteristics

• A shared cultural heritage among a group of people

_________ a process by which some groups and their activities come to be defined based on biological characteristics

_____ factors are conditions and circumstances that drive immigrants away from their home country

• Push

• Pull

_____ factors are attractive conditions that draw immigrants to a new country

• Push

• Pull

_______ is the dispersal of any group of people throughout the world.

• Group affinity

• Ethnic enclaves

• Disapora

______ a geographic area with a high concentration of people of similar descent

• Group affinity

• Ethnic enclave

• Disapora

______ the formation of a group based on similarities or shared interests

• Group affinity

• Ethnic enclave

• Disapora