FCDS

A _ is a category pof people who share observable physical characteristics and whom others see as being a distinct group.

In the minds of many Americans and many people the world over it is the idea that humankind can be sorted into biologically distnict groups called races.

• True

• False

In some cases, ethnic identity crosses racial or national boundaries.

• True

• False

____ and ____ refer to two separate of characteristics.

People who share a common cultural background and a common sense of identity are known as an ethnicity.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

People who share a common cultural background and a common sense of identity are known as an ETHNIC GROUP.

They use the term _ to refer to the set of cultural characteristics that distinguishes one group from another group.

In the 1940s sociologist Louis Wirth defined a dominant group as a group of people who because of their physical characteristics or cultural practices are singled out and unequally treated.

• False

• True

Answer explanation

In the 1940s sociologist Louis Wirth defined a minority group as a group of people who because of their physical characteristics or cultural practices are singled out and unequally treated.

The term _ has nothing to do with group size.

Sociologists use the term _ not majority, to refer to the group that possesses the ability to discriminate by virtue of its greater powerm privilege, and social status in a society

Write 2 certain characteristics distinguish minority groups from other groups in society: