What is Ethnicity? (PBS)
Interactive Video
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Social Studies
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8th Grade
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Practice Problem
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Hard
Trisha Sanchez
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11 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Is ethnicity indended to be the same concept as race?
No
Yes
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
People can belong to multiple ethnic groups (groups with a shared cultural/ancestral origin)
True
False
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When it comes to ethnicity and race...
... you should never talk about race when talking about ethnicity.
...race sometimes plays a part in defining a group's ethnicity.
... race never plays a part in defining a group's identity.
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Originally, "White" or "Caucasian" was used to refer to...
only those of Anglo-Saxon (English) origin
only Celts, Slavs, Iberics, and Hebrews
all lighter skinned people from Europe
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why were the Irish portrayed as angry in the photograph?
Both of the other answers are correct.
They were frustrated that African Americans were exempt from the war draft but they were not.
They could not afford to pay the draft exemption fee to be exempt from going to war.
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Definitions of race and ethnicity are stable (unchanging).
False
True
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Historically, definitions of race and ethnicity and who fits into what category have been changed...
...to be more scientifically and culturally accurate.
...to reflect the fact that we live in a melting pot in which so many of us are interrelated.
...to suit people in power.
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