Questions and All Correct Answers.
racial groups - Answer groupings based on social significant physical characteristics and
beliefs about common ancestry
ethnic groups - Answer groupings based on common geographic origin and distinctive
cultural characteristics
ethnic group - Answer what kind of group are Hispanics?
cajuns, vietnemese, italians - Answer different ethnic groups
social constructions of race (history, culture, politics, economics) - Answer what plays a
major role in shaping the meaning of race?
These categorizations have profound social significance.
one drop of black blood means you are black - Answer one drop rule?
ascribed........master - Answer race and ethnicity are both ___________ statuses.
they are often ______ statuses also
race and ethnicity - Answer what Can have profound impacts on life chances AND
Reflect differences in group power and other dimensions of social inequality
have changed over time - Answer Racial/ ethic definitions used by census...
1920 - Answer last time mulatto appeared?
1970 - Answer when was hispanic added?
2000 - Answer when was option to claim multiracial identity added?
ethnicity- NOT RACE - Answer what group do hispanic, spanish, and latino fall into?
, Races include: white, black, native american, asian - Answer races include....
many think of themselves as mestizo which is not an option - Answer why cant mexicans fill
out census correctly?
white americans - Answer Refers to people with origins in Europe, Middle East, or North
Africa
Traditionally the racial/ ethnic majority group in the US (numerically and socially)
african americans - Answer Largest racial/ ethnic minority group in the US
Contemporary inequality rooted in the historical legacy of slavery, Jim crow. And other forms of
discrimination
the south and northeast...not common in northwest - Answer where are african americans
mostly located in US
native americans - Answer - Represent a diverse array of tribal cultures
-Historical legacy of forced migration and the reservation system
- mostly in northwest
the national population is shrinking but more people are claimng native american identity -
Answer whats happening to native american pop?
asian americans - Answer - One of fastest growing race/ ethnic groups in the US
- Growth being fueled by immigration
Encompass wide array of nationalities
Hispanic/ latino americans - Answer Became largest racial/ ethnic minority group in the US in
2000, account for about 1/2 of all population growth since then
mexican americans - Answer largest latino group?
hispanic population - Answer Approximately 1/2 of the ___________________resides in just
2 states, but this is changing rapidly