UNDERSTANDING HUMAN DIFFERENCES | COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100%
RATED CORRECT | 2025-2026 LATEST UPDATE
Oppression When any entity (society, organization, group, or individual) intentionally or
unintentionally distributes resources inequitably, refuses to share power, imposes ethnocentric
culture, and/or maintains unresponsive and inflexible institutions toward another entity for its
supposed benefit and rationalizes its actions by blaming or ignoring the victim (Andrzejewski,
1996)
Refugee An individual "unable or unwilling to return to his or her country because of a well-
founded fear of persecution . . . based on race, religion, nationality, or membership in a
particular social group or political party" (Pipher, 2002)
Xenophobia Fear of or prejudice against people from other nations
Anglos A term identifying White people who settled in Mexican territory, eventually
becoming a generic term for White people
Black Cabinet The Federal Council on Negro Affairs, consisting of 30 Black professionals,
served as an advi-sory group to President Franklin Roosevelt
Bracero Program Initiated during World War II, this pro-gram continued to import Mexicans
to work as manual laborers in the United States for 22 years
Brown v. Board of Education The 1954 Supreme Court decision overturning Plessy v.
Ferguson by declaring racial segregation unconstitutional
Chinese Exclusion Act An 1882 law prohibiting Chinese immigration to the United States,
renewed in 1892, and making exclusion permanent in 1902
, Emancipation Proclamation Issued by President Lincoln to free slaves only in Confederate
states and permitting free Black men to enlist in the Union Army
Ethnocentrism Believing your race, nation, or culture is superior to all others; also individual
actions or institu-tional practices based on that belief
Gentleman's Agreement The Japanese government assured the U.S. government it would
issue no more passports (as of 1908) to Japanese workers except those already in the United
States or their close relatives
Indian Sovereignty Legal rights of Indian nations, confirmed by treaties with the U.S.
government, to define themselves and to act as unique cultural and legal entities
Indigenous people A racial or ethnic group that is well established in an area before the
arrival of a new group; a group that may be but does not need be native to the area in which it
is established
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) A national organization for members of
Spanish-speaking ethnic groups who are American citizens that is dedi-cated to promoting the
value of citizenship, protest-ing discrimination, and advocating for civil rights for Latinos
Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF) An organization opposing discrimination
and advocating for Mexican Americans' civil rights
Middle Passage The ocean crossing of slave ships result-ing in the deaths of an estimated
five to six million Africans being transported as slaves
RATED CORRECT | 2025-2026 LATEST UPDATE
Oppression When any entity (society, organization, group, or individual) intentionally or
unintentionally distributes resources inequitably, refuses to share power, imposes ethnocentric
culture, and/or maintains unresponsive and inflexible institutions toward another entity for its
supposed benefit and rationalizes its actions by blaming or ignoring the victim (Andrzejewski,
1996)
Refugee An individual "unable or unwilling to return to his or her country because of a well-
founded fear of persecution . . . based on race, religion, nationality, or membership in a
particular social group or political party" (Pipher, 2002)
Xenophobia Fear of or prejudice against people from other nations
Anglos A term identifying White people who settled in Mexican territory, eventually
becoming a generic term for White people
Black Cabinet The Federal Council on Negro Affairs, consisting of 30 Black professionals,
served as an advi-sory group to President Franklin Roosevelt
Bracero Program Initiated during World War II, this pro-gram continued to import Mexicans
to work as manual laborers in the United States for 22 years
Brown v. Board of Education The 1954 Supreme Court decision overturning Plessy v.
Ferguson by declaring racial segregation unconstitutional
Chinese Exclusion Act An 1882 law prohibiting Chinese immigration to the United States,
renewed in 1892, and making exclusion permanent in 1902
, Emancipation Proclamation Issued by President Lincoln to free slaves only in Confederate
states and permitting free Black men to enlist in the Union Army
Ethnocentrism Believing your race, nation, or culture is superior to all others; also individual
actions or institu-tional practices based on that belief
Gentleman's Agreement The Japanese government assured the U.S. government it would
issue no more passports (as of 1908) to Japanese workers except those already in the United
States or their close relatives
Indian Sovereignty Legal rights of Indian nations, confirmed by treaties with the U.S.
government, to define themselves and to act as unique cultural and legal entities
Indigenous people A racial or ethnic group that is well established in an area before the
arrival of a new group; a group that may be but does not need be native to the area in which it
is established
League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) A national organization for members of
Spanish-speaking ethnic groups who are American citizens that is dedi-cated to promoting the
value of citizenship, protest-ing discrimination, and advocating for civil rights for Latinos
Mexican American Legal Defense Fund (MALDEF) An organization opposing discrimination
and advocating for Mexican Americans' civil rights
Middle Passage The ocean crossing of slave ships result-ing in the deaths of an estimated
five to six million Africans being transported as slaves
