What Do You Know About Race And Ethnicity? Trivia Quiz

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A race is a grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities whereas ethnicity is the state of belonging to a social group that has a common national or cultural tradition. How well do you understand and differentiate the two? Take this quick quiz on chapter 8 covering race and ethnicity.

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1.

Discrimination
- A.
  
  Is an expression of prejudice against minority groups of people
- B.
  
  Happens at every level of society
- C.
  
  Is the result of racism
- D.
  
  All of the above
2.

Slavery has existed
- A.
  
  Since the colonization of the Americas
- B.
  
  As long as there has been recorded history
- C.
  
  When kingdoms formed in Europe
- D.
  
  Since the Renaissance
3.

Racism is a set of beliefs that:
- A.
  
  Justifies the unfair treatment of members of a racial minority group
- B.
  
  Promotes the idea of supposed inferiority of a minority group based on physical characteristics
- C.
  
  Promotes the idea of supposed inferiority of a minority group based on cultural characteristics
- D.
  
  All of the above
4.

Stereotyping results in prejudice.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
5.

By teaching tolerance we can fight hate.
- A.
  
  True
- B.
  
  False
6.

“White privilege” is the fact that:
- A.
  
  People typically get the most service when they wear a white shirt
- B.
  
  Our society has been structured to support and protect white people and those of us who are white benefit from this automatically
- C.
  
  Our society is privileged to have so many white people in it
- D.
  
  People who are white are privileged to have the chance to interact with other groups of people
7.

Conflict theory
- A.
  
  Explains the constant struggle for power and control in society
- B.
  
  Is the best theory to use to explain racism
- C.
  
  Explains the ongoing tension between the dominant and subordinate groups
- D.
  
  All of the above
8.

With the Brown v Board of Education of Topeka decision in 1954, the United States Supreme Court ended
- A.
  
  Racism
- B.
  
  Stereotyping
- C.
  
  Legal discrimination
- D.
  
  Prejudice
9.

Race is defined as:
- A.
  
  A group of people who live together in the same culture
- B.
  
  A group of people defined by obvious physical characteristics
- C.
  
  A group of people who live the same way no matter where they are
- D.
  
  A group of people defined by profiling
10.

Johann Blumenbach wrote On the Natural Varieties of Mankind to demonstrate
- A.
  
  How people were categorized based on superiority
- B.
  
  The justification for slavery
- C.
  
  The natural differences and similarities in the humans around the world
- D.
  
  All of the above