Exam 10: Race and Ethnicity

Millie is a black women living in Canada in the late 1800s.Which of the following most likely characterizes her life?

Trang feels lucky to be part of a neighbourhood where he can speak ti?1?ng vi?9?t, buy some of his favourite foods from home,and go to his friend's house on Friday nights to watch Vietnamese movies on DVD.Which of the following advantages of ethnic affiliation is Trang making use of?

Nation Y has an ideology that supports an official policy of ethnic amnesia whereby immigrants are encouraged to forget their heritage and become reborn as a new member of Nation Y: Y first,all else secondary.What is this type of ideology called?

Compare and contrast the experience of African Canadians and Asian Canadians.What can be learned by analyzing their experiences?

Immigration from China was banned altogether in 1923.

Which of the following is a reason for challenging the term "Indian" as it pertains to North American Indigenous people?

What do we call an attitude about a group of people based on some preconceived ideas about the group's real or imagined characteristics?

Jason's mother is from Singapore and his father is Irish Canadian.When Jason reports having multiple ethnic identities on his census questionnaire,he responds the same as approximately what percentage of other Canadians?

Farzad lives in a nation where almost 50 percent of people indicated on a survey that they have trouble with the idea of having someone from a different race as a neighbour.Where is he most likely living?

What do we call the process whereby people from one nation invade another,gain complete control,destroy the indigenous culture,turn indigenous people into low-wage workers,and create a system of beliefs that justify their actions?

The Mi'kmaq,the Coast Salish,and the Mohawk are all examples of which of the following in Canada?

Robert hates competing in the math competition at school when there are a lot of Asian competitors because he believes they are innately much better at math.What does Robert's attitude illustrate?

What was the "underground railroad"?

Costas and his wife Nia have worked hard to open and maintain a small restaurant in Greektown.Their plan is to leave the restaurant to their children when they retire so the children may have a legacy and ongoing ties with the homeland.Which of the following advantages of ethnic group affiliation is their plan compatible with?

What is the definition of "race" and why do many academics not use it?

What prompted Italian Canadians to see themselves as a distinctive group in Canada in 1900?

Explain how social structural conditions shape "race" and ethnicity.

In Great Britain,what are the Scottish,the Welsh,the Irish,and the English all examples of?

Gretchen and her friends wish to apply for government funding to organize a "German Cultural Days" event.Which of the following advantages of ethnic affiliation is their plan compatible with?

Gretchen and her friends wish to apply for government funding to organize a "German Cultural Days" event.Which of the following makes it possible for them to do this?