KIN 140 Quiz 11 Unit 3

Race is used in the chapter to refer to a population of people who are believed to be

Distinct from others in terms of heritage and customs

Naturally or biologically distinct from other populations

Socially distinctive in terms of dress and cultural habits

Victims of systematic discrimination and mistreatment

Ethnic population is used in the chapter to refer to a category of people regarded as socially distinct because they

Share a history, way of life, and an identity

Live in similar neighborhoods and communities

Have physical traits matched with their cultures

Have experienced long-term discrimination and mistreatment

Racial ideology is a web of ideas and beliefs that is used to

Classify and evaluate people in terms of meanings given to skin color

Eliminate the use of destructive racial stereotypes in social interaction

Support the work of scientists who study genetics

Explain the ways that climate has affected the nature of human populations

The racial ideology that became widely accepted in the U.S. During the 19th and 20th centuries supported white Americans as they sought to

justify political expansion and racial segregation

Accurately identify the heritage of various mixed-race people

Keep the black race biologically pure

Encourage mixed-race marriages

Recent research in biology and genetics has led to the conclusion that

the concept of race has no biological validity

People in different races have many deep biological differences

Popular classification systems are valid biological tools

Races have always existed and will continue to exist forever

An accurate view of race today is that it is

A useful concept for classifying people into categories of intellectual potential

A valid biological concept to use in Africa but not in North America

A biological myth based on socially created ideas about human variation

An idea being preserved by ethnic minorities in search of identity

When dominant racial ideology has been used to explain the success of athletes with white skin, there has usually been an emphasis on the importance of

Cultural factors

Genetic factors

Personality factors

Natural ability

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