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Which act helped the American Indians in keeping their burial land protected?a.Civil Rights Movementc.Chinese Exclusion Actb.McCarren-Walter Actd.Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

In the 1900s, Asian immigrants mainly settled in the Southwest, while Hispanics settled along the east coast.

In a society in which groups interact closely on a basis of equality, there tend to bea.high levels of prejudice.b.vast differences in power held by the various groups.c.low levels of prejudice.d.high levels of discrimination.

There are no biologically pure races.

African Americans were confined to U.S. relocation camps during World War II.

All of the following are physical characteristics used to determine race excepta.skin color.c.hair texture.b.eye color.d.body structure.

During the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, immigrants from predominantly Catholic countries faced open discrimination at the hands of the American-born white Protestant majority.

All of the following acts have had an impact on Asian Americans except thea.Chinese Exclusion Act.c.Immigration Act of 1924.b.Graves Protection and Repatriation Act.d.McCarren-Walter Act.

The most common patterns of minority treatment include assimilation, segregation, subjugation, and legal protection.

Immigrants have greatly affected many aspects of American culture, including food.

All of the following are sources of prejudice and discrimination EXCEPT: a.the social environment c.subjugation b.personality influences d.competition for resources

What is genocide?a.the extermination of an entire racec.owning an entire raceb.moving a race to another territoryd.the same as assimilation

Please select the word from the list that best fits the definition

Ethnicity and race are two words that mean the same thing.

South Africa practiced subjugation.

Cultural pluralism allows each minority group to keep its cultural identity.

The apartheid system in South Africa was an example of legal discrimination.

The confinement of Japanese Americans to relocation camps during World War II is an example ofa.population transfer.c.assimilation.b.subjugation.d.cultural pluralism.

The Civil Rights movements of the 1950s and 1960s did not do much to help African-Americans.

The Hispanic population only includes immigrants from Mexico.

Which minority group is made up with tribes who each have different cultures and history?a.African Americanc.Asian Americanb.American Indiansd.White Ethics

Please select the word from the list that best fits the definition

Please select the word from the list that best fits the definition

A(n) _____ can be defined as a group of people who are singled out and treated unequally because of physical characteristics or cultural practices.a.activist groupc.social groupsb.minority groupsd.racial groups

Sociologists define the term race as a category of people who share inherited physical characteristics.