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DEOMI-Cultural Awareness Questions and Answers
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DEOMI-Cultural AwarenessDefine race. - answer• "A division of human beings identified by the possession of traits
that are transmissible by descent and that are sufficient to characterize persons
possessing these traits as a distinctive human genotype." DoD Directive 1350.2
Define ethnicity. - answeris a cultural concept in which a large number of people who
share learned or acquired traits and close social interaction regard themselves and are
regarded by others as constituting a single group on that basis.
Define race. - answer• a group of people who are generally considered to be physically
distinct in some way (e.g., skin color, hair texture, or facial features such as size and
shape of the head, eyes, ears, lips, nose, color of eyes) from other groups and are
generally considered by themselves and/or others to be a distinct group
Ethinicity based on cultural characteristics - answer• Customs
• Traditions
• Language
List OMB race groups. - answerFive race groups
1) American Indian or Alaska Native
2) Asian
3) Black or African American
4) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
5) White
List OMB ethnic groups. - answerTwo ethnic groups
6) Hispanic or Latino
7) Not Hispanic or Latino
Describe the concept of culture. - answerCulture
Attributes of Culture
Cultural adaptation describes how people adapt to other cultures.
Culture - answer• Physical or material objects as well as the nonmaterial attitudes,
beliefs, customs, lifestyle, and values shared by members of a society and transmitted
to the next generation.
Attributes of Culture - answer• System of shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviors,
and artifacts that members of a society use to cope with their world and with one
another
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