Chapter 1 - The Origin of the Idea of Race Comprehensive Test Prep Actual Questions And Answers.
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RCE.
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RCE.
Race - correct answer is a social construct that a group of people share physical (skin color, hair texture, nose shape), nonphysical, and cultural traits and ancestry. There is a debate if race includes physical or nonphysical traits.
Racism - corr...
Race - correct answer is a social construct that a group of people share
physical (skin color, hair texture, nose shape), nonphysical, and cultural traits and ancestry. There is a
debate if race includes physical or nonphysical traits.
Racism - correct answer refers to a racial group being superior than another.
Ethnicity - correct answer refers to a group of people that share common
ancestry, history and includes nonphysical traits such as language, religion, nationality, etc.
Explain sociologists' argument that race is a social and historical, rather than biological. - correct answer
It evolves and changes overtime; never static.
Not rooted in biological differences
We assign racial categories values
Historical construction meaning the idea of race was formed in particular time and places.
Explain how both the Spanish Inquisition and English's conflict with Ireland set historical precedents for
contemporary racism in North America. - correct answer The Spanish
Inquisition introduced the idea of human difference as Jews and Muslims were persecuted due to
religious discrimination as Christians were thought of as "superior". This was a precursor to population
ranking and identification.
The English always thought that the Irish were savages and immoral beings causing a precursor to the
English discriminating against "savage" Native Americans.
How did Bacon's Rebellion confirm the fears of colonial plantation owner and illustrate the purpose of
the slave codes enacted in the 1660's. How did the slave codes help solidify the construction of colonial
Americans's idea of race? - correct answer Bacon's Rebellion was an event in
which poor former indentured servants teamed together with black slaves and rebelled against the
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