Chapter 8 - Race & Ethnicity

Question 1

Objective ethnicity

Answer 1

The ethnic characteristics of your ancestors

Question 2

Subjective ethnicity

Answer 2

How you personally identify your ethnicity

Question 3

Race

Answer 3

A system of stratification based on physical differences, such as facial features, skin colour, and hair texture

Question 4

Visible minorities

Answer 4

Persons, other than Aboriginal persons, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-White in colour

Question 5

Family-class immigrants

Answer 5

Immigrants who are sponsored by close relatives living in Canada

Question 6

Economic immigrants

Answer 6

Immigrants selected on the basis of their educational backgrounds, occupational skills, and ability to contribute to the Canadian economy

Question 7

Refugees

Answer 7

Persons who are forced to flee from persecution

Question 8

What are the 3 objectives of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act?

Answer 8

1) reuniting families
2) contributing to the nation’s economic development
3) protecting refugees

Question 9

Authoritarian parenting

Answer 9

A parenting style characterized by high expectations for children, very strict rules, no explanation of the rationale for the rules, strict punishment for rule breaking, and unidirectional communication

Question 10

Bicultural

Answer 10

Participating in two distinct cultures simultaneously

Question 11

What are four different patterns that youth follow in adapting to their bicultural experiences?

Answer 11

1) integration pattern
2) ethnic pattern
3) national pattern
4) diffuse pattern

Question 12

Integration pattern

Answer 12

Identifying with both one’s heritage culture and one’s new, national culture

Question 13

Ethnic pattern

Answer 13

Identifying primarily with one’s heritage culture

Question 14

National pattern

Answer 14

Identifying primarily with one’s new, national culture

Question 15

Diffuse pattern

Answer 15

Uncertainty about which culture(s) one should or should not identify with

Question 16

Dominant group

Answer 16

A group that has institutionalized power and privilege in society

Question 17

Minority group

Answer 17

Definable groups that are socially disadvantaged and face unequal treatment

Question 18

Pluralism

Answer 18

Cultural differences are maintained and celebrated

Question 19

Segregation

Answer 19

Minority groups are separated from the dominant group

Question 20

Anti-miscegenation laws

Answer 20

Laws that prohibit interracial marriages

Question 21

Population transfer

Answer 21

Minority groups are forcibly expelled or are limited to a specific location

Question 22

Ethnicity

Answer 22

Cultural characteristics such as language, religion, taste in food, shared descent, cultural traditions, and shared geographical locations