Midterm Pt. 2 Definitions

Question 1

Population

Answer 1

group of people in the same geographical area who mainly breed among themselves

Question 2

Social construction

Answer 2

an idea, thing, or practice that is created in society

Question 3

The “common view/argument” about race

Answer 3

A subdivision of species that inherits physical characteristics distinguishing it from other populations of the species

Question 4

Ancestry

Answer 4

Origin of your family or ancestral descent

Question 5

Racialized groups

Answer 5

recognizes that race is a social construct

Question 6

Subspecies

Answer 6

a particular group of a species that branches off because of geographic isolation

Question 7

Caste

Answer 7

a system that divides society into a hierarchy of hereditary groups based on occupation

Question 8

Ethnic Enclaves

Answer 8

neighborhoods where a distinct ethnic group predominates

Question 9

Diaspora

Answer 9

scattered ethnic or racial group with a shared homeland or geographical origin

Question 10

Assimilation

Answer 10

adoption and learning of the language and customs of the country to which a group immigrants

Question 11

Primordial V. Constructivist

Answer 11

ethnic groups that have fixed biological traits and ethnic groups whose characteristics result from social factors external to those groups

Question 12

Racial Eliminativism

Answer 12

an extreme position related to philosophers who emphasized the lack of foundation in the human biological sciences