Study guide 2

Question 1

affirmative action

Answer 1

Attempts to provide opportunity
To those once denied opportunity

Question 2

4 thoughts of prejudice

Answer 2

Prejudice-
A judgment made before knowing
negative attitudes towards a group/individual

Ethnocentrism-
Belief that one owns ethnic groups is central/superior to all others

Stereotype-
Distorted,exaggerated,or oversimplified generalizations about a groups characteristic
about a groups characteristics

Racism and Reverse Racism?
Debate, less agreed upon

Question 3

Prejudice feelings

Answer 3

fear
strange,new or different
dominance/superiority
over the less powerful

Question 4

How prejudiced is learned

Answer 4

Passes on from family or friends or
experiences with certain ethnic or racial groups

Question 5

Forms of prejudice

Answer 5

Bottom of Pyramid)Avoidant - (non-criminal)
Not associating w/person or group

Vocal Bias/Bigotry-
name calling, talking badly about people,rumors, joke telling

Active Discrimination (civil)
Keeping a group/person from acquiring or doing something
Ex.job housing, education

Top of Pyramid)Violence (criminal, war crime)
attack/threat (vandalism,rape)
Extermination (Genocide)

Question 6

chattel slavery

Answer 6

When people are treated as property, forced labor & the denial of basic human rights.

Question 7

refugees

Answer 7

People that are forced to leave their home countries due to violence or conflict.

Question 8

migration

Answer 8

People move from one place to another

Question 9

immigration

Answer 9

Specific type of migration, an individual moving from one country to another with the intention of permanently staying or being there for an extended period of time.

Question 10

emigration

Answer 10

when individuals leave their their own country to settle in another country. Establishing a new life elsewhere

Question 11

Push factor

Answer 11

Something that motivates or forces people to leave their home country.
ex; natural disasters, lack of jobs,

Question 12

pull factor

Answer 12

Something that attracts or draws people to a particular country.
ex; access to education, stability, welcoming culture

Question 13

Salad bowl theory

Answer 13

different cultures can coexist while maintaining their different identities.

Question 14

Melting pot theory

Answer 14

When cultures become more alike & blend together to create a new culture= American