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43 Cards in this Set
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Diaspora refers to: |
The exile of Jews from Palestine |
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Israel became an independent country and a jewish homeland in_____? |
1948 |
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"Mestizos" are becoming increasingly identified with Mexico's _______ |
indigenous population |
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Israel's Law of Return grants entry and citizenship to any of the world's _____ |
Jews |
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The intifada refers to: |
civil unrest led by Palestinians in the occupied territories |
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Mexican Indians are ___ more likely to be illiterate than Mexican adults in general |
four times |
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_____ has been the state policy in Canada for more than two decades |
Multiculturalism |
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The top 10% of the mexican population who are typically white, well educated elites who trace their ancestry to spain, are termed ______ |
Criollos |
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Conflicts between ethnic, racial, religious and linguistic groups within nations are referred to as _____ conflicts |
ethnonational |
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The Oslo Accords were a 1993 agreement between which nations? |
Israel and Palestine |
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Cape Colouereds are: |
the product of mixed races in South Africa |
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the largest group in South Africa are: |
Black Africans |
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South Africa's first universal election in 1994 resulted in the election of ____ as president |
Nelson Mandela |
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The sociological perspective on relations between dominant and subordinate groups treats race and ethnicity as: |
social categories |
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Mexican Indian culture has been stereotyped as: |
1. An impediment to the development of a national mexican culture 2. resistant to progress 3. backward |
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The 1995 Quebec referendum to secede from Canada was defeated by what percent of voters?
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50.5% |
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The two official languages in Canada are English and _____ |
French |
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Mestizos have developed their own distinct _____ |
Culture |
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The majority of Quebecois speak |
French |
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Nelson Mandela and _____ jointly won the Nobel prize in 1993 |
F.W. deKlerk |
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In 1999, in response to a native land claim, Canada created a new_____ |
territory |
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The contemporary Black Canadian population is about _____ of the nation's population |
3% |
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The Intifada is accomplished through which of the following? |
1. the boycott of Israeli goods 2. non-cooperation with Israeli authorities 3. attacks against soldiers |
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The Gulf War ended in what year? |
1991 |
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Race relations in Brazil are best understood as the result of______ |
the legacy of slavery |
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The revolt for equality and justice in Mexico in 1994 was led by: |
The Zapatista National Liberation Army |
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Metis and non-status Indians were historically _____ by Canada
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unrecognized |
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The criollos are 10% of the population, business and intellectual elites and white. True or False? |
True |
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Apartheid in South Africa ended with a referendum in what year? |
1992 |
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Most of modern history of minorities has seen a pattern of assimilation and domination of minorities. _______ are a notable exception. |
Quebecios |
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The white rule in South Africa can be understood only as a product of a historical tradition rooted in _____ |
colonialism |
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Approximately ______ percent of contemporary aboriginal peoples graduate from high school compared to more than 70 percent for the country as a whole |
40 |
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New residents of Quebec are required to send their children to _____ schools. |
french |
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The visible minorities of Canada include blacks and ____ |
nonwhite immigrant population |
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a 2000 survey in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil found that _____ percent of the population believes that racism exists in their country |
93 |
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The former South African policy to keep Blacks, Coloureds, and Asians separate from Whites is called: |
Apartheid |
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The visible minorities represent what percentage of the population in canada? |
16% |
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The color gradient is..... |
a continuum from light to dark skin color |
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Which of the following is true about women in the paid labor force in Mexico? |
In 2009 less than half of mexican women were in the paid labor force |
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How are race and ethnic relations in Canada different from the U.S? |
1. Canada has an official position of multiculturalism 2. Canada has a greater population of native people 3. Canada has a contemporary secessionist movement |
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with regard to the color gradient, mestizos occupy the ______ |
middle status |
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What year did Mexican women receive the right to vote? |
1953 |
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The aboriginal people of Canada are the .... |
1. non status Indians 2. Metis 3. Inuit |