American Cultural Studies Unit 1- Introduction to US Culture PDF

American Cultural Studies Unit 1- Introduction to US culture Name: ___________________ Score: ________________/ 62 points Essential Objective Unit 1: The student will develop the basic skills to investigate culture in the United States....

American Cultural Studies Unit 1- Introduction to US culture Name: ___________________ Score: ________________/ 62 points Essential Objective Unit 1: The student will develop the basic skills to investigate culture in the United States. Matching: Write the letter of the correct matching item in the blank to the left. (1 points each) a. De jure discrimination e. Racism b. De Facto discrimination f. Immigration c. Race g. Multicultural d. Culture ___1. Discrimination based on law ___2. A population of people who share common genetic and physical features with one another. ___3. Denial of equal access based on everyday practice or social structures ___4. The practice of racial discrimination ___5. Shared values, beliefs, and traditions of a group of people ___6. When a person permanently leaves their homeland to move to another country. ___7. A view of America that says we have many cultures coexisting that has some common set of values. Matching: Write the letter of the correct matching item in the blank to the left. (1 points each) a. Ethnicity d. Discrimination b. Prejudice e. Pluralism c. Stereotype f. Assimilation ___8. Conditions in which distinct ethnic, gender and racial groups participate fully in society, yet maintain their unique differences and characteristics. ___9. Process by which people of one culture merge into and become part of another culture ___10. Biased pre-judgement, opinion or attitude toward members of a group based solely on their membership in that group ___11. Denial of equal treatment to an individual based on that person’s membership in a specific group. ___12. Group that shares a common set of traits that sets them apart from the society; Vietnamese Americans ___13. Oversimplified, exaggerated and often unfavorable generalization about characteristics of members of a group. Matching: Write the letter of the correct matching item in the blank to the left. (1 points each) a. Hate Crime d. Subjugation b. Privilege e. Scapegoating c. Affirmative Action f. Racial Profiling ___14. Unearned social advantages, benefits, or degrees of prestige and respect that an individual has by virtue of belonging to certain social identity groups. ___15. positive steps taken to increase the representation of women and minorities in areas of employment, education, and business from which they have been historically excluded. ___16. Maintaining of control over a group through force; slavery ___17. the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense or crime ___18. criminal acts which are motivated because of the victim's real or perceived race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, age, or disability ___19. The action of blaming a person or group for something when there may not be a person or group responsible for the problem. Matching: Write the letter of the correct matching item in the blank to the left. (1 points each) a. Ableism e. Sexism b. Ageism f. Anti-Semitism c. Classism g. Islamophobia d. Heterosexism h. Xenophobia ___20. Prejudice and/or discrimination against people because of their social or economic status (money, where one lives, clothing) ___21. Prejudice and/or discrimination against people based on their age. ___22. The thinking that homosexuality is wrong and all people are straight. ___23. Prejudice and/or discrimination against people because of their mental or physical abilities. ___24. Prejudice and/or discrimination against people based on a person’s gender. ___25. Prejudice and/or discrimination against people who are Jewish. ___26. An irrational fear or hatred of people who are perceived to be Muslim or of Arab descent. ___27. Prejudice and/or discrimination against people based on their country or origin. Sometimes described as a “fear of strangers” or foreigners.