Week 4 Checkpoint Eth/125

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Appendix D

Part I

Define the following terms:

Term Definition

Ethnic group A group of people of the same race or nationality who share a distinctive culture.

Anti-Semitism The intense dislike for and prejudice against Jewish People.

Islamophobia The extreme or irrational fear of all Islamic persons.

Xenophobia The intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries.

Persecution The act of persecuting, especially based on race or religion

 Persecuting: Subject to hostility and ill-treatment; harass or annoy

Religious group Individuals involved with or employed in religious denominations or organized religious groups such as churches

Part II

Select at least 1 religious and 1 ethnic group not your own from the list below.

• Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf)

o Christianity

• Evangelical Protestant

• Mainline Protestant

• Historically Black Churches

• Roman Catholic

• Latter-Day Saints (Mormons)

• Jehovah’s Witnesses

• Orthodox (Greek, Eastern)

o Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform)

o Buddhism (Theravada or Mahayana)

o Islam (Sunni, Shia, Sufism)

o Hinduism

• Ethnic groups (based on divisions in U.S. Census Bureau documents)

o Asian (Asian descent)

o Black (African descent)

o Hispanic and Latino (South or Central American descent)

o Pacific Islander (Polynesian descent)

o White (European descent)

Part III

Answer the following questions in 150 to 250 words each about the religious group you selected:

• How does your selected religious group differ from other religious groups (such as in their beliefs, worship practices, or values)?

o One of the biggest differences in Hinduism and other beliefs is that there are multiple Gods that are worshiped. There is one God named Braham, but other Gods and Goddesses as manifestations of Him. They worship in a building called a Temple, instead of a Church....