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Appendix A

Part I

Define the following terms found in Week One and Week Two readings:

|Term |Definition |

|Diversity |The state of being diverse; variety; a range of different things |

|Ethnocentrism |Belief in the superiority of one’s own ethnic group |

|Melting pot |Diverse racial or ethnic groups or both, forming a new creation, a new cultural entity |

|Minority group |A subordinate group whose members have significantly less control or power over their own |

| |lives than do the members of a dominant or majority group |

|Emigration |Leaving a country to settle in another |

|Immigration |Coming into a new country as a permanent resident |

|Culture |The arts and other manifestations of human intellectual achievement regarded collectively |

Part II

Answer each question in 250 to 350 words:

1. What are some of the ways groups of people are identified?

There are a few different ways groups of people are indentified. You have racial groups which are a set of people set apart by their obvious physical differences; this type of classification emphasizes physical differences as opposed to cultural distinctions. Some examples of these groups are African American, Asians and Caucasians, even though they consider themselves the dominant group. Then there is an ethnic group which is a group set apart because of their national origin or specific cultural patterns. Some examples of these...