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Appendix A

Part I

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

|Term |Definition |

|Diversity |Diversity means different. |

|Ethnocentrism |Ethnocentrism is the tendency to automatically assume that their culture and way of life |

| |are much better than everyone else’s. |

|Melting pot |Melting pot is a group of racial or ethnic that form a new creation or entity. |

|Minority group |Minority group is a subordinate group that have less power or control of their lives than |

| |the dominant group does. |

|Emigration |Emigration is when someone leaves one country to live in another. |

|Immigration |Immigration means coming into a new country to establish a permanent home. |

|Culture |Culture is a combination of a person’s religion or background of family. |

Part II

Answer each question in 250 to 350 words:

What are some of the ways groups of people are identified? One way a group is identified is through racial. You have Whites who are non-Hispanic. This is one of the most common forms of race. There is also a race that is considered Black or African-Americans. This race has less population than the whites do. Native Americans are in the same boat. These groups are called minorities. Asian Americans are made up of Chinese, Japanese, Koreans and Japanese. There...