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Appendix A

Part I

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

Term Definition
Diversity
A term to describe difference, variation, and unlikeness. The term is mostly used in the readings referring to different racial and ethnic groups.
Ethnocentrism
This is a term to describe the overall feeling that the culture of an individual is superior to those of others.
Melting pot A concept created from the terms “fusion” and “amalgamation.” This is used to describe when different racial or ethnic groups form a new creation or cultural entity. Minority group A group of people of a particular race or ethnicity in a particular region that are not of the majority. Members of minority groups have much less control and power of their own lives than do members of a dominant majority group.
Emigration
Emigration occurs when an individual leaves one country to settle in another.
Immigration
Immigration is a term to describe an individual is coming into a new country as a permanent resident.
Culture
A term used to describe a broad range of inherited activities, beliefs, actions, values, communication or knowledge in which they act upon to create a unique demeanor and expression of self.

Part II

Answer each question in 250 to 350 words:

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

There are several ways that groups of people are identified. Groups of people can be classified by race, ethnicity, religion, and gender. Racial groups are identified mainly by physical characteristics such as skin color, shape of facial features, hair colors and type, etc. There are designated superior and inferior racial groups such as whites and Hispanics respectively.
Ethnic groups are differentiated mostly based around the culture they grow up in. The language they speak, food they