Sports Are Described In This Chapter As Sites Where

Question: Sports are described in this chapter as “sites” where

Answer: D- ideas about skin color and ethnicity are formed, reaffirmed and put into action

Question: Race is used in the chapter to refer to a population of people who are believed to be

Answer: B- naturally or biologically distinct from other populations

Question: Ethnic population is used in the chapter to refer to a category of people regarded as socially distinct because they

Answer: C- share a history, way of life and an identity

Question: A minority as used in the chapter refers to a socially identified population that

Answer: B- shares a sense of unity and suffers disadvantages due to discrimination.

Question: Using the definitions in the chapter, Native People in the US would be

Answer: D- an ethnic group that is also a minority group

Question: The idea of race was first developed by

Answer: A- European explorers as they encountered diverse people around the globe

Question: Racial ideology is a web of ideas and beliefs that is used to

Answer: B- classify and evaluate people in terms of meanings given to skin color.

Question: When European peoples were exploring and colonizing the globe, they developed racial classification systems and ideologies allowing them to conclude that

Answer: A- white skinned people deserved their power around the world.

Question: The racial ideology that became widely accepted in the US during the 19th and 20th centuries supported white Americans as they sought to

Answer: D- justify political expansion and racial segregation

Question: Racial ideology became important to support Jim Crow Laws. These laws

Answer: C- enforced racial segregation in public settings.

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