Vocab Quiz 1/24

Question 1

Race

Answer 1

The classification of people based on physical characteristics

Question 2

Ethnicity

Answer 2

A shared cultural identity and sense of belonging among a group of people

Question 3

Nationality

Answer 3

identity with a group of people who share legal attachment and personal allegiance to a country

Question 4

Nation-state

Answer 4

A state in which the cultural borders of a nation correspond with the state borders of a country

Question 5

Multi-ethnic state

Answer 5

a nation-state that contains multiple distinct ethnic groups

Question 6

Multinational state

Answer 6

countries that contain two or more distinct nationalities or ethnic groups

Question 7

Apartheid/Segregation

Answer 7

the systematic separation of people based on their race or ethnicity, often enforced through laws and policies that restrict access to resources, services, and spaces

Question 8

Racism

Answer 8

the belief that racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race

Question 9

Ethnic Cleansing/Genocide

Answer 9

acts against specific groups of people for the purpose of eradicating or destroying the existence of that particular group

Question 10

Self-Determination

Answer 10

the principle that nations and peoples have the right to freely determine their political status and pursue their economic, social, and cultural development

Question 11

Sovereignty

Answer 11

the authority of a state to govern itself and make its own laws without external interference

Question 12

Decolonization

Answer 12

process by which colonies become independent of the colonizing country