AMH 2097 Mid Term Exam- Pam Robbins Rated 100% Correct!!

Race - Assumption of differences based on real or imagined physical characteristics Ethnicity - Group of people with something in common (some have more than one) ex) Religion, language, culture Nationality - Where you are from (Can hold duel citizenship) Nativism - Not liking someone based on their ethnicity Xenophobia - Fear of someone different than you What does the U.S do with these categories? - Racial and ethnic hierarchies Why is the creation of "Other" so important? - The more different you are, the lower you are on hierarchies Ethnicities constantly change on scale What were the waves of immigration? - 1. Formative Wave (English, Africans, Germans, etc. come) 2. First Wave (Irish, Chinese, Germans) 3. Second Wave (Southern Europe, Eastern Europe, Russians, Japanese) 4. Third Wave (Everybody) What wave was the largest? - Third WaveImmigration - When a person moves from one country to another Immigrant - Born in one country and moves to another Citizenship - Where you hold your allegience