RACE AND ETHNICITY STUDY GUIDE | COMPLETE SOCIOLOGY EXAM REVIEW
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
What is the difference between race and ethnicity? - correct answer ✔✔you can only have one race, but
you can have multiple ethnicities
Ethnicity - correct answer ✔✔the learned cultural behaviors celebrated throughout regions around the
world
-Ethnicity does not always describe color either
-Relating to a large group of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious,
linguistic, or cultural origin or background
Race - correct answer ✔✔is socially imposed
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how you are perceived by others (usually based on visual presentation
-Race is an indication of the heritage in which someone were born, regardless of location or learned
behavior.
-A family, tribe, people, or nation belonging to the same group.
-Classification of a group/population as perceived by others.
Examples of Ethnicity - correct answer ✔✔Irish, Jewish, Portugeuese, Italian, etc
Can Ethnicity change? - correct answer ✔✔Yes, ethnicity can be altered or mimicked through choice and
beliefs.
-Ethnicity gives us room to change because we can reject our own and accept another
-You can move from one region to another and assimilate your beliefs, actions and customs to identify
with that ethnic orientation
Examples of race - correct answer ✔✔black, white, latino
Can race be altered? - correct answer ✔✔No, race is your biologically engineered features. It can include
skin color, skin tone, eye and hair color,as well as tendency toward developing certain diseases. It is not
something that can be changed or disguised. Races do not have customs or globally learned behavior.
Culture - correct answer ✔✔customary beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a racial, religious or
social group.
Examples of culture - correct answer ✔✔skateboard culture, hip hop culture, nascar culture.....
Bias - correct answer ✔✔to give a settled and often prejudiced outlook
Prejudice - correct answer ✔✔Prejudgment, or forming an opinion before becoming aware of the
relevant facts of a case. The word is often used to refer to preconceived, usually unfavorable, judgments
toward people or a person because of gender, political opinion, social class, age, disability, religion,
sexuality, race/ethnicity, language, nationality, or other personal characteristics.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026/2027
What is the difference between race and ethnicity? - correct answer ✔✔you can only have one race, but
you can have multiple ethnicities
Ethnicity - correct answer ✔✔the learned cultural behaviors celebrated throughout regions around the
world
-Ethnicity does not always describe color either
-Relating to a large group of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious,
linguistic, or cultural origin or background
Race - correct answer ✔✔is socially imposed
*******Check the box on the form
how you are perceived by others (usually based on visual presentation
-Race is an indication of the heritage in which someone were born, regardless of location or learned
behavior.
-A family, tribe, people, or nation belonging to the same group.
-Classification of a group/population as perceived by others.
Examples of Ethnicity - correct answer ✔✔Irish, Jewish, Portugeuese, Italian, etc
Can Ethnicity change? - correct answer ✔✔Yes, ethnicity can be altered or mimicked through choice and
beliefs.
-Ethnicity gives us room to change because we can reject our own and accept another
-You can move from one region to another and assimilate your beliefs, actions and customs to identify
with that ethnic orientation
Examples of race - correct answer ✔✔black, white, latino
Can race be altered? - correct answer ✔✔No, race is your biologically engineered features. It can include
skin color, skin tone, eye and hair color,as well as tendency toward developing certain diseases. It is not
something that can be changed or disguised. Races do not have customs or globally learned behavior.
Culture - correct answer ✔✔customary beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a racial, religious or
social group.
Examples of culture - correct answer ✔✔skateboard culture, hip hop culture, nascar culture.....
Bias - correct answer ✔✔to give a settled and often prejudiced outlook
Prejudice - correct answer ✔✔Prejudgment, or forming an opinion before becoming aware of the
relevant facts of a case. The word is often used to refer to preconceived, usually unfavorable, judgments
toward people or a person because of gender, political opinion, social class, age, disability, religion,
sexuality, race/ethnicity, language, nationality, or other personal characteristics.
