first of three divisions of the Hebrew scriptures comprising the first five books of the Old Testament
What is Torah?
100
part of the slave trade when Africans sailed to America on a ship
What is Middle Passage?
100
From 1892-1954 nearly 12 million people entered the US through this island. At least 70% of all imigrants who came to the US came through this New York port.
What is Ellis Island?
200
behaviors, beliefs, characterized by a particular social, ethnic, or age group
What is Culture?
200
The sense of self, providing sameness in ones personality over a period of time.
What is identity?
200
law that was intended to Americanize Native Americans by distibuting reservation land to individuals owners
What is Dawes Act?
200
an enclosed area where Japanese-Americans were held in the US during WW2
What is internment camp?
200
related to or derived from the people or culture of Spain
What is Hispanic?
300
to prejudge based on a defined characteristic
What is prejudice?
300
The fear of someone’s sexual orientation.
What is homophobia?
300
Island in the San Francisco Bay where mostly Asian immigrants were processed prior to entering into the United States
What is Angel Island?
300
sacred writing sof ISlam revealed by God to the prophet Mohamed during his life at Mecca and Medina; divided into 114 chapters.
What is Koran?
300
the belief that the United States had the right and duty to extend to the Pacific ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
400
to discriminate based on age
What is ageism?
400
The study of ethnicity or cultural diversity within the U.S.
What is multiculturalism?
400
hateful feelings or attitudes toward Jews
What is anti-semitism?
400
traveler who moves from one region or country to another.
What is a migrant?
400
society in which people keep some of the traditional ways
What is cultural pluralism?
500
to treat someone unfairly based on personal bias or stereotype
What is discriminiation?
500
To discriminate based on gender.
What is sexism?
500
Mexican son born in the USA
What is a Chicano?
500
United States labor leader who organized farm workers
What is Ceasar Chavez?
500
800 mile journey the Cherokee Indians were forced to make from Georgia to Oklahoma