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Multicultural studies, Semester I Exam

I . Write a short definition:

1. culture
2. ethnicity
3. race
4. multicultural society
5. norms
6. taboos
7. nomadic
8. mestizo
9. “natural” rights
10. civil rights
11. Irish potato famine
12. black codes
13. separate but equal
14. Jim Crow laws
15. 13th amendment
16. 14th amendment
17. 19th amendment
18. The Bill of Rights
19. matrolineal society
20. kinaalda
21. hogan
22. sweat house
23. paratroopers
24. frescos
II. Answer with two or three sentences:
1. Explain the two theories we discussed of how humans first came to America.
2. Explain how one could say with accuracy that the Scots invented the modern world.
3. Explain why so many Irish emigrated to America.
4. List the states of the United States that used to be part of Mexico.
5. Explain why an African American would volunteer to be in the US Cavalry after the Civil War.
III. Identify the following people.
1. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 10. Geronimo
2. General Santa Ana
3. Stephen Austin
4. Marina La Malinche
5. Saint Patrick
6. Our Lady of Guadalupe
7. Don Diego
8. Marcus Garvey
9. Thurgood Marshall