University of Phoenix Material Appendix D

University of Phoenix Material

Appendix D

Part I

Define the following terms:

|Term |Definition |
|Ethnic group |Being a member of an ethnic group, especially of a group that is a minority within a larger society. |
|Anti-Semitism |Discrimination against or prejudice or hostility toward Jews. |
|Islamophobia |An irrational fear or prejudice towards Islam and Muslims. |
|Xenophobia |A fear of foreigners or strangers or of that which is foreign or strange. |
|Persecution |The act of persecuting. |
|Religious group |Individuals involved with or employed in religious denominations or organized religious groups such as |
| |churches. |

Part II

Select at least 1 religious and 1 ethnic/racial group not your own from the list below.

• Religious groups (based on http://religions.pewforum.org/pdf/affiliations-all-traditions.pdf)

o Christianity

• Evangelical Protestant • Mainline Protestant • Historically Black Churches • Roman Catholic • Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) • Jehovah’s Witnesses • Orthodox (Greek, Eastern)

o Judaism (Orthodox, Conservative, or Reform) o Buddhism (Theravada or Mahayana) o Islam (Sunni, Shia, Sufism) o Hinduism

• Racial/Ethnic groups (based on divisions in U.S. Census Bureau documents)

o Asian (Asian descent) o Black (African descent) o Hispanic and Latino (South or Central American descent) o Pacific Islander (Polynesian