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Chapter 1
Question | Answer |
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Diversity | Differences |
Baby Boom | Dramatic rise in the number of people born between 1946 and 1964 |
Sunbelt | warm-weather states such as Georgia, Florida, Texas, and Arizona. |
Demography | The study of the size, growth, and distribution of human populations |
Service Job | A job in which a person makes a living by providing a service for other people. |
Immigrants | People who move from one country to make their homes in another. |
Discrimination | The unfair treatment of a group of people compared with another group |
Racism | The belief that members of one's own race are superior to those of other races. |
Exclusion Laws | Laws prohibiting any further immigration from China and Japan. Passed in 1952 and 1972. |
Census | A population survey that is taken every ten years. |
Beliefs | Certain ideas that we trust are true. Values of our standards of behavior. |
Equality | The condition of permitting everyone the same rights and opportunities. |
Freedom | The ability to make choices. |
Justice | Fairness |