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This was the official number of multi-racial Americans recorded in 2006
a) 2.3 million
b) 8.9 million
c) 6.1 million
d) 1.6 million

A high proportion of African Americans are also of which ancestry?
a) South American
b) Asian
c) Indian
d) European

Fill in the blank: many Americans today are _________ without knowing it.
a) prejudiced
b) multi-racial
c) European
d) Native American

According to the Census Bureau, as of 2002, over ___ of all African Americans had multiracial ancestries usually Native American.
a) 75%
b) 65%
c) 45%
d) 60%

In 2012, those choosing 'Two or more races' on the census was ___% of the total.
a) 7.2%
b) 3.7%
c) 4.8%
d) 2.4%

The stigma of a mixed race heritage, associated with racial discrimination among numerous racial groups, has _________ significantly in the United States.
a) increased
b) stayed the same
c) decreased
d) levelled off

Many mixed raced Americans use the term _________.
a) mixed american
b) multi-racial
c) blaxican
d) biracial

Interracial marriage, was historically deemed _______ and illegal llegal in most states in the 18th, 19th and first half of the 20th century
a) acceptable
b) proper
c) immoral
d) inappropriate

a _____ decision by the US Supreme Court (Loving v. Virginia) overturned all remaining US anti-miscegenation laws.
a) 1987
b) 1965
c) 1972
d) 1967

is the son of a European American mother and a ___ father from Kenya.
a) Luo
b) Banyan
c) Latino
d) mobito

The terms mixed-race, __________ or multiracial are becoming generally accepted.
a) multi-race
b) dual-race
c) biracial
d) multiple raced

All of these terms can be considered for types of multi-racial people except for which one?
a) Mawallid
b) Creole
c) Mulatto
d) Mestizo

What reason led people to identify or be classified as only one race?
a) cultural reasons
b) political reasons
c) historical reasons
d) prejudism

Prior to the _________ century, many people hid their multiracial heritage because of racial discrimination against minorities.
a) turn of the 20th century
b) late 19th century
c) new millenium
d) mid-20th century

Multiracial groups in the United States include all of the following except _____________.
a) Melungeons
b) Hispanic Americans
c) Louisiana Creoles
d) Eurasian

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