Theories and Practice of Race (Grade 11 NSC Matric History): Flashcards
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Time period of main racial theories
Time period of main racial theories
Late 19th and 20th centuries
Linnaeus's 4 human groups (1730s)
Linnaeus's 4 human groups (1730s)
European, Asiatic, American, African
Blumenbach's claim about Caucasians (1795)
Blumenbach's claim about Caucasians (1795)
Best and most beautiful of all races
Morton's race ranking method
Morton's race ranking method
Brain size
Who coined 'eugenics'?
Who coined 'eugenics'?
Francis Galton
Who coined 'survival of the fittest'?
Who coined 'survival of the fittest'?
Herbert Spencer
Human Genome Project (2008) key finding
Human Genome Project (2008) key finding
Humans are 99.9% genetically identical
Number sterilised in US eugenics programmes
Number sterilised in US eugenics programmes
Approx. 65,000 people
1904 Namibia genocide target
1904 Namibia genocide target
Herero people
Where Eugen Fischer conducted research
Where Eugen Fischer conducted research
Concentration camps in German SW Africa