The biggest reason the government of South Africa created a policy of apartheid was to ensure that a racial minority group kept its political and economic dominance.

Which of the following events was not a result of the Bosnian civil war? An independent, democratic Yugoslavia was restored. Yugoslavian republics declared independence after Serbia attempted to dominate minority groups.

Which of the following events led to ethnic conflict in the Balkans in 1989? Yugoslavian republics declared independence after Serbia attempted to dominate minority groups. Scientists have shown that a person’s race is determined by a set of biological traits found in their DNA.

OMB defines “Hispanic or Latino” as a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.

Cubans (Spanish: Cubanos), are people born in Cuba or with Cuban citizenship. Cuba is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic, religious and national backgrounds….Cubans.

Unfortunately, violent crimes such as armed robbery and murder continue to be a problem throughout Guyana. Georgetown is particularly vulnerable to violent crime where attacks on foreigners have increased. The area is prone to heavy gang activity and subsequent violence.

Guyana’s population (Guyanese people) is made up of five main ethnic groups: Indians, Africans, Amerindians, Europeans (mainly Portuguese) and Chinese. Ninety percent of the inhabitants live on the narrow coastal plain, where population density is more than 115 inhabitants per square kilometre (300/sq mi).

Fourteen thousand Chinese arrived in British Guiana between 1853 and 1879 on 39 vessels bound from Hong Kong to fill the labor shortage on the sugar plantations engendered by the abolition of slavery.

The Indo-Guyanese (Guyanese of South Asian descent) form the largest ethnic group in the country, representing about two-fifths of the population. Their ancestors arrived mostly as indentured labour from India to replace Africans in plantation work.

The country’s history is much more Caribbean by nature than it is South American. One reason for this is that Guyana was once a British colony, like many of the Caribbean islands. No other South American countries were ever British colonies and Guyana is therefore unique in this sense.

Guyana is home to six ethnic groups – Indigenous, East Indian, African, Portuguese, European and Chinese.

Definitions for Racial and Ethnic Categories

• American Indian or Alaska Native.
• Asian.
• Black or African American.
• Hispanic or Latino.
• Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander.
• White.

Guyanese culture reflects the influence of African, Indian, Amerindian, British, Portuguese, Chinese, Creole, Latin American, and Dutch cultures. Guyana is one of a few mainland territories of South America that is considered to be a part of the Caribbean region.