World Ethnic Groups Quiz

Europeans had a greater degree of success in colonizing the Cape of South Africa than other African regions due to its 'Mediterranean' climate.

Although Brazil has a large African community, Africans do not form more than 50% of the population. The Dominican Republic has a Mulatto (mixed European/African) majority, but this still counts as an African majority.

The Bantu-speakers spread from West Africa throughout most of Central and Southern Africa, supplanting the native Khoisan and Pygmy peoples.

Nunavut is the correct answer because it is the only Canadian province or territory with an Inuit plurality. Inuit people make up the majority of the population in Nunavut, with Inuktitut being one of the official languages of the territory. Ontario, Yukon, Saskatchewan, and Newfoundland do not have an Inuit plurality.

Tamils were brought to Singapore by the British as 'Coolies', or plantation workers, in the 1800s. Punjabis and Malayalis are the next largest groups, but neither group has a population nearly as large as that of the Tamil Singaporeans.

Chinese are the largest non-European ethnic group at nearly 700, 000 people. The mostly Catholic Lebanese only number around 180, 000, while Muslims as a whole only around 350, 000. Less than 100, 000 Australians are Assyrians, Jews or Coptic-Arabs.

Due to its British colony status, Cantonese-speakers from Hong Kong had easier access to Australia than their Cantonese, Shanghainese, Teochew or Mandarin speaking neighbors. However, a larger number of Mandarin-speakers have begun immigrating to Australia in recent decades.

Although Dutch and English may well be the largest European groups, the Xhosa of the Eastern Cape and the Zulu of Kwa-Zulu Natal and Gauteng are the largest peoples overall.

Germany hosts the largest Turkish diaspora population in Europe. This is because Germany has a history of labor migration from Turkey, with many Turkish people moving to Germany for work opportunities. As a result, there is a significant Turkish community in Germany, making it the country with the largest Turkish diaspora population in Europe.

Nelson Mandela's ethnic background is Xhosa. The Xhosa people are a Bantu ethnic group native to South Africa, and Mandela himself was born into the Xhosa royal family. He played a pivotal role in the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa and later became the country's first black president.

Israeli is the nationality that describes people from Israel, and thus is not an ethnic group. Ashkenazi Jews are the largest ethnicity in Israel. They originated in the region of Rhineland in Germany, and then spread all over Europe. Later, Ashkenazim, mostly from Eastern Europe and Germany, immigrated to European colonies, particularly the United States. These American and European Jewish immigrants and their descendants form the largest group of Jews in Israel.

Sephardi, on the other hand, originated in Spain but later immigrated to France, northern Europe (a notable example of a northern European Sephardi is Benjamin Disraeli, former Prime Minister of Britain), Italy, Greece, northwest Africa and the Middle East. Yemenite Jews originated in southern Arabia, while Old Yishuv Jews originated in Palestine.

Catalans were the largest group in Andorra for centuries. More recently, Spanish and Portuguese immigration has challenged this dominance.

Nagorno-Karabakh is an Azerbaijani region with an Armenian majority. It borders Armenia.

Hindus are a religious group, while 'Aryans' were an ancient people that settled in the north of India, not the south. 'Hindi' is a language, and the proper adjective form of 'Kerala' is 'Keralite', not 'Kerala'. The correct answer is therefore Malaylis (an ethno-linguistic group formed out of many Keralite communities). They are mostly Hindu and speak Malayalam.

Argentines, like Australians and US-Americans, are a nationality primarily descended from colonial-era European immigrants. Among the largest groups are Iberian peoples such as Galicians and Basques, and the Italians (who, if Iberians are broken up, form a plurality of the population). Other groups include Arabs, East Asians and Indigenous peoples. Argentina has a substantial Mestizo population, who are descended from a mixture of European and Indigenous peoples.

Gandhi was a Gujarati Hindu Brahmin. Uttar Pradeshi and Hindu are not ethnicities.

Many Punjabis and Gujaratis from British India and later the Republic of India immigrated to New Zealand during the 1900s. Indians are the second fastest growing ethnic group in New Zealand.

The Kabyles are a Berber people, and Berbers are indigenous to North Africa. Among the given options, Algeria is the North African country where the Kabyles are found. Therefore, the correct answer is Algeria.

Hong Kong and Macau were originally part of the Guangdong (also known as Canton) province until British and Portuguese colonization. Fujian is a province located directly to the east.

Most diasporic Chinese are either Hoklos/Hokkiens (from Fujian, majority of Chinese in Taiwan, Phillipines, Malaysia and Singapore), Teochew/Chiu Chew (from Chaozhou in Guangdong, a large minority in Singapore and Malaysia), Hakka (from Guangdong, large minority in ) or Cantonese (from Guangdong, including Hong Kong and Macau, largest group in the Western world).

Arabs, Jews, Amhara and Tigrinya are all Semitic peoples, although Arabs and Jews are of Middle Eastern origin like Turks, while Tigrinya and Amhara are Ethiopic Semites. Semites are ethnic groups that is associated with a Semitic language.

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the two subgroups of Indigenous Australians are Australian Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders.

Mauritius was unique in terms of European colonies, as it did not have any indigenous populations to supplant or exploit. After failed attempts of settlement by the Dutch and Portuguese, the French claimed the island. The British then annexed Mauritius after the Napoleonic wars. Indian emigrants from Britain's Indian colony, primarily Bhojpuri-speakers from the region of Bihar, began settling in the island. Biharis then became largest ethnic group in Mauritius. Other ethnic groups include the African-Creoles, the Europeans and Chinese.

Subsequently, most Mauritian presidents have been Biharis. A notable exception is the French-Mauritian Paul Berenger.

Karl Marx's ethnic background was Ashkenazi. Ashkenazi refers to Jews who originated from Eastern Europe, specifically from regions such as Germany, Poland, and Russia. This background is significant because it influenced Marx's upbringing and perspective, as he came from a Jewish family and experienced the discrimination and social inequality faced by Jews in Europe during his time.

The Azeris, Turks, Turcomans and Turkmens all all part of the Oghuz subgroup of Turkic peoples. Uzbeks, on the other hand, are Karluks.

The largest ethnic minority in Albania is the Greeks. This is because there is a significant Greek population living in Albania, especially in the southern region near the border with Greece. The historical and cultural ties between Albania and Greece have led to a large Greek community in Albania.

Coloureds are a Southern African community comprised of a mixture of various ethnic groups in South Africa.

The Slovene-speakers are the largest indigenous minority. There are also substantial Hungarian and Croatian speaking communities. German-speaking immigrants from Italy, Switzerland and Germany constitute the largest immigrant group. Serbs, Croats, and Turks are also large immigrant groups.

The largest Han group in Taiwan, Singapore, Fujian and Malaysia are all Hoklo/Hokkien, while in Macau it is Cantonese.

English have historically been the largest ethnic group in the United States. Recently, according to Census data, Germans and Irish have surpassed them. However, a large number of Americans of English descent identified as just 'American', and many English-Americans prefer to identify with a more recent or differentiated ancestry of theirs (such as Italian, African or Greek) as English have been dominant for centuries.

Based on Census data, Utah and Maine are the only US states that have an English plurality.

Paharis are the various Indo-Aryan hill groups that speak a variety of related dialects, including Kumaoni, Garhwali and Gurkha.

Neither Ovimbunda nor Angola City exist. Luanda, though the capital of Angola, is dominated by Kimbundu.

Although there are substantial Italian populations in all these countries, Brazil has the largest Italian population.

French Protestants (known as Huguenots) and Germans contributed a significant amount to the present Afrikaner population. Many Afrikaners have Dutch-icized French and German surnames.

Dari is the language of the Tajiks of Afghanistan, which is also spoken by the Hazaras. Tajiki is spoken in Tajikistan, where there is a smaller Tajik population. Persian is also a correct answer, as both Dari and Tajiki are dialects of Persian.