What are some differences between ethnicity and race?
A) Ethnicity is primarily determined by genetics.
B) Ethnicity is important to geographers because the U.S. Bureau of the Census does not keep track of race.
C) Race is the preferred basis for distinguishing among people.
D) Ethnicity is identity with a group of people who share the cultural traditions of a particular homeland or hearth, while the definition of race involves genetically transmitted traits.
E) Ethnicity is an official category and race is not.
Answer: D
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