does anyone know what caucasion mean?

Question

it was on a test and i have no clue

Answer 1

Everyone is so rude about your question: So here's a polite answer from a fellow student: It means someone of lisht skin color, more specifically, someone who passed throught the Caucauas Pass to reach America, and who have no high Melanin Count in their skin. ( Not dark0skinned. )
Okay sweetie?

Answer 2

Caucasians are the race of people generally populating europe, canada, australia, the USA, and some parts of the former soviet union--russia and urkraine, for example. Belief is that the tribes that populated eastern and western europe originated somewhere in the caucus mtn region, possibly descended from India peoples or arabics. Skin can be light or even fairly dark; such as the greeks and other mediteranean nationalities.
Cuacasian genes are generally dominant, therefore many other races assimilate easily into the caucasian race with little outward evidence-- for example, a "white" and native american can breed, and their children will tend to have primarily caucasian features, in another generation the native american traits are almost completely gone. Same with white/black mixes or white/asian. This genetic dominance might be why the caucasian race spread so rapidly despite being in more hospitable surroundings of northern and western europe.

Answer 3

People of the White race. Times have changed and so do people. The whites were known as Caucasions at one time. The blacks were known as ****** at one time. But I guess they really wanted to differentiate themselves so they came out with white and black. Then they added in the other races: yellow, brown, olives, reds. Did I forget greens (oops only Shrek is green). Greens are just a joke. My child is half and half, and the way I see it, there's a whole lot of mixed race marriages that borns mixed race children. I think that's great.

Answer 4

The term Caucasian (may also be referred to as the Caucasoid) is defined by the Oxford English Dictionary as, "relating to a broad division of humankind covering peoples from Europe, western Asia, and parts of India and North Africa." or "white-skinned; of European origin" or "relating to the region of the Caucasus in SE Europe."[1]

Hence, the term may be used in a racial sense or an ethnic sense such as the US Census usage or another ethnic sense, which in Europe (especially in Russia and the surrounding area), Caucasian usually refers exclusively to people who are from the Caucasus region or speak the Caucasian languages.

Answer 5

Caucasian is the technical notice for human beings interior the white race. you will desire to be ethnically white and nonetheless seem a sprint darker than the English. it certainly relies upon on your ethnic history. i don't be conscious of your ethnic history so i don't be conscious of in case you will desire to be area-black-area-white which could be mulatto or while you're greater center-jap. additionally, there are countless white human beings in Africa.

Answer 6

white skinned people who passed through the Caucasus pass to gain entry into Europe

Answer 7

Thumbs up for SCOUT 485.
Everyone should read his post.

Answer 8

It means someone should invest in a dictionary. And it's caucasiAn. It is the ethnic name for anglo's.

Answer 9

white-skinned, pretty much people of European descent

Answer 10

are you serious