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  2. Afro-Dominicans - Wikipedia

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    "The people of the Dominican Republic are mainly of Spanish descent, some pure white, others mixed with African American blood, others with an admixture of Indian, and still others a combination of white, Indian, and black. While the pure black, or nearly black, African American is far less in evidence than in Haiti.

  3. Mixed-race Dominicans - Wikipedia

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    White Dominicans · Black Dominicans Mixed Dominicans ( Spanish : Dominicanos mixtos ) or Moreno Dominicans ( Spanish : Dominicanos morenos ), also referred to as mulatto , mestizo or historically zambo , are Dominicans who are of mixed ancestry (mainly white and black , to a lesser extent native ), these stand out for having brown skin .

  4. Caribbean Examinations Council - Wikipedia

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    The Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) is an examination board in the Caribbean. [1] [2] It was established in 1972 [3] under agreement by the participating governments in the Caribbean Community to conduct such examinations as it may think appropriate and award certificates and diplomas on the results of any such examinations so conducted.

  5. Education in the Dominican Republic - Wikipedia

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    The exam also found that girls performed better on the reading comprehension test than boys. In mathematics, students were given 35 questions. On average, the third grade students were able to answer 5.9 questions, the fourth grade students were able to answer 9.02 questions, and the fifth grade students were able to answer 11.94 questions.

  6. Dominicans - Wikipedia

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    Previously, in the 1996 electoral roll, 82.5% of the adult population were Indio, 7.55% white, 4.13% black, and 2.3% mulatto. [49] Other estimates puts the Dominican population at 60% mixed, 35% black, and 5% white. [50] Other groups in the country include the descendants of West Asians—mostly Lebanese, Syrians and Palestinians.

  7. White Dominicans - Wikipedia

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    The Dominican identity card (issued by the Junta Central Electoral) used to categorised people as yellow, [citation needed] white, Indian, and black, [31] in 2011 the Junta planned to replace Indian with mulatto in a new ID card with biometric data that was under development, but in 2014 when it released the new ID card, it decided to just drop ...

  8. Food grading - Wikipedia

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    The food-grade product meets the requirements set out in the Food Chemicals Codex. It is denoted by E number E514ii in the EU and is approved for use in Australia and New Zealand [36] where it is listed as additive 514. Food-grade sodium bisulfate is used in a variety of food products, including beverages, dressings, sauces, and fillings.

  9. Academic grading in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The overall grade for the class is then typically weighted so that the final grade represents a stated proportion of different types of work. For example, daily homework may be counted as 50% of the final grade, chapter quizzes may count for 20%, the comprehensive final exam may count for 20%, [1] and a major project may count for the remaining ...