Deck 7: Ethnicities

Question 1

An examination of the distribution of ethnicities in the United States reveals

A) ethnicities are not often clustered in urban areas.
B) different ethnicities cluster in each U.S. region.
C) ethnic neighborhoods contain a heterogeneous mix of ethnicities, even in cities that were once known for their patterns of segregation.
D) segregation and exclusion are a thing of the past for nearly all U.S. ethnic groups.
E) ethnic groups tend to cluster in urban areas and in different U.S. regions.

Answer 1

E

Question 2

This map shows that African Americans in Michigan are concentrated mainly in

A) the northeast.
B) the north, northeast, and west.
C) the southwest.
D) the southeast.
E) the northwest.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

By interpreting this map, we surmise that in the African American population

A) in Illinois, nearly all are distributed in the southern part of the state.
B) in Florida, there is more of a concentration in the western part of the state.
C) in California, there is more of a concentration in the northern part of the state.
D) in Arkansas, there is more of a concentration in the southern part of the state.
E) in Nevada, there are roughly equal concentrations in the northern and southern parts of the state.

Answer 3

D

Question 4

President Barack Obama is a good example of the

A) complexity of ethnic identity in the United States.
B) confusion over ethnicity and race in Kenya.
C) natural and biological basis for classifying humans.
D) complexity of Asian American identity in the United States.
E) principle of the distribution of persons of color.

Question 5

Los Angeles has what kind of ethnic distribution?

A) dispersed
B) clustered
C) diverse
D) contiguous
E) inverted

Question 6

Evaluating this map, we can determine that

A) more than 95 percent of Latinos live in the southwestern United States.
B) Latinos are mainly concentrated in the northwest, southwest, and northeast.
C) Latinos are concentrated only in the largest cities.
D) Latinos live throughout the United States.
E) only 10 percent of Latinos live in the southwest.

Question 7

The second most populous ethnic group in the United States is

A) Latinos/Hispanics.
B) Asian Americans.
C) African Americans.
D) American Indians and Alaska Natives.
E) Austral-Asians.

Question 8

By interpreting this map, we can surmise that in the Hispanic population

A) hardly any live in the northwestern United States.
B) in Florida, there is more of a concentration in the northern part of the state.
C) in California, there is more of a concentration in the northern part of the state.
D) in Idaho, there is more of a concentration in the southern part of the state.
E) in Idaho, there are roughly equal concentrations in the northern and southern parts of the state.

Question 9

The racist laws that divided South Africans were known as

A) secessionist.
B) apartheus.
C) apomatox.
D) apartheid.
E) states rights.

Question 10

The largest Hispanic/Latino groups in the United States are from which two countries?

A) Guatemala and Mexico
B) Cuba and Mexico
C) Puerto Rico and Mexico
D) Puerto Rico and Cuba
E) Dominican Republic and Cuba

Question 11

Which is the most dramatic change in the geographic distribution of African Americans in the United States?

A) rural to urban within the state
B) change to sharecropping
C) relocation to northern cities
D) movement out of inner-cities
E) relocation to coastal cities

Question 12

An analysis of this map indicates that African Americans are clustered in what part of North Carolina?

A) the eastern half of the state
B) the southwest
C) the western half of the state
D) the southern part of the state
E) the western highlands

Question 13

The most populous ethnic group in the United States is

A) African Americans.
B) Asian Americans.
C) Latinos/Hispanics.
D) American Indians and Alaska Natives.
E) Austral-Asians.

Question 14

Which is the most dramatic change in the geographic distribution of African Americans in the United States?

A) rural to urban within the state
B) change to sharecropping
C) relocation to northern cities
D) movement out of inner-cities
E) relocation to coastal cities

Question 15

An analysis of this map indicates that African Americans are clustered in what part of Colorado?

A) the eastern half of the state
B) the southwest
C) the western half of the state
D) the southern part of the state
E) the western mountains

Question 16

Ethnicity is important because

A) it provides the only stable basis of political states in the modern world.
B) it opposes nationalism and globalization.
C) it promotes peace and wellbeing in the face of the globalization of culture.
D) it reinforces diversity in the face of the globalization of culture.
E) it defines citizenship and sovereignty in the political arena.

Question 17

Racist laws divided benches, drinking fountains, bathrooms, and schools in South Africa until

A) 1948.
B) 1974.
C) 1988.
D) 1994.
E) 2004.

Question 18

The largest numbers of Asian Americans are descended from immigrants from

A) Vietnam.
B) Japan.
C) China.
D) the Philippines.
E) Korea.

Question 19

By evaluating this map, we can surmise that the Asian American population in Texas is

A) fairly evenly dispersed in the state's rural communities.
B) more concentrated in the northern part of the state.
C) more concentrated in the urban areas in the northwest and southwest.
D) more concentrated in the urban areas in the northeast and southeast.
E) migrating to other states such as California.

Question 20

Asian Americans are clustered in what area of the United States?

A) Southwest
B) West
C) Plains states
D) Northeast
E) Southeast

Question 21

A racist believes in

A) the equality of women and men regardless of ethnic or racial identity.
B) the superiority of some groups because of cultural identity.
C) the inferiority of some groups because of economic factors and the superiority of other groups because of political affiliations.
D) the biological classification of people and the superiority of some groups over others on the basis of racial identity.
E) the biological classification of people along with an understanding that all human beings are one species and therefore one extended family without any inherent differences.

Question 22

After World War II ended, millions of people were forced to migrate because of

A) Soviet repatriation of Gypsies and Jews.
B) counterattacks by the Allies.
C) German expansion.
D) the return of defeated German soldiers to their homes.
E) changes in the boundaries of states.

Question 23

According to the United States Census Bureau, a Mexican American might also be considered a member of which races?

A) Japanese, Cuban, or another
B) Black, Mexican, or another
C) Black, White, or another
D) White, Guatemalan, or Mexican
E) White only

Question 24

A nationality is

A) a group of people tied to a place through legal status and tradition.
B) a country.
C) ethnic identity.
D) any cohesive group of people.
E) any group with shared religion, language, and origin of birth.

Question 25

People who were restricted by covenants in deeds included all of the following people in the United States except for

A) Caucasians.
B) Jews.
C) Blacks.
D) Roman Catholics.
E) Mexican Americans.

Question 26

The "separate but equal" doctrine of racial equality was accompanied by

A) the abolition of discriminatory lending practices and restrictive covenants.
B) the end of the U.S. Civil War.
C) the required integration of schools.
D) the end of legal discrimination in the American South.
E) "Jim Crow" laws across the American South.

Question 27

From 1910 to 1950, population density of African Americans in ghettos

A) increased.
B) remained the same.
C) decreased.
D) briefly increased before decreasing.
E) fluctuated.

Question 28

This map indicates that in Los Angeles, Asian Americans are mainly concentrated

A) in the southeast.
B) in the northeast.
C) in the approximate geographic center.
D) in a contiguous line from the northeast to the southeast.
E) in an inverted pattern from west to east.

Question 29

What was apartheid?

A) the dialect of Dutch which is spoken in South Africa
B) South Africa's governmental system
C) the existence of landlocked states in southern Africa
D) the geographic separation of races in South Africa
E) the kinship system of Sub-Saharan Africa

Question 30

South Africa is the only state in southern Africa that

A) still practices apartheid despite efforts to end the practice.
B) is completely landlocked.
C) first elected a Black as president during the 1990s.
D) signed the Law of the Sea despite concerns over ethnic segregation.
E) has a large Italian minority population.

Question 31

This map indicates that in Los Angeles, African Americans are mainly concentrated

A) in the northeast.
B) near the geographic center of the urban area.
C) in the southeast.
D) in a contiguous line from the northeast to the southeast.
E) in an inverted pattern from west to east.

Question 32

The "separate but equal" doctrine in the United States was legally established by

A) individual states.
B) Plessy v. Ferguson.
C) Brown v. Board of Education.
D) the Missouri Compromise.
E) the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution.

Question 33

An example of white flight is the

A) movement of whites from northern cities like Chicago and New York to southern cities.
B) movement of whites from southern cities like New Orleans to western cities like Los Angeles.
C) establishment of suburbs around Los Angeles.
D) decrease in the percent of whites remaining in the Southeast because of black migration from the Southeast.
E) emigration of whites from central Los Angeles as blacks were arriving.

Question 34

The Brown v. Board of Education court decision ruled that

A) separate schools for blacks and whites were unconstitutional.
B) "white flight" was morally wrong and should be curtailed.
C) discriminatory lending practices and restrictive covenants were unconstitutional.
D) separate facilities for blacks and whites were acceptable so long as they were of the same quality.
E) separate schools for blacks and whites were constitutional but separate drinking fountains were unconstitutional.

Question 35

Which of the following does the United States Census Bureau not consider a race?

A) Japanese
B) Black
C) Hispanic/Latino
D) White
E) Samoan

Question 36

Ethnic identity for U.S. descendants of European immigrants is primarily preserved through

A) neighborhoods and locations.
B) schools and education.
C) language.
D) religion and food.
E) political affiliation.

Question 37

The map indicates that Latinos/Hispanics are clustered in what areas of the United States?

A) Northeast, cities
B) West, Southwest
C) Southwest, Southeast
D) cities
E) Pacific Northwest, Plains states

Question 38

Which pair of concepts or entities from South Africa and the United States is the best match?

A) apartheid-"Jim Crow" laws
B) homelands-blockbusting
C) South African Nationalist Party-U.S. Tea Party
D) Nelson Mandela-white flight
E) apartheid-U.S. Libertarian Party.

Question 39

As part of the triangular slave trade system, ships bound for Europe carried

A) cloth and trinkets.
B) rum and molasses.
C) slaves.
D) gold and silver.
E) slaves and molasses.

Question 40

African Americans migrated out of the U.S. South partly as a consequence of

A) the removal of travel visa requirements for people of color.
B) increased farm mechanization leading to a decreased demand for farm labor.
C) the development of better airports, allowing for rapid and efficient travel.
D) increasing opportunities to work in northern coal mines and the California gold rush.
E) the growth of agriculture in the U.S. North.

Question 41

An example of a nationality might be

A) a group of Cherokee Indians living on a reservation.
B) a group of Ojibwa Indians touring around Europe.
C) a number of Cherokee students living in diverse cities around North America.
D) the Nazi Party within Germany in the 1930s.
E) a group of Methodist preachers who are now living in various Southern states.

Question 42

When a U.S. politician attempts to appeal to the widest number of voters, she or he probably appeals to concepts of shared

A) nationality.
B) chauvinism.
C) ethnicity.
D) race.
E) gender.

Question 43

Sri Lanka has continuing ethnic conflict between

A) Sinhalese Buddhists and Tamil Hindus.
B) Dravidian animists and Hindu rebels.
C) Jacobites and Assyrians.
D) Urdu separatists and Kashmir rebels.
E) Hutus and Tutsis.

Question 44

The Kurds

A) are living in a new country created for them between Iraq, Iran, and Turkey.
B) are a group which long ago migrated from Anatolia to the Balkans.
C) have no wish to become a nationality, only to remain an ethnicity.
D) have a large population but are divided among enough countries that they are a minority in every one.
E) are not targeted as potential rebels by the Turkish government.

Question 45

Ethnicities in the same country come into conflict partly because

A) they have conflicting traditions of self-rule.
B) they share a language.
C) minority ethnicities are officially recognized.
D) their national identity is shared.
E) the national wealth is evenly distributed.

Question 46

In 1947 a Hindu family living in Pakistan or northwestern India likely felt pressure to migrate

A) to southern India and then to Sri Lanka.
B) to the south, southeast, or east toward Muslim-controlled areas.
C) to the northeastern border and then to Sri Lanka.
D) to the south, southeast, or east away from Muslim-controlled areas.
E) to a large city such as New Delhi.

Question 47

The Lebanese civil war resulted when the country broke down because of

A) ethnic groups, some of which were supported by Israel.
B) religious groups and the traditional animosities between Christians and Muslims, in particular.
C) changes in the majority between religious groups.
D) independent armies vying for control of the highlands.
E) famine.

Question 48

Denmark is a good example of a nation-state because

A) nearly the entire population are ethnic Danes who speak Danish.
B) Danish and German nationalities intermingle in Schleswig-Holstein.
C) the people living on the Faeroe islands, which are controlled by Denmark, speak Faeroese.
D) Denmark consolidated its boundaries by giving Greenland to Norway.
E) it is an independent country that is a member of the United Nations.

Question 49

Which describes the nationality of someone who gives allegiance to the United Kingdom?

A) Welsh
B) English
C) British
D) Irish
E) Saxon

Question 50

In 1947 a Muslim family living in central India likely felt pressure to migrate

A) to southern India and then to Sri Lanka.
B) to northern India and then to China.
C) to the northeastern border and then to Sri Lanka.
D) to the northwestern border and then to Pakistan.
E) to a large city such as New Delhi.

Question 51

Large-scale migration occurred in South Asia after 1947 primarily because of the

A) boat people.
B) communist victory.
C) failure of the monsoon rains.
D) separation of religious groups.
E) new mobility provided by railway construction.

Question 52

Until it was forced to withdraw its troops in 2005, most of Lebanon was controlled by

A) Jordan.
B) Syria.
C) Israel.
D) Egypt.
E) Iran.

Question 53

Which of the following is not a strong centripetal force in the United States?

A) network television
B) the U.S. flag
C) the many ethnic groups living in the United States
D) "The Star Spangled Banner"
E) baseball

Question 54

Loyalty and devotion to a state that represents a particular group's culture is

A) nationalism.
B) nation-state.
C) nation.
D) state.
E) multiculturalism.

Question 55

According to this map, the Kurds are likely

A) in a new country created for them between Iraq, Iran, and Turkey.
B) located in the Balkans.
C) clustered completely in Iraq.
D) divided among Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.
E) divided among Iraq, Iran, and Syria.

Question 56

The concept that nationalities have the right to govern themselves is known as the right of

A) centripetal force.
B) nation-state.
C) self-determination.
D) sovereignty.
E) ethnic identity.

Question 57

For the former Soviet Union, which of these was the most important centripetal device?

A) the Eastern Orthodox religion
B) the Russian language
C) appeals to shared ethnicity
D) appeals to shared notions of the "white race"
E) appeals through stirring nationalistic music

Question 58

Before its breakup the Soviet Union was the largest ________ state.

A) multinational
B) national
C) "state's rights"
D) multiethnic
E) rightwing fascist

Question 59

The key elements of nationalism include all but

A) common culture.
B) shared attitudes.
C) shared emotions.
D) political structure.
E) state symbols.

Question 60

Which of the following is likely the least or weakest centripetal force in the United States?

A) ABC, NBC, CBS, and other network television
B) the U.S. flag flying in different ethnic neighborhoods
C) Internet content available from around the world
D) "The Star Spangled Banner" being sung at baseball games
E) lessons about civic responsibility in the public school system

Question 61

The breakup of Yugoslavia during the 1990s was caused mainly by

A) ethnic cleansing.
B) the assassination in Sarajevo of the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary.
C) rivalries among nationalities.
D) NATO.
E) espionage by Russian agents.

Question 62

In Sri Lanka, the three major ethnicities are the Sinhalese, Tamil, and Moors.

Question 63

Nation-states in Europe were formed by nationalities.

Question 64

The most important centripetal force in Yugoslavia before its breakup was the

A) religion.
B) language.
C) number of nationalities.
D) common economic interests.
E) conflict with Turkey.

Question 65

NATO planes flying high over former Yugoslavia during the civil war provided information later used for geographic interpretation to

A) drop "smart" bombs on selected targets.
B) identify strategic objectives for ground forces.
C) document acts of ethnic cleansing by Serbs.
D) plan the future boundaries of the newly formed countries.
E) establish a permanent peace in the region.

Question 66

The U.S. Civil War was fought to keep anti-slavery Southern states from seceding from the Union.

Question 67

Slavery has occurred around the world, and it was banned in many countries before it was ended in the United States.

Question 68

Balkanization refers to

A) the creation of nation-states in southeastern Europe.
B) the breakdown of a state due to conflicts among nationalities.
C) a small geographic area that cannot successfully be organized into states.
D) ethnic cleansing.
E) religions splintering into opposing groups.

Question 69

The process when a group forcibly removes another group is called

A) war.
B) migrational push factors.
C) racism.
D) ethnic cleansing.
E) white flight.

Question 70

Nationalism is an important example of a centrifugal force for a state.

Question 71

Ethnic groups in the United States no longer conflict with one another.

Question 72

African American northward migration followed the major U.S. highways.

Question 73

One reason for forced migration in Ethiopia was the

A) annexation of Somaliland.
B) communist takeover of the government.
C) invasion by the United States.
D) war with the United Kingdom.
E) civil war with the Eritreans.

Question 74

Race is often described as

A) being characterized by Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic/Latino.
B) identification with a group that purports to share a biological ancestor.
C) determinable from physical characteristics such as the exact shape of a person's face or head.
D) evenly distributed around the world, independent of ethnicity.
E) defined by statute in most U.S. states.

Question 75

Neighborhood changes in ethnicity are sometimes caused by the illegal practice of

A) segregation.
B) separate but equal.
C) blockbusting.
D) self-identification.
E) white flight.

Question 76

Most of the conflict in Africa is widespread because of

A) colonial boundaries clearly demarcating the various ethnic and national populations.
B) numerous ethnic groups living in perpetual peace and understanding.
C) rapid economic development for the poor at the expense of the rich.
D) gradual economic development favoring the poor over the rich.
E) colonial boundaries in the midst of numerous ethnic and national groups.

Question 77

Ethnicities are clustered at the neighborhood level in the United States.

Question 78

As Sudan's religion-based civil war was winding down, an ethnic war erupted in the region of

A) Eritrea.
B) Tigre.
C) Darfur.
D) Amhara.
E) Oromo.

Question 79

Detroit subsidized African American immigration from the South to alleviate tensions and maintain the ethnic mix.

Question 80

Traditionally, the most important unit of African society was the

A) state.
B) tribe.
C) nation.
D) kingdom.
E) caliphate.