Deck 5: Geographies of Race and Ethnicity: Melting Pot or Salad Bowl

Question 1

In recent years, Nebraska has become an attractive migration prospect for people from:

A) Mexico
B) Colombia
C) China
D) Korea

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Wilber, Nebraska, was settled by immigrants from which country?

A) Holland
B) Italy
C) Sweden
D) Czechoslovakia

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The one-drop rule of the United States of the early twentieth century was used to identify people as:

A) Asian
B) Native American
C) African American
D) Hispanic/Latino

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The one-drop rule was designed to prevent:

A) migration
B) out-of-wedlock births
C) diplomatic difficulties with other rations
D) intermarriage between races

Question 5

Which statement BEST summarizes the current approach of the U.S. Census Bureau to self-definitions of race?

A) Each person recorded by the census must choose one race with which to identify.
B) The U.S. Census Bureau eliminated "race" as a category in the 2010 census.
C) The U.S. Census Bureau considers "race" and "ethnicity" as equivalent.
D) Individuals may choose to identify themselves with more than one racial group.

Question 6

-Based on the figure shown here, which conclusion would NOT be correct?

A) Over 13 percent of the U.S. population is foreign-born.
B) More than half of the U.S. foreign-born population was born in Latin America.
C) Foreign-born U.S. residents from Mexico outnumber foreign-born residents from other Latin American countries.
D) If the total U.S. population in 2010 was 304.3 million, then approximately 82 million of those people were not born in the United States.

Question 7

-According to the chart, if the U.S. population in 2010 was 304.3 million, then approximately _____ million of those people were not born in the United States.

A) 18
B) 24
C) 39
D) 46

Question 8

-According to the chart, if the U.S. population in 2010 was 304.3 million, then approximately _____ million of those people were born in Latin American.

A) 9
B) 14
C) 17
D) 21

Question 9

-According to the chart, if the U.S. population in 2010 was 304.3 million, then approximately _____ million of those people were born in Asia.

A) 4
B) 10
C) 18
D) 23

Question 10

-The chart shows that the majority of the foreign-born population of the United States comes from:

A) Europe
B) Latin America and Mexico
C) Australia and Canada
D) South and East Asia

Question 11

Which does NOT affect definitions of race and ethnicity?

A) biological genus and species definitions
B) your own self-definition
C) the way others see you
D) the way society and government treat you

Question 12

Which factor does NOT play a role in a person's understanding of his or her race and ethnicity?

A) their self-definition
B) their racial classification by the United Nations
C) the way others see them
D) the way society treats them

Question 13

Which statement about race and ethnicity is CORRECT?

A) Race refers to skin color, while ethnicity refers to the country of origin of one's ancestors.
B) Race refers to genetically significant differences between populations while ethnicity refers to people of common ancestry and cultural traditions.
C) There is no significant difference between race and ethnicity, and the terms can be used interchangeably.
D) Race is a biological fact, while ethnicity disappears once an immigrant group assimilates.

Question 14

The last country in the Americas to ban slavery was:

A) the United States
B) Brazil
C) Honduras
D) Mexico

Question 15

The belief that human capabilities are determined by racial classification and that some races are superior to others is:

A) prejudice
B) cultural maladaptation
C) racism
D) acculturation

Question 16

People who share a common ancestry and cultural tradition compose a(n):

A) race
B) tribunal
C) ethnic group
D) ethnoburb

Question 17

Which is an example of racism?

A) Irish Americans show their pride by attending the St. Patrick's Day parade in New York City.
B) The Nazis believed that they were a superior race and that all other races were inferior to them.
C) Many people of Indian descent want their children to marry people of Indian descent.
D) Italian immigrants cluster together in particular neighborhoods of Boston.

Question 18

Which is NOT a common method of joining an ethnic group?

A) birth
B) marriage
C) adoption
D) friendship

Question 19

According to

A) gang membership
B) poverty
C) Judaism
D) homelessness

Question 20

Which factor do most Jewish people use to define their ethnicity?

A) country of birth
B) country of residence
C) culture
D) Israeli citizenship

Question 21

Which factor do most African Americans use to define their ethnicity?

A) country of ancestors' birth
B) religion
C) skin color
D) shared history stemming from slavery

Question 22

Which factor do many German Americans use to define their ethnicity?

A) a history of persecution
B) religion (Protestantism)
C) ancestral language
D) skin color

Question 23

Members of majority groups often become ethnic minorities as a result of:

A) migration
B) intermarriage
C) religion
D) extinction of their language

Question 24

According to Hehman, which of the following is the most important factor in the disproportionate levels of police discrimination and violence experienced by blacks?

A) poverty
B) high levels of unemployment
C) violence in schools
D) racist community attitudes

Question 25

"We didn't jump the border; the border jumped us" refers to the change in ethnic status of some:

A) Bosnians
B) Palestinians
C) Mexican Americans
D) South Africans

Question 26

Suppose that members of a particular ethnic group move from the Middle East to London, England. They get jobs with English businesses and learn English, but they continue to speak Arabic in the home, choose not to become English citizens, do not vote in English elections, and send their children to Arabic schools. This ethnic group has engaged in:

A) assimilation
B) acculturation
C) racial profiling
D) cultural simplification

Question 27

What occurs when an ethnic minority completely blends with the host culture?

A) assimilation
B) acculturation
C) transculturation
D) racial profiling

Question 28

What occurs when an ethnic minority adopts enough of the ways of the host country to be able to function economically and socially?

A) assimilation
B) acculturation
C) cultural synthesis
D) transculturation

Question 29

When an ethnic group changes enough to be able to function within the host society, what has occurred?

A) assimilation
B) acculturation
C) cultural maladaptation
D) cultural preadaptation

Question 30

The most effective device for assimilation is:

A) adaptaion
B) separation
C) relocation
D) intermarriage

Question 31

The BEST synonym for the traditional idea of the "melting pot" is:

A) assimilation
B) acculturation
C) cultural maladaptation
D) ethnic cleansing

Question 32

Which factor is particularly effective in encouraging assimilation?

A) conversion to a new religion
B) maintenance of folkways
C) geographic isolation from the host culture
D) intermarriage

Question 33

Consider a family that moves to the United States from Spain who learns English and quits speaking Spanish at home. This family is in the process of:

A) acculturation
B) assimilation
C) transculturation
D) ethnic island

Question 34

Which refers to the notion that people adopt elements of other cultures as well as contributing elements of their own culture?

A) acculturation
B) assimilation
C) transculturation
D) ethnic cleansing

Question 35

Rather than a melting pot, which assumed that all cultures in the United States would eventually become the same, instead the analogy of ______ is often used to describe how racial and ethnic groups mix, but do not dissolve into each other.

A) soup
B) a taco
C) a salad bowl
D) bread

Question 36

Which is NOT a type of ethnic culture region?

A) ghetto
B) urban ethnic neighborhood
C) ethnic homeland
D) suburb

Question 37

Which of the following is the best example of an ethnic homeland?

A) a Native American reservation
B) New York City
C) Mexico
D) the United States

Question 38

Which association is NOT correct?

A) rural-ethnic homeland
B) urban-ethnic neighborhood
C) urban-ethnic ghetto
D) rural-ethnic ghetto

Question 39

Which statement is NOT true of an ethnic homeland?

A) It is home to a sizable population.
B) It tends to cover a large area.
C) Its physical location makes its people more susceptible to assimilation over a relatively short period.
D) Its residents typically enjoy some measure of political autonomy or self-rule.

Question 40

In its fully developed form, an ethnic homeland does NOT have:

A) a large geographic area
B) overlapping municipal borders
C) landscape evidence of its particular ethnic identity
D) a goal of complete cultural assimilation

Question 41

Which is NOT true of ethnic islands?

A) They tend to be small dots on the countryside.
B) They tend to be isolated.
C) The size of an ethnic island makes it impervious to acculturation.
D) They are home to a maximum of a few thousand people.

Question 42

-What is the ethnic homeland in northeastern Arizona, southeastern Utah, and northwestern New Mexico?

A) German homeland
B) Black Belt
C) Native American homeland
D) French homeland

Question 43

-What is the most likely homeland for blacks in the United States?

A) the Southeast
B) the Northeast
C) the Midwest
D) California

Question 44

-Which of the following states has French ethnic islands?

A) Wisconsin
B) Utah
C) Louisianna
D) Iowa

Question 45

-Which of the following states is part of the Mexican homeland?

A) Florida
B) North Dakota
C) Oregon
D) Texas

Question 46

-What is the one state with a small Cuban homeland?

A) California
B) Florida
C) Nevada
D) Wyoming

Question 47

-According to the map, which state is NOT a part of the American Indian homeland?

A) Arizona
B) Nevada
C) Utah
D) New Mexico

Question 48

"Acadiana" would be classified as an ethnic:

A) island
B) homeland
C) ethnic neighborhood
D) ghetto

Question 49

The Acadiana ethnic homeland is found in:

A) Texas
B) Washington
C) Maine
D) Louisiana

Question 50

The Louisiana French homeland now identified with the Cajun people is:

A) Montreal
B) Syracuse
C) Acadiana
D) New Orleans

Question 51

The Tejano ethnic homeland is found in:

A) Arizona
B) New Mexico
C) Texas
D) California

Question 52

The French-Canadian homeland is centered in:

A) Québec
B) New Brunswick
C) Alberta
D) Ontario

Question 53

Which association of homelands and regions is NOT correct?

A) Acadiana-Louisiana
B) Tejano-South Texas
C) Hispano-Colorado and New Mexico
D) Deseret-North Carolina

Question 54

Which ethnic group has NOT experienced decay or increased absorption into the cultural mainstream in recent years?

A) French Canadians in Québec
B) Mormons in Utah
C) the Pennsylvania Dutch
D) African Americans in the southern Black Belt

Question 55

If people living in an ethnic homeland assimilate, the region probably becomes a(n):

A) non-ethnic region
B) ethnic island
C) ethnic substrate
D) ethnic nation

Question 56

An ethnic substrate occurs as a result of:

A) language extinction
B) migration
C) assimilation
D) religious conversion

Question 57

The ethnic substrate in the midwestern United States is BEST described as:

A) Scandinavian
B) Russian
C) Italian
D) German

Question 58

An ethnic substrate from the Etruscan people is found in the Italian province of:

A) Calabria
B) Naples
C) Venice
D) Tuscany

Question 59

All of the following are characteristics of ethnic neighborhoods EXCEPT:

A) bans against competing houses of worship
B) presence of stores tailored to the tastes of a particular ethnic group
C) use of a common language
D) an ethnically based division of labor

Question 60

An ethnic neighborhood is what type of community?

A) ghetto
B) involuntary
C) voluntary
D) mixed

Question 61

Within a large U.S. city, the people who live in the low-lying area are mostly poor people from Peru. This area is BEST termed a(n):

A) ghetto
B) barrio
C) favela
D) ethnic substrate

Question 62

In the United States, the term _____ is used to describe a poor African American neighborhood, while the term _____ is used to describe a poor Latino neighborhood.

A) favela; hood
B) hood; substrate
C) ghetto; barrio
D) barrio; colonia

Question 63

Ethnic neighborhoods in the northern United States and Canada became common around:

A) 1840
B) 1885
C) 1920
D) 1940

Question 64

The neighborhoods created by ethnic migrants tend to be:

A) permanent
B) transitory
C) racist
D) rural

Question 65

During the urbanization and industrialization of North America, urban ethnic immigrants tended to:

A) cluster together in residential diaspora neighborhoods
B) disperse throughout the city to find employment
C) assimilate quickly
D) become criminals

Question 66

In the mid-nineteenth century, all of the following immigrant groups in the United States tended to settle in cities EXCEPT:

A) German
B) Jewish
C) Italian
D) Polish

Question 67

In the mid-nineteenth century, which ethnic arrivals to the United States were the MOST likely to settle in rural areas?

A) Italian and Irish
B) Spanish and French
C) Jewish and Polish
D) Scandinavian and German

Question 68

-In which city will you find the sixteenth-century ghetto mapped here?

A) Rome
B) Venice
C) Athens
D) Jerusalem

Question 69

The original residents of the ghetto mapped here were:

A) African
B) Greek
C) Jewish
D) Russian

Question 70

This map is written in Italian. Based on the geography of Ghetto Nuovo, it is safe to assume that the word "Ponte," used four times in the map, means:

A) canal
B) bridge
C) tunnel
D) street

Question 71

Neighborhoods created by urban immigrants, regardless of their native origin, often tend to:

A) remain unchanged
B) disappear as inhabitants disappear into the host culture
C) remain in place although the ethnic background of the inhabitants may change
D) be identical to communities in the home country

Question 72

The neighborhood of affluent Chinese immigrants living in the San Gabriel Valley south of Los Angeles would be termed:

A) a Chinatown
B) an ethnoburb
C) an ethnic homeland
D) a ghetto

Question 73

The principal source(s) of migrants to North America today is/are:

A) Africa and India
B) Latin America and Asia
C) the Philippines
D) Hong Kong and Timor-Leste

Question 74

The fastest-growing ethnic group in the United States today comes from:

A) Ireland
B) Mexico
C) Colombia
D) Asia and Pacific Islands

Question 75

The largest national-origin group in Hawaii is composed of:

A) Japanese
B) Chinese
C) Filipinos
D) North Koreans

Question 76

What is the primary ethnic group in Vancouver, Canada?

A) Americans from the United States
B) Punjabis from India
C) Chinese from China
D) Polynesians from New Zealand

Question 77

Which of the following groups is the LEAST segregated across the United States as a whole?

A) African Americans
B) Hispanics
C) Asians
D) Latinos of Caribbean heritage

Question 78

-According to the map, which part of the United States has the heaviest concentration of Hispanics?

A) the Southwest
B) the Midwest
C) the Middle Atlantic
D) New England

Question 79

-According to the map, which part of the United States has the heaviest concentration of African Americans?

A) the South
B) the Midwest
C) the Middle Atlantic
D) New England

Question 80

-Which European City has the highest percentage of foreign-born residents?

A) Luxembourg City
B) Dubai
C) Brussels
D) Toronto