APHG Chapter 7: Ethnicity
The Brown v. Board of Education court decision ruled A) discriminatory lending practices and restrictive covenants were unconstitutional B) separate schools for blacks and whites were unconstitutional C) "white flight" was illegal but there was no way to prove a move was motivated by racism D) separate facilities for blacks and whites were acceptable so long as they were of the same quality E) B and D
B
The former Soviet Union used which as the primary centripetal device? A) religion B) language C) music D) race E) ethnicity
B
The most important centripetal force in Yugoslavia before its breakup was the A) conflict with Turkey B) common economic interests C) religion D) number of nationalities E) language
B
The most numerous ethnicity in the US is A) African Americans B) Latinos/ Hispanics C) American Indians and Alaska Natives D) Asian Americans E) Austral-Asian
B
Which of the following is not a strong centripetal force in the US? A) baseball B) the many ethnic groups living in the US C) the flag D) network television E) "The Star-Spangled Banner"
B
After WWII ended, millions of people were forced to migrate because of A) counterattacks by the Allies B) Soviet repatriation of Gypsies and Jews C) return of defeated German soldiers to their homes D) changes in the boundaries of states E) German expansion
D
From 1910 to 1950, population density of African Americans in ghettos A) remained the same B) inverted C) decreased D) increased E) fluctuated
D
Latinos and Hispanics are clustered in what areas of the US? A) Pacific Northwest, Plains states B) Northeast, cities C) Southwest, Southeast D) West, Southwest E) cities
D
Moldova's position with respect to Romania is that A) peace may be possible if Romania gives back the Moldovan territory it presently occupies B) since Russian is their lingua franca the two countries should become part of a new Soviet Union C) Romanians are too different from Moldovans for the countries to ever cooperate D) reunification is complicated by a sizable minority of ethnic Russian and Ukranian citizens of Moldova
D
Neighborhood changes in ethnicity are sometimes caused by the illegal practice of A) self-identification B) segregation C) red lining D) blockbusting E) separate but equal
D
Racism is belief in A) inferiority of other groups because of racial identity B) the biological classification of people C) superiority of some groups because of racial identity D) all of the above E) B and C
D
Sri Lanka has continuing ethnic conflict between A) Dravidian animists and Hindu rebels B) Urdu separatists and Kashmir rebels C) Hutus and Tutsis D) Sinhalese Buddhists and Tamil Hindus E) Jacobites and Assyrians
D
The breakup of Yugoslavia during the 1990s was caused by A) NATO B) the assassination in Sarajevo of the heir of the throne of Austria-Hungary C) ethnic cleansing D) rivalries among nationalities E) espionage by Russian agents
D
The concept that nationalities have the right of govern themselves is known as the right of A) nation-state B) sovereignty C) centripetal force D) self-determination E) ethnic identity
D
Which best describes the distribution of ethnicities in the US? A) concentrations within cities B) concentration in cities C) regional concentrations D) all of the above E) B and C
D
Which is the most dramatic change in the geographic distribution of African Americans in the US A) relocation to coastal cities B) movement out of inner-cities C) rural to urban within the state D) relocation to northern cities E) change to sharecropping
D
Which of the following does the US Census Bureau not consider a race? A) Samoan B) White C) Japanese D) Hispanic/Latino E) Black
D
Which pair of concepts or entities from South Africa and the US is the best match? A) Nelson Mandela--white flight B) homelands--blockbusting C) South African Nationalist Party--US Supreme Court D) apartheid--Jim Crow laws
D
Race is A) defined by statute in most states B) self-identification with a group sharing a biological ancestor C) determinable from physical characteristics D) characterized by Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic/Latino E) evenly distributed around the world
B
South Africa is the only state in southern Africa that A) is completely landlocked B) first elected a Black as president during the 1990s C) signed the Law of the Sea D) has a strong Italian minority population E) still practices apartheid
B
As Sudan's religion-based civil war was winding down, an ethnic war erupted in the region of A) Darfur B) Eritrea C) Amhara D)Oromo E) Tigre
A
Comparing ethnicity and race reveals A0 ethnicity is part of a person's cultural identity but race is not B) they are very similar concepts C) race is a better indicator of what someone is like than ethnicity D) it is possible not to have an ethnicity but everyone belongs to a race
A
Elements of nationalism include all but A) political structure B) shared emotions C) common culture D) shared attitudes E) state symbols
A
Ethnicity is important because A) it is a bulwark for diversity in the face of the globalization of culture B) it opposes nationalism C) it defines citizenship and sovereignty D) it provides the only stable basis of political states E) it promotes peace
A
Native Americans and Alaska Natives together make up what percentage of the total US population? A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 5 E) 8
A
People who were restricted by covenants in deeds included all but A) Caucasians B) Jews C) Roman Catholics D) Blacks E) A and B
A
President Barack Obama is a good example of the A) complexity of ethnic identity in the US B) biological basis for classifying humans C) confusion over ethnicity and race in Kenya D) principle of the distribution of persons of color
A
The Kurds A) have a large population but are divided among enough countries that they are a minority in every one B) have no wish to become a nationality, only to remain an ethnicity C) are a group which long ago migrated from Anatolia to the Balkans D) are living in a new country created for them between Iraq, Iran, and Turkey
A
The Lebanese civil war resulted when the country broke down because of A) changes in the majority between religious groups B) ethnic groups C) independent armies D) famine E) religious groups
A
The largest proportion of Asian Americans are from A) China B) Japan C) the Philippines D) Korea E) Vietnam
A
Which describes the nationality of someone who gives allegiance to the UK A) British B) Welsh C) English D) Irish E) Saxon
A
NATO planes flying high over former Yugoslavia during the civil war provided information later used for geographic interpretation to A) plan the future boundaries of the newly formed countries B) document acts of ethnic cleansing by Serbs C) drop "smart" bombs on selected targets D) identify strategic objectives for ground forces
B
A nationality is A) ethnic identity B) a group of people tied to a place through legal status and tradition C) a group with shared religion, language, and origin of birth D) a country E) any cohesive group of people
B
As part of the triangular slave trade system, ships bound for Europe carried A) gold and silver B) rum and molasses C) cloth and trinkets D) slaves E) all of the above
B
Asian Americans are clustered in what area of the US? A) Southeast B) West C) Northeast D) Plains states E) Southwest
B
Balkanization refers to A) religions splintering into opposing groups B) the breakdown of a state due to conflicts among nationalities C) a small geographic area that cannot be successfully organized into states D) the creation of nation-states in southeastern Europe E) ethnic cleansing
B
Before its breakup the Soviet Union was the largest multinational state. The largest multinational state is now A) Brazil B) Russia C) China D) The US
B
Large-scale migration occurred in South Asia after 1947 primarily because of the A) new mobility provided by railway construction B) separation of religious groups C) boat people D) failure of the monsoon rains E) communist victory
B
Los Angeles has what kind of ethnic distribution? A) inverted B) clustered C) diverse D) dispersed E) contiguous
B
African Americans migrated out of the American South as a consequence of A) the removal of travel visa requirements for people of color B) increasing opportunities to work in northern coal mines and the California gold rush C) increased farm mechanization leading to a decreased demand for farm labor D) the development of better highways, allowing for rapid and efficient travel
C
Denmark is a good example of a nation-state because A) Danish and German nationalities intermingle in Schleswig-Holstein B) Denmark consolidated its boundaries by giving Greenland to Norway C) nearly all Danes speak Danish and live in Denmark D) the people living on the Faeroe islands, which are controlled by Denmark, speak Faeroese E) all of the above
C
In the US, which is shared by all Americans? A) gender B) race C) nationality D) language E) ethnicity
C
Loyalty and devotion to a state that represents a particular group's culture is A) nation B) multiculturalism C) nationalism D) nation-state E) state
C
T/F The term ghettos identifies only the African American neighborhoods in the US.
False
African Americans are clustered in what area of the US? A) Northeast B) Plains states C) Pacific Northwest D) Southwest E) Southeast
E
An examination of the distribution of ethnicities in the US reveals A) ethnicities are clustered in urban areas B) different ethnicities cluster in different US regions C) ethnic neighborhoods contain a heterogenous mix of ethnicities D) segregation and exclusion are a thing of the past E) A and B
E
Conflict in Africa is widespread because of A) colonial boundaries B) numerous ethnic groups C) rapid economic development D) all of the above E) A and B
E
Ethnic identity for descendants of European immigrants is primarily preserved through A) schools and education B) neighborhoods and locations C) political affiliation D) language E) religion and food
E
Ethnicities in the same country come into conflict when A) wealth is evenly distributed B) minority ethnicities are officially recognized C) they share a language D) national identity is shared E) they have traditions of self-rule
E
One reason for forced migration in Ethiopia was the A) annexation of Somaliland B) communist takeover o the government C) war with Sudan D) invasion by Libya E) civil war with the Eriteans
E
The "separate but equal" doctrine was legally established by A) Brown v. the Board of Education B) the Missouri Compromise C) the fourteenth amendment to the Constitution D) states E) Plessy v. Ferguson
E
The Plessy v. Ferguson court decision resulted in A) the abolition of discriminatory lending practices and restrictive covenants B) the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial equality C) the required integration of schools D) "Jim Crow" laws across the American South E) B and D
E
The largest Hispanic/Latino groups in the US are from which two countries? A) Cuba and Mexico B) Dominican Republic and Cuba C) Puerto Rico and Cuba D) Guatemala and Mexico E) Puerto Rico and Mexico
E
The process when a group forcibly removes another group is called A) white flight B) migrational push factors C) war D) racism E) ethnic cleansing
E
Traditionally, the most important unit of African society was the A) nation B) kingdom C) caliphate D) state E) tribe
E
Until it was forced to withdraw its troops in 2005, most of Lebanon was controlled by A) Iran B) Egypt C) Jordan D) Israel E) Syria
E
What was apartheid? A) South Africa's governmental system B) the existence of landlocked states in southern Africa C) the dialect of Dutch which is spoken in South Africa D) the kinship system of Sub-Saharan Africa E) the geographic separation of races in South Africa
E
Which of the following is not an element of cultural diversity? A) ethnicity B) religion C) language D) art E) race
E
White flight is A) movement of whites from northern cities B) establishment of suburbs C) movement of whites from southern cities D) decrease in the percentage of whites because of black migration from the southeast E) emigration of whites from an area blacks were anticipated to move to
E
T/F African American northward migration followed the major US highways.
True
T/F Asian, White, Black, Native American, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander are all terms of self-identification.
True
T/F Clustering of ethnicities is most pronounced at the neighborhood level in the US.
True
T/F Ethnicities can be transformed into nationalities.
True
T/F Nation-states in Europe were formed by nationalities.
True
T/F The Balkan states broke down because of ethnic conflict, a conflict which might ironically end in part of the tragedy of ethnic cleansing.
True
