Question 1

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

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

Question 2

Traditionally, the most important unit of African society was the

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

Question 3

Discuss the kinds of confusion that you or another person might encounter on filling out the U.S. Census questions on race and ethnicity, particularly if the respondent is of mixed race or of Latino/Hispanic heritage.

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Question 4

What was apartheid?

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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 AfricaF) C) and D)
G) B) and E) D

Question 5

Discuss a family, group or other segment of an ethnicity in your town or community. With their specific example in mind, how do they contribute to local diversity in the face of globalizing forces?

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Question 6

The racist laws that divided South Africans were known as

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

Question 7

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

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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.F) D) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 8

-The maps in this chapter indicate that in the former Yugoslavia, a Bulgarian minority occupied parts of eastern Serbia.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 9

President Barack Obama is a good example of the

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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.F) A) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 10

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

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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.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 11

An example of a nationality might be

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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.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 12

South Africa is the only state in southern Africa that

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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.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 13

The maps in this chapter indicate that the former Yugoslavia was roughly divided between Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900s.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

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

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

One reason for forced migration in Ethiopia was the

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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.F) A) and B)
G) C) and E)

Question 16

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

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A)   increased.
B)   remained the same.
C)   decreased.
D)   briefly increased before decreasing.
E)   fluctuated.F) All of the above
G) B) and D)

Question 17

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

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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.F) B) and E)
G) A) and C)

Question 18

People were forced to migrate in South Asia during the 1940s because of linguistic disputes.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

-Evaluating this map, we can determine that

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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.F) B) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 20

A racist believes in

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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.F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Exam 7: Ethnicities

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Traditionally, the most important unit of African society was the

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Discuss the kinds of confusion that you or another person might encounter on filling out the U.S. Census questions on race and ethnicity, particularly if the respondent is of mixed race or of Latino/Hispanic heritage.

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What was apartheid?

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Discuss a family, group or other segment of an ethnicity in your town or community. With their specific example in mind, how do they contribute to local diversity in the face of globalizing forces?

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The racist laws that divided South Africans were known as

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

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-The maps in this chapter indicate that in the former Yugoslavia, a Bulgarian minority occupied parts of eastern Serbia.

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President Barack Obama is a good example of the

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

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An example of a nationality might be

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South Africa is the only state in southern Africa that

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The maps in this chapter indicate that the former Yugoslavia was roughly divided between Austria-Hungary and the Ottoman Empire in the early 1900s.

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

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One reason for forced migration in Ethiopia was the

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

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People were forced to migrate in South Asia during the 1940s because of linguistic disputes.

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