3) Until it was forced to withdraw its troops in 2005, most of Lebanon was controlled by 3) A) Syria. B) Iran. C) Israel. D) Jordan. E) Egypt.

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1 AP Test 7 Review Name MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) From 1910 to 1950, population density of African Americans in ghettos 1) A) remained the same. B) fluctuated. C) decreased. D) inverted. E) increased. 2) Ethnicity is important because 2) A) it opposes nationalism. B) it promotes peace. C) it provides the only stable basis of political states. D) it defines citizenship and sovereignty. E) it is a bulwark for diversity in the face of the globalization of culture. 3) Until it was forced to withdraw its troops in 2005, most of Lebanon was controlled by 3) A) Syria. B) Iran. C) Israel. D) Jordan. E) Egypt. 4) Los Angeles has what kind of ethnic distribution? 4) A) dispersed B) clustered C) inverted D) contiguous E) diverse 5) Comparing ethnicity and race reveals 5) A) ethnicity is part of a person's cultural identity but race is not. B) race is a better indicator of what someone is like than ethnicity. C) it is possible not to have an ethnicity but everyone belongs to a race. D) they are very similar concepts. 6) Ethnic identity for descendants of European immigrants is primarily preserved through 6) A) political affiliation. B) schools and education. C) neighborhoods and locations. D) language. E) religion and food. 7) Which of the following is not a strong centripetal force in the United States? 7) A) the flag B) network television C) the many ethnic groups living in the United States D) baseball E) "The Star Spangled Banner" 8) Denmark is a good example of a nation-state because 8) A) Danish and German nationalities intermingle in Schleswig-Holstein. B) nearly all Danes speak Danish and live in Denmark. C) the people living on the Faeroe islands, which are controlled by Denmark, speak Faeroese.

2 D) Denmark consolidated its boundaries by giving Greenland to Norway. E) all of the above 9) Which best describes the distribution of ethnicities in the United States? 9) A) concentration in cities B) regional concentrations C) concentrations within cities D) all of the above E) B and C 10) The largest Hispanic/Latino groups in the United States are from which two countries? 10) A) Puerto Rico and Mexico B) Puerto Rico and Cuba C) Cuba and Mexico D) Dominican Republic and Cuba E) Guatemala and Mexico 11) Which of the following does the United States Census Bureau not consider a race? 11) A) Japanese B) White C) Black D) Hispanic/Latino E) Samoan 12) One reason for forced migration in Ethiopia was the 12) A) invasion by Libya. B) civil war with the Eriteans. C) war with Sudan. D) communist takeover of the government. E) annexation of Somaliland. 13) Which of the following is not an element of cultural diversity? 13) A) religion B) ethnicity C) art D) race E) language 14) The most numerous ethnicity in the United States is 14) A) Austral-Asian. B) African Americans. C) Latinos/Hispanics. D) American Indians and Alaska Natives. E) Asian Americans. 15) Asian Americans are clustered in what area of the United States? 15) A) Southeast B) Plains states C) Northeast D) West E) Southwest 16) After World War II ended, millions of people were forced to migrate because of 16) A) Soviet repatriation of Gypsies and Jews. B) return of defeated German soldiers to their homes. C) counterattacks by the Allies.

3 D) changes in the boundaries of states. E) German expansion. 17) Ethnicities in the same country come into conflict when 17) A) wealth is evenly distributed. B) they have traditions of self-rule. C) they share a language. D) minority ethnicities are officially recognized. E) national identity is shared. 18) Sri Lanka has continuing ethnic conflict between 18) A) Urdu separatists and Kashmir rebels. B) Jacobites and Assyrians C) Dravidian animists and Hindu rebels. D) Hutus and Tutsis. E) Sinhalese Buddhists and Tamil Hindus. 19) NATO planes flying high over former Yugoslavia during the civil war provided information later used for geographic interpretation to A) document acts of ethnic cleansing by Serbs. B) identify strategic objectives for ground forces. C) plan the future boundaries of the newly formed countries. D) drop "smart" bombs on selected targets. 19) 20) The Kurds 20) A) have a large population but are divided among enough countries that they are a minority in every one. 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) are living in a new country created for them between Iraq, Iran, and Turkey. 21) Which is the most dramatic change in the geographic distribution of African Americans in the United States? A) relocation to northern cities B) change to sharecropping C) relocation to coastal cities D) movement out of inner-cities E) rural to urban within the state 21) 22) Elements of nationalism include all but 22) A) state symbols. B) shared attitudes. C) political structure. D) common culture. E) shared emotions. 23) The Brown v. Board of Education court decision ruled 23) A) "white flight" was illegal but there was no way to prove a move was motivated by racism. B) discriminatory lending practices and restrictive covenants were unconstitutional. C) separate facilities for blacks and whites were acceptable so long as they were of the same quality. D) separate schools for blacks and whites were unconstitutional.

4 E) B and D. 24) Balkanization refers to 24) A) a small geographic area that cannot successfully be organized into states. B) ethnic cleansing. C) the creation of nation-states in southeastern Europe. D) religions splintering into opposing groups. E) the breakdown of a state due to conflicts among nationalities. 25) Which pair of concepts or entities from South Africa and the United States is the best match? 25) A) Nelson Mandela--white flight B) homelands--blockbusting C) apartheid--"jim Crow" laws D) South African Nationalist Party--U.S. Supreme Court 26) The largest proportion of Asian Americans are from 26) A) Vietnam. B) the Philippines. C) Japan. D) China. E) Korea. 27) Loyalty and devotion to a state that represents a particular group's culture is 27) A) state. B) nation-state. C) nation. D) multiculturalism. E) nationalism. 28) Traditionally the most important unit of African society was the 28) A) kingdom. B) caliphate. C) tribe. D) nation. E) state. 29) The former Soviet Union used which as the primary centripetal device? 29) A) music B) language C) race D) ethnicity E) religion 30) The process when a group forcibly removes another group is called 30) A) migrational push factors. B) white flight. C) war. D) ethnic cleansing. E) racism. 31) Racism is belief in 31) A) the biological classification of people. B) inferiority of other groups because of racial identity. C) superiority of some groups because of racial identity. D) all of the above E) B and C 32) People who were restricted by covenants in deeds included all but 32) A) Caucasians. B) Roman Catholics.

5 C) Jews. D) Blacks. E) A and B. 33) The most important centripetal force in Yugoslavia before its breakup was the 33) A) language. B) number of nationalities. C) religion. D) common economic interests. E) conflict with Turkey. 34) African Americans are clustered in what area of the United States? 34) A) Northeast B) Southwest C) Southeast D) Pacific Northwest E) Plains states 35) Conflict in Africa is widespread because of 35) A) numerous ethnic groups. B) colonial boundaries. C) rapid economic development. D) all of the above E) A and B. 36) The Plessy v. Ferguson court decision resulted in 36) A) the required integration of schools. B) the "separate but equal" doctrine of racial equality. C) the abolition of discriminatory lending practices and restrictive covenants. D) "Jim Crow" laws across the American South. E) B and D. 37) The Lebanese civil war resulted when the country broke down because of 37) A) religious groups. B) ethnic groups. C) independent armies. D) changes in the majority between religious groups. E) famine. 38) Race is 38) A) self-identification with a group sharing a biological ancestor. B) evenly distributed around the world. C) determinable from physical characteristics. D) defined by statute in most states. E) characterized by Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic/Latino. 39) White flight is 39) A) establishment of suburbs. B) movement of whites from southern cities. C) emigration of whites from an area blacks were anticipated to move to. D) movement of whites from northern cities. E) decrease in percent whites because of black migration from the Southeast.

6 40) Large-scale migration occurred in South Asia after 1947 primarily because of the 40) A) separation of religious groups. B) boat people. C) failure of the monsoon rains. D) new mobility provided by railway construction. E) communist victory. 41) The concept that nationalities have the right to govern themselves is known as the right of 41) A) centripetal force. B) self-determination. C) ethnic identity. D) sovereignty. E) nation-state. 42) As Sudan's religion-based civil war was winding down, an ethnic war erupted in the region of 42) A) Darfur. B) Eritrea. C) Oromo. D) Tigre. E) Amhara. 43) Neighborhood changes in ethnicity are sometimes caused by the illegal practice of 43) A) segregation. B) self-identification. C) red lining. D) separate but equal. E) blockbusting. 44) Which describes the nationality of someone who gives allegiance to the United Kingdom? 44) A) Welsh B) English C) British D) Saxon E) Irish 45) African Americans migrated out of the American South as a consequence of 45) A) the development of better highways, allowing for rapid and efficient travel. 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 removal of travel visa requirements for people of color. 46) Native Americans and Alaska Natives together make up what percentage of the total United States population? A) 1 B) 2 C) 3 D) 5 E) 8 46) 47) South Africa is the only state in southern Africa that 47) A) is completely landlocked. B) signed the Law of the Sea. C) has a strong Italian minority population. D) first elected a Black as president during the 1990s. E) still practices apartheid. 48) President Barack Obama is a good example of the 48) A) complexity of ethnic identity in the United States. B) principle of the distribution of persons of color. C) biological basis for classifying humans. D) confusion over ethnicity and race in Kenya. 49) The breakup of Yugoslavia during the 1990s was caused by 49)

7 A) NATO. B) ethnic cleansing. C) the assassination in Sarajevo of the heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary. D) rivalries among nationalities. E) espionage by Russian agents. 50) Moldova's position with respect to Romania is that 50) A) reunification is complicated by a sizable minority of ethnic Russian and Ukranian citizens of Moldova. B) peace may be possible if Romania gives back the Moldovan territory it presently occupies. C) Romanians are too different from Moldovans for the countries to ever cooperate. D) since Russian is their lingua franca the two countries should become part of a new Soviet Union.

8 1) E 2) E 3) A 4) B 5) A 6) E 7) C 8) B 9) D 10) A 11) D 12) B 13) D 14) C 15) D 16) D 17) B 18) E 19) A 20) A 21) A 22) C 23) D 24) E 25) C 26) D 27) E 28) C 29) B 30) D 31) D 32) A 33) D 34) C 35) E 36) E 37) D 38) A 39) C 40) A 41) B 42) A 43) E 44) C 45) C 46) A 47) D 48) A 49) D 50) A