Pretest 4 Flashcards
Ethnicity is important because
It reinforces diversity in the face of the globalization of culture
The largest numbers of Asian Americans are descended from immigrants from
China
Asian Americans are clustered in what area of the United States
West
An examination of the distribution of ethnicities in the United States reveals
Ethnic groups tend the cluster in urban areas in different US regions
As part of the triangular slave trade system ships bound for Europe carried
Rum and molasses
From 1910 to 1950, population density of African-Americans in ghettos
Increased
A Racist believes in
The biological classification of people in the superiority of some groups over others of the basics of racial identity
People who were restricted by covenants in deeds included all the following people in the United States except for
Caucasians
The “separate but equal” doctrine in the United States was legally established by
Plessy vs Ferguson
The brown v. board of education court decision ruled that
Separate schools for blacks and whites were unconstitutional
After World War II ended millions of people were forced to migrate because of
Changes in the boundaries of states
African-Americans migrated out of the US South partly as a consequence of
Increased farm mechanism leading to a decreased demand for farm labor
An example of white flight is
Emigration of whites from central Los Angeles as blacks were arriving
Which of the following is not a strong centripetal force in the United States
The many ethnic groups living in the United States
For the former Soviet Union, which of these was the most important centripetal device
The Russian language
The Kurds
Have a large population but are divided among enough countries that they are a minority in everyone
Balkanization refers to
The breakdown of a state due to conflicts among nationalities
The process when a group forcibly removes another group is called
Ethnic cleansing
Conflicting claims to the Arctic are mostly due to
The potential for energy resources
The most populous country that is not a member of the United Nations is
Taiwan