Question 1

Figure 7.2.1 
-This map displays the distribution of what ethnicity in the United States?

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A)   Hispanic
B)   African American
C)   Asian American
D)   American Indian
E)   EuropeanF) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 2

A nationality is

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A)   a group of people tied to a place through legal status and tradition.
B)   a country.
C)   ethnic identity.
D)   any cohesive group of people.
E)   a group with shared religion, language, and origin of birth.F) A) and C)
G) B) and C) A

Question 3

Balkanization refers to

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A)   the creation of nation-states in southeastern Europe.
B)   the breakdown of a state due to conflicts among nationalities.
C)   a small geographic area that cannot successfully be organized into states.
D)   ethnic cleansing.
E)   religions splintering into opposing groups.F) A) and C)
G) None of the above

Question 4

The distinction between nationality and ethnicity is important because

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A)   nationalities usually form independent countries.
B)   it is similar to the difference between race and ethnicity.
C)   nationality is inherited but ethnicity is not.
D)   ethnicity is considered more important than nationality.
E)   nationality is considered more important than ethnicity.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 5

Which of the following does the United States Census Bureau not consider a race?

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A)   Japanese
B)   Black
C)   Hispanic/Latino
D)   White
E)   SamoanF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 6

The largest number of slaves shipped across the Atlantic went to North America.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Ethnic war in Sri Lanka ended

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A)   with the surrender of the Sinhalese.
B)   in a cease-fire brokered by the UN.
C)   with independence from colonial occupation.
D)   with the defeat of the Tamils
E)   It has not ended;the civil war continues today.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 8

Figure 7.2.3 
-This map displays the distribution of what ethnicity in the United States?

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A)   Hispanic
B)   African American
C)   Asian American
D)   American Indian
E)   EuropeanF) A) and D)
G) C) and D) C

Question 9

Latinos and Hispanics are clustered in what areas of the United States?

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A)   Northeast, cities
B)   West, Southwest
C)   Southwest, Southeast
D)   cities
E)   Pacific Northwest, Plains statesF) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 10

Figure 7.2.4 
-African American and Hispanic ethnicities are

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A)   racially similar.
B)   not measured by the U.S. Census.
C)   similarly distributed across the United States.
D)   never found near one another.
E)   both spatially concentrated in neighborhoods within large American cities.F) B) and D)
G) A) and B)

Question 11

Racism is belief in

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A)   the biological classification of people.
B)   superiority of some groups because of racial identity.
C)   inferiority of other groups because of racial identity.
D)   all of the above
E)   B and CF) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 12

Josip Broz Tito

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A)   encouraged ethnic cleansing in Bosnia & Herzegovina of Bosnian Muslims.
B)   served as a centripetal force for Yugoslavia.
C)   was elected to lead a newly independent Kosovo.
D)   created the term "Balkanization."
E)   was born in Albania but claimed Serbian ethnicity.F) A) and D)
G) B) and C)

Question 13

Figure 7.2.4 
-This map displays the distribution of what ethnicity in the United States?

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A)   Hispanic
B)   African American
C)   Asian American
D)   American Indian
E)   EuropeanF) A) and D)
G) D) and E)

Question 14

Clustering of ethnicities is most pronounced at the neighborhood level in the United States.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

A majority of people in Lebanon are Muslim.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Race is

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A)   characterized by Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic/Latino.
B)   self-identification with a group sharing a biological ancestor.
C)   determinable from physical characteristics.
D)   evenly distributed around the world.
E)   defined by statute in most states.F) All of the above
G) B) and E)

Question 17

Geographers are concerned with ethnicity because

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A)   it is a core element of culture that individuals always carry with them.
B)   it is another term for race.
C)   ethnicities are always changing.
D)   folk and popular ethnicities sometimes come into conflict.
E)   it is the best way to divide people into countries.F) A) and C)
G) C) and E)

Question 18

Kosovo is recognized as independent by all major countries of the world.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 19

Figure 7.8.3 
-Examining this map of Bosnia & Herzegovina reveals

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A)   Bosnia & Herzegovina today is a very unstable country.
B)   Croats face daily discrimination.
C)   ethnic cleansing removed many Bosnian Muslims.
D)   Bosnians and Croats united against Serbs.
E)   the greatest conflict was over Kosovo, which is now independent.F) C) and D)
G) All of the above

Question 20

Ethnic groups in the United States no longer conflict with one another.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 7: Ethnicity

Figure 7.2.1 -This map displays the distribution of what ethnicity in the United States?

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A nationality is

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Balkanization refers to

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The distinction between nationality and ethnicity is important because

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Which of the following does the United States Census Bureau not consider a race?

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The largest number of slaves shipped across the Atlantic went to North America.

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Ethnic war in Sri Lanka ended

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Figure 7.2.3 -This map displays the distribution of what ethnicity in the United States?

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Latinos and Hispanics are clustered in what areas of the United States?

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Figure 7.2.4 -African American and Hispanic ethnicities are

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Racism is belief in

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Josip Broz Tito

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Figure 7.2.4 -This map displays the distribution of what ethnicity in the United States?

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Clustering of ethnicities is most pronounced at the neighborhood level in the United States.

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A majority of people in Lebanon are Muslim.

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Race is

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Kosovo is recognized as independent by all major countries of the world.

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Figure 7.8.3 -Examining this map of Bosnia & Herzegovina reveals

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Ethnic groups in the United States no longer conflict with one another.

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