ETHNICITY TEST



MCAQ ETHNICITY

___1. An ethnicity is typically distinguished by all the following EXCEPT

a. language

b. culture

c. history

d. sovereignty

e. ancestry

___2. The concept that nationalities have the right to govern themselves is known as the right of

a. centripetal force

b. nation-state

c. self-determination

d. sovereignty

e. determinism

___3. Denmark is a good example of a nation-state because

a. there are few minority groups in Denmark and almost all Danes and live in Denmark

b. Danish and German nationalities intermingle in Schleswig-Holstein

c. the people living on the Faeroe islands, which are controlled by Denmark, speak Faeroese

d. many Danes have immigrated to Greenland

e. all of the above

___4. Which of the following is an example of a centrifugal force in a state/country?

a. national network television

b. the flag

c. many ethnic groups

d. a national anthem

e. healthy and popular federal system

___5. Loyalty and devotion to the political aspirations of an ethnicity is called

a. nationalism

b. patriotism

c. statism

d. jingoism

e. racism

___6. Balkanization, as a process, refers to

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. powerful feelings of national unity

___7. Which best describes the distribution of ethnicities in the United States?

a. regional concentrations

b. concentrations within cities

c. concentrations in cities

d. dispersion and lack of clustering

e. all of the above

___8. What term is used to refer to a clustering of a particular ethnic group within a portion of a US city?

a. ethnic zone

b. ethnic region

c. uniform region

d. ethnic enclave

e. race district

___9. Native Americans are most clustered in what area of the United States

a. Southeast

b. Southwest

c. Plains states

d. cities

e. Northeast

___10. Asian Americans are clustered in what area of the United States

a. Southwest

b. West

c. Plains states

d. cities

e. New England

___11. Race is best described as

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. ancestry and culture combined with political affiliation

___12. Which of the following does the United States Census Bureau NOT consider a race?

a. Asian

b. Black

c. Hispanic/Latino

d. White

e. Native American

___13. White flight is

a. movement of whites from northern cities to suburbs

b. emigration of whites from an area blacks were anticipated to move to

c. establishment of suburbs

d. decrease in percent whites because of black migration from the Southeast

e. the growth of the Caucasian sector of the population

___14. A nation or nationality is best described by geographers as

a. a group of people tied to a place by citizenship

b. a country

c. an ethnic identity with a political component

d. any cohesive group of people

e. a racial stock or group

___15. In the United States which is the strongest unifying, or centripetal, force?

a. citizenship

b. language

c. ethnicity

d. race

e. religion

___16. Conflict in Africa is widespread because of

a. colonial boundaries

b. numerous ethnic groups

c. language differences

d. sharp language divides

e. all of the above

___18. The process when a group forcibly removes another group is best described as

a. war

b. migrational push factors

c. racism

d. racial profiling

e. ethnic cleansing

___19. Which of the following best represents the concept of the nation-state in its internal cultural-political makeup and spatial organization?

a. Iran

b. Spain

c. Japan

d. New Zealand

e. Brazil

___20. Which of the following does NOT act as a centrifugal force for a state?

a. uneven development

b. substate nationalism

c. linguistic homogeneity

d. a fragmented territorial base

e. a strong tradition of local governance

___21. Devolution, as a process, is BEST described as the OPPOSITE of

a. separatism, as a political goal

b. genocide, as a strategy of ethnic cleansing

c. racial integration as a social strategy

d. balkanization of political territory

e. centralization of political power

Match each of the following ethnic regions and its minority ethnicity (indicated in parentheses) with the country in which they are currently found. Note: Some countries will be used more than once.

22. Chechnya (Chechens)

23. Catalonia (Catalons)

24. Brittany (Bretons)

25. Crimea (Russians)

26. Eelam (Tamils)

27. Wales (Welsh)

29. Yakutia (Sakkha)

30. Basque Region (Basques) identify TWO

31. Kurdistan (Kurds)

32. Dagestan (Dagestani)

33. Urban areas (Chinese

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COUNTRIES with ETHNIC MINORITIES CLUSTERED IN SPECIFIC REGIONS

a. France

b. Spain

c. Sri Lanka

d. Russia

e. Ukraine

ab. Great Britain

ac. Turkey

ad. Malaysia

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