Human Geography: Landscapes of Human Activities, 11th Edition (Fellmann)

Chapter 6: Ethnic Geography: Threads of Diversity

Quiz



1.

Spatial identity without political independence is characteristic of the _______________ people of Western Europe.
A)Basques
B)Welsh
C)Bretons
D)all of the above
2.

Race is an inherited biological characteristic, ethnicity is a learned cultural characteristic.
A)True
B)False
3.

Prior to 1870, the chief sources of American immigrants were ____________________.
A)East Asia and Northwestern Europe
B)Sub-saharan Africa and Southeastern Europe
C)Latin America and East Asia
D)Northwestern Europe and Sub-saharan Africa
4.

During the period of 1870-1914, the dominant source of American immigrants was ___________________.
A)Latin America
B)Northwestern Europe
C)Eastern and Southern Europe
D)East Asia
5.

Immigration to the United States slowed considerably after the First World War and remained low until the _________________.
A)1990s
B)1980s
C)1970s
D)1960s
6.

Amalgamation theory implies that immigrant groups move along a continuum as they become part of the host society. At what point on this continuum has the immigrant group been fully integrated into the host society?
A)acculturation
B)behavioral assimilation
C)structural assimilation
D)complete domestication
7.

Competition theory relative to assimilation indicates that increased structural assimilation often _________________.
A)decreases ethnic identity
B)does not affect ethnic identity
C)increases ethnic identity
D)either "A" or "B"
8.

According to Zelinsky, an underlying principle for a charter culture is "first effective settlement."
A)True
B)False
9.

Can the Hispanic influence in the American Southwest be considered an example of a charter culture?
A)Yes
B)No
10.

Ethnic islands are only found in inner city locations.
A)True
B)False
11.

Urban enclaves of ethnic groups which were the product of the influence of the initial ethnic settlers on family members, friends, and neighbors to come to such areas are categorized as this type of migration _________________.
A)step migration
B)return migration
C)chain migration
D)cluster migration
12.

When an ethnic island increases in size such that its population ranges into millions of people of a particular ethnicity, we have seen the development of an ethnic province.
A)True
B)False
13.

Although conditions have changed markedly relative to agriculture in the southern United States and industry in the northern United States, the largest concentration of African-American population remains in the American South.
A)True
B)False
14.

Reverse migration of Blacks to the American South was most pronounced in this time period ___________________.
A)1940s-1960s
B)1950s-1970s
C)1960s-1980s
D)1970s-1990s
15.

The most rapidly growing segment of the minority ethnic groups in the United States in terms of total population is _______________.
A)African-American
B)Asian
C)Hispanic
D)Native American
16.

As a whole, Hispanic groups are more urbanized than non-Hispanic groups.
A)True
B)False
17.

The leading ethnicity of Asian-Americans is __________________.
A)Filipino
B)Chinese
C)Hmong
D)Korean
18.

Which ethnicity is the charter group of Quebec?
A)English
B)French
C)Ukrainian
D)Aboriginal
19.

The index of residential dissimilarity is an indicator of ethnic differences in terms of _________________.
A)housing stock
B)architecture
C)segregation
D)social distance
20.

Which of these is the result of an external control practiced more by a charter group than a competing ethnic minority group when a neighborhood is going through ethnic change?
A)defense
B)support
C)preservation
D)tipping point
21.

When an ethnic cluster persists because of internal controls practiced by an ethnic group, the spatial result is a ghetto.
A)True
B)False
22.

Native-born, notably white Americans seem to be changing their areal concentration as a response to new immigrant settlement activity. This response is characterized by ________________.
A)movement into inner city neighborhoods
B)movement into suburbs
C)movement to coastal locations that are receiving new immigrants
D)movement away from coastal locations that are receiving new immigrants
E)"B" and "D"
23.

Reasserting old values, trying to raise group consciousness, and reestablishing traditional traits to achieve a measure of social separation by an ethnic group from a charter culture is known as culture rebound.
A)True
B)False
24.

Which of the following can be an artifact reflecting ethnicity on the cultural landscape?
A)land division
B)settlement patterns
C)house and farm building architecture
D)all of the above
E)none of the above
25.

The Land Ordinance Survey of 1785 created the ______________ system of land survey.
A)township and range
B)long lot
C)metes-and-bounds
D)topographic
26.

The trait of one society having smaller hands than another society due to isolation and inbreeding is referred to as
A)genetic drift.
B)admixture.
C)the gene flow.
D)adaptation.
27.

The tipping point in a neighborhood
A)is the point in time in which the original charter group begins to confront the minority ethnic group in the neighborhood.
B)is an external control used by the charter group to guarantee its superiority.
C)is an internal control as it assures the support of its residents and acts as a point of entry in the migration chain.
D)is when the charter group leaves the neighborhood and relinquishes the area to the one-time minority group.
28.

Which of the following is NOT an internal control function of the American pattern of urban residential segregation?
A)The defense function.
B)The preservation function.
C)The livelihood function.
D)The attack function.
29.

The settlement patter of long lots, those that were closely spaced but separately owned, is associated with the ________ survey.
A)Mennonite
B)US rural
C)French
D)English Canadian
30.

Despite being accepted in European cities Black African soccer (futbol) stars continue to hear racial slurs and jaunts at matches in Europe. This occurrence is an example of
A)cultural assimilation.
B)behavioral assimilation.
C)structural assimilation.
D)competition theory.
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