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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter XI, Implications.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which ethnic groups were successful in the U.S. in spite of avoiding politics?
(a) Jews and Irish.
(b) Chinese and Japanese.
(c) Irish and British.
(d) Germans and Italians.

2. What advantages does northern Italy have over southern Italy, where most emigrants lived?
(a) Access to trading centers.
(b) Access to seaports.
(c) Schools and colleges.
(d) Adequate rainfall and irrigation systems.

3. Which group, impoverished today, are the descendants of skilled frontiersmen?
(a) Italians.
(b) Japanese.
(c) Germans.
(d) Scotch-Irish.

4. How many languages were and are spoken in Africa?
(a) Fewer than 500.
(b) Over 1,000.
(c) Around 200.
(d) More than 800.

5. How did many of the Japanese regard the United States during the 19th century?
(a) As the "home of our enemies."
(b) As a "hell on earth."
(c) As an "earthly paradise."
(d) As a "deprived nation."

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the Japanese crime rate compare with that of other immigrant communities?

2. What virtue was already ingrained in European Jews when they arrived?

3. What area in the United States contained the greatest number of Jews ever assembled in one place on earth?

4. Japanese pieceworkers earned ____________ than whites doing the same work.

5. How does the Chinese America crime rate compare to other immigrant groups?

(see the answer key)

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