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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the Six Companies?
(a) A Chinese crime syndicate.
(b) A Chinese mutual aid association.
(c) A Chinese immigration association.
(d) A Chinese gang.

3. What ethnicities are combined in Puerto Ricans?
(a) Portugese, African, and Indian.
(b) Spanish, African, and Indian.
(c) African, Indian, and British.
(d) Spanish, Indian, and Portugese.

4. What was unique among immigrant groups about Chinese population size in the U.S.?
(a) The immigrant Chinese population grew more rapidly.
(b) The immigrant Chinese population disappeared.
(c) The immigrant Chinese population maintained a constant size.
(d) The Chinese population was the only immigrant group to get smaller.

5. What gave free persons of color a head start over other blacks?
(a) Job skills.
(b) Legal protections.
(c) Nutrition.
(d) Literacy.

6. Who were the first free persons of colors?
(a) Indentured servants who had completed their indentures.
(b) Native-born blacks.
(c) Freed slaves.
(d) Blacks from other countries.

7. On what basis were Japanese immigrants to the U.S. preselected by the Japanese government?
(a) Criminal tendencies.
(b) Tired and poor.
(c) Health, character and willingness to work.
(d) Desire for adventure.

8. What was a Pachuco?
(a) A Mexican from the state of Pachuca.
(b) A Mexican elected official?
(c) A Mexican dance.
(d) A Mexican gang member.

9. Blacks are the only ethnic group that came to the U.S. under what condition?
(a) At the government's request.
(b) Without official permission.
(c) All at once.
(d) Against their will.

10. What type of immigrant group is most likely to retain a foreign language and culture?
(a) Those who are discriminated against.
(b) Those whose culture is not represented in the U.S.
(c) Those who are mistreated by mainstream governmental agencies.
(d) Those with back-and-forth migration.

11. What was a Californio?
(a) A wealthy California Hispanic of the 20th century.
(b) A California stagecoach robber.
(c) An enslaved California Hispanic of the 19th century.
(d) A wealthy California Hispanic of the 19th century.

12. Where did the Alien Land Law prohibit Japanese immigrants from buying land?
(a) California.
(b) Japan.
(c) The United States.
(d) Hawaii.

13. Why did lighter skin become overrepresented among achieving blacks?
(a) Free persons of color had more white ancestors.
(b) Lighter skin is better looking.
(c) Lighter skin leads to greater ambition.
(d) Lighter skin means higher intelligence.

14. What was a "picture bride"?
(a) A bride who spoke no English.
(b) A bride from Japan accepted on the basis of a photograph.
(c) A perfectly beautiful bride.
(d) A bride from the U.S. accepted on the basis of a photograph.

15. Heightened, more militant group consciousness typically appears in which generation?
(a) First.
(b) Third.
(c) Fourth.
(d) Second.

Short Answer Questions

1. What "pulled" Mexicans into the U.S. in the early 20th century?

2. Why have the Chinese been called "the Jews of Asia?"

3. Under the Gentleman's Agreement, ____________limited the number of Japanese immigrants to the U.S.

4. What "pushed" Mexicans to leave Mexico in the early 20th century?

5. What did the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision declare that blacks did not have?

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