Ethnic America: A History Test | Final Test - Easy

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 113 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Ethnic America: A History Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is a "coyote"?
(a) A smuggler of illegal immigrants.
(b) A Mexican gang.
(c) An illegal drug.
(d) An Aztec symbol.

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

3. What mode of travel was first predominantly used in the Puerto Rican migration to the U.S.?
(a) Rail.
(b) Air.
(c) Sailing ships.
(d) Steamships.

4. 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.

5. After the 1906 earthquake, when 10,000 Japanese were left homeless, how many applied for public relief?
(a) None.
(b) 10,000.
(c) 5,000.
(d) 2,500.

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

7. Why have the Chinese been called "the Jews of Asia?"
(a) Their success in business has been resented.
(b) They have been universally welcomed.
(c) Their success in business has been applauded.
(d) They have been universally excluded.

8. The generation gap between first and second generation Japanese immigrants was caused by _____________ marriages.
(a) Long-distance.
(b) Belated.
(c) Rare.
(d) Multiple.

9. By 1970, which city had the most Puerto Ricans?
(a) San Juan.
(b) Miami.
(c) Boston.
(d) New York.

10. How did Chinese immigrants finance business startups?
(a) Maintaining high credit ratings.
(b) Rotating credit associations.
(c) Theft.
(d) Borrowing from employers.

11. What drug was introduced in the U.S. by Chinese immigrants?
(a) Opium.
(b) Marijuana.
(c) Cocaine.
(d) Heroin.

12. Most Japanese immigrants in the 19th century were young men from what kind of background?
(a) Farming.
(b) Trade.
(c) Transportation.
(d) Industry.

13. What indicates slow acculturation?
(a) Rapid language acquisition.
(b) Long vacations in the home country.
(c) Low rates of application for citizenship.
(d) Sending money home.

14. What historical events at the turn of the century raised Japanese confidence?
(a) Being twice voted most popular tourist destination.
(b) Winning Nobel prizes for science and math.
(c) Accumulating more wealth than other Asian nations.
(d) Winning wars against China and Russia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What percentage of white families in the South owned no slaves at all?

2. What was a "tong?"

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

4. What was higher among Puerto Ricans in New York than among either blacks or whites?

5. Which religion forbade the owning of slaves and produced many abolitionists?

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