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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was a "hatchet man"?
(a) A woodsman.
(b) A member of a Chinese secret society.
(c) An entertainer.
(d) A lumberjack.

3. How many slaves came to the Western Hemisphere?
(a) Twenty million.
(b) Ten million.
(c) One million.
(d) Five million.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Many Japanese immigrants were successful entrepreneurs because of their ability to _________________.

2. How did Chinese immigrants finance business startups?

3. What was one result of social isolation and fragmentation in Africa?

4. What percentage of Puerto Ricans voted for independent nationhood?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was unique about the slave population of the United States when compared with slaves in other countries?

2. In what ways did geography contribute to the perpetuation of slavery?

3. What negative effects did total dependence have on the slave population?

4. What field of endeavor was essentially invented by immigrant Japanese?

5. What are some socioeconomic results of early marriages and high fertility rates among Puerto Rican immigrants?

6. What factors account for Chinese success in the United States?

7. What effect did Chinese immigration to the United States have on Japanese immigrants?

8. How are black Americans both the oldest and the youngest immigrant group?

9. What are some signs of the slow acculturation of Mexican immigrants?

10. What is unique about the Mexican population in the Southwest?

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