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

2. Where was the first Puerto Rican community in New York?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) Long Island.
(c) Spanish Harlem.
(d) Brooklyn.

3. Among all ethnic groups in the U.S., Puerto Ricans in 1930 had the highest rate of what factor?
(a) Birth.
(b) Years of education.
(c) Juvenile delinquency.
(d) Immigration.

4. Mexican immigrants rank highest in what index?
(a) Education.
(b) Reverse migration.
(c) Income.
(d) Fertility.

5. What did the Supreme Court's Dred Scott decision declare that blacks did not have?
(a) Rights other blacks had to respect.
(b) Rights white men had to respect.
(c) Any rights at all.
(d) The right to be respected.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most Japanese immigrants in the 19th century were young men from what kind of background?

2. What vices were commonly available in Chinatown?

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

4. What ethnicities are combined in Puerto Ricans?

5. Which Western country imported the most slaves?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How did Japan view the United States in the 19th century?

4. What factors make Puerto Rican immigrants unique?

5. What obstacles to progress were faced by emancipated slaves?

6. What qualities distinguished Japanese school children in the U.S.?

7. How have Chinese immigrants traditionally been received in host countries?

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

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

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

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