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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 percentage of Puerto Ricans voted to be accepted as a U.S. state?
(a) 60%.
(b) 39%
(c) 10%.
(d) 74%.

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

3. What was one result of social isolation and fragmentation in Africa?
(a) Community development.
(b) Political and military vulnerability.
(c) Peace and quiet.
(d) Cultural interaction.

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

5. What are Puerto Ricans the only immigrants born possessing?
(a) U.S. citizenship.
(b) Free passage to the U.S.
(c) The English language.
(d) Enough money to immigrate.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Mexican immigrants rank highest in what index?

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

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

5. For Japanese schoolchildren in the U.S., academic success was a matter of family ______________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why were most early Chinese immigrants to the U.S. sojourners?

4. Why is it particularly difficult to measure advancement in the immigrant Puerto Rican community?

5. What factors make Puerto Rican immigrants unique?

6. How was Chinese cultural diversity similar to that of Italy?

7. How do Puerto Ricans compare economically with other immigrant groups?

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

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

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

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