AP Human Geography : Ethnicity & Nationalism
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Example Question #1 : Ethnicity & Nationalism
Apartheid laws were famously repealed in which nation in 1991?
Germany
Russia
South Africa
India
China
South Africa
The repeal of apartheid, or laws governing the physical separation of people of different races, occurred in the nation of South Africa in 1991.
Example Question #1 : Ethnicity & Nationalism
Which of these is an example of a multinational state?
The United Kingdom.
Japan.
Germany.
China.
France.
The United Kingdom.
A “multinational state” is a state that is comprised of more than one nationality. More specifically it is a state in which those various nationalities agree to coexist as one political unit for mutual benefit. In the United Kingdom the English, the Scottish, the Welsh, and the Northern Irish are all distinct nationalities with a long history who have peacefully (for the most part) coexisted for a long time.
Example Question #601 : Ap Human Geography
Which of these terms is used to describe a segregated area of a city in which a minority ethnic group is compelled to live in unfavorable conditions due to legal, political, social, or economic obstacles?
Pidgin
Creole
Hovel
Diaspora
Ghetto
Ghetto
A “ghetto” is an area of a city in which people of an ethnic minority are confined either by official government policy or by economic and social obstacles that make it difficult for people of that ethnicity to exist outside of the ghetto. It has been a common experience of African-Americans in the United States since the end of the Civil War.
Example Question #601 : Ap Human Geography
The term diaspora is most closely associated with which of these people in European history?
Native Americans
Irish
Germans
Jews
Indians
Jews
Although the term “diaspora” can be used to describe any dispersion of people from their original homeland around the world, it is most commonly applied to the Jewish people. Before the creation of Israel, in 1947, almost all of the world’s Jews lived in communities in Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas, yet they retained their cultural and religious traditions and preserved their ethnic differences.
Example Question #601 : Ap Human Geography
Which of these ethnicities is increasing at the fastest rate, in terms of percentage growth, in the United States?
Pacific Islanders
Asian Americans
Caucasians
Latin Americans
African Americans
Asian Americans
In raw numbers, the population of Latin Americans is growing the fastest. But, in terms of percentage the fastest growing ethnicity is Asian Americans. The number of Asian Americans grows by about three percent each year, while the number of Latin Americans grows by about two percent.
Example Question #601 : Ap Human Geography
In the last two decades the United States __________.
remained relatively uniform in its ethnic composition
has become considerably more ethnically diverse
has seen a dramatic decline in the influence of religious culture
has seen a dramatic increase in the influence of religious culture
has become considerably less ethnically diverse
has become considerably more ethnically diverse
Unlike most Western European countries the influence of religious culture on America has remained fairly powerful and consistent in the last two decades, so we can rule out these two answer choices. The United States has seen a considerable increase in its ethnic diversity in the last two decades. In the 1990s immigration laws were fairly lenient and a great number of immigrants arrived from East Asia, South Asia, and Latin America. These new arrivals have had children in far greater numbers than the majority white population, contributing to a considerable increase in ethnic diversity in the United States.
Example Question #1 : Ethnicity & Nationalism
The majority of immigrants arriving from Latin America to the United States come from __________.
Colombia
Mexico
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Brazil
Mexico
Of these countries by far the most immigrants arrive from Mexico, mostly into the southwest of the United States although Mexican-Americans are well dispersed around much of the United States. As of 2013, 
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