2. Which of the following states has the smallest percentage of African American residents?
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
West Virginia

3. Which of the following states has the smallest percentage of African American residents?
Alabama
Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
West Virginia
Answer E
Difficulty Level: 2
Text Reference: 7.1
U.S. Geography Standard: 9 & 10
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcome 7.3: Describe the distribution of African Americans.
Explanation:
African Americans are clustered in the South and in northern cities.

4. FIGURE 7-8 DISTRIBUTION OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES The counties with the highest percentages of African Americans are in the rural South and in northern cities.

5. Which of the following states has the smallest percentage of Hispanic residents?
Arizona
California
Maine
New Mexico
Texas

6. Which of the following states has the smallest percentage of Hispanic residents?
Arizona
California
Maine
New Mexico
Texas
Answer C
Difficulty Level: 3
Text Reference: 7.1
U.S. Geography Standard: 9 & 10
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcome 7.2: Describe the distribution of Hispanics.
Explanation:
Hispanics are concentrated in the American Southwest.

7. FIGURE 7-7 DISTRIBUTION OF HIS PANICS IN THE UNITED STATES The counties with the highest percentages in 2010 are in the Southwest, near the Mexican border, and in northern cities.

8. During the slavery era, the most likely destination for Africans captured by the Portuguese was
North America.
South America.
Caribbean.
Arabia.
Turkey.

9. During the slavery era, the most likely destination for Africans captured by the Portuguese was
North America.
South America.
Caribbean.
Arabia.
Turkey.
Answer B
Difficulty Level: 3
Text Reference: 7.2
U.S. Geography Standard: 9 & 10
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcome 7.5: Describe the patterns of forced and voluntary migrations of African Americans to the United States.
Explanation:
The majority of Africans enslaved by the Portuguese were sent to Brazil.

10. FIGURE 7-13 ORIGIN AND DESTINATION OF SLAVES Most slaves were transported across the Atlantic from West Africa to the Americas.

11. Which of the following is accurate about apartheid?
It included the creation of “homelands” for different groups.
The system classified people in one of two races.
French settlers created it in the 1800s.
South Africa still has places governed by this policy.
The policy was supported by most European countries in the 1980s.

12. Which of the following is accurate about apartheid?
It included the creation of “homelands” for different groups.
The system classified people in one of two races.
French settlers created it in the 1800s.
South Africa still has places governed by this policy.
The policy was supported by most European countries in the 1980s.
Answer A
Difficulty Level: 3
Text Reference: 7.2
U.S. Geography Standard: 9, 10, and 13
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcome 7.10: Explain the laws once used to segregate races in South Africa.
Explanation:
Apartheid was instituted in the late 1940s and classified South Africans as belonging to one of four groups.

13. FIGURE 7-23 SOUTH AFRICA’S APARTHEID HOMELANDS As part of its apartheid system, the government of South Africa designated 10 homelands, expecting that ultimately every black would become a citizen of one of them. South Africa declared 4 of these homelands to be independent states, but no other country recognized the action. With the end of apartheid and the election of a black majority government, the homelands were abolished, and South Africa was reorganized into 9 provinces.

14. In the 1920s, this region best exemplified the concept of the nation-state:
South America
Sub-Saharan Africa
Middle East
Europe
Southeast Asia

15. In the 1920s, this region best exemplified the concept of the nation-state:
South America
Sub-Saharan Africa
Middle East
Europe
Southeast Asia
Explanation:
Following the First World War, many European boundaries were redrawn to reflect the principles of nation-states.
Answer D
Difficulty Level: 3
Text Reference: 7.4
U.S. Geography Standard: 9, 10, & 13
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcome 7.11: Explain the difference between ethnicity and nationality.

16. Which of the following is an example of a multinational state?
France
New York
Scotland
United Kingdom
Wales

17. Which of the following is an example of a multinational state?
France
New York
Scotland
United Kingdom
Wales
Explanation:
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland includes Scotland and Wales.
Answer D
Difficulty Level: 2
Text Reference: 7.3
U.S. Geography Standard: 9, 10, & 13
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcome 7.11: Explain the difference between ethnicity and nationality.

18. Complete the following analogy: centripetal is to centrifugal as
clustering is to spreading.
beginning is to ending.
rising is to falling.
shrinking is to growing.
None of the above is correct.

19. Complete the following analogy: centripetal is to centrifugal as
clustering is to spreading.
beginning is to ending.
rising is to falling.
shrinking is to growing.
None of the above is correct.
Explanation:
Nationalism is an important centripetal force. Centripetal is the opposite of centrifugal.
Answer A
Difficulty Level: 4
Text Reference: 7.3
U.S. Geography Standard: 9 & 10
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcome 7.11: Explain the difference between ethnicity and nationality.

20. Which of the following ethnic groups has the least representation in Lebanon?
Jews
Christians
Druze
Shiites
Sunnis

21. Which of the following ethnic groups has the least representation in Lebanon?
Jews
Christians
Druze
Shiites
Sunnis
Explanation:
Lebanon is divided among Christians, Sunni Muslims, Shiite Muslims, and Druze.
Answer A
Difficulty Level: 2
Text Reference: 7.3
U.S. Geography Standard: 9, 10, & 13
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcome 7.12: Identify and describe the principle ethnicities in Lebanon.

22. FIGURE 7-27 ETHNICITIES IN LEBANON Christians dominate in the south and the northwest, Sunni Muslims in the far north, Shiite Muslims in the northeast and south, and Druze in the south-central and southeast.

23. The conflict in Jammu and Kashmir pits
East Pakistan against West Pakistan.
India against Bangladesh.
India against Pakistan.
Sikhs against Hindus.
Sinhalese against Tamils.

24. The conflict in Jammu and Kashmir pits
East Pakistan against West Pakistan.
India against Bangladesh.
India against Pakistan.
Sikhs against Hindus.
Sinhalese against Tamils.
Explanation:
Jammu and Kashmir are partitioned along the “Line of Control” by Pakistan and India.
Answer C
Difficulty Level: 3
Text Reference: 7.3
U.S. Geography Standard: 9, 10 & 13
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcome 7.15: Identify and describe the principle ethnicities in Western Asia.

25. FIGURE 7-32 KASHMIR India and Pakistan dispute the location of their border.

26. Since 1991 in the Balkans, the most severe ethnic cleansing has been committed by
Bosnians.
Croats.
Macedonians.
Serbs.
Slovenes.

27. Since 1991 in the Balkans, the most severe ethnic cleansing has been committed by
Bosnians.
Croats.
Macedonians.
Serbs.
Slovenes.
Explanation:
Serbs aggressively pushed other groups out of territory in Bosnia and Kosovo.
Answer D
Difficulty Level: 1, 2, and 3
Text Reference: 7.4
U.S. Geography Standard: 9, 10, & 13
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcome 7.17: Explain the concept of ethnic cleansing in the Balkans

28. FIGURE 7-39 YUGOSLAVIA UNTIL ITS BREAKUP IN 1992 Yugoslavia comprised six republics (plus Kosovo and Vojvodina, autonomous regions within the Republic of Serbia).

29. Which of these ethnic groups was not forced to migrate right after World War II?
Russians were forced to return to the Soviet Union from Western Europe.
Germans living in Poland were forced to return to Germany.
Swiss were forced to return to Switzerland.
Poles were forced to move from territory occupied by the Soviet Union.
Czechs were forced out of Poland.

30. Which of these ethnic groups was not forced to migrate right after World War II?
Russians were forced to return to the Soviet Union from Western Europe.
Germans living in Poland were forced to return to Germany.
Swiss were forced to return to Switzerland.
Poles were forced to move from territory occupied by the Soviet Union.
Czechs were forced out of Poland.
Answer C
Difficulty Level: 4
Text Reference: 7.4
U.S. Geography Standard: 9, 12, & 17
Bloom's Taxonomy: Analysis
Learning Outcome: N/A
Explanation:
There was not a large scale migration of the Swiss during World War II.

31. FIGURE 7-37 FORCED MIGRATION OF ETHNICITIES AFTER WORLD WAR II The largest number were Poles forced to move from territory occupied by the Soviet Union (now Russia), Germans forced to migrate from territory taken over by Poland and the Soviet Union, and Russians forced to return to the Soviet Union from Western Europe.

32. Which group predominates in the far north of Iraq?
Kurds
Sunnis
Shiites
Persians
Turkmen

33. Which group predominates in the far north of Iraq?
Kurds
Sunnis
Shiites
Persians
Turkmen
Answer A
Difficulty Level: 2
Text Reference: 7.3
U.S. Geography Standard: 9, 10, 12, & 17.
Bloom's Taxonomy: Knowledge
Learning Outcome 7.14: Describe how ethnicities in South Asia and among the Kurds have been divided among more than one nationality.
Explanation:
The Kurds are the largest nation without a state of their own.

34. FIGURE 7-34 ETHNICITIES IN WESTERN ASIA The complex distribution of ethnicities and nationalities across western Asia is a major source of conflict.