AP Human Geography Midterm Exam (Chapter 7 Test)

Race is often described as

• being characterized by Caucasian, African American, and Hispanic/Latino
• Identification with a group that is perceived to share a physiologic trait such as skin color.
• determinable from physical characteristics such as the exact shape of a person's face or head.
• evenly distributed around the world, independent of ethnicity.

What was apartheid

• the geographic separation of races in South Africa
• the existence of landlocked states in Southern Africa
• the kinship system of Sub-Saharan Africa.
• South Africa's governmental system

The fact that Scotland held a public referendum on whether or not to remain a part of the United Kingdom in 2014 suggests a very strong

• centrifugal force
• ethnic homogeneity
• push factor
• policy of assimilation

Latinos/Hispanics are clustered in what areas of the United States

• Northeast, cities
• West, Southwest
• East, Southwest
• East and West coasts

An examination of the distribution of ethnicities in the United States reveals

• ethnic groups tend to cluster in urban areas and in different US regions.
• segregation and exclusion are a thing of the past for nearly all U.S ethnic groups.
• ethnic neighborhoods contain a heterogeneous mix of ethnicities, even in cities that were once known for their patterns of segregation
• different ethnicities in each region.

An example of a nationality might be

• A group of Cherokee Indians living on a reservation.
• the Nazi Party within Germany in the 1930s.
• a group of Ojibwa Indians touring around Europe.

Asia Americans are clustered in what area of the United States?

• Southwest
• West
• Plains states
• Northeast

A racist believes in

• the biological classification of people and the superiority of some groups over others on the basis of racial identity.
• the inferiority of some groups because of economic factors and the superiority of some groups because of political affiliations
• the superiority of some groups because of cultural identity.
• the biological classification of people along with an understanding that all human beings are one species and therefore one extended family without any inherent differences.

Which of the following is NOT true about white flight?

• It contributed to the spatial expansion of black ghettos
• It began in the 1970s when the economy contracted
• It contributed to blockbusting
• It was precipitated by a racially motivated push factor.

Ethnicity is important because

• It reinforces diversity in the face of the globalization of culture
• It defines nothing