Heimler Unit 6 Topic 6 Quiz

What was the main cause of migration from 1750-1900?

• Economic and environmental realities

• Political instability

• Social inequality

What was the impact of the Industrial Revolution on global migration?

• It had no impact on migration

• It led to new waves of migration

• It caused migration only within Europe

What was the primary reason for the migration of Indians to British colonies across the world?

• Economic opportunities

• Educational advancement

• Political asylum

What was the labor system that allowed poor laborers to work for a number of years in order to pay for their passage to a new land?

• Contract labor

• Slavery

• Indentured servitude

Which group of people migrated in the face of challenges, forming a diaspora in the western United States?

• Irish

• Chinese

• Japanese

What was the main reason for the mass migration of Irish people during the Great Potato Famine?

• Political persecution

• Religious discrimination

• Economic hardship

What was the primary motivation for the establishment of settler colonies?

• Political autonomy

• Cultural exchange

• Industrialization and western technology

Which group of people migrated to South Africa to work on mapping the land and identifying locations for valuable raw materials?

• British engineers

• Irish

• Chinese laborers

What was the labor system that replaced the slave trade in the British colonies by bringing in Chinese and Indian workers who agreed to work for very low wages?

• Indentured servitude

• Contract labor

• Penal colony

• Slavery