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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter VIII, The Blacks.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. During the decades surrounding the beginning of the 20th century, what proportion of Eastern European Jews moved to the United States?
(a) One-tenth.
(b) One-eighth.
(c) One-fifth.
(d) One-third.

3. How much of the arable land in Ireland was used for growing potatoes before the famine?
(a) One-fourth.
(b) One-tenth.
(c) One-half.
(d) One-sixth.

4. Under the laws of the Manchu dynasty, what could Chinese men not return to China without?
(a) Their wives.
(b) Their queues.
(c) Their savings.
(d) Their job training.

5. Which Western country imported the most slaves?
(a) Jamaica.
(b) The United States.
(c) Brazil.
(d) Canada.

Short Answer Questions

1. During the Civil War, what percentage of Union troops were black?

2. What is the largest single ethnic group in the U.S.?

3. Which group of Jews in New York were more established and wealthier?

4. Which ethnic group got along best with the Indians?

5. The generation gap between first and second generation Japanese immigrants was caused by _____________ marriages.

(see the answer key)

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