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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is the border between the U.S. and Mexico?

2. Under the laws of the Manchu dynasty, what could Chinese men not return to China without?

3. Which religion forbade the owning of slaves and produced many abolitionists?

4. What quality did U.S. slave owners encourage in their slaves?

5. Where did the Alien Land Law prohibit Japanese immigrants from buying land?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did most Chinese immigrants work in laundries and restaurants in the U.S.?

2. What was unique about the slave population of the United States when compared with slaves in other countries?

3. What qualities distinguished Japanese school children in the U.S.?

4. In what ways did geography contribute to the perpetuation of slavery?

5. What is unique about the Mexican population in the Southwest?

6. What are some socioeconomic results of early marriages and high fertility rates among Puerto Rican immigrants?

7. What factors account for Chinese success in the United States?

8. How did Japan view the United States in the 19th century?

9. How was Chinese cultural diversity similar to that of Italy?

10. How have Chinese immigrants traditionally been received in host countries?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write a persuasive essay debating the topic "Geography is destiny." Consider the long-range effects on several generations of such factors as the suitability of Ireland's soil for growing the ingredients for hard liquor and the effect on Italian farmers who lived on the hillsides to avoid malaria, while working farms in the valleys.

Essay Topic 2

Recent immigrants have been shown to surpass more established immigrants of the same ethnicity in education and socioeconomic success. In your essay, give examples of this phenomenon and your opinion about its causes.

Essay Topic 3

The age of an immigrant population affects its socioeconomic status in the new country. In your essay, compare an older immigrant group, such as the Jews, with a group that is younger, such as the Puerto Ricans, and examine how the age distribution within the group affects its progress.

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