MCQs of Geography – Ethnic Geography: Threads of Diversity

Which of the following ethnic group – geographical concentrations is incorrect?

Which of the following black ghetto forms had blacks assigned to small dwellings in alleys and back streets within and buonding white communities?

The most rapidly growing immigrant component of the U.S populating in recent years has been:

Which of the following would not be classified as an ethnic province in present- day North America?

A frequently used measure of the extent of structural assimilation of a minority group is:

Approximately 18 % of the 2000 Census respondents reported speaking a language other than English in the home; for more than half of them that language was:

Since the 1950s, immigration into the United States has been comprised mainly of:

Canada’s three distinctive immigration streams were dominated by which groups , respectively?

Asian populations in the United States are disproportionately concentrated in:

The system used for bounding properties in North America that results in the most irregular and unsystematic property lines is the:

The land subdivision system that is common to both the Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico and Texas and the St. Lawrence Valley of Canada is the:

Based on the index of dissimilarity for black, Hispanic, and Asian populations of major metropolitan areas of the United States:

The urban ethnic residential cluster that is perpetuated by external constraints and discriminatory actions is the:

The 19th century immigrant slum in the United States developed near the heart of the central city in response to two factors:

which of the following would be least likely to unify the ethnicity of group of individuals?

When and ethnic group of relatively new arrivals has been completely integrated into the economic and cultural mainstream of a society, that group is said to have been:

Which of the following would not be considered a charter group for the area with which they are associated?

The settlement of the Salt Lake Basin by the Mormons is an example of:

In the United States, English is the national language , English common law is the basis for the American legal system, and English place names dominate in much of the country. This pattern is a manifestation of:

Immigration into the United States of African – origin populations occurred primarily during which period in American history?

Traditional patterns of African- American residence and livelihood in the United States have been affected by all of the following except the:

The rapid growth in the number of Asian immigrants to the United States since the 1970s has been attributed to:

After the Chinese, the second largest U.S. Asian ethnic grouping is the:

Ethnic clustering is of decreasing relevance to which of the following groups?

In terms of numbers , the largest group of Hispanic- Americans residing in the United States is: