Quiz: Can You Pass The Geography Test?

1. A declining segregation index over time indicates spatial convergence of two ethnic groups.

True

False

2. The jewish ghettos of Europe, and the Chinese ghettos of North America, increased the social distance between the these groups and the general population.

True

False

3. Highland Beach, Maryland continues to practice a voluntary form of segregation

True

False

4. The residential mixing of subgroups within the larger population is known as

Segregation

Intergration

Ghettoization

Plantation

5. Apartheid was a policy of segregation in:

Ireland

UK

Yugoslavia

South Africa

6. The reason why Ulster came to have a large population is because the Irish people there converted to Protestantism

True

False

7. A ghetto results from voluntary as opposed to involuntary or discriminatory segregation.

True

False

8. Economic segregation (rich v. poor neighborhoods) has decreased dramatically since 2000 thanks in large part to federal housing policies and gentrification.

True

False

9. Which of the following statements accurately describes the growth rates of Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland today?

Catholics represent a clear majority of the population

Catholics birth rates are higher than Protestants

Catholics immigration to Northern Ireland is causing a population explosion

The Catholic population is declining

10. Residential clusters that result from voluntary segregation are known as:

Ghettos

Integrated neighborhoods

Enclaves

None of above

11. Which of the following does not lead to an increase in residential segregation?

An increase in suburban mixed use and affordable housing

An investment in highways that connect new, outer ring suburbs with metropolitan areas

Exclusionary zoning

All of these increase residential segregation

12. The slow growth of suburbs in metropolitan areas has led to increased integration in most older, inner ring suburbs.

True

False

13. Northern Ireland is:

Part of the Irish Republic

A colony of England

Part of the UK

All of the above

14. The term Ghetto originated with the segregation of:

African Americans in the United States

Jews in italy

Jews in germany

Gypsies in France

15. Social Distance is:

A numerical measure of the mileage separating the weighted centers of two ethnic clusters

The residential mixing of subgroups within the larger population

A numerical measure of the degree of separation of two or more distinct groups

A measure of the likelihood that dissimlar groups will interact in society