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1. Industrialization generally occurred in urban areas because there were higher concentrations of people and the distance from home to work was short. Following World War II, middle and high-income families began moving to the suburbs. What was the cause for this movement from urban to suburban areas’
A. Increase in the number of farms.
B. Expansion of highways and automobile ownership.
C. Movement of most factories to rural areas.
D. Decline in the number of middle-income families.

2. Immigration impacts language in the United States because it
A. causes the official language to change with each new immigrant culture.
B. infuses new words into the language.
C. results in English speaking people resisting new words.
D. Maintains the current language without any change.

3. What factor contributed to the migration of large numbers of people from Europe to the United States in the late 19th century’
A. Industrialization in the United States attracted laborers from Europe.
B. Economic prosperity in Europe allowed people to purchase land in the United States.
C. European social reform movements wanted to spread their beliefs to the United States.
D. The United States needed people to colonize the overseas territories it had recently acquired.

4. In public education today, the trend is to offer English as a second language classes. In these classes, students learn how to speak English and how to navigate through American society. The offering of these classes was the result of
A. Urbanization or the movement of people from rural areas to cities.
B. Suburbanization or the movement of people from cities to the suburbs.
C. Globalization or the fact that all nations of the world have become increasingly interdependent or interconnected.
D. Immigration or the movement of people from one country to another.

5. In recent years, the Spanish language has become more common in the United States, with ballots and signs in government buildings printed in English and Spanish. This is the result of increased
A. immigration from Mexico and other Latin American nations.
B. Awareness of the religion of Mexico and other Latin American nations.
C. International commitments in Mexico and other Latin American nations.
D. Agreements lowering trade barriers with Mexico and other Latin American nations.

6. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many immigrants who came to the United States did not speak English as their native language. One way this resulted in the exchange of cultural practices was that
A. most people were able to speak several languages fluently.
B. people from other countries tended to remain culturally isolated.
C. people without knowledge of English were not allowed to immigrate.
D. words from other languages entered into the mainstream vocabulary.

7. In 1959, rebel forces led by Fidel Castro overthrew the government of Cuba. Castro’s communist dictatorship seized privately owned farms and factories. Also, people who spoke out about the government taking their property were imprisoned. From the 1960s through the 1980s, many people fled from Cuba to the United States. Based on these conditions, the reasons for this migration were
A. heatlh concerns.
B. economic concerns.
C. environmental concerns.
D. racial concerns.

8. Which group is the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States’
A. Asians
B. Africans
C. Europeans
D. Hispanics

9. Which factor contributed to increased migration of people among regions of the United States in the second half of the 20th century’
A. new restrictions on immigration from Asia
B. increases in the number of small family farms
C. the construction of the Interstate Highway system
D. increased immigration from Northern and Western Europe

10. How did technological innovations of the late 20th century, such as communications satellites and the internet, contribute to the exchange of cultural practices’
A. They improved the efficiency of local governments.
B. They reduced economic inequality among nations.
C. They decreased the need for international cooperation.
D. They increased the opportunities to exchange information and ideas.

11. What was one of the main reasons that millions of immigrants from Eastern Europe came to the U.S. in the late 19th century’
A. To visit the U.S. on vacation
B. To improve their standard of living
C. To escape their democratic governments
D. To join the Republican party