A Different Mirror

Question 1

What happened during a pogrom?

Accepted Answer

Anti-Semitic violence

Question 2

Covid is the deadliest known disease in the history of the world.

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False

Question 3

Vast grassland between the Mississippi River and Rocky Mountains...

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Great Plains

Question 4

The widely accepted story we hold about history is called...

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the Master Narrative

Question 5

People coming to a country because it promises the opportunity to succeed is called a ...

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a pull factor

Question 6

An immigrant from a country with an oppressive government is

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seeking political asylum in the US

Question 7

To the English, savages were...

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the Irish, primitive and uncivilized

Question 8

The study of population changes is called...

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demography

Question 9

to kill or destroy completely

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exterminate

Question 10

Cash crop for Jamestown Colony?

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Tobacco

Question 11

The word used to describe your ethnic background and family descent is...

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ancestry

Question 12

Land set aside by the US government for Native Americans is called a reservation.

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True

Question 13

Movement from one country to another...

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Migration

Question 14

Name of the Dutch colony in the new world?

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New Amsterdam

Question 15

Anti-semitism is

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prejudice against Jews

Question 16

How did Indians try to fit into white culture?

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all

Question 17

What new technology revolutionized the west?

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The railroad

Question 18

What is 'nativism'?

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Born in the United States

Question 19

Why did they originally kidnap Indians?

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to display them in England

Question 20

A refugee from an oppressive government

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Political Refugee

Question 21

Who did Takaki dedicate his book to?

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his grandchildren

Question 22

How long did an indentured servant serve?

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4 - 7 years typically

Question 23

When Russian Jews immigrated to America, where did they settle?

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They settled in New York City’s Lower East Side.

Question 24

The temple or holy place among Jews where the torah is read and studied.

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Synagogue

Question 25

What did Walt Whitman call the United States?

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a teeming nation of nations

Question 26

Why does Takaki say we need a Different Mirror to look at America's history?

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All

Question 27

First permanent English Colony in 1607...

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Jamestown

Question 28

Which law stated that only white immigrants could apply for citizenship?

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The 1790 Naturalization Act

Question 29

Who did the American Indians remind the English of?

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the Irish

Question 30

People leaving their country because of poverty or war is called...

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a push factor

Question 31

Where did the term 'savage' originate?

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English

Question 32

Which term best describes belonging to, inherited from, or denoting an ancestor...?

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Ancestral

Question 33

Second largest tribe in the southeastern U.S....

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Choctaw

Question 34

Overall dealiest known disease in the world.

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Smallpox

Question 35

The story we tell about an event or a series of events is called a...

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narrative

Question 36

The study of ethnic cultures, languages, and migration is called...

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ethnology

Question 37

Who encouraged President Andrew Jackson to transform the Indians into farmers?

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Thomas Jefferson

Question 38

Who is the author of A Different Mirror?

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Ronald Takaki

Question 39

What Event ended the recognition of tribes as independent by the federal government?

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Indian Appropriation Act

Question 40

What is a slave?

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All

Question 41

"Grip the Wolf's Ears"

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Jefferson's illustration about slavery

Question 42

What is an indentured servant?

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all

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