1. True/False A group would be completely unsegregated if its members are uniformly distributed relative to the remainder of the population.
2. True/False A ghetto results from voluntary as opposed to involuntary or discriminatory segregation.
3. True/False The Protestant population of Northern Ireland is indigenous to the land, having settled there before the Irish Catholics.
4. True/False A declining segregation index over time indicates spatial convergence of two ethnic groups.
5. True/False If two groups become more segregated over time, it is called spatial divergence.
6. True/False The color Protestants in Ireland use as their symbol is orange.
7. True/False The "Troubles" in Northern Ireland continue to elude political settlement.
8. True/False The British in Northern Ireland are mainly Protestant.
9. True/False The Catholics in Northern Ireland outnumber the Protestants.
10. True/False The reason why Ulster came to have a large Protestant population is because the Irish people there converted to Protestantism.
11. A segregation index of 20 means that:
a. 20 people would need to relocate in order to achieve total integration
b. the population is totally segregated
c. the population is totally integrated
d. 20 percent of the population would need to relocate to achieve complete integration
e. 80 percent of the population would need to relocate to achieve complete integration
12. Which of the following statements accurately describes the growth rates of Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland today?
a. Catholics represent a clear majority of the population
b. Catholic birth rates are higher than Protestants
c. Catholics are outmigrating faster than Protestants
d. the Catholic population is declining
13. What has happened to the segregation index of Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland?
a. it has increased
b. it has decreased
c. it has remained constant
d. it has followed a U-shaped path
14. Northern Ireland is:
a. part of the Irish Republic
b. an independent country
c. part of the United Kingdom
d. a colony of the United Kingdom
15. The residential mixing of subgroups within the larger population is known as
a. segregation
b. integration
c. ghettoization
d. plantation
16. Residential clusters that result from voluntary segregation are known as:
a. ghettos
b. integrated neighborhoods
c. enclaves
d. plantations
17. A tenant farmer is:
a. a farmer who rents land to farm
b. a farmer who pays the rent for their land as a share of their crop
c. a farmer who owns his land
d. a migrant farmer from another country
18. Social distance is:
a. a numerical measure of the mileage separating the weighted centers of two ethnic clusters
b. the residential mixing of subgroups within the larger population
c. a numerical measure of the degree of separation of two or more distinct groups
d. a measure of the likelihood that dissimilar groups will interact in society
19. Apartheid was a policy of segregation in:
a. Ireland
b. the United Kingdom
c. Yugoslavia
d. South Africa
e. the United States
20. Essay to think about: Is the British occupation and continuing control of Northern Ireland a good example of irrendentism? Why or why not?