Question 1

How did Indians affect the Caribbean?

Accepted Answer

Many Indians in areas such as Trinidad and Tobago practiced Hinduism and contributed to Caribbean culture

Question 2

How did migration during the 1800s affect gender roles?

Accepted Answer

Since it was mostly males who left on migration, females sometimes took a more leading role in the family

On the contrary, if the husband could support the family with remittances women could spend more time with the family

More money from remittances may also correlate with more girls going to school

(only happened sometimes; women were still by no means equals)

Question 3

What are ethnic enclaves?

Accepted Answer

Clusters or neighborhoods of people from the same foreign country

Question 4

What was the California Gold Rush?

Accepted Answer

A gold rush that brought huge numbers of people to California in hopes of finding gold

Question 5

How did the California Gold Rush affect demographics?

Accepted Answer

Many workers (especially Chinese workers) came to California

The Chinese workers also ended up creating the transcontinental railroad

Question 6

What is Mauritius?

Accepted Answer

Islands off the southeast coast of Africa, that many Indians migrated to in the 1800s

Question 7

What was Natal?

Accepted Answer

A colony that is now part of South Africa, where many Indians came to work as indentured servants

Question 8

Who was Mohandas Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi)?

Accepted Answer

Indian lawyer and anti-colonial nationalist, who founded the Natal Indian Congress which exposed the world to discrimination against Indians in South Africa

Later returned to India in 1914 and became a leader in the Indian nationalist movement against British rule

Question 9

What was the Natal Indian Congress?

Accepted Answer

An organization created by Gandhi to fight discrimination against Indians in South Africa

Question 10

What was the kangani system?

Accepted Answer

A system where families were recruited to live on tea/coffee/rubber plantations in Southeast Asia

Replaced indentured servitude, and was less restrictive

Question 11

What was the canal system in the US?

Accepted Answer

A system of canals in the US, primarily constructed by Irish immigrants

Question 12

Who are the Scots-Irish?

Accepted Answer

Protestant descendants of Scots who had previously migrated to Ireland, and came to the US in the 1800s

Question 13

How did Italy affect Argentina?

Accepted Answer

Huge numbers of Italian immigrants came to Argentina, making up over half the population

Argentine Spanish absorbed many Italian words

Question 14

What was the Chinese Exclusion Act?

Accepted Answer

An act passed by the US Congress that banned all Chinese immigration to the US

(initially limited to 10yrs, but got extended; finally repealed in 1943)

Question 15

Who was Porfirio Díaz?

Accepted Answer

A Mexican President who modernized the Mexican economy, but favored foreign investors and wealthy landowners, leading to an economic crisis

(ousted in the 1911 Mexican Revolution; also favored Chinese immigration, as Chinese immigrants were banned from the US)

Question 16

What was the Chinese Immigration Regulation and Restriction Act?

Accepted Answer

An act by the New South Wales Legislative Council that attempted to restrict the number of Chinese immigrants entering New South Wales (now Australia)

Question 17

What was the Chinese Immigration Act?

Accepted Answer

An act passed by the Victorian Parliament (in Australia) that limited the number of Chinese that could come ashore from each ship

(Chinese got around this by landing in South Australia)

Question 18

What was the Influx of Chinese Restriction Act?

Accepted Answer

An act passed by New South Wales that attempted to restrict Chinese immigration by passing an entrance tax

Question 19

Why did Chinatowns develop in Australia?

Accepted Answer

Migration caused by a series of gold rushes

Question 20

What was the White Australia Policy?

Accepted Answer

An Australian policy that attempted to limit non-British immigration in order to preserve a "white Australia"

6.7 - Effects of Migration, AP World History: Modern Flashcards