Deck 9: Puerto Ricans and Mexican Americans: Identity and Incorporation

Question 1

The best way to describe the Hispanic population is:

A)shrinking.
B)homogeneous.
C)heterogeneous.
D)assimilating.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Puerto Rico was at one time under the control of all of the following except:

A)France.
B)Spain.
C)United States
D)Christopher Columbus.

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The majority of Puerto Ricans live in ________ states.

A)Southwestern
B)Northeastern
C)Texas and California
D)Florida and Missouri

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The ________ Act of 1968,Title VII was an amendment to the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act which funded bilingual education programs.

A)Language Equity
B)Fairness in Learning
C)Bilingual
D)English-Only

Question 5

Which is the most important factor when determining if children will speak Spanish or English?

A)if their parents speak English
B)if the schools teach English only
C)if the schools teach bilingual
D)if the community is English-speaking

Question 6

According to the U.S.Census 2000,Latinos comprise ________ of the total U.S.population.

A)9.3 percent
B)12.5 percent
C)37 percent
D)56.3 percent

Question 7

The bilingual education debate is framed by Anglo conformity and ________ ideologies.

A)discrimination
B)cultural pluralist
C)anti-assimilationist
D)conflict

Question 8

Cultural pluralist would encourage children to learn:

A)English only.
B)Spanish only.
C)two languages.
D)More than one language in bilingual programs.

Question 9

Which subgroup of U.S.Hispanics is the second largest?

A)Cubans
B)Dominicans
C)Puerto Ricans
D)Mexicans

Question 10

All of the following are examples of U.S.Census Bureau struggles to define Mexican and Puerto Rican Americans except:

A)Mother tongue.
B)the use of the term "other."
C)last name spelling.
D)skin color.

Question 11

According to your text,early in U.S.history,Mexican American children were believed to be ________ in language.

A)deficient
B)capable
C)retarded
D)incapable

Question 12

LULAC fought the school district in the Lemon Grove,California case because:

A)They would not let Hispanics participate in extra-curricular activities.
B)They forbade Spanish-speaking students from attending schools.
C)They integrated schools.
D)They built a Mexican-only school.

Question 13

When Puerto Ricans voted in the 1950 referendum,they chose a:

A)U.S.state status.
B)democracy with a president.
C)commonwealth.
D)dictator.

Question 14

Which subgroup of U.S.Hispanics is the largest?

A)Mexicans
B)Puerto Ricans
C)Dominicans
D)Cubans

Question 15

As incomes increase,fluency in English:

A)decreases.
B)increases.
C)disappears.
D)is accompanied by fluency in Spanish.

Question 16

Which ethnic group has been among the most successful in maintaining their cultural heritage in the United States?

A)Italians and Asians
B)French and Russians
C)Poles and Africans
D)Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans

Question 17

What percent of the U.S.Hispanic population is foreign-born?

A)5 percent
B)20 percent
C)38 percent
D)40 percent

Question 18

Based on one study,the most preferred racial-group classification was:

A)Hispanic.
B)Latin.
C)Mexican.
D)Spanish-origin.

Question 19

The historic concentration of the Latino population in the United States is where?

A)Southeast
B)Northwest
C)Southwest
D)Midwest

Question 20

The Lau task Force Remedies recommended ________ education for New York City children.

A)five language
B)Spanish-only
C)bilingual
D)English-only

Question 21

Bilingual education in the United States has been implemented with very little controversy.

Question 22

Puerto Ricans,seeking employment opportunities have been moving more toward:

A)sunbelt states.
B)Northwest.
C)Southwest.
D)Midwest.

Question 23

Most Puerto Rican migration to the United States came after WWII.

Question 24

Even the fourth generation of Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans have retained the value of:

A)speaking English.
B)returning home each year.
C)familism.
D)machismo.

Question 25

Mexican Americans make about ________ on Anglos dollars.

A)27 cents
B)55 cents
C)67 cents
D)99 cents

Question 26

Many Puerto Rican islanders speak Spanish better than English.

Question 27

At one time in Puerto Rico's history,the United States had political control of the island.

Question 28

Organizers for English-only language support bilingual language programs.

Question 29

Which Hispanic group typically scores segregation index scores above 70?

A)Mexican Americans
B)Puerto Ricans
C)Cubans
D)Dominicans

Question 30

When Puerto Rico was ceded to the United States,the locals chose English as the official
language.

Question 31

Cubans and Mexican Americans are culturally similar in the United States.

Question 32

Mexican Americans and Puerto Ricans have not:

A)substituted Spanish for English.
B)substituted English for Spanish.
C)remained for generations in the United States.
D)voted in favor of bilingual education.

Question 33

The Brown v.Topeka Board of Education case of 1954 was preceded by a case in New York City
brought in behalf of Puerto Rican children.

Question 34

Pluralists want only minority children to be bilingual in the United States.

Question 35

More and more Mexican American men are moving into:

A)exports.
B)farm work.
C)manual labor.
D)professions.

Question 36

Hispanics are a very diverse category of U.S.ethnics.

Question 37

What percentage of Puerto Ricans live in poverty,according to mid 1980 data?

A)20 percent
B)33 percent
C)41 percent
D)50 percent

Question 38

Very few Mexican Americans live in the southwestern U.S.states.

Question 39

Puerto Ricans,it has been found,provide ________ of the care their elderly or disabled family require.

A)none
B)most
C)some
D)all

Question 40

Many Mexican American and Puerto Rican youth:

A)graduate high school.
B)graduate college.
C)drop out of college.
D)drop out before graduating high school.

Question 41

According to Gordon's theory,Puerto Ricans and Mexican Americans are assimilating by
substitution.

Question 42

Lemann proposed that dark skinned Puerto Ricans may face racial discrimination once living
in the United States.

Question 43

Male Mexican Americans who completed four years of college made the same money as did
white male college graduates.

Question 44

The authors claim total support for immigrant and colonial models,based on their findings.

Question 45

It is estimated that 323 languages are currently spoken in the United States.

Question 46

Unemployment for Whites and Puerto Ricans is almost identical.

Question 47

The post-colonial perspective can be applied to Puerto Rican Americans.

Question 48

Williams (1990)found that Mexican Americans are trying to assimilate into Anglo America
when seeking professions.

Question 49

White Hispanics typically have White friends.

Question 50

Mexican Americans appear to be achieving higher levels of education.

Question 51

Puerto Rican youth often receive rural and small school educations in the United States.