Deck 13: Vietnamese Americans, Arab Americans, and Resurgent Racism

Question 1

Which world-level organization tried to help with the Indochinese refugee problem?

A)WHO
B)UNHCR
C)WBO
D)UNICEF

Answer 1

B

Question 2

All of the following describe the Arab world except:

A)Islam.
B)common dialects.
C)common language.
D)heterogeneous.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

This country housed the refugee encampment of hundreds of thousands who fled war-torn Vietnam.

A)Taiwan
B)Japan
C)Thailand
D)Hong Kong

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Vietnamese Americans score lower than average Americans on all of the following secondary structural assimilation measures except:

A)education.
B)jobs.
C)incomes.
D)residential segregation scores.

Question 5

According to Table 13.1,the decade with the most numbers of Vietnamese Americans was:

A)1991-2000.
B)1981-1990.
C)1971-1980.
D)1951-1960.

Question 6

Based on Montero's five studies of Vietnamese ability to speak English once in the United States,we can conclude that ________ had a good command of it or rapidly acquired it.

A)1/5 to 1/3
B)1/20 to 1/15
C)1/10 to 1/7
D)1/2 to 3/4

Question 7

All of the following countries eventually withdrew from the Vietnam War except:

A)Japan.
B)France.
C)the United States.
D)Britain.

Question 8

Under U.S.refugee policies,approximately 780,000 Cubans and ________ Indochinese have come to the United States.

A)20 million
B)5 million
C)725,000
D)272,456

Question 9

Europeans came into contact with the Arab civilization via commerce and resistance to:

A)Arab conquests.
B)Arab economic expansion.
C)Arab language domination.
D)Arab educational themes.

Question 10

According to your text,all of the following were admitted as refugees during the 1950s except:

A)Vietnamese.
B)Hungarians.
C)Cubans.
D)Rwandans.

Question 11

Which state received the most Vietnamese refugees?

A)Texas
B)California
C)Louisiana
D)Virginia

Question 12

Unofficial estimates of drowned Boat people are:

A)10,000
B)15,700
C)125,900
D)200,000

Question 13

Many Vietnamese have ________ to be closer to family and build family unity.

A)telephoned regularly
B)written in Vietnamese
C)gone on welfare
D)relocated

Question 14

The Vietnamese appear to be ________ a sequence of adaptation to the American setting that would produce results resembling those found among other Asian immigrant groups.

A)ignorant of
B)purposefully avoiding
C)following
D)distracted by

Question 15

Of the 2 million people who fled Indochina,approximately how many initially came to the United States?

A)130,000
B)200,000
C)1 million
D)2 million

Question 16

All of the following contributed to the current U.S.policies for refugees except:

A)Displaced Persons Act.
B)Military Occupations Renewal Act.
C)Refugee Act.
D)Refugee Assistance Act.

Question 17

At least ________ Arabs now live in the Middle East and North Africa.

A)27.4 million
B)67.4 million
C)106 million
D)200 million

Question 18

All of the following were provided in U.S.resettlement camps except:

A)college placement services.
B)war reparations.
C)english courses.
D)basic needs.

Question 19

Many social,economic,political,and global factors worked together so that by the 20th century,the problem of what to do with the rising numbers of refugees became an ________ international question.

A)irrelevant
B)important
C)ignored
D)inconsequential

Question 20

The Cambodian tragedy,which led to the massacre of 1 million was perpetrated by:

A)General Lao Chan.
B)Pol Pot.
C)Ho Chi Minh.
D)Vietcong renegades.

Question 21

At the end of WWI,the ________ Empire was defeated and the Middle East was subdivided.

A)Greek
B)Ottoman
C)African
D)Russian

Question 22

All Syrian Americans in the early immigration period were from Syria.

Question 23

Most of the early Arab American immigrants were single male sojourners who eventually:

A)went home to stay.
B)went home to return with brides and family.
C)lived decades as bachelors.
D)died single men in Syria.

Question 24

The Association for Syrian Unity formed in response to the harsh efforts of:

A)the KKK.
B)Jewish-Christian coalition.
C)C.J.Najour movement.
D)Mannie Staler movement.

Question 25

Caplan,Whitmore,and Choy (1989)found that none of the Boat people in their study knew
English.

Question 26

All of the following are examples of Arab American assimilation measures which exceed levels for the average American except:

A)interracial marriage.
B)income.
C)education levels.
D)professional and managerial jobs.

Question 27

President Gerald Ford assigned the management of the evacuation to IATF.

Question 28

All of the following describe earlier Arab American immigrants when compared to later Arab American immigrants except:

A)earlier were from one main region.
B)earlier were more educated.
C)earlier were predominantly Christians.
D)earlier favored small towns and villages.

Question 29

All of the following cities have the largest numbers of Arab Americans except:

A)Dallas.
B)Detroit.
C)Dearborn.
D)Los Angeles.

Question 30

The Southern Poverty Law Center estimates ________ active U.S.hate groups.

A)256
B)376
C)700
D)1,200

Question 31

As newer Arab American immigrants came to the United States,earlier ones:

A)considered them different.
B)united with them.
C)called them Christians.
D)did not unite with them into communities.

Question 32

In Dow v.United States,George Dow was ruled to be non-White.

Question 33

Laos had virtually no displaced persons because it took a neutral position during the war.

Question 34

Early Syrian American immigrants were mainly Muslim.

Question 35

The Vietnamese have not focused on establishing primary relationships with Native
Americans.

Question 36

Two core issues that the United States must work to preserve in post-September 11,2001 recovery are national security and:

A)limited immigration.
B)increased immigration.
C)relaxing on civil rights for all.
D)protecting civil rights for all.

Question 37

Very few Vietnamese came to the United States prior to 1971.

Question 38

Most early Arab American immigrants came from:

A)Mount Lebanon.
B)Israel.
C)Jordan.
D)Iraq.

Question 39

Islam has two branches,Sunni and Shi'a.

Question 40

The United States accepted the majority of the Boat people.

Question 41

The main contemporary obstacle to Arab American identificational assimilation lies in the
religious realm.

Question 42

The third-period Arab immigrants have more in common with the second-period than the
first-period Arab immigrants.

Question 43

U.S.Arab organizations condemned the 9/11 attacks.

Question 44

Most native-born Arab Americans have married out.

Question 45

After September 11,2001,the Reverend Richard Cizik called for patient love and caring for our
Arab neighbors.

Question 46

The most common type of U.S.hate group organization is the neo-Nazis.

Question 47

Ibish (2003)reported that about nine weeks after 9/11 the rates of violence against Arab
Americans increased.

Question 48

Many Syrian Americans found their work in pack peddling.

Question 49

The FBI established an advisory committee to improve relations between officers and the Arab
American community.

Question 50

In the early immigration years,most Arab Americans practiced their homeland culture at
school,work,and other public places.

Question 51

There are at least 1 million Arab Americans in the United States.

Question 52

Arab Americans are more likely to live in poverty than average Americans.