Deck 9: Asian Americans

Question 1

Asian Americans are disproportionately among the most highly skilled but are comparatively underrepresented in __________ fields.

A)medical
B)engineering
C)computer science
D)managerial

Answer 1

D

Question 2

Which group represents the largest proportion of Asian Americans in the U.S.?

A)Korean
B)Japanese
C)Chinese
D)Filipino

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following best explains the recent surge in Indian immigration to the U.S.?

A)The demand for low-skilled factory workers
B)The opportunity to study at an American university
C)The political climate in India
D)The lag in technological advances in India

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Asian Americans often have low labor costs in their small businesses because:

A)they hire undocumented migrants.
B)their businesses are in areas of high unemployment.
C)they hire workers under 18.
D)their businesses are mostly family-operated.

Question 5

Asian Americans make up almost __________ of the U.S.population and currently account for about a __________ of all immigration.

A)5 percent; third
B)9 percent; tenth
C)12 percent; fourth
D)17 percent; half

Question 6

The Chinese Exclusion Act marked the first time that:

A)an immigrant population was recruited to fight overseas.
B)a specific group was formally barred from entrance into the U.S.
C)an ethnic group was denied the right to education.
D)immigrants could not bring their families with them into the U.S.

Question 7

Which statement best describes the difference between the first and second wave of Asian immigration?

A)Second wave immigrants are considerably more diverse in national origin.
B)Second wave immigrants are likely in a lower socioeconomic class in their country of origin.
C)Second wave immigrants are recruited primarily for construction or factory work.
D)Second wave groups are generally less skilled.

Question 8

Lin immigrated to the United States after the fall of the South Vietnamese government in 1975.During what "wave" of Vietnamese immigration did Lin arrive?

A)First
B)Second
C)Third
D)Fourth

Question 9

One unique pattern exhibited by Asians is their __________.

A)difficulty in forming ethnic communities
B)strong political power
C)resistance to assimilation
D)rapid rate of suburbanization

Question 10

Asian Americans comprise an even more disparate panethnic category than Hispanic Americans because of their:

A)longer history of oppressive regimes.
B)wider socioeconomic class structure.
C)more diverse set of languages and religious traditions.
D)larger geographical area of origin.

Question 11

Which Asian American group had the largest population in the United States in the first half of the 20th century and why?

A)Filipinos, because their country was a U.S.territory
B)Japanese, because of close ties between their country and the U.S.
C)Koreans, because of political unrest in their country
D)Asian Indians, because of their fluency in the English language

Question 12

What event caused large-scale Asian immigration into the U.S.between 1966 and 1984?

A)The end of the Cold War
B)The Civil Rights movement
C)The assassination of John F.Kennedy
D)The liberalized immigration policy

Question 13

Your friend's grandmother is Asian American and was born in the United States.Her ancestors are most likely to have immigrated from:

A)China.
B)India.
C)Korea.
D)Japan.

Question 14

Like other ethnic populations that have arrived primarily in the post-1965 era, Asian Americans:

A)dwell mostly in smaller suburban areas.
B)dwell mostly in large urban areas.
C)have low graduation rates from college.
D)have high rates of unemployment.

Question 15

Which factor is most likely to account for why Asian students enter elite universities in numbers that are disproportionate to their population?

A)Government policies that specify quotas for Asian American students
B)Fewer entrance requirements for Asian American students
C)Soaring enrollments in elite high schools among Asian American students
D)Less discrimination against Asian American students by recruitment officers

Question 16

The first Asian immigrants in the United States were the:

A)Filipinos in the mid-20th century.
B)Koreans in the late 19th century.
C)Chinese in the mid-19th century.
D)Japanese in the early 20th century.

Question 17

About ______ of Asian-Americans have earned at least a bachelor's degree.

A)85 percent
B)65 percent
C)50 percent
D)33 percent

Question 18

Most Vietnamese immigrants to the United States came as:

A)employees of Chinese shops.
B)business owners.
C)political refugees.
D)elite occupational workers.

Question 19

Which Asian group is most likely to speak English prior to immigration to the U.S.?

A)Japanese
B)Chinese
C)Korean
D)Filipinos

Question 20

The largest percentage of Asian Americans lives in:

A)Texas.
B)New Jersey.
C)California.
D)New York.

Question 21

Tensions arose between which two ethnic groups in the 1980s and 1990s?

A)Vietnamese and Hispanic Americans
B)Chinese and Japanese Americans
C)Asian Indians and Native Americans
D)Koreans and blacks

Question 22

Which statement best characterizes the socioeconomic status of Asian Americans?

A)Members of specific Asian American groups tend to cluster at the two extremes of the economic hierarchy.
B)The median income for all Asian American groups surpasses that of Euro-American groups.
C)Asian Americans control a commensurate amount of wealth in relation to whites in the United States.
D)Most Asian groups have higher family incomes than whites and with fewer family members in the work force.

Question 23

Asian Americans are most similar to African Americans in which of the following ways?

A)High levels of wealth as compared to whites
B)Low levels of urban residence
C)Status as a visible racial minority
D)Low levels of education on average

Question 24

Which Asian-American group has experienced the highest degree of primary structural assimilation?

A)Chinese, as evidenced by their citizenship status
B)Japanese, as evidenced by their close non-Japanese associations
C)Koreans, as evidenced through push-and-pull patterns
D)Asian Indians, as evidenced through four generations of immigrants

Question 25

Which generation of Japanese American immigrants has been least successful at assimilating?

A)Yonsei
B)Nisei
C)Issei
D)Sansei

Question 26

The term "model minority":

A)refers to the compliant behavior of Asian Americans.
B)has led to an increased focus on the structural problems of minorities as a whole.
C)places more social and psychological pressure on young people.
D)is applicable to all groups in the Asian American diaspora.

Question 27

When examining the level of assimilation among Asian Americans, we should take into account that:

A)most Asian Americans are isolated in enclaves.
B)many Asian Americans resist residential integration.
C)most Asian Americans have arranged marriages.
D)much of the Asian American population today is foreign-born.

Question 28

What is considered to be the most plausible explanation for the rapid educational success among Asian Americans?

A)Hindu and Muslim influences
B)Confucian and Buddhist values
C)Genetic factors
D)Economic wealth

Question 29

The idea of a "yellow peril" is an example of:

A)pandemics.
B)sinophobia.
C)assimilation.
D)genocide.

Question 30

Successful assimilation for Asians in the United States exhibits a __________ pattern.

A)dual
B)linear
C)geographical
D)homogenous

Question 31

Akira is the daughter of a first generation Japanese American immigrant, and is therefore referred to as __________ in Japanese.

A)Issei
B)Nisei
C)Sansei
D)Yonsei

Question 32

Labor market discrimination against Asian Americans:

A)is a pervasive issue.
B)is poorly understood.
C)is no longer a serious issue.
D)tends to affect Chinese workers the most.

Question 33

In many ways, the anti-Japanese movement of the 1910s and 1920s is a continuation of the anti-__________ movement.

A)Chinese
B)Vietnamese
C)Korean
D)Filipino

Question 34

The internment of Japanese Americans in the 1940s was motivated by:

A)the fact that most were not U.S.citizens.
B)the fact that most were not culturally assimilated.
C)strong evidence of espionage during World War II.
D)the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Question 35

Approximately __________ of Asian Americans believe that group discrimination is a major problem.

A)one-eighth
B)one-fourth
C)one-third
D)one-half