Deck 12: Southeast Asians and Pacific Islanders

Question 1

Samoans believe eating the wrong foods can cause dislocation of the to'ala.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Pacific Islanders eat mainly native-grown foods.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

People in the Philippines believe illness can be transmitted through the power of the evil eye, a process known as usog or tuyaw.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

What percentage of Filipinos are employed in professional or management careers?​

A) ​50
B) 30​
C) 40​
D) 10​
E) 25​

Question 5

One common characteristic shared by Pacific Islanders and Southeast Asians is that they both​

A) ​live on similar arid plains with monsoonal rains.
B) share similar tropical climates and possibly the same ancestors.
C) share same ancestors and mountainous terrains.
D) live in same Mediterranean climates and mountainous terrains.
E) share similar cultural traditions and cuisine.

Question 6

Which of the following is not a major Hmong tribe?​

A) ​Red Hmong
B) Blue Hmong​
C) Flowery Hmong​
D) Yellow Hmong​
E) Black Hmong​

Question 7

Filipinos suffer from sudden unexpected nocturnal death syndrome.

Question 8

There were more than an estimated 1 million Native Hawaiians in the Hawaiian Islands at the time explorer James Cook discovered them.

Question 9

Parts of what country are known as the "spice islands"?​

A) ​Malaysia
B) ​Thailand
C) Singapore​
D) Indonesia​
E) Laos​

Question 10

What is the name of the tribal population that lives in the isolated mountainous regions of Southeast Asia?​

A) ​Hmong
B) Tongan​
C) Cambodian​
D) Yakuza​
E) Assam​

Question 11

Cupping, flushing, and coining are traditional healing treatments that are no longer used by Southeast Asians.

Question 12

In the Philippines hot and cold theory is part of the therapeutic uses of food.

Question 13

During Vietnamese meals, all of the dishes are served at the same time.

Question 14

Which aspect of their life in Cambodia has it been most difficult for Cambodian Americans to retain in the United States?​

A) ​cuisine
B) religious beliefs​
C) health practices​
D) holiday celebrations​
E) family structure​

Question 15

Early male Filipino immigrants to the United States mainland created ________ to replace the family as the primary social structure.

A) ​church groups
B) ​labor groups
C) ​fight clubs
D) ​sports clubs
E) ​social clubs

Question 16

The diet of Filipinos is lower in fat, saturated fat, and cholesterol than the diets of any of the other Southeast Asians.

Question 17

About half the Hmong Americans are now Christian.

Question 18

What European country has heavily influenced the Philippines because it once controlled its islands?​

A) ​France
B) ​Germany
C) ​Spain
D) ​Portugal
E) ​Italy

Question 19

Most Laotians have settled in the cities of which U.S.state?​

A) ​Minnesota
B) ​Indiana
C) ​Utah
D) ​Idaho
E) ​California

Question 20

Which islands is part of the Melanesia region of the South Pacific?​

A) ​Guam, Kiribati, Nauru, the Marshall Islands
B) Hawaii, American Samoa, Tonga, Tahiti​
C) Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, the Solomon Islands​
D) Guam, Fiji, Vanuatu, the Marshall Islands​
E) ​Hawaii, Philippines, Tahiti, Java, Sumatra

Question 21

What is the foundation of the diet in Southeast Asia?​

A) ​cassava
B) noodles​
C) rice​
D) soy​
E) fish​

Question 22

At what age are Hmong children expected to behave as adults?​

A) ​18
B) 13​
C) 8​
D) 5​
E) 10​

Question 23

What is the Filipino belief meaning that life is controlled by the will of God and by supernatural forces?​

A) ​yin and um
B) bahala na​
C) mal aire​
D) usog​
E) dab tsog​

Question 24

For Southeast Asians, which of the following factors promotes health and helps prevent illness?​

A) ​imbalance between hot and cold
B) ​malevolent spirits
C) ​yin and yang out of balance
D) ​respect for one's ancestors
E) ​not having accumulated enough merit

Question 25

What type of sauce is typical in Southeast Asia?​

A) ​soy sauce
B) fermented fish sauce​
C) aioli​
D) ​sweet and sour sauce
E) ​tangy red sauce

Question 26

What are Hmong herbalists called?​

A) ​kws tshuaj
B) shaman​
C) compadrazgo​
D) magic healers​
E) diviners​

Question 27

What Southeast Asian group identifies 32 spirits that oversee the 32 organs of the body?​

A) ​Cambodians
B) ​Hmong
C) Laotians​
D) Filipinos​
E) Samoans​

Question 28

What is the unique unexplained condition that occurs in Southeast Asians in the U.S.?​

A) ​SIDS
B) ​PTSD
C) ​SUNDS
D) ​ADHD
E) ​UNDAH

Question 29

Religion and medicine were closely linked in Pacific Islander culture.Many traditional practices were dropped due to​

A) ​increased availability of trade goods.
B) adoption of nonnative faiths.
C) electricity.
D) television.
E) decreases in medicinal plants.

Question 30

What is the typical family size among the Hmong?​

A) ​3.7 members
B) 3.1 members​
C) 6 members​
D) 4 members​
E) 8 members​

Question 31

Which of the following is not a key starch source in the South Pacific diet?​

A) ​breadfruit
B) soursop​
C) taro root​
D) cassava​
E) yams​

Question 32

Which of the following is a milk-based dish you might eat in the Philippines?​

A) ​lumpias
B) bagoong​
C) leche flan​
D) adobo​
E) dinuguan​

Question 33

In what country are you likely to be served French cream-filled pastries?​

A) ​Cambodia
B) Philippines​
C) Vietnam​
D) Laos​
E) Malaysia​

Question 34

What Southeast Asian culture traditionally believes the body is sustained by three separate souls?​

A) ​Filipino
B) Laotian​
C) Vietnamese​
D) Cambodian​
E) Tongan​

Question 35

Most Southeast Asians, while belonging to one of many religions, also may believe in​

A) ​spirits and ghosts.
B) spirit possession.
C) cannibalism of enemies.
D) diviners.
E) power healers.

Question 36

What is the predominant religion in Cambodia?​

A) ​Theravada Buddhism
B) Islam​
C) Taoism​
D) ​Roman Catholicism
E) ​Hinduism

Question 37

Which of the following is not one the four regional cooking styles of the Philippines?​

A) ​Luzon
B) Bicolandia​
C) Viscayan Islands​
D) Polynesian​
E) Mindanao​

Question 38

What are the three practices used to produce balance in Filipino culture?​

A) ​heating, cooling, and flushing
B) cooling, bathing, and protection​
C) protection, bathing, and clearing​
D) flushing, protection, and clearing​
E) heating, protection, and flushing​

Question 39

Compadrazgo is kinship extended to friends, neighbors, and fellow workers in what country?​

A) ​Vietnam
B) Cambodia​
C) Laos​
D) Philippines​
E) Samoa​

Question 40

The majority of Americans of Filipino descent are what religion?​

A) ​Lutheran
B) Protestant​
C) Roman Catholic​
D) Islam​
E) Buddhist​

Question 41

Matching
In Cambodia, it is important to have the flavors of sweet, sour, and salty in each dish. Match the following ingredients a cook in Cambodia might use to the associated flavor attributes.
a.Sweet
b.Sour
c.Salty
d.Balance
Bitter herbs

Question 42

Which group of Southeast Asians is most likely to use chopsticks instead of flatware or fingers when eating?​

A) ​Vietnamese
B) Laotians​
C) Hmong​
D) Cambodians​
E) Malaysians​

Question 43

Describe the traditional view of health in the Philippines.How is health maintained?

Question 44

What is the main ingredient in the popular Hawaiian dish lomi-lomi?​

A) ​coconut cream
B) taro root​
C) dolphin fish​
D) salmon​
E) rice​

Question 45

Matching
In Cambodia, it is important to have the flavors of sweet, sour, and salty in each dish. Match the following ingredients a cook in Cambodia might use to the associated flavor attributes.
a.Sweet
b.Sour
c.Salty
d.Balance
Fruits

Question 46

Matching
In Cambodia, it is important to have the flavors of sweet, sour, and salty in each dish. Match the following ingredients a cook in Cambodia might use to the associated flavor attributes.
a.Sweet
b.Sour
c.Salty
d.Balance
Fish paste

Question 47

What is the Hawaiian name for the fire pit used for traditional cooking?​

A) ​adobe
B) ​imu
C) ​haupia
D) ​uma
E) ​oka

Question 48

What is the name of a holiday enjoyed in the South Pacific in which the adults wait on the children in the family?​

A) ​Children's Day
B) Payback Day​
C) Rainbow Sunday​
D) White Sunday​
E) Watanabe Day​

Question 49

What is the popular noodle-based soup in Vietnam?​

A) ​pho
B) poi​
C) cha gio​
D) piarun​
E) dan dan​

Question 50

Which cuisine is known as one of the hottest in the world?​

A) ​Indonesian
B) Thai​
C) Vietnamese​
D) Hawaiian​
E) Guamanian​

Question 51

Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are 30% more likely to be diagnosed with _____ than are non-Hispanic whites, and in Hawaii, Native Hawaiian men have the highest mortality rate for all forms of this disease.

A) ​osteoporosis
B) hypertension​
C) obesity​
D) cancer​
E) diabetes​

Question 52

Matching
In Cambodia, it is important to have the flavors of sweet, sour, and salty in each dish. Match the following ingredients a cook in Cambodia might use to the associated flavor attributes.
a.Sweet
b.Sour
c.Salty
d.Balance
Tamarind

Question 53

Where would you find Spam to be a commonly eaten meat?​

A) ​Micronesia
B) Hawaii​
C) Guam​
D) Tonga​
E) Malaysia​

Question 54

Which of the following is a common beverage for people of Southeast Asia?​

A) ​milk
B) rice milk​
C) soy milk​
D) coconut milk​
E) almond milk​

Question 55

What is the taro root paste traditionally eaten in Hawaii?​

A) ​lomi-lomi
B) pho​
C) poi​
D) oka​
E) poke​

Question 56

The national dessert of both Australia and New Zealand is:​

A) ​pavlova.
B) shepherd's pie.
C) scones.
D) ANZAC biscuits.
E) beer.

Question 57

What is the mildly intoxicating beverage that is popular in the Pacific Islands?​

A) ​café latte
B) cocao samoa​
C) kava​
D) yerba mate​
E) kombucha​

Question 58

What type of dishes are commonly eaten for breakfast and lunch in Thailand?​

A) ​soup
B) rice bowls​
C) noodle​
D) seafood​
E) fruit​

Question 59

What is the most popular meat in Australian cuisine?​

A) ​lamb
B) kangaroo​
C) wild game​
D) beef​
E) ​chicken

Question 60

Which plant used for food was indigenous to the Pacific Islands?​

A) ​coconuts
B) bananas​
C) sugar cane​
D) pineapple​
E) breadfruit​

Question 61

Describe some of the unique physical problems that former refugees from Southeast Asia face.

Question 62

What are the three principles included in Filipino cooking?

Question 63

What is the meaning of emptying your plate versus leaving some food at the end of a meal in Southeast Asia?

Question 64

What is the typical communication style of someone from the Pacific Islands? If the client feels the counselor is being judgmental, how might this affect communication?