Deck 11: Who Brought the Enchiladas to My Bar Mitzvah

Question 1

Ethnic congregations

A)facilitate the transformation of immigrants to Americans.
B)inhibit the transformation of immigrants to Americans.
C)rarely split due to disagreements or conflict.
D)rarely split due to substantial membership growth.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

About what percentage of the growth of Catholics in the U.S.is due to Latino immigrants?

A)10%
B)35%
C)65%
D)90%

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The chapter on immigration and religion explores how many lessons from research on the topic?

A)2
B)6
C)12
D)20

Answer 3

C

Question 4

To illustrate the lessons of immigration and religious change,the textbook presents the story of _____________ who is from ______________________.

A)Carolyn Chen; China
B)Peggy W.Levitt; Israel
C)Karen Chai Kim; Korea
D)Charity Ebu Edonee; Ghana

Question 5

The process of transnationalism means for religion that

A)religion in immigrants' homelands is impacted by the immigrants.
B)religion in the U.S.is shaped by immigrants and their congregations.
C)immigrant religion becomes national.
D)immigrants adopt the religions of their new land.

Question 6

According to the Moral Order Map graphic in the chapter,what two variables shape why immigrant congregations volunteer in unique ways?

A)moral project; locus of authority
B)specific religious tradition; immigrant's nation of origin
C)moral project; immigrant's nation of origin
D)specific religious tradition; locus of authority

Question 7

In the United States,research finds that immigrant religious lives

A)continue to be practiced as was done in their homelands.
B)become congregationally based.
C)change nearly completely,such that they usually switch religions.
D)become more complicated.

Question 8

In contemporary times,about how many immigrants legally enter the United States each year?

A)100,000
B)1 million
C)10 million
D)100 million

Question 9

Compared to immigrant Christian congregations,immigrant congregations that are part of minority religions in the U.S.

A)often are more successful in recruiting native-born Americans.
B)often are more successful in recruiting coethnics.
C)grow faster.
D)grow slower.

Question 10

For immigrants attending congregations in the U.S.,research says the primary benefit is

A)religious.
B)social.
C)religious and social.
D)No clear benefits could be identified.

Question 11

Before 1965,immigration laws were

A)without limits in the number of immigrants allowed in the U.S.
B)racially biased to freeze racial diversity at 1890 levels.
C)highly restrictive of Mexican immigration,allowing less than 1000 per year.
D)designed to increase religious diversity decade by decade.

Question 12

Currently,most immigrants to the United States are

A)Christian.
B)Muslim.
C)Hindu.
D)Muslim or Hindu.

Question 13

What does it mean for ethnic congregations that they and their children over time become racialized (start to see themselves as members of a larger racial group)?

A)Ethnic congregations continue to grow.
B)Identity becomes more complicated.
C)They move from being ethnic-specific to race-specific congregations.
D)Identity becomes more political.

Question 14

According to the text,immigrants to the U.S.are how much more likely to claim a non-Judeo-Christian religion?

A)2 times as likely
B)4 times as likely
C)8 times as likely
D)10 times as likely

Question 15

Why are immigrants to the U.S.often said to "return to theological foundations"?

A)They are adapting to the extensive presence of fundamentalists in the U.S.
B)As they become more religious,they come to better know their faith.
C)The process of immigration invites introspection.
D)Changes in religion are best explained as returning to the true faith.

Question 16

Which two types of immigrant congregations find it most difficult to recruit native-born Americans?

A)majority religion in homeland and U.S.; majority religion in homeland but minority religion in U.S.
B)majority religion in homeland but minority religion in U.S.; minority religion in homeland but majority religion in U.S.
C)minority religion in homeland but majority religion in U,S,; minority religion in homeland and U.S.
D)majority religion in homeland and U.S.; minority religion in homeland but majority religion in U.S.

Question 17

Which of the following is the most central reason why religion is often more important to immigrants in their new nation than in their old nation?

A)loneliness
B)unemployment or underemployment
C)trying to figure out place in new land
D)the move to more religious nations

Question 18

For immigrants who end up in congregations,they are most often invited by

A)native-born whites and blacks
B)Catholics
C)coethnics
D)Evangelicals