Deck 11: European and Mediterranean American Populations

Question 1

The development of the Scientific Method contributed to:

A) charity
B) germ theory of illness
C) racial discrimination
D) epidemics

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The self-reliance as part of the European culture can be traced into:

A) health insurance premiums
B) Affordable Care Act
C) hospitals
D) nurse practitioners

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The European and Mediterranean population represents approximately what percent of the total U.S. population?

A) 53%
B) 65%
C) 72%
D) 25%

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The European and Mediterranean population is declining as a proportion of the total U.S. population and will be less than 50% of the population by:

A) 2020
B) 2035
C) 2050
D) 2060

Question 5

European and Mediterranean culture includes all the following except:

A) Linear perspective of time
B) Low-touch culture
C) Punctuality is important
D) Cyclical worldview

Question 6

In the Amish community, a practice where adolescents are free to explore the outside world is known as:

A) marime
B) wuzo
C) rumspringa
D) brauche

Question 7

The Roma people are properly called:

A) Gypsies
B) Romanians
C) Roma
D) Romany

Question 8

The Roma term for impurity that causes illness is:

A) marime
B) wuzo
C) rumspringa
D) bgrauche

Question 9

Roma Americans distinguish between illnesses that are of a gadje (non-Roma) cause and those that are part of their beliefs and think that:

A) Gadje illnesses can be cured by gadje doctors
B) Hospitals are unclean and should be avoided
C) Gadje are impure and diseased
D) All of these

Question 10

Arab American culture is:

A) family-centered
B) maternalistic
C) individualistic
D) None of these

Question 11

All of the following are true of Middle Eastern diets except:

A) Pork is eaten by all groups
B) Cooked vegetables are preferred raw
C) Fruit is usually consumed as dessert
D) Some wheat or rice food is eaten with each meal

Question 12

Health promotion considerations for Arab Americans include all of the following except:

A) Respect for religious requirement about food
B) Respect for privacy
C) Preference for treatment by someone of the same gender as the patient
D) Nurse counseling and advice is highly respected by the Arab community

Question 13

The European and Mediterranean population over age 20 has a high percentage of overweight people who represent what percent of their population?

A) 35%
B) 55%
C) 68%
D) 80%

Question 14

According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the term "white" applies to persons having origins in Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.

Question 15

Genetic recessive disorders are occurring among the Amish as a result of marriage within the small Amish community.