Deck 4: Immigration and Ethnicity

Question 1

Which of the following is not a benefit of immigration?

A) Growth of consumer market
B) Population increase
C) Contribute to taxes
D) Maintain global connections

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following represents the percentage of immigrants who return to their native land?

A) 75%
B) 33%
C) 66%
D) 30%

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What percent of the United States' population is foreign-born?

A) 4.7%
B) 13%
C) 19%
D) 25%

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Lina is a legal resident of the United States.Her brother,Imber,is an illegal immigrant,but his children were born here,so they are legal just like Lina.Lina's family would be categorized as a

A) blended family
B) multi-generational family
C) mixed-status family
D) pluralist family

Question 5

What two ethnic groups combined accounted for 78% of legal immigrants from 1981 to 2010?

A) Canadian and Asian
B) European and Latin American
C) Latin American and Asian
D) Canadian and European

Question 6

In 2010,the annual immigration from _____ exceeded the level of annual immigration from _____ for the first time.

A) Africa; Europe
B) Latin America; Africa
C) Asia; Latin America
D) Europe; Asia

Question 7

How long was the Chinese Exclusion Act enforced?

A) 10 years
B) 60 years
C) 5 years
D) 20 years

Question 8

Which of the following is not one of the five criticisms regarding the immigration policy of the United States?

A) population growth
B) principle of third-generation interest
C) brain drain
D) illegal immigration

Question 9

Since the passage of the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act,the birthrate of the United States has

A) decreased
B) stayed the same
C) increased
D) tripled

Question 10

Xenophobia is

A) the fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners
B) people with a fear of anything associated with China
C) beliefs and policies favoring native-born citizens over immigrants
D) the immigration to the United States of skilled workers, professionals, and technicians who are desperately needed by their home countries

Question 11

What year did Congress repeal the Chinese Exclusion Act?

A) 1904
B) 1884
C) 1943
D) 1883

Question 12

What year did Congress enact the Chinese Exclusion Act?

A) 1884
B) 1889
C) 1882
D) 1851

Question 13

Which of the following is not one of the six states where immigrants are most likely to settle?

A) South Carolina
B) Florida
C) New York
D) California

Question 14

In the United States,one out of every _____ physicians is foreign-born.

A) three
B) five
C) six
D) four

Question 15

In what decade did the first major wave of immigration occur in the United States?

A) second
B) fourth
C) seventh
D) first

Question 16

How many different languages are spoken at home?

A) 302
B) 32
C) 202
D) 52

Question 17

What percent of the population speaks a language other than English?

A) about 64%
B) about 20%
C) about 74%
D) about 38%

Question 18

The United States' first federal immigration facility was located in

A) Washington, DC
B) Ellis Island
C) New Jersey
D) Virginia

Question 19

Which president was responsible for the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act?

A) Jimmy Carter
B) Richard Nixon
C) John F. Kennedy
D) Lyndon B. Johnson

Question 20

What year did the U.S.Supreme Court rule that de jure segregation of Mexican Americans was unconstitutional?

A) 1945
B) 1976
C) 1970
D) 1954

Question 21

Which country makes the largest financial contribution to worldwide assistance programs?

A) China
B) United States
C) Japan
D) Pakistan

Question 22

Which of the following is true regarding bilingual education programs?

A) Bilingual education programs produce higher levels of student achievement in history
B) Bilingual education programs produce lower levels of student achievement in mathematics
C) Bilingual education programs produce lower levels of student achievement in science
D) Bilingual education programs produce higher levels of student achievement in reading

Question 23

The largest denomination in the United States is

A) Catholicism
B) Hinduism
C) Buddhism
D) Taoism

Question 24

In what year did Congress add the phrase "under God" to the pledge of allegiance?

A) 2001
B) 1967
C) 1996
D) 1954

Question 25

According to the text,how many illegal immigrants are estimated to be in the United States?

A) 11.5 million
B) 3.2 million
C) 11.2 million
D) 3.5 million

Question 26

How many religious bodies exist in the United States?

A) More than 1,500
B) More than 1,000
C) More than 2, 000
D) More than 1,900

Question 27

What is the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)responsible for?

A) Border surveillance and increased scrutiny of legal immigrants seeking benefits
B) Reduction of overall levels of immigration to the United States
C) Monitoring companies for employment of illegal immigrants
D) All of the above

Question 28

Class consciousness is a necessary stage to the abolition of class just as studying whiteness is a necessary stage to

A) ending racism in the United States
B) deconstructing all race and ethnic categories in our society
C) the abolition of whiteness
D) bringing awareness to Whites about the reality of white privilege

Question 29

In the Constitution,which Amendment would have to be altered in order to revise the "birthright citizenship" clause?

A) Thirteenth
B) Sixteenth
C) Twelfth
D) Fourteenth

Question 30

What percent of Americans believe that the U.S.Constitution establishes the country as a Christian nation?

A) 65%
B) 44%
C) 55%
D) 51%

Question 31

Approximately how many refugees are living worldwide?

A) 18 million
B) 6 million
C) 11 million
D) 9 million

Question 32

Which term refers to the maintenance of one's ethnic ties in a manner that can assist with assimilation with the larger society?

A) Xenophobia
B) Cultural Relativism
C) Ethnocentrism
D) Ethnic paradox

Question 33

Which immigration policy was approved by Congress in 1986?

A) Immigration Reform and Control Act
B) Immigration and Nationality Act
C) Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act
D) None of the above

Question 34

As of 2011,how many states declared English their official language?

A) 50
B) 30
C) 20
D) 40

Question 35

A conflict theorist would say that illegal immigrants are

A) functional to have in our society because they contribute to the economy
B) poor and will always be wedged at the bottom of our stratification system
C) the cornerstones of our society and we should embrace our time together
D) capitalizing on the finances of our country