Ch7 Making Sense Of Migration And Immigration Exam Questions - Social Problems 1e Test Bank with Answers by Maxine P. Atkinson. DOCX document preview.
Test Bank
Chapter 7: Making Sense of Migration and Immigration
Multiple Choice
1. What is the general term referring to the process of people moving with the intent to make a new home?
a. emigration
b. migration
c. immigration
d. internal migration
Learning Objective: 7.1: What are sociologists referring to when they discuss migration?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Is Migration?
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. Which term describes movement across an international border with the intent of permanent settlement?
a. emigration
b. migration
c. immigration
d. internal migration
Learning Objective: 7.1: What are sociologists referring to when they discuss migration?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Is Migration?
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. A researcher is conducting a population study of El Salvador. The researcher is interested in the link between political and economic trends and the number of people who relocate within borders and around the world at a particular time. First, the researcher determines the number of ______ that left El Salvador and settled permanently somewhere else in the world.
a. emigrants
b. migrants
c. internal migrants
d. immigrants
Learning Objective: 7.1: What are sociologists referring to when they discuss migration?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: What Is Migration?
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. The nation of Syria experienced an intense drought from 2006 to 2011. In addition to the economic problems and food shortages caused by the drought, there is an ongoing civil war. Due to these dangerous living conditions many Syrian families are moving to other countries. A demographer studying Syria observes that the rate of ______ is rising for the war-torn nation.
a. net-immigration
b. net-emigration
c. assimilation
d. pull factors
Learning Objective: 7.1: What are sociologists referring to when they discuss migration?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: What Is Migration?
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. Countries with pull factors will have high levels of ______.
a. emigration
b. immigration
c. assimilation
d. acculturation
Learning Objective: 7.3: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: “Pull” Factors
Difficulty Level: Hard
6. Which social factor may increase the rate of emigration for a nation?
a. war
b. technological advancement
c. social welfare
d. religious freedom
Learning Objective: 7.3: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: “Push” Factors
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. Countries with push factors will have high levels of ______.
a. emigration
b. immigration
c. assimilation
d. acculturation
Learning Objective: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: “Push” Factors
Difficulty Level: Hard
8. Why is the United States referred to as a “nation of immigrants?”
a. People move around within the borders of the United States more than any other country.
b. A majority of residents trace their ancestry back to someone born in another part of the world.
c. The Johnson-Reed Immigration Act of 1924 made it easier for people to immigrate to America.
d. Benjamin Franklin gave it this nickname as a staunch supporter of immigrants from all nations.
Learning Objective: 7.2: In what ways do host societies construct immigrants and immigration to be social problems?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The United States and the Social Construction of “Them”
Difficulty Level: Medium
9. In 1751 Benjamin Franklin wrote about German immigrants arriving in Pennsylvania. Which statement summarizes his views about the influx of German immigrants at the time?
a. Franklin worried that immigrants would try to turn America German.
b. Franklin tried to make it possible for immigrants to run for president.
c. Franklin hoped that the positive aspects of German culture would influence America.
d. Franklin urged his fellow Americans to practice acceptance towards German immigrants.
Learning Objective: 7.2: In what ways do host societies construct immigrants and immigration to be social problems?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The United States and the Social Construction of “Them”
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. Which factors motivated the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act of 1924?
a. labor shortage
b. drought and famine
c. eugenics and scientific racism
d. war and international relations
Learning Objective: 7.2: In what ways do host societies construct immigrants and immigration to be social problems?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The United States and the Social Construction of “Them”
Difficulty Level: Medium
11. What was the outcome of the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act of 1924?
a. fair housing for immigrants
b. public housing for Americans
c. immigration rates increased
d. immigration rates decreased
Learning Objective: 7.2: In what ways do host societies construct immigrants and immigration to be social problems?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The United States and the Social Construction of “Them”
Difficulty Level: Medium
12. A person who staunchly supports English to be the official language used in the United States inadvertently supports the process of ______.
a. eugenics
b. immigration
c. assimilation
d. net immigration
Learning Objective: 7.2: In what ways do host societies construct immigrants and immigration to be social problems?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Incorporation of Newcomers: What Becomes of “Them”?
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. ______ assimilation supports the process of ______ assimilation.
a. Behavioral; structural
b. Structural; behavioral
c. Segmented; behavioral
d. Behavioral; segmented
Learning Objective: 7.2: In what ways do host societies construct immigrants and immigration to be social problems?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The United States and the Social Construction of “Them”
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. High rates of ______ assimilation result in ______ assimilation.
a. marital; identificational
b. identificational; marital
c. behavioral; segmented
d. segmented; behavioral
Learning Objective: 7.2: In what ways do host societies construct immigrants and immigration to be social problems?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The United States and the Social Construction of “Them”
Difficulty Level: Medium
15. Due to restrictive immigration policies the immigration rate to the United States almost completely stopped from ______.
a. 1840 to 1870
b. 1870 to 1900
c. 1900 to 1930
d. 1930 to 1960
Learning Objective: 7.2: In what ways do host societies construct immigrants and immigration to be social problems?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The United States and the Social Construction of “Them”
Difficulty Level: Medium
16. Which term describes the process of immigrants adopting the culture of the host society?
a. push-pull framework
b. assimilation
c. intervening obstacles
d. eugenics
Learning Objective: 7.2: In what ways do host societies construct immigrants and immigration to be social problems?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Incorporation of Newcomers: What Becomes of “Them”?
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. Which statement about assimilation is true?
a. It is a relatively quick process.
b. It is inevitable.
c. Cultural variation is persevered and shared through the process.
d. Socioeconomic challenges affect the feasibility of assimilation.
Learning Objective: 7.2: In what ways do host societies construct immigrants and immigration to be social problems?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Incorporation of Newcomers: What Becomes of “Them”?
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. Which form of assimilation is dependent upon the host population for success?
a. structural assimilation
b. behavioral assimilation
c. marital assimilation
d. identificational assimilation
Learning Objective: 7.2: In what ways do host societies construct immigrants and immigration to be social problems?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Incorporation of Newcomers: What Becomes of “Them”?
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. Which type of assimilation is another term for acculturation?
a. structural assimilation
b. behavioral assimilation
c. marital assimilation
d. identificational assimilation
Learning Objective: 7.2: In what ways do host societies construct immigrants and immigration to be social problems?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: The Incorporation of Newcomers: What Becomes of “Them”?
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. If a host country is welcoming to immigrants and the immigrants fully embrace the host culture the result is called ______.
a. structural assimilation
b. behavioral assimilation
c. marital assimilation
d. identificational assimilation
Learning Objective: 7.2: In what ways do host societies construct immigrants and immigration to be social problems?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Incorporation of Newcomers: What Becomes of “Them”?
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. Which person, based on the variables of personality and biography, is most likely to migrate?
a. A person who dreams of being mayor of their hometown to start their career in politics.
b. A person who spends most of their time with their extended family.
c. A person who prefers to honor traditions of their favorite holidays.
d. A person who dreams of becoming one of the top neuroscientists in the world.
Learning Objective: 7.3: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Personal Factors
Difficulty Level: Hard
22. During a political debate a Senator is asked about immigration. The Senator says, “I support immigration, but my problem is with the types of countries immigrants are coming from. I will advocate for immigrants from countries with higher standards of living like Norway and Germany.” How does this Senator understand immigration?
a. This view is an endorsement of assimilation.
b. This view is focusing on the push factors of immigration.
c. This view ignores the structural forces that mediate relationships between sender and receiver nations.
d. This view is supports immigration laws that favor skilled workers and bringing family members together.
Learning Objective: 7.3: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Personal Factors
Difficulty Level: Hard
23. The push-pull framework of migration organizes the process of migration through ______.
a. social norms
b. cultural variation
c. assimilation
d. cost-benefit analysis
Learning Objective: 7.3: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Social Problems Causing Migration
Difficulty Level: Easy
24. The nation of Eritrea requires all citizens aged 18 to 40 to complete mandatory military service. This is a push factor because this requirement blocks individuals from pursuing higher education or other aspirations. This push factor is known as ______.
a. political instability
b. forced conscription
c. gang violence
d. oppression of minority groups
Learning Objective: 7.3: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “Push” Factors
Difficulty Level: Medium
25. Which person immigrated to the United States through the H-1B visa program?
a. A farm worker from Mexico.
b. A university student from South Korea.
c. A computer software engineer from India.
d. The husband of a recently naturalized U.S. citizen originally from Italy.
Learning Objective: 7.3: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “Pull” Factors
Difficulty Level: Medium
26. More recently immigrants entering the United States from Central American nations like El Salvador and Honduras are ______.
a. escaping the highest levels of violent crime in the world
b. being recruited with H-1B Visas
c. fleeing religious oppression
d. required to pursue higher education for citizenship
Learning Objective: 7.3: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: “Push” Factors
Difficulty Level: Easy
27. Rough terrain, deserts, and oceans are ______ for immigrants.
a. pull factors
b. push factors
c. intervening obstacles
d. personal factors
Learning Objective: 7.3: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Intervening Obstacles
Difficulty Level: Easy
28. What was the Bracero Program?
a. The United States banned immigration from Latin America.
b. The United States recruited Mexican laborers for agricultural jobs.
c. The United States made immigration easier for women from Mexico.
d. The United States provided public education to undocumented immigrant children.
Learning Objective: 7.3: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: “Pull Factors”
Difficulty Level: Easy
29. Which perspective evaluates the likelihood of assimilation based on the ability of immigrants and their children to cope with social problems in the host country?
a. dissonant acculturation
b. reactive ethnicity
c. circular migration
d. segmented assimilation theory
Learning Objective: 7.4: What unique challenges do immigrants face as they integrate into a host society?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Social Problems Affecting Immigrants
Difficulty Level: Easy
30. Which type of acculturation creates conflict between children of immigrants and their parents?
a. selective acculturation
b. dissonant acculturation
c. consonant acculturation
d. circular migration
Learning Objective: 7.4: What unique challenges do immigrants face as they integrate into a host society?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Social Problems Affecting Immigrants
Difficulty Level: Medium
31. ______ describes when children of immigrants and their parents adopt the host culture to similar degrees.
a. Selective acculturation
b. Dissonant acculturation
c. Consonant acculturation
d. Circular migration
Learning Objective: 7.4: What unique challenges do immigrants face as they integrate into a host society?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Social Problems Affecting Immigrants
Difficulty Level: Easy
32. Which social condition is most likely to result in downward mobility for second generation immigrants?
a. selective acculturation
b. dissonant acculturation
c. consonant acculturation
d. circular migration
Learning Objective: 7.4 What unique challenges do immigrants face as they integrate into a host society?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Social Problems Affecting Immigrants
Difficulty Level: Medium
33. Which social condition is most likely to result in upward mobility for second generation immigrants?
a. push-pull framework
b. dissonant acculturation
c. consonant acculturation
d. circular migration
Learning Objective: 7.4: What unique challenges do immigrants face as they integrate into a host society?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Social Problems Affecting Immigrants
Difficulty Level: Medium
34. What was the purpose of California’s Proposition 187 passed in 1994?
a. to deny social services to undocumented immigrants
b. to create a simpler path to citizenship
c. to provide English language education to immigrant children
d. to encourage the development of immigrant enclaves
Learning Objective: 7.4: What unique challenges do immigrants face as they integrate into a host society?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Proposition 187
Difficulty Level: Easy
35. A hostile host culture results in the development of a/an ______ among second generation immigrants.
a. undocumented immigration
b. migration
c. asylum seeker
d. reactive ethnicity
Learning Objective: 7.4: What unique challenges do immigrants face as they integrate into a host society?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Proposition 187
Difficulty Level: Easy
36. Immigrant enclaves in the host country like Little Havana in Miami facilitate ______.
a. selective acculturation
b. dissonant acculturation
c. consonant acculturation
d. circular migration
Learning Objective: 7.4: What unique challenges do immigrants face as they integrate into a host society?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Social Problems Affecting Immigrants
Difficulty Level: Medium
37. ______ constitute about 3.3% of the total U.S. population.
a. Undocumented immigrants
b. Native-born citizens
c. H-1B Visas
d. Seasonal workers
Learning Objective: 7.5: What challenges do migrants present for host societies today?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Undocumented Immigration in the United States
Difficulty Level: Easy
38. The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 resulted in ______.
a. mass emigration from the United States
b. migration routes from Mexico shifted to the desert
c. circular migration
d. a budget surplus
Learning Objective: 7.5: What challenges do migrants present for host societies today?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Undocumented Immigration in the United States
Difficulty Level: Medium
39. Which structural factor drove undocumented immigration after the Hart-Cellar Immigration Act of 1965?
a. businesses in the United States requiring laborers
b. criminals fleeing Mexico to hide in the United States
c. universal healthcare
d. lower taxes for high income earners
Learning Objective: 7.5: What challenges do migrants present for host societies today?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Undocumented Immigration in the United States
Difficulty Level: Medium
40. In 2018 the Trump administration enforced a zero-tolerance policy for illegal border crossings which resulted in ______.
a. reclassification of immigrants as asylum seekers
b. people coming as refugees
c. thousands of children separated from their families
d. the federal policy of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)
Learning Objective: 7.5: What challenges do migrants present for host societies today?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Undocumented Children of Undocumented Immigrants
Difficulty Level: Medium
True/False
1. The number of people living somewhere other than their country of birth is increasing.
Learning Objective: 7.1: What are sociologists referring to when they discuss migration?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: What Is Migration?
Difficulty Level: Easy
2. The definitions people use to determine “us” and “them” and evaluate difference never change.
Learning Objective: 7.2: In what ways do host societies construct immigrants and immigration to be social problems?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The Social Construction of Immigrants as a Problem
Difficulty Level: Easy
3. Benjamin Franklin was an early advocate for immigration who understood the value of diversity.
Learning Objective: 7.2: In what ways do host societies construct immigrants and immigration to be social problems?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The United States and the Social Construction of “Them”
Difficulty Level: Easy
4. In the 1700s immigrants from Southwestern Germany were considered a separate “racial group” than Anglo-Americans.
Learning Objective: 7.2: In what ways do host societies construct immigrants and immigration to be social problems?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The United States and the Social Construction of “Them”
Difficulty Level: Easy
5. Assimilation is inevitable and irreversible.
Learning Objective: 7.2: In what ways do host societies construct immigrants and immigration to be social problems?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The United States and the Social Construction of “Them”
Difficulty Level: Easy
6. Children of immigrants are known as first generation immigrants.
Learning Objective: 7.2: In what ways do host societies construct immigrants and immigration to be social problems?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: The United States and the Social Construction of “Them”
Difficulty Level: Easy
7. Push factors are negative conditions in an immigrant’s home country.
Learning Objective: 7.3: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: “Push” Factors
Difficulty Level: Easy
8. Pull factors are positive conditions in an immigrant’s home country.
Learning Objective: 7.3: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: “Pull” Factors
Difficulty Level: Easy
9. Structural factors are more useful for explaining trends and rates of immigration than personal factors.
Learning Objective: 7.3: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Personal Factors
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. It is common for governments and businesses to recruit foreign workers for low wage jobs.
Learning Objective: 7.3: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: “Pull” Factors
Difficulty Level: Easy
11. Typical immigrant work in the United States are jobs that the native-born population are unwilling to fill.
Learning Objective: 7.3: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: “Pull” Factors
Difficulty Level: Easy
12. Push factors that contribute to emigration are primarily negative.
Learning Objective: 7.3: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “Push” Factors
Difficulty Level: Medium
13. Pull factors that contribute to immigration are primarily positive.
Learning Objective: 7.3: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: “Pull” Factors
Difficulty Level: Medium
14. Over 50% of all STEM workers in the Silicon Valley are born in countries other than the United States.
Learning Objective: 7.3: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: “Pull” Factors
Difficulty Level: Easy
15. President Trump’s proposed wall across the United States-Mexico border is an example of an intervening obstacle for migrants.
Learning Objective: 7.3: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Intervening Obstacles
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. A majority of immigrants with H1-B visas in the United States are from India.
Learning Objective: 7.3: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: “Pull” Factors
Difficulty Level: Easy
17. Dissonant acculturation is more common in immigrant families that have the income the support a suburban middle class lifestyle.
Learning Objective: 7.4: What unique challenges do immigrants face as they integrate into a host society?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Social Problems Affecting Immigrants
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. Second generation immigrants with parents who refused to assimilate are more likely to be upwardly mobile and move up a social class.
Learning Objective: 7.4: What unique challenges do immigrants face as they integrate into a host society?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Social Problems Affecting Immigrants
Difficulty Level: Medium
19. If there is a large active ethnic community parents can more easily engage in selective acculturation which allows them to pick and choose pieces of the host culture to adopt.
Learning Objective: 7.4: What unique challenges do immigrants face as they integrate into a host society?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Social Problems Affecting Immigrants
Difficulty Level: Medium
20. Selective acculturation is associated with upward mobility.
Learning Objective: 7.4: What unique challenges do immigrants face as they integrate into a host society?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Social Problems Affecting Immigrants
Difficulty Level: Medium
21. Immigrants are more likely to experience hostility from the host culture during times of economic prosperity and security.
Learning Objective: 7.4: What unique challenges do immigrants face as they integrate into a host society?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Medium
22. Anti-immigration supporters often reference stereotypes that link immigrants to crime.
Learning Objective: 7.4: What unique challenges do immigrants face as they integrate into a host society?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Medium
23. The data shows that the link between immigrants and crime is not significant.
Learning Objective: 7.4: What unique challenges do immigrants face as they integrate into a host society?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Medium
24. Negative stereotypes and hostility towards immigrants discourages immigrants from assimilating to the host culture.
Learning Objective: 7.4: What unique challenges do immigrants face as they integrate into a host society?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Discrimination
Difficulty Level: Medium
25. Anti-immigration sentiment from citizens in the host country results in stronger solidarity around minority culture and identifying with their home country.
Learning Objective: 7.4: What unique challenges do immigrants face as they integrate into a host society?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Proposition 187
Difficulty Level: Medium
26. Hostility towards immigrants in host countries can result in a rejection or counter-hostility towards the host society culture.
Learning Objective: 7.4: What unique challenges do immigrants face as they integrate into a host society?
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Proposition 187
Difficulty Level: Medium
27. In the United States immigrants pay taxes despite being ineligible for social programs that are available to U.S. citizens like Social Security, Medicare, and Earned Income Tax Credit.
Learning Objective: 7.5: What challenges do migrants present for host societies today?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Social Problems Caused by Immigration
Difficulty Level: Easy
28. Refugees have fled their countries and cannot return because they would face persecution.
Learning Objective: 7.5: What challenges do migrants present for host societies today?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Dealing with Refugees and Asylees
Difficulty Level: Easy
29. Asylum seekers have fled their country without applying for official protected status and material assistance of a host country.
Learning Objective: 7.5: What challenges do migrants present for host societies today?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Dealing with Refugees and Asylees
Difficulty Level: Easy
30. Circular migration refers to seasonal workers that immigrate yet maintain strong ties and temporarily live in their home country.
Learning Objective: 7.5: What challenges do migrants present for host societies today?
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Undocumented Immigration in the United States
Difficulty Level: Easy
Short Answer
1. Provide an example of internal migration.
Learning Objective: 7.1: What are sociologists referring to when they discuss migration?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: What Is Migration?
Difficulty Level: Hard
2. A person is leaving Brazil to move to India permanently. How does the country of Brazil categorize this person?
Learning Objective: 7.1: What are sociologists referring to when they discuss migration?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Why Is Migration?
Difficulty Level: Hard
3. The citizens of Syria are fleeing violence from the civil war. Due to the dangerous situation in Syria people are not moving there. Families seeking safety who had the means to leave Syria left for other countries. How would a demographer characterize the migration patterns of Syria?
Learning Objective: 7.1: What are sociologists referring to when they discuss migration?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Why Is Migration?
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. List the stages of the assimilation process as outlined by Milton Gordon (1964).
Learning Objective: 7.2: In what ways do host societies construct immigrants and immigration to be social problems?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The United States and the Social Construction of “Them”
Difficulty Level: Medium
5. What is circular migration and what social factors drive this process?
Learning Objective: 7.5: What challenges do migrants present for host societies today?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Undocumented Immigration in the United States
Difficulty Level: Medium
Essay
1. How is human migration from a social problems perspective different from imagining it from an individual perspective? Compare and contrast structural and personal factors in migration.
Learning Objective: 7.1: What are sociologists referring to when they discuss migration?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: What Is Migration?
Difficulty Level: Medium
2. How is Benjamin Franklin’s notion of Germanization similar to the Prime Minister of Hungary’s warning about the “Islamization” of Europe?
Learning Objective: 7.2: In what ways do host societies construct immigrants and immigration to be social problems?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: The Social Construction of Immigrants as a Problem
Difficulty Level: Medium
3. How are the definitions of “us” and “them” socially constructed? Provide an example of a group that was once the out-group and is now considered part of the in-group.
Learning Objective: 7.2: In what ways do host societies construct immigrants and immigration to be social problems?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Social Construction of Immigrants as a Problem
Difficulty Level: Hard
4. Is the border wall proposed by Trump an effective measure to stop immigration? Why or why not?
Learning Objective: Learning Objective: 7.3: How can social problems influence whether or not someone will migrate?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Intervening Obstacles
Difficulty Level: Hard
5. Describe an immigrant family experiencing dissonant acculturation. Provide the setting and the social characteristics that led to this pattern.
Learning Objective: 7.4: What unique challenges do immigrants face as they integrate into a host society?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Social Problems Affecting Immigrants
Difficulty Level: Hard
6. Provide an example of a nation with a high rate of immigration. If a nation has a high rate of immigration does it have push or pull factors? Describe which factors motivated the immigration.
Learning Objective: 7.5: What challenges do migrants present for host societies today?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Dealing with Refugees and Asylees
Difficulty Level: Hard
7. Explain one unintended negative outcome of Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986. What lessons can policy makers learn from IRCA?
Learning Objective: 7.5: What challenges do migrants present for host societies today?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Undocumented Immigration in the United States
Difficulty Level: Hard
8. What is the intention of the executive order Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)? What is the legal status of a child born in another country that immigrated to the United States illegally?
Learning Objective: 7.5: What challenges do migrants present for host societies today?
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: The Undocumented Children of Undocumented Immigrants
Difficulty Level: Hard
9. How has the presence of refugees changed the political landscape in Europe?
Learning Objective: 7.5: What challenges do migrants present for host societies today?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Dealing with Refugees and Asylees
Difficulty Level: Medium
10. Explain the difference between refugees and asylum seekers. Provide an example of each.
Learning Objective: 7.5: What challenges do migrants present for host societies today?
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Dealing with Refugees and Asylees
Difficulty Level: Medium