Test Bank + Answers Ch10 Diversity: Latinos, Asians, And

CHAPTER 10

Multiple Choice:

1. Today, racial and ethnic minorities comprise approximately __________ percent of the U.S. population.

a. 25

b. 37

c. 40

d. 48

2. According to the text, the state of __________ has a history of leading the nation in demographic and social trends.

a. New York

b. Florida

c. California

d. Michigan

3. According to census projections, the population of the U.S. will become a minority-majority nation in _________ .

a. 2073

b. 2073

c. 2043

d. never

4. Today, four-out-of-five legal immigrants to the U.S. come from __________.

a. Northern and Western Europe

b. Eastern and Southern Europe

c. Asia and Latin America

d. Africa and Asia

5. Today, the state of __________ is home to more than one third of all immigrants to the U.S.

a. New York

b. Florida

c. Texas

d. California

6. When newcomers adopt the dress, food habits, and cultural habits of the dominant group, we have __________.

a. assimilation

b. cultural pluralism

c. ethnic revival

d. the reverse melting pot

7. The term “cultural pluralism” suggests __________.

a. a melting pot

b. a mosaic of ethnic groups

c. assimilation of ethnic groups

d. a rejection of ethnicity

8. According to the U.S. Census, Hispanics are classified as a(n) __________ group.

a. racial

b. cultural

c. national

d. ethnic

9. According to the text, the population of Latino Americans __________.

a. is growing four times faster than the U.S. population as a whole

b. will equal the number of African Americans in the year 2020

c. is spread uniformly across the United States

d. owes its rapid growth rate more to natural increase than to immigration

10. Which of the following has the highest percentage of its population concentrated in urban areas?

a. whites

b. blacks

c. Native Americans

d. Hispanics

11. The DACA or Dream Act gives legal status to minor children raised in the U.S. who were

brought to the U.S. by undocumented parents. Which of the following is not true

a. the Dream Act is supported by four out of five Americans

b. there are approximately 800,000 young Dreamers

c. Congress passed the Dream Act in 2018

d. As of 2018 the Republican controlled Congress has opposed the Dream Act

Today, Hispanics account for approximately __________ percent of all U. S. suburban

growth.

a. 10

b. 25

c. 40

d. 50

13. Which of the following ethnic groups holds the highest economic position?

a. Blacks

b. Puerto Ricans

c. Mexicans

d. Cubans

14. Latinos as a group __________.

a. have lower educational levels than blacks

b. have lower income than blacks

c. have low fertility rates

d. tend to be located more in rural areas

15. Which of the following comprises the greatest proportion of Latinos in the U.S.?

a. Puerto Rican Americans

b. Costa Rican Americans

c. Cuban Americans

d. Mexican Americans

16. Mexican Americans are __________.

a. heavily concentrated in the northeast

b. most likely to be urban residents

c. most likely to be agricultural workers

d. the minority group with the highest educational level

17. Which of the following statements is true of Mexican Americans?

a. As a group, they have educational levels second only to whites.

b. There are few internal differences within this group.

c. Traditionally, upper class Mexicans were defined as “Spanish”.

d. They are well-represented politically and possess considerable political power.

18. Which of the following have been in the U.S. longer, tend to be more conservative in their political views of family, abortion, and immigration, and tend to inter-marry more with whites?

a. Tejanos

b. Mexicanos

c. Californios

d. Chicanos

19. Current immigrants from Mexico have __________ educational levels than Mexican immigrants of earlier generations.

a. much higher

b. slightly higher

c. about the same

d. lower

20. According to the text, Latinos are __________ in political office.

a. overrepresented

b. underrepresented

c. about average

d. not at all present

21. Which of the following is the second largest Hispanic minority in the U.S.?

a. Puerto Rican Americans

b. Costa Rican Americans

c. Cuban Americans

d. Mexican Americans

22. Puerto Ricans differ from other Spanish speaking groups in that __________.

a. they have a higher family income level than most Hispanic groups

b. the vast majority of them live in rural areas in the mainland U.S.

c. they are all citizens of the U.S. and have been so since 1917

d. the bulk of their immigration occurred between World War I and World War II

23. Which of the following has the lowest income level among all of the following groups?

a. Puerto Rican Americans

b. African Americans

c. Cuban Americans

d. Mexican Americans

24. Approximately half of all mainland Puerto Rican Americans live in the state of __________.

a. New Jersey

b. Georgia

c. New York

d. Rhode Island

25. Following Hurricane Maria’s devastation Puerto Ricans moving to the mainland have

most frequently resettled in

a. Florida

b. Georgia

c. New Jersey

d. Maryland

26. Which of the following groups comprise the largest proportion of Asian-Americans?

a. Filipinos

b. Japanese

c. Koreans

d. Chinese

27. Which of the following groups has the highest average family income levels in the U.S.?

a. whites

b. blacks

c. Asian-Americans

d. Latino-Americans

28. Which population group in the U.S is referred to as a “Model Minority”?

a. whites

b. blacks

c. Latinos

d. Asian Americans

29. Which of the following groups is most likely to live in supportive family households?

a. whites

b. blacks

c. Asian-Americans

d. Hispanic-Americans

30. Asian Americans are reporting a more subtle type of job discrimination and prejudice that has been based on __________.

a. a glass ceiling

b. inability to assimilate

c. poor education

d. low median incomes

31. The group that has the most successful record in overcoming prejudice and discrimination is ____________.

a. African Americans

b. Mexican Americans

c. Native Americans

d. Asian Americans

32. Today, well-educated Asian immigrants to the U.S. are most likely to settle in __________.

a. the central city

b. “Chinatowns”

c. suburban locations

d. rural communities

33. Those West Coast residents placed in the internment camps at the outbreak of World War II included __________.

a. all Japanese Americans, excluding small children

b. only those who were a security threat

c. all Japanese who were not citizens

d. all Japanese Americans including citizens

34. Puerto RicansIn 1942, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco estimated the Japanese-American financial loss, due to forced relocation to internment camps, to be approximately __________.

a. 100 million dollars

b. 200 million dollars

c. 400 million dollars

d. 900 million dollars

35. Overall Asian Americans are __________ to graduate from college as whites.

a. half as likely

b. just as likely

c. 10 percent more likely

d. twice as likely

36. The Japanese-American population is __________.

a. now predominantly rural in residence

b. almost entirely metropolitan in residence

c. approximately 50 percent metropolitan in residence

d. approximately 25 percent metropolitan in residence

37. Between 1930 and today the minority group that experienced the greatest increase in urbanization was __________.

a. Native Americans

b. African Americans

c. Hispanic Americans

d. Asian Americans

38. According to the text, which of the following has hindered effective urban organization among Native Americans?

a. Encouragement by Native American leaders to return to reservations.

b. The pattern of shuttling between city and reservation.

c. The fact that (for Native Americans) living conditions on reservations are better than those in the cities.

d. Their culture places little emphasis on organization.

39. Which of the following is this nation’s most rural minority group?

a. Hispanics

b. Asians

c. African Americans

d. Native Americans

40. Today, approximately __________ percent of Native Americans live in cities.

a. 25

b. 33

c. 50

d. 66

41. Which of the following cities has the largest Native American population?

a. Seattle

b. Houston

c. Philadelphia

d. Tallahassee

42. Culturally assimilated Indians are sometimes referred to by other Indians as

a. path setters of the Indian culture.

b. apples – red on the outside and white on the inside.

c. the lost population.

d. none of the above.

True-False:

43. The majority of the nation’s newest immigrants are Hispanic or Asian.

a. T

b. F

44. Fourth or new-wave immigrants are European.

a. T

b. F

45. Currently, Hispanics make up the U.S. largest minority population.

a. T

b. F

46. According to the text, California has a history of leading the nation in demographic and social trends.

a. T

b. F

47. According to the 2010 U.S. Census Hispanic Americans surpass African Americans in number.

a. T

b. F

48. Immigrants are attracted to large cities such as New York, Vancouver, Chicago, or Miami.

a. T

b. F

49. Half of greater Miami’s population is Hispanic, and 60 percent of that is Cuban.

a. T

b. F

50. Current research indicates that for both whites and multiracial persons, the importance of racial-ethnic identity is increasing.

a. T

b. F

51. The U.S. Hispanic population is currently growing at a rate that is five times faster than the population as a whole.

a. T

b. F

52. Over half the Latino growth in the U.S. stems from natural increase.

a. T

b. F

53. Latino birthrates are approximately 50 percent higher than the U.S. national average.

a. T

b. F

54. Latinos are widely dispersed across the United States.

a. T

b. F

55. The Latino population is more concentrated in metropolitan areas than either the white or black populations.

a. T

b. F

56. Within metropolitan areas, the Hispanic population is less evenly distributed than the black population.

a. T

b. F

57. Mexican Americans comprise the highest proportion of the U.S. Hispanic population.

a. T

b. F

58. The Hispanic population is less well-off, overall, than African Americans.

a. T

b. F

59. Californian Mexican Americans differ somewhat from Texan Mexican Americans.

a. T

b. F

60. Overall, Mexican Americans have higher median levels of education than African Americans.

a. T

b. F

61. Today, Los Angeles has more people of Mexican ancestry than any other city in the Americas except Mexico City and Guadalajara.

a. T

b. F

62. Foreign-born Hispanic adults compared to U.S.-born Hispanic adults show the same level of education.

a. T

b. F

63. Latino immigrants often have completed limited formal education in their home countries.

a. T

b. F

64. The Mexican American’s future is a rural future.

a. T

b. F

65. The geographical movement of Latino population out of the Southwest is not only migration out of a region; it is a symbol of the inevitable change from rural to urban residence and rural to urban ways of life.

a. T

b. F

66. The barrios of California and Texas are mostly suburban.

a. T

b. F

67. Lower educational levels are a major barrier to Latino economic advancement.

a. T

b. F

68. Mexican Americans are not underrepresented in the halls of political power in the 21^st century.

a. T

b. F

69. Over a quarter of Chicago’s population is Latino.

a. T

b. F

70. Latino Americans display a remarkable degree of political uniformity in their voting patterns.

a. T

b. F

71. Puerto Ricans, but not other Hispanics, have a high proportion of female-headed families.

a. T

b. F

72. Puerto Rican family income is the highest among all Hispanic groups.

a. T

b. F

73. The segregation levels for Mexican Americans are equal in all urban settlements in the U.S.

a. T

b. F

74. Like blacks, but unlike other Hispanics, Puerto Ricans have a high proportion of female-headed families.

a. T

b. F

75. Puerto Rican political involvement tends to be high compared with that of other immigrant groups.

a. T

b. F

76. The minority group having the highest educational level is Asian.

a. T

b. F

77. The Asian population in the U.S. is overwhelmingly rural with 94 percent living outside cities.

a. T

b. F

78. As a group, Asian Americans have the highest average family income levels of any census group in the U.S.

a. T

b. F

79. Among Asian Americans, those of Japanese ancestry comprise the largest ethnic group.

a. T

b. F

80. Asian Americans are more likely than other ethnic and racial groups to live in supportive family households.

a. T

b. F

81. Asian Americans are perceived as a problem minority.

a. T

b. F

82. Japanese Americans were the one group of U.S. citizens who were forcibly driven from their homes and businesses during World War II and confined in “relocation camps”.

a. T

b. F

83. Japanese Americans, citizens of the U.S., were not incarcerated in the barbed wire “relocation camps” during the World War II.

a. T

b. F

84. Since World War II, Japanese Americans have had an unparalleled record of upward mobility.

a. T

b. F

85. Japanese Americans never fully recovered from their treatment during World War II and, as a result, they have not been as upwardly mobile as other Asian Americans.

a. T

b. F

86. The large majority of all Native Americans are well-off today due to the success of the casino industry on many reservations from Connecticut to California.

a. T

b. F

87. Today, the “vanishing red men” are vanishing no more.

a. T

b. F

88. North American Indians have traditionally been urban based and oriented.

a. T

b. F

89. Today, Native Americans are this country’s most rural ethnic group.

a. T

b. F

90. Urban Native Americans often live in poorer central-city neighborhoods, much as newer immigrant groups traditionally have.

a. T

b. F

Short Answer (in addition to those found at the end of the chapter).

91. Evaluate the text’s claim that California provides a quick look at where we are going as a nation regarding ethnic change.

92. How does the Latino population differ internally in terms of socioeconomic factors and political involvement? Be specific.

93. How do Puerto Ricans differ from other Spanish-speaking groups? What effects do these differences have on Puerto Ricans’ future?

94. The role of immigrants in shaping the American city of the 19^th and early 20^th century is well-known. Describe and discuss the migration pattern of the 21^st century.

95. What routes to social mobility have been used the most by immigrants? Did different groups use different means?

96. The Latino population is growing at an extraordinary pace. Describe the characteristic, and mobility patterns of this ethnic group in the U. S.

97. What are the differences within the Asian population regarding socioeconomic status? What groups are at the top and which at the bottom?

98. What were the consequences of the internment of Japanese Americans in camps during World War II for the Japanese American population?

99. Compare the experiences of Native Americans with other minority groups. What have been the consequences of reservation life on levels of urbanization?

100. Describe and explain term “Model Minority.” To whom has it been applied?