Ethnic Studies Final
Which of the following describes pan-Indianism
ALL OF THESE: several tribes unite, intertribal social movements, tribes which are joined by political goals unite
Chinatowns today
ALL of these: Are a symbolic focus for Chinese, represent cultural decompression chambers for new arrivals, serve as an identity source for younger people
The term "yellow peril" captured which of the following characterizations of Asian people?
ALL of these: Drug addicted, savage, heathen
Which of the following statements is true regarding Asian Americans and income?
ALL of these: Earn more than whites, earn less than white with same education, income is related to school achievement
The media fuel prejudice against Asian Americans with
ALL of these: Inflammatory reporting, ethnic slurs, mistaken identity
The movement of Chinese Americans out of Chinatowns does which of the following
ALL of these: Signals upward motility of Chinese, indicated their growing acceptance of population, parallels the movement of white ethnics out of similar enclaves
Diversity within the Chinese American group is found in
ALL of these: region of origin, nationality, language
The hui kuans help members adjust to life in a new society by
ALL of these: settling disputes, lending money, organizing membership based on a person's district of origin in China
The island seized in 1969 by Native Americans who cleamed the "excess property" in exhchange for $24 in glass beads and cloth was
Alcatraz
Mistaken identity by the media occurs when
American citizens of Asian descent are presented as if they are foreigners
From a ____ perspective, the millenarian movement can be views as a means of coping with the domination of White intruders over Native tribes
Functionalist
Which of the following is part of the Chinese Six Companies (CCBA)
Hui Kuan
The Battle of Wounded Knee II resulted in
Imprisonment of some of the leaders
First generation Japenese immigrants to the US are known as
Issei
In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed legislation entitle the Civil Liberties Act, in which the US authorized reparations for
Japanese Americans
The term Issei refers to
Japanese immigrants to the US
Japensen Americans expect ____ to be less accultured than other Nisei
Kibei
The most visible recent AIM activity has been its efforts to gain clemency for one of its leaders
Leonard Peltier
By 1900, the population of Native American's living north of the Rio Grande had been reduced by dwindling food sources and diseases to
Less than 250,000
Hawaiians have experienced
NONE of the above
The parents of former senator Danial Inui were born in Japan. The senator was born in the US. This would make the former senator from Hawaii of which generation?
Nisei
Hawaii was initially populated by
Polynesians
Congress amended the American Indian Religious Freedom Act in 1994 to allow Native Americans the right to
Possess and use peyote for religious purposes
Korean Ethnic churches in Chicago and Los Angeles are the fastest-growing segment of
Presbyterians
Asian Americans include all of the following groups EXCEPT
Puerto Ricans
What are Sansei?
Second generation American-born Japanese
The third wave of Korean immigration, post 1965, brought with it largely
Skilled professionals
Which of the following statements about Filipino Americans is FALSE?
Their primary loyalty is typically to their social organizations and clubs
Today there are 557 Indian reservations in the US, comprising _____ of the land
about 2 %
Within the US, Japenese have tended to
achieve upward mobility
The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
allows for negotiated gambling agreements on reservations
Defiance, in the form of gangs, is a sign of
assimilation
The Chiensen phrase Zhancao zhugen, meaning "to eliminate wees, one must pull out their roots," refers to
assimilation
The 1.5 generation is another name for
ilchomose
Tong membership is based on
interest
The Employmen Assistance Program
led highly motivated young people away from reservations
The problem of under enrollment refers to Indian School children who
never attend school or leave while in grade school
The Fort Laramie Treaty if 1868, in exchange for Sioux land, White settlers agreed
not to hunt or settle on the Great Sioux reservation
The Issei moved to the cities during the 1920's because of
passage of laws making it difficult for the to remain in agriculture
Viet Kieu are
people from Vietnam living abroad
In Hawaii in the late 1700's,
plantation operators arrived
The Allotment Act intended to impose upon the Native Americans the European concept of
private property ownership
Government-created initiatives to counteract tribal people's bleak employmen situation have included
programs to relaocate young talented Native Americans in urban areas away from the reservation
The termination Act of 1953
resulted in the withdrawal of basic services such as road repair and medical care
Tongs are
secret societies
Asian Indians see ___ work as most likely to help them make a transition to the US and to give them the money they need to become more self-reliant
service
Given their relatively long tradition of immigration, it is surprising that Filipino Americans have no significant
social organization representing the general filipino population
Through most of the 1980's, Asian Indian immigrants
tended to be urban, educated and English speaking
Efforts to explain the internment of the Japenese Americans by saying they did not resist would be considered
blaming the victim
The model minority stereotype of Asian Americans contains an implicit critique of Blacks, Hispanics, and others for failing to succeed as well as the model minority has. This could be viewed as
blaming the victim
Asian Indian Immigrants call themselves
desi
Following World War II, Japanese Americans
dispersed throughout the US
Chinese American refers to
diverse ethnicities and nationalities
California's 1913 Alien Land Act
drove Japenese farmers into cities
By the mid-1960's 1/4 to 1/3 of people in the Employment Assistance Program
had returned to their home reservation
Organized around a person's district of origin in China are
hui kuans
A millenarian movement like the Ghost Dance is founded on the belief that a cataclysmic upheaval will occur in the immediate future followed by
Collective Salvation
What is meant by the Filiipino concept sa pamilya?
Devotion to family
One problem faced by Vietnamese refugees to the United States was
Downward social mobility
The number of Native Americans north of the Rio Grande in 1500 is estimated to have been about
10 million
In 2010 Pacific Islanders numbered around
14.6 million
The Chinese Exclusion Act was enacted in
1882
Following the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese became eligible to immigrate again in
1943
Among Filipino Americans, ____ of the population speak English only
47%
In 2004, _____ of Asian Americans over age 25 held bachelor's degrees compared to 29.7% of Whites.
48.2%
Nationwide, unemployment of Native Americans is at
50%
In 1882, Congress enacted legislation prohibiting the immigratio of
Chinese
The model or ideal minority image is frequently applied to
Asian Americans
The first person murdered in a racially motivated attack after 9/11 was of ___ ancestry
Asian Indian
The gook syndrome refers to negative attitudes held by Americans about
Asians
The Indian Reorganization Act was based on which of the following principles?
Assimilation
Portraying the problems of racial and ethnic minorities as their fault rather than recognizing society's responsibilities is referred to as
Blaming the Victim
There are at least 1.3 million Asian Americans in
California
The term Nisei refers to
Children of Japanse-born immigrants
Acculturation of Chinese Americans in family life is evidenced by
Children questioning the authority of parents
When acculturation is weaker among Chinese Americans, family life is characterized by
Strict attitudes about sexual behavior
The primary agency concerned with Native American health care is
The Public Health Service (PHS)
Colonel George Cluster launched military operations against the Siouz because
The Sioux didn't leave their land when ordered
How can we draw on world systems theory to explain the exploitation of Native Americans by European invaders
The global economy can be seen as dividing between nations that control wealth and those that provide natural resources and labor
Wounded Knee, South Dakota, was the scene of an 1890 massacre of more thr 300 Sioux men, women and children by the
US Army
The term boat people was used to describe a stage of immigrations from
Vietnam
The Dawes Act or the General Allotment Act of 1887
Viewed the Indian as an independent homesteader
The Indian reorganization Act forced the tribal people to adopt the European Way of
Voting and election of leaders
The case study of a Hmong community takes place in
Wisconsin
Fourth generation Japanese are known as
Yonsei
According to the 2010 Census, there has been ____ in the Native American population in the US since the 2000 Census
a 9% increase
The Japanese Americans were finally released from the evacutation camps as a result of
a Supreme Court decision
When Japense Americans recieved compensation for their time in internment camps, the check was accompanied by
a letter of apology from President George HW Bush
The Sioux Ghost Dance is an example of
a millenarian movement
Chinese Americans and Japenese Americans believe that prejudice and discrimination in the US have
decrease
A small initial wave of immigration came from Korea to the United State, via Hawaii, during the
early 1900's
The term for Japanese Americans interned in camps during WWII is
evacuees
Governmental services to Native tribes such as subsidized medical care were a result of
fulfilled treaty obligations
Chinese Americans have not been active in politics because
the careers the best students pursue tend to be in science & business
Over the last one hundred years powwows have evolved into Native American cultural gatherings. Originally the term pau wau referred to
the medicine man or spiritual leader
A group that despite past perceptions and discrimination, succeeds economically, socially , and educationsally without resorting to political or violent confrontations with Whites is known as
the model minority
According to the textbook, all of the following are true about the success of Asian Americans EXCEPT
their acceptance as a group indicates growing pluralism in the US
The lack of significant Filipino social organization is due to
time consuming obligations to the family and the church
The secret societies in the Chiense community are called
tongs
Organized along family or kinship ties in Chinatowns is the
tsu
