Chapter One Review
What 3 groups of people are given priority to enter the U.S.?
1) Husbands, wives, and children of citizens 2) People with valuable job skills 3) aliens
What is the total annual quota of immigrants allowed into the United States?
675,000
What percentage of people live in cities and suburbs?
80%
What is the difference between a responsibility and a duty?
A duty is a task you must perform, and a responsibility is a task you feel morally obligated to perform.
Define: citizen
A legally recognized member of a country.
Define: migration
A movement of large numbers of people from region to region, to the cities.
Describe the 5 steps to becoming a naturalized citizen.
Apply for citizenship, get fingerprinted, be interviewed, pass citizenship test, take the oath.
Who were the first people to settle in North America?
Asians between 12,000 and 40,000 years ago; became ancestors of modern day Native Americans.
In what ways can a person become an American citizen?
Born in the United States, born to American parents, naturalization process.
Who was the first known European to find the Americas?
Christopher Columbus, 1492
T/F: Naturalized citizens may run for the office of president.
False. Only native-born citizens may run for the office of president.
T/F: The U.S. has never had a quota for how many immigrants are allowed in the country.
False. The U.S. began to establish immigration quotas in the 1920s.
Why did farm workers and their families migrate to the cities in the 1800s?
New factory jobs
Define: immigrant
Person who came to America from another country.
Define: refugee
Person who is trying to escape dangers in their home countries.
What is the birthrate?
The annual number of live births.
Why did the U.S. population triple in size between 1790 and 1830?
The high birthrate. Most families had 5 or more children to help with farm work.
Why did people move to the Sunbelt in the 1950s?
The mild climate and warmer weather.
Define: government
The organizations, institutions, and individuals who exercise political authority over a group of people.
Is the U.S. population getting older, younger, or not changing?
The population is getting older. People are living longer because of their healthier lifestyles and better medical care.
Define: civics
The study of citizenship and government.
Define: demographics
The study of the characteristics of human populations.
What is the main purpose of a census?
To find the size of each state's population.
T/F: Since the 1970s, more women have gone into the workplace, resulting in smaller household.
True
T/F: Undocumented residents face the danger of being caught and deported.
True
True or False: The U.S. is made up primarily of the descendants of immigrants.
True
Define: values
ideas that people hold dear and try to live by.
Define: alien
permanent residents of the United States who are still citizens of another country.
Define: deathrate
the annual number of deaths per 1,000 members of a country's population.
