Exam 7: Making Sense of Migration and Immigration

Second generation immigrants with parents who refused to assimilate are more likely to be upwardly mobile and move up a social class.

Countries with pull factors will have high levels of ______.

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?

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 ______.

Which social factor may increase the rate of emigration for a nation?

Provide an example of internal migration.

Anti-immigration supporters often reference stereotypes that link immigrants to crime.

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?

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.

If a host country is welcoming to immigrants and the immigrants fully embrace the host culture the result is called ______.

Hostility towards immigrants in host countries can result in a rejection or counter-hostility towards the host society culture.

The definitions people use to determine "us" and "them" and evaluate difference never change.

High rates of ______ assimilation result in ______ assimilation.

The number of people living somewhere other than their country of birth is increasing.

Explain one unintended negative outcome of Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986. What lessons can policy makers learn from IRCA?

Which structural factor drove undocumented immigration after the Hart-Cellar Immigration Act of 1965?

Immigrant enclaves in the host country like Little Havana in Miami facilitate ______.

Dissonant acculturation is more common in immigrant families that have the income the support a suburban middle class lifestyle.

Which type of acculturation creates conflict between children of immigrants and their parents?

Which social condition is most likely to result in upward mobility for second generation immigrants?