Deck 10: Diversity: Latinos, Asians, and Native Americans

Question 1

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

A)25
B)37
C)40
D)48

Answer 1

B

Question 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

Answer 2

C

Question 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

Answer 3

C

Question 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

Question 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

Question 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

Question 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

Question 8

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

A) racial
B)cultural
C)national
D)ethnic

Question 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

Question 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

Question 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

Question 12

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

A) 10
B) 25
C) 40
D) 50

Question 13

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

A) Blacks
B)Puerto Ricans
C) Mexicans
D) Cubans

Question 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

Question 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

Question 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

Question 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.

Question 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

Question 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

Question 20

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

A)overrepresented
B)underrepresented
C)about average
D)not at all present

Question 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

Question 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

Question 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

Question 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

Question 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

Question 26

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

A)whites
B)blacks
C)Asian-Americans
D)Hispanic-Americans

Question 27

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

Question 28

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

Question 29

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

Question 30

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

Question 31

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

Question 32

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

Question 33

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

Question 34

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

Question 35

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.

Question 36

Which of the following is this nation's most rural minority group?

A)Hispanics
B)Asians
C)African Americans
D)Native Americans

Question 37

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

A)25
B)33
C)50
D)66

Question 38

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

A)Seattle
B)Houston
C)Philadelphia
D)Tallahassee

Question 39

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.

Question 40

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

Question 41

Fourth or new-wave immigrants are European.

Question 42

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

Question 43

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

Question 44

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

Question 45

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

Question 46

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

Question 47

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

Question 48

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

Question 49

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

Question 50

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

Question 51

Latinos are widely dispersed across the United States.

Question 52

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

Question 53

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

Question 54

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

Question 55

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

Question 56

Californian Mexican Americans differ somewhat from Texan Mexican Americans.

Question 57

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

Question 58

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

Question 59

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

Question 60

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

Question 61

The Mexican American's future is a rural future.

Question 62

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.

Question 63

The barrios of California and Texas are mostly suburban.

Question 64

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

Question 65

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

Question 66

Over a quarter of Chicago's population is Latino.

Question 67

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

Question 68

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

Question 69

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

Question 70

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

Question 71

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

Question 72

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

Question 73

The minority group having the highest educational level is Asian.

Question 74

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

Question 75

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

Question 76

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

Question 77

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

Question 78

Asian Americans are perceived as a problem minority.

Question 79

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".

Question 80

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