Deck 2: Los Angeles Area Street Gangs

Question 1

The 4 community transitional stages of African-American street gangs in urban cities are 1) defined community 2) community conversion 3) gangster colonization and 4) gangster

A) Polarization
B) Publication
C) Pasteurization
D) Politicization

Answer 1

D

Question 2

During what stage did Cureton say the Great Depression and Civil Rights Movement produced an underclass?

A) Defined community
B) community conversion
C) Gangster colonization
D) Gangster politicization

Answer 2

B

Question 3

During which stage did Cureton observe that neighborhoods became ganglands?

A) Defined community
B) community conversion
C) Gangster colonization
D) Gangster politicization

Answer 3

D

Question 4

A traditional method of passing gang culture when training or recruiting was through

A) Technology
B) Hieroglyphics
C) Oral history
D) Hand signs

Question 5

_______________ are one of the oldest and simplest traditional ways of gang communication.

A) Song lyrics
B) Hand signals
C) Chain letters
D) Cave painting

Question 6

In what year did the Crips become an organized gang?

A) 1969
B) 1952
C) 1947
D) 1939

Question 7

The phrase "we don't die, we just multiply" is associated with which gang?

A) Black Panthers
B) White Supremacist
C) Slauson Renegades
D) Crips

Question 8

Which gang is known for not having a central organization?

A) Crips
B) Black Panthers
C) MS-13
D) Gangster Disciples

Question 9

The Bloods trace their lineage to the

A) Crips
B) Piru Street gang
C) Black Panther Party
D) Bishops

Question 10

The Bloods that were incarcerated at Riker's Island organized into a prison gang called the

A) People Nation
B) Riker's Nation
C) Los Zetas
D) United Blood Nation

Question 11

_________________________ is the controlling organization for almost every Hispanic gang in Southern California.

A) Sureño
B) Mexican Mafia
C) MS-13
D) Nuestra Familia

Question 12

Hispanic American gangs often unite under the _______________ or ______________ organization depending on the locations of their hometowns.

A) Sureño, Norteño
B) Mexican Mafia, Nuestra Familia
C) MS-13, Florencia 13
D) Mexican Mafia, Aryan Brotherhood

Question 13

Which sport is a way that some MS-13 cliques recruit new members?

A) Baseball
B) Lacrosse
C) Soccer
D) Basketball

Question 14

The majority of gangs on Native American reservations have been found to be

A) Migrated from larger cities
B) Homegrown by youth in the immediate area
C) Ethnic groups from neighboring suburban areas
D) Not very organized

Question 15

Most of the gang activity in Indian Country take on a(n) _______________ form of gang behavior.

A) Local hybrid
B) Existing affiliated
C) Tribal
D) Unorganized