2. The model or ideal minority image is frequently
applied to:
A. Asian Americans
B. Hispanic Americans
C. Italian Americans
D. American Indians
3. The model or ideal minority image is frequently
applied to:
A. Asian Americans
B. Hispanic Americans
C. Italian Americans
D. American Indians
4. Asian Americans are referred to as ________
minorities by sociologists to describe their location
on the social scale.
A. Methodical
B. Middlemen
C. High-achieving
D. Inflated
5. Asian Americans are referred to as ________
minorities by sociologists to describe their location
on the social scale.
A. Methodical
B. Middlemen
C. High-achieving
D. Inflated
6. The model minority stereotype of Asian Americans
contains an implicit critique of Blacks, Hispanics,
and other minorities for failing to succeed as well as
the model minority has. This could be viewed as yet
another instance of:
A. authoritarian personality
B. blaming the victim
C. yellow peril
D. brain drain
7. The model minority stereotype of Asian Americans
contains an implicit critique of Blacks, Hispanics,
and other minorities for failing to succeed as well as
the model minority has. This could be viewed as yet
another instance of:
A. authoritarian personality
B. blaming the victim
C. yellow peril
D. brain drain
8. The term "yellow peril" captured which of the
following characterizations of Asian people?
A. Heathen
B. Drug Addicted
C. Savage
D. All of these
9. The term "yellow peril" captured which of the
following characterizations of Asian people?
A. Heathen
B. Drug Addicted
C. Savage
D. All of these
10. Chinese Americans have not been active in politics
because:
A. the careers that the best students pursue tend
to be in business and science
B. the dense concentration of Chinese and other
Asian American groups in urban areas
C. they have concentrated more on the community
than their own status
D. they inherently trust the democratic system and
have no motivation for creating change
11. Chinese Americans have not been active in politics
because:
A. the careers that the best students pursue
tend to be in business and science
B. the dense concentration of Chinese and other
Asian American groups in urban areas
C. they have concentrated more on the community
than their own status
D. they inherently trust the democratic system and
have no motivation for creating change
12. Given their relatively long tradition of immigration, it
is surprising that Filipino Americans have no
significant:
A. experience with poverty
B. extended family ties
C. social organization representing the general
Filipino population
D. church membership
13. Given their relatively long tradition of immigration, it
is surprising that Filipino Americans have no
significant:
A. experience with poverty
B. extended family ties
C. social organization representing the
general Filipino population
D. church membership
14. Through most of the 1980s, Asian Indian
immigrants:
A. tended to be urban, educated, and English
speaking
B. tended to settle in New York
C. preferred the smaller towns of rural America
D. tended to be centered in service occupations
15. Through most of the 1980s, Asian Indian
immigrants:
A. tended to be urban, educated, and
English speaking
B. tended to settle in New York
C. preferred the smaller towns of rural America
D. tended to be centered in service occupations
16. Desi is a colloquial name for people who trace their
ancestry to ________.
A. Philippines
B. Samoa
C. Hmong
D. India
17. Desi is a colloquial name for people who trace their
ancestry to ________.
A. Philippines
B. Samoa
C. Hmong
D. India
18. One problem faced by Vietnamese refugees to the
United States was:
A. amalgamation
B. their extended stay in refugee camps
C. downward social mobility
D. annexation
19. One problem faced by Vietnamese refugees to the
United States was:
A. amalgamation
B. their extended stay in refugee camps
C. downward social mobility
D. annexation
20. The primary battleground in Wausau between
Hmong and Whites has been:
A. over jobs
B. in the schools
C. about voting rights
D. in public housing
21. The primary battleground in Wausau between
Hmong and Whites has been:
A. over jobs
B. in the schools
C. about voting rights
D. in public housing
