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Chapter 12Review Questions

The model or ideal minority image is frequently applied to:

A. Asian Americans

B. Hispanic Americans

C. Italian Americans

D. American Indians

The model or ideal minority image is frequently applied to:

A. Asian Americans

B. Hispanic Americans

C. Italian Americans

D. American Indians

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

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

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 personalityB. blaming the victimC. yellow peril D. brain drain

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 personalityB. blaming the victimC. yellow peril D. brain drain

The term "yellow peril" captured which of the following characterizations of Asian people?

A. Heathen

B. Drug Addicted

C. Savage

D. All of these

The term "yellow peril" captured which of the following characterizations of Asian people?

A. Heathen

B. Drug Addicted

C. Savage

D. All of these

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

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

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

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 Fil ipino population

D. church membership

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

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

Desi is a colloquial name for people who trace their ancestry to ________.

A. Philippines

B. Samoa

C. Hmong

D. India

Desi is a colloquial name for people who trace their ancestry to ________.

A. Philippines

B. Samoa

C. Hmong

D. India

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

One problem faced by Vietnamese refugees to the United States was:

A. amalgamation

B. their extended stay in refugee camps

C. downward social mobil i ty

D. annexation

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

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