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In 2004, _____ of Asian Americans over age 25 held bachelor's degrees compared to 29.7% of Whites.

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48.2%

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What is meant by the Filiipino concept sa pamilya?

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Devotion to family

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There are at least 1.3 million Asian Americans in

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California

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The media fuel prejudice against Asian Americans with

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ALL of these: Inflammatory reporting, ethnic slurs, mistaken identity

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Portraying the problems of racial and ethnic minorities as their fault rather than recognizing society's responsibilities is referred to as

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Blaming the Victim

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One problem faced by Vietnamese refugees to the United States was

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Downward social mobility

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Defiance, in the form of gangs, is a sign of

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assimilation

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

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ALL of these: Drug addicted, savage, heathen

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Hawaii was initially populated by

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Polynesians

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The lack of significant Filipino social organization is due to

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time consuming obligations to the family and the church

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Chinese Americans have not been active in politics because

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the careers the best students pursue tend to be in science & business

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Asian Indians see ___ work as most likely to help them make a transition to the US and to give them the money they need to become more self-reliant

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service

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Asian Americans include all of the following groups EXCEPT

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Puerto Ricans

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Hawaiians have experienced

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NONE of the above

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The case study of a Hmong community takes place in

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Wisconsin

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Through most of the 1980's, Asian Indian immigrants

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tended to be urban, educated and English speaking

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The 1.5 generation is another name for

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ilchomose

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Viet Kieu are

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people from Vietnam living abroad

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Among Filipino Americans, ____ of the population speak English only

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47%

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In 2010 Pacific Islanders numbered around

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14.6 million

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Asian Indian Immigrants call themselves

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desi

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Mistaken identity by the media occurs when

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American citizens of Asian descent are presented as if they are foreigners

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In Hawaii in the late 1700's,

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plantation operators arrived

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Given their relatively long tradition of immigration, it is surprising that Filipino Americans have no significant

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social organization representing the general filipino population

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The first person murdered in a racially motivated attack after 9/11 was of ___ ancestry

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Asian Indian

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The third wave of Korean immigration, post 1965, brought with it largely

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Skilled professionals

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Which of the following statements is true regarding Asian Americans and income?

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ALL of these: Earn more than whites, earn less than white with same education, income is related to school achievement

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A small initial wave of immigration came from Korea to the United State, via Hawaii, during the

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early 1900's

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The model or ideal minority image is frequently applied to

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Asian Americans

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The model minority stereotype of Asian Americans contains an implicit critique of Blacks, Hispanics, and others for failing to succeed as well as the model minority has. This could be viewed as

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blaming the victim

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Which of the following statements about Filipino Americans is FALSE?

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Their primary loyalty is typically to their social organizations and clubs

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A group that despite past perceptions and discrimination, succeeds economically, socially , and educationsally without resorting to political or violent confrontations with Whites is known as

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the model minority

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The gook syndrome refers to negative attitudes held by Americans about

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Asians

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The term boat people was used to describe a stage of immigrations from

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Vietnam

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Korean Ethnic churches in Chicago and Los Angeles are the fastest-growing segment of

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Presbyterians

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Which of the following is part of the Chinese Six Companies (CCBA)

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Hui Kuan

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Chinatowns today

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ALL of these: Are a symbolic focus for Chinese, represent cultural decompression chambers for new arrivals, serve as an identity source for younger people

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Efforts to explain the internment of the Japenese Americans by saying they did not resist would be considered

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blaming the victim

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Japensen Americans expect ____ to be less accultured than other Nisei

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Kibei

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The movement of Chinese Americans out of Chinatowns does which of the following

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ALL of these: Signals upward motility of Chinese, indicated their growing acceptance of population, parallels the movement of white ethnics out of similar enclaves

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Chinese Americans and Japenese Americans believe that prejudice and discrimination in the US have

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decrease

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Tong membership is based on

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interest

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First generation Japenese immigrants to the US are known as

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Issei

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California's 1913 Alien Land Act

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drove Japenese farmers into cities

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The secret societies in the Chiense community are called

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tongs

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Following the passage of the Chinese Exclusion Act, Chinese became eligible to immigrate again in

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1943

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The hui kuans help members adjust to life in a new society by

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ALL of these: settling disputes, lending money, organizing membership based on a person's district of origin in China

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The parents of former senator Danial Inui were born in Japan. The senator was born in the US. This would make the former senator from Hawaii of which generation?

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Nisei

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The Chiensen phrase Zhancao zhugen, meaning "to eliminate wees, one must pull out their roots," refers to

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assimilation

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Organized along family or kinship ties in Chinatowns is the

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tsu

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The Chinese Exclusion Act was enacted in

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1882

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Within the US, Japenese have tended to

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achieve upward mobility

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The term Nisei refers to

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Children of Japanse-born immigrants

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Tongs are

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secret societies

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In 1988, President Ronald Reagan signed legislation entitle the Civil Liberties Act, in which the US authorized reparations for

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Japanese Americans

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What are Sansei?

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Second generation American-born Japanese

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In 1882, Congress enacted legislation prohibiting the immigratio of

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Chinese

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When Japense Americans recieved compensation for their time in internment camps, the check was accompanied by

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a letter of apology from President George HW Bush

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The Issei moved to the cities during the 1920's because of

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passage of laws making it difficult for the to remain in agriculture

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Chinese American refers to

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diverse ethnicities and nationalities

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Following World War II, Japanese Americans

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dispersed throughout the US

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The term for Japanese Americans interned in camps during WWII is

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evacuees

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The term Issei refers to

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Japanese immigrants to the US

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Acculturation of Chinese Americans in family life is evidenced by

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Children questioning the authority of parents

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The Japanese Americans were finally released from the evacutation camps as a result of

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a Supreme Court decision

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Fourth generation Japanese are known as

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Yonsei

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Diversity within the Chinese American group is found in

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ALL of these: region of origin, nationality, language

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According to the textbook, all of the following are true about the success of Asian Americans EXCEPT

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their acceptance as a group indicates growing pluralism in the US

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Organized around a person's district of origin in China are

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hui kuans

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When acculturation is weaker among Chinese Americans, family life is characterized by

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Strict attitudes about sexual behavior

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A millenarian movement like the Ghost Dance is founded on the belief that a cataclysmic upheaval will occur in the immediate future followed by

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Collective Salvation

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The Battle of Wounded Knee II resulted in

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Imprisonment of some of the leaders

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By the mid-1960's 1/4 to 1/3 of people in the Employment Assistance Program

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had returned to their home reservation

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The Indian reorganization Act forced the tribal people to adopt the European Way of

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Voting and election of leaders

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Which of the following describes pan-Indianism

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ALL OF THESE: several tribes unite, intertribal social movements, tribes which are joined by political goals unite

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According to the 2010 Census, there has been ____ in the Native American population in the US since the 2000 Census

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a 9% increase

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The number of Native Americans north of the Rio Grande in 1500 is estimated to have been about

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10 million

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By 1900, the population of Native American's living north of the Rio Grande had been reduced by dwindling food sources and diseases to

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Less than 250,000

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The Indian Reorganization Act was based on which of the following principles?

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Assimilation

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The termination Act of 1953

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resulted in the withdrawal of basic services such as road repair and medical care

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Wounded Knee, South Dakota, was the scene of an 1890 massacre of more thr 300 Sioux men, women and children by the

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US Army

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Today there are 557 Indian reservations in the US, comprising _____ of the land

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about 2 %

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How can we draw on world systems theory to explain the exploitation of Native Americans by European invaders

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The global economy can be seen as dividing between nations that control wealth and those that provide natural resources and labor

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Congress amended the American Indian Religious Freedom Act in 1994 to allow Native Americans the right to

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Possess and use peyote for religious purposes

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Governmental services to Native tribes such as subsidized medical care were a result of

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fulfilled treaty obligations

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Over the last one hundred years powwows have evolved into Native American cultural gatherings. Originally the term pau wau referred to

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the medicine man or spiritual leader

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Nationwide, unemployment of Native Americans is at

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50%

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The Dawes Act or the General Allotment Act of 1887

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Viewed the Indian as an independent homesteader

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Government-created initiatives to counteract tribal people's bleak employmen situation have included

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programs to relaocate young talented Native Americans in urban areas away from the reservation

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The Allotment Act intended to impose upon the Native Americans the European concept of

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private property ownership

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The Sioux Ghost Dance is an example of

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a millenarian movement

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From a ____ perspective, the millenarian movement can be views as a means of coping with the domination of White intruders over Native tribes

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Functionalist

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The Employmen Assistance Program

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led highly motivated young people away from reservations

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The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act

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allows for negotiated gambling agreements on reservations

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The problem of under enrollment refers to Indian School children who

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never attend school or leave while in grade school

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The primary agency concerned with Native American health care is

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The Public Health Service (PHS)

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The island seized in 1969 by Native Americans who cleamed the "excess property" in exhchange for $24 in glass beads and cloth was

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Alcatraz

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The most visible recent AIM activity has been its efforts to gain clemency for one of its leaders

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Leonard Peltier

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The Fort Laramie Treaty if 1868, in exchange for Sioux land, White settlers agreed

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not to hunt or settle on the Great Sioux reservation

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Colonel George Cluster launched military operations against the Siouz because

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The Sioux didn't leave their land when ordered

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The Indian Removal Acy of 1830 called for relocation of

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all Eastern tribes across the Mississippi River

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The AIM member for whom clemency is currently being sought through such activities as the Walk for Justice is

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Leonard Peltier

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The first Battle at Wounded Knee

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Was prompted by the White's fear of the growing popularity of the Ghost Dance among Plains Indians

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All of the following statements are true regarding the Wheeler-Howard Act EXCEPT:

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It was a movement toward a more pluralistic society

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A pluralistic response to Native American health care

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incorporates healing traditions

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