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Most industrialized nations have a smaller foreign-born population, except for

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Australia

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About _______ of the U.S. population today is foreign-born.

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12%

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Push factors in immigration include all of the follow except:

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perceptions of a better life ahead

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The most important aspect of _________ is that immigrants anticipate knowing someone who can help them adjust to their new surroundings, find a new job, and find a place to live

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chain migration

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The patterns of immigration to the United States over time include all of the following except

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U.S. policies have always encouraged immigration

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Fear or hatred of strangers is:

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Xenophobia

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More than one-third of the residents in all of the following cities except ________ are foreign born.

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Dallas

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Beliefs and policies favoring native-born citizens over immigrants is called:

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Nativism

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The critical issue in the anti-Chinese movement of the late 19th century was:

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land rights

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Under the National Origin system, immigration from _______ continued unrestricted

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South America

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Under the provisions of the national origin system, who among the following would find it easiest to legally enter the United States?

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a British laborer

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In the 1920s, the United States instituted a national origins system of immigration based on quotas. Under that system, 70% of the quota for the Eastern hemisphere came from all of the following except:

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Italy

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The quotas under the national origin system were based on:

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the number of people descended from each nationality recorded in the 1920 census

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In 2010 the majority of immigrants legally admitted to the U.S. because they were

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relatives of U.S. citizens

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Which term refers to the immigration to the United States of skilled workers, professionals, and technicians who are desperately needed by their home countries?

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brain drain

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By 2004, when physicians were no longer favored with entry to the U.S., physicians in the Philippines were retraining as __________ so they could immigrate to the U.S.

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nurses

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The perspective most likely to see the brain drain as a symptom of the unequal distribution of world resources is:

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conflict

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From a _________perspective, by paying low wages to illegal immigrants, employers are able to produce goods and services that are profitable for industry and affordable to the consumer.

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functionalist

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Despite the poor working conditions often experienced by illegal immigrants in the U.S. they continue to migrate because

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. they are unable to find wage labor in their home countries

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As a result of the1996 Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act:

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illegal immigrants do not qualify for social services

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About ______ percent of illegal immigrant workers pay taxes of one type or another

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75

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The act of conferring citizenship on a person after birth is called

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naturalization

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Immigrants have:

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lower divorce rates than natives

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Children in recent immigrant families, as compared to U.S.-born children, are:

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in schools with better test scores

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Since World War II, the United States had through the 1980s allowed three groups of refugees to enter in numbers greater than regulations would ordinarily permit: Hungarians, Southeast Asians, and

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Cubans

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Haitian refugees are returned to their country without asylum hearings because:

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they have been viewed as economic refugees

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As of 2010 in the U.S

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30 states have legislated that English is the official state language.

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The largest ancestral group of European Americans is:

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German

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When race is emphasized for Whites they are most likely to:

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See it as threatening

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According to the textbook, "Whiteness is nothing but an expression of racial _________."

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privilege

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From a Marxist perspective, the study of whiteness would be a necessary stage to:

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abolition of whiteness

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All of the following are true about White privilege except:

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this advantage is very visible to the White people who enjoy it

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The principle of third-generation interest states that:

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the grandchildren of the original immigrants would have an increased interest in their ethnicity

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Increased interest by White Americans in their ethnic background was spurred on by:

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increased consciousness of African Americans

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increased consciousness of African Americans

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symbolic ethnicity

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The maintenance of one's ethnic ties can assist with assimilation in the dominant culture; this is referred to as

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ethnic paradox

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From1841 through 1890, over 3.2 million Irish arrived in the United States. This migration consisted mostly of

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families

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From 1834 to 1854, mob violence against ________ led to death, the burning of religious centers and homes, and the use of the Marines and state militia to bring peace to American cities

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Catholics

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In turn-of-the-century New Orleans, Italian Americans established special ties with ________ because both groups were marginalized in southern society

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The black community

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The continuing portrayal of Italian Americans as gangsters is an example of

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respectable bigotry

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The second stage in the process of "becoming white" for Italian immigrants was claiming an identity based on

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being from the nation of Italy

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Which ethnic immigrant was most likely to work in the coal mines of Pennsylvania?

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Polish

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The most obvious distinguishing factor among Polish Americans is between

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Jewish and Catholic Polish Americans

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The acceptability of Polish jokes is an example of:

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symbolic ethnicity

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A large, organized religion that is not officially linked with the state or government is known as:

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a denomination

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By far, the largest single denomination in the United States is:

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Catholicism

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Of the following groups, which is most likely to attend a religious service every week?

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African Americans

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Civil religion describes:

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belief systems incorporating many religions, but not associated with a specific one

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The fundamentalist religious faiths include all of the following except

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American Baptists

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In 1998 the Southern Baptist Convention amended its basic theological statements of beliefs to include the declaration that a woman should "submit herself graciously" to her husband's leadership. There was a widespread negative reaction, leading Southern Baptists to feel they were the victims of:

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respectable bigotry

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In terms of the proportion of college graduates, the most educated religious group is:

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...

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Over half of Americans believe that the U.S. Constitution:

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established the separation of Church and State

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__________ is the most racially diverse religion in the U.S.

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Muslim

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The Supreme Court has ruled against all of the following except:

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voluntary prayer by a student speaker at a school program

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Secessionist minorities are:

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groups that reject assimilation

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Creationists favor

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literal interpretation of the Bible

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Secessionist minorities would fall where on the spectrum of intergroup relations?

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pluralism

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Amish settlements would fall where on the spectrum of intergroup relations?

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segregation

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According to the text, the analogy that best describes United States society today is:

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kaleidoscope

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The metaphor of the glass half empty refers to:

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the progress still to be achieved for all minorities

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Which of the following is true about changes over time for minorities in the U.S.?

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African Americans and Hispanics had higher household incomes in 2009 than in 1979.

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The model or ideal minority image is frequently applied to:

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. Asian Americans

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In 2010 what percentage of Asian Americans age 25 and older had a college degree?

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50%

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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 yet another instance of

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blaming the victim

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In terms of poverty, all Asian-Americans have a higher poverty rate than Whites with the exception of

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...

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Cultural capital refers to all of the following except:

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savings bonds

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In most countries, you are more advantaged knowing about the World Cup rather than the Super Bowl. This is an example of:

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cultural capital

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Social networks and the reciprocal trust within them are called:

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social capital

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Social capital refers to all of the following except:

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knowledge of language and the arts

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Researchers at Smith college found that White students were much more likely to voice antiracist sentiments when:

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they heard another White student express strongly antiracist opinions

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Whites are most likely to see racism as a serious problem when:

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it involves a celebrity

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Racism often occurs _________ through discussions of immigration, affirmative action, or antipoverty programs.

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backstage

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When a group experiences prejudice and discrimination, yet seems to have succeeded economically, socially, and educationally without resorting to political or violent confrontations with Whites, they are said to be a:

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model minority

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Between 2000 and 2010 the population under the age of 18 in the U.S.

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Decreased for African-Americans

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In 2007, only ________of 5,563 people who serve on the boards of the nation's 500 largest corporations were Asian American.

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1.5%

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Acting White is associated with which of the following?

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academic success

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The percentage difference between Whites and African Americans between the ages of 18 and 19 who are in school is:

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11%

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According to the United Nations treaty on refugees

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countries are obliged not to forcibly return people to territories where their lives might be endangered

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In which decade did the Supreme Court rule that the legal segregation of Hispanic children into separate schools was unconstitutional?

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1970s

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The use of two or more languages in places of work or educational facilities, according each language equal legitimacy, is called

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bilingualism

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