2009: Chapter 4 Race & Ethnicity

Student: __________________

SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question.
1) The problems at the Mexican border are due to what changes, according to sociologist and demographer Douglas Massey?

MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question.
2) Proposition 187, which was approved in 1994, banned illegal immigrants from which of the following?
A) Attending public schools B) Receiving public health services C) Receiving prenatal and postnatal care D) all of these

3) The fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners is known as
A) nativism. B) xenophobia. C) ethnocentrism. D) racism.

4) What is nativism?
A) the fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners
B) beliefs and policies favoring native born citizens over immigrants
C) the belief that your culture is superior to others
D) the belief that members of other races are biologically and socially inferior

5) What is an asylee?
A) Prospective immigrants attempting to enter the U.S.
B) Anyone fleeing war or strife.
C) People who have already entered the country and cannot return home due to persecution or fear of persecution.
D)all of these

6) A primary goal of the 1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act was to
A) continue the national origins system of immigration.
B) reunite immigrant families.
C) decrease restrictions on immigration from Latin America.
D) all of these

7) The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986
A) outlawed hiring of illegal aliens.
B) had the short-term effect of decreasing illegal immigration.
C) prohibited employers from discriminating against legal aliens simply because they were not American citizens.

D) did all of these

8) ________ refers to the practice of immigrants sponsoring other immigrants who, in turn, sponsor more.
A) Emigration B) Chain immigration C) Exile D) Political asylum

9) The Chinese Exclusion Act
A) was passed with little debate by Congress.
B) outlawed Chinese immigration for 10 years.
C) denied naturalization to Chinese already in the U.S.
D)all of these

10) The tendency to favor one's own people over new arrivals is called
A) ethnocentrism. B) xenophobia. C) nativism. D) xenophobia.

11) 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.
A)lab technicians B) lawyers C)computer programmers D) nurses

12) The Supreme Court in 1993 upheld the right of the government to intercept and return refugees to
A) Haiti. B) Cuba. C) China. D) Mexico.


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		Student: __________________ SHORT ANSWER. Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. 1) The problems at the Mexican border are due to what changes, according to sociologist and demographer Douglas Massey? MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 2) Proposition 187, which was approved in 1994, banned illegal immigrants from which of the following? A) Attending public schools B) Receiving public health services C) Receiving prenatal and postnatal care D) all of these 3) The fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners is known as A) nativism. B) xenophobia. C) ethnocentrism. D) racism. 4) What is nativism? A) the fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners B) beliefs and policies favoring native born citizens over immigrants C) the belief that your culture is superior to others D) the belief that members of other races are biologically and socially inferior 5) What is an asylee? A) Prospective immigrants attempting to enter the U.S. B) Anyone fleeing war or strife. C) People who have already entered the country and cannot return home due to persecution or fear of persecution. D)all of these 6) A primary goal of the 1965 Immigration and Naturalization Act was to A) continue the national origins system of immigration. B) reunite immigrant families. C) decrease restrictions on immigration from Latin America. D) all of these 7) The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 A) outlawed hiring of illegal aliens. B) had the short-term effect of decreasing illegal immigration. C) prohibited employers from discriminating against legal aliens simply because they were not American citizens. D) did all of these 8) ________ refers to the practice of immigrants sponsoring other immigrants who, in turn, sponsor more. A) Emigration B) Chain immigration C) Exile D) Political asylum 9) The Chinese Exclusion Act A) was passed with little debate by Congress. B) outlawed Chinese immigration for 10 years. C) denied naturalization to Chinese already in the U.S. D)all of these 10) The tendency to favor one's own people over new arrivals is called A) ethnocentrism. B) xenophobia. C) nativism. D) xenophobia. 11) 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. A)lab technicians B) lawyers C)computer programmers D) nurses 12) The Supreme Court in 1993 upheld the right of the government to intercept and return refugees to A) Haiti. B) Cuba. C) China. D) Mexico.



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