Multiple Choice Quiz

1		The country with the largest Muslim population in the world is:
			A)	Saudi Arabia.
			B)	Turkey.
			C)	Iraq.
			D)	Indonesia.
2		In 2000, what proportion of the Arab-American population was Muslim?
			A)	24 percent
			B)	48 percent
			C)	66 percent
			D)	75 percent
3		Which of the following is considered an Arab country?
			A)	Iran
			B)	Turkey
			C)	Saudi Arabia
			D)	all of the above
4		Estimates of the number of people of Arab ancestry living in the United States range from__________.
			A)	1.2 million to 3 million.
			B)	5 million to 7.5 million.
			C)	10 million to 15 million.
			D)	17 million to 20 million.
5		The first Middle Easterners to migrate to the United States came primarily from:
			A)	Egypt.
			B)	The Persian Gulf region.
			C)	Lebanon and Syria.
			D)	Palestine.
6		In general, which of the following statements is NOT true of the Middle Easterners who immigrated to the United States in the nineteenth century?
			A)	They hoped to settle permanently in the United States.
			B)	They possessed economic resources and entrepreneurial skills.
			C)	The majority were Christians.
			D)	all of the above
7		The Naturalization Act of 1790 limited eligibility for U.S. citizenship to:
			A)	people of European ancestry.
			B)	"free white persons."
			C)	English speakers.
			D)	Protestant Christians.
8		Unlike the first wave of Arab immigrants to the United States, the majority of those who came in the 1960s and 1970s:
			A)	did not intend to return to their countries of origin.
			B)	were Muslim.
			C)	were seeking economic and educational opportunities, not fleeing political persecution.
			D)	all of the above
9		Which of the following characteristics is NOT part of the stereotype applied to Arabs?
			A)	jealous of Western affluence
			B)	hostile to modern civilization
			C)	naturally talented in athletics
			D)	oppressive toward women
10		The highest percentage of the total Muslim population in the United States comes from which of the following ethnic groups?
			A)	African American
			B)	South Asian
			C)	Arab
			D)	Turkish
11		The term "sojourner orientation" refers to:
			A)	the nomadic character of traditional Arab culture.
			B)	the intention of an immigrant population to return to its country of origin.
			C)	the tendency of Arab Americans to enter the labor force as migrant workers.
			D)	the willingness of an ethnic subpopulation to assimilate to the broader culture and thereby lose its distinctive character.
12		The median household income of all Arab Americans in 2000 was:
			A)	$38,219
			B)	$45,659
			C)	$52,318
			D)	$58,204
13		Arab Americans of__________ancestry were most likely to be in poverty in 2000.
			A)	Iraqi
			B)	Lebanese
			C)	Palestinian
			D)	Moroccan
14		In 2000, Arab Americans were overrepresented in which sector of the workforce?
			A)	service
			B)	managerial/professional
			C)	sales/office
			D)	construction/extraction/maintenance
15		__________ of Arab Americans held postgraduate degrees in 2000.
			A)	4 percent
			B)	9 percent
			C)	10 percent
			D)	17 percent
16		A 2000 study by Zogby found significant similarities between the way Arabs are portrayed in political cartoons and depictions of:
			A)	Jews in pre-Nazi Germany
			B)	Blacks in the antebellum South
			C)	Native Americans in the nineteenth century
			D)	Latin American immigrants to the United States
17		All of the following are prominent Arab Americans EXCEPT:
			A)	George Mitchell (former Senate majority leader)
			B)	Doug Flutie (former NFL quarterback)
			C)	Barak Obama (senator)
			D)	Jacques Nasser (former CEO of Ford Motor Co.)
18		The Patriot Act of 2001 led to which of the following?
			A)	the legalization of eavesdropping on conversations between terrorist suspects and their attorneys
			B)	the detention without formal charge of over 1,100 individuals
			C)	the suspension of visas for citizens from countries associated with terrorism
			D)	all of the above
19		Which of the following laws facilitated the integration of Arabs into mainstream American life?
			A)	the Naturalization Act of 1790
			B)	the 1924 Immigration Act
			C)	the 2001 Patriot Act
			D)	none of the above
20		After 9-11, there was a__________ increase in hate crimes against Arabs and Muslims in the United States.
			A)	twofold
			B)	fourfold
			C)	tenfold
			D)	seventeenfold
21		The largest concentration of Arab Americans outside the Middle East is found in which metropolitan area?
			A)	Detroit, Michigan
			B)	Los Angeles, California
			C)	New York, New York
			D)	Chicago, Illinois
22		Which of the following statements about the political affiliations of Arab Americans is true?
			A)	They are more likely to be Democrats than Republicans.
			B)	They are more likely to be Republicans than Democrats.
			C)	They are more likely to be independents than either Republicans or Democrats.
			D)	They are equally likely to be Republicans, Democrats, and independents.
23		The first Arab American in the U.S. Congress was elected in:
			A)	1924
			B)	1958
			C)	1980
			D)	2001
24		Arab Americans experience informal discrimination in all of the following ways EXCEPT:
			A)	being subjected to ethnic slurs
			B)	having to "explain themselves" and their Arab ancestry
			C)	being denied access to social services
			D)	being suspected of anti-American views
25		The term "ethnogenesis" refers to:
			A)	systematic attempts to eliminate an ethnic or religious group from a society.
			B)	the process by which members of a dominant ethnic subpopulation deny the members of another, less powerful subpopulation access to valued resources.
			C)	an ethnic subpopulation's attempts to understand its origins by means of historical narratives, myths, or legends.
			D)	the process of creating a distinctive ethnicity as a means of adapting to discrimination.