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In 2003, _________ percent of Americans wanted a reduction in immigration. |
| | A) | 47 |
| | B) | 65 |
| | C) | 23 |
| | D) | 15 |
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Which of the following might mitigate the discriminatory forces against Asian Americans? |
| | A) | increases in the aggregate number of Asians |
| | B) | increases in the numbers of Asian and Pacific Islanders pursuing higher education |
| | C) | significant numbers of Asian Americans intermarrying with white Americans |
| | D) | more Asian Americans moving into middleman minority and professional niches |
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In the future, conflict between African Americans and Latinos will most likely be over __________________ positions. |
| | A) | middleman minority |
| | B) | professional and managerial |
| | C) | low- and semi-skilled |
| | D) | highly skilled technical |
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What percentage of the Latino immigrant population was not a high school graduate in 2003? |
| | A) | 21% |
| | B) | 35% |
| | C) | 51% |
| | D) | 75% |
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Which of the following might reduce future ethnic conflict and hostility that could lead to social disintegration? |
| | A) | values and beliefs emphasizing equality |
| | B) | greater competition between ethnic minorities |
| | C) | increasing the number of Anglo-Saxon Europeans through immigration policies |
| | D) | increasing the number of police officers on patrol |
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In the year 2000, ____________________ was the region sending the most immigrants to the United States. |
| | A) | Europe |
| | B) | Asia |
| | C) | Latin America and the Caribbean |
| | D) | Canada |
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Which legislation encouraged immigration from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia? |
| | A) | the Immigration Act of 1924 |
| | B) | the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 |
| | C) | the Refugee Act of 1980 |
| | D) | the Immigration Act of 1965 |
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In the year 2005, ________________ was the state that was most populated by immigrants. |
| | A) | California |
| | B) | New York |
| | C) | New Jersey |
| | D) | Florida |
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| 9 | |
Head Start programs were introduced as vehicles by which to: |
| | A) | provide access to cheap mortgages. |
| | B) | alleviate the economic hardships of the working poor. |
| | C) | improve access to educational opportunities among poor children. |
| | D) | provide vocational training to young adults. |
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According to your text, why is affirmative action controversial? |
| | A) | It attacks the social production of "merit" by trying to close the gap between privileged and underprivileged in the U.S. |
| | B) | It was designed to help white women attain high positions in academia. |
| | C) | It doesn't attack the unequal access to resource shares for minorities. |
| | D) | It decreases the amount of resource shares for the underprivileged. |
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Which of the following further fuels hostility and resentment against Latinos? |
| | A) | more Latinos intermarrying with other ethnic groups |
| | B) | Latinos being less physically identifiable than Asian- or African-Americans |
| | C) | Latinos obtaining academic credentials in greater numbers |
| | D) | increasing numbers of Latinos |
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Which of the following is NOT true about African Americans? |
| | A) | The African-American middle class continues to increase. |
| | B) | Violent crimes in black slums have decreased. |
| | C) | Black male college enrollment has increased dramatically. |
| | D) | African Americans have increased their average years of education. |
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| 13 | |
The Immigration Act of 1965: |
| | A) | eliminated proportional country-specific quotas that favored those from European countries. |
| | B) | eliminated immigrations from Asia and Mexico. |
| | C) | required fluency in the English language. |
| | D) | eliminated immigration from Central America and Eastern Europe. |
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Which of the following statements is NOT true? |
| | A) | Black immigrants have a higher rate of college completion than their native-born counterparts. |
| | B) | Latino immigrants have a higher rate of college completion than their native born counterparts. |
| | C) | White native-born persons have a higher rate of college completion than their immigrant counterparts. |
| | D) | Asian immigrants have a higher rate of college completion than their native born counterparts. |
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A(n) _______________________ is a person who arrives in a host country out of fear of persecution in his or her home country. |
| | A) | refugee |
| | B) | illegal alien |
| | C) | undocumented alien |
| | D) | political exile |
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What was the primary purpose of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986? |
| | A) | to curb undocumented immigration |
| | B) | to encourage immigration from Asian countries |
| | C) | to regulate the flow of refugees |
| | D) | to encourage immigration from Europe |
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The _________________________ was the immigration legislation that established amnesty for long-term undocumented residents. |
| | A) | Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 |
| | B) | Refugee Act of 1980 |
| | C) | Immigration Act of 1990 |
| | D) | Immigration Act of 1965 |
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Which Asian/Pacific Islander population in the U.S. has NOT been growing at a rapid rate over the last decade? |
| | A) | the Japanese |
| | B) | the Chinese |
| | C) | the Koreans |
| | D) | the Filipinos |
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By 2050, the Census Bureau estimates that non-Latino whites will constitute about _______ percent of the U.S. population. |
| | A) | 71 |
| | B) | 65 |
| | C) | 53 |
| | D) | 69 |
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As of 2006, ________ percent of all immigrants had come to the U.S. from Asian countries. |
| | A) | 25.9 |
| | B) | 51.2 |
| | C) | 40.7 |
| | D) | 18.1 |
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By 2050, the Census Bureau estimates that Latinos will constitute ________ percent of the U.S. population. |
| | A) | 16 |
| | B) | 31 |
| | C) | 12 |
| | D) | 18 |
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Which of the following statements about unemployment is NOT true? |
| | A) | White immigrants have a higher unemployment rate than their native-born counterparts. |
| | B) | Black immigrants have a higher unemployment rate than their native-born counterparts. |
| | C) | Asian immigrants have a higher unemployment rate than their native-born counterparts. |
| | D) | Native-born and immigrant Latinos have the same unemployment rate. |
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In 2002, where did the majority of legal immigrants to the U.S. come from? |
| | A) | Mexico |
| | B) | Asia |
| | C) | Africa |
| | D) | Europe |
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| 24 | |
The unequal distribution of resource shares creates the context of inequality in which: |
| | A) | the salience of race and ethnicity in determining life chances decreases. |
| | B) | the salience of race and ethnicity in determining life chances increases. |
| | C) | the life chances of ethnic minorities increase. |
| | D) | institutional discrimination decreases. |
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Changes in the ethnic composition of a society are always accompanied by: |
| | A) | tensions between declining populations and those that are growing. |
| | B) | peace between declining populations and those that are growing. |
| | C) | the development of pluralism and the equal redistribution of resources. |
| | D) | assimilation of the declining populations into the those that are growing. |
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