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Key Term Quiz

Key Term Quiz


This activity contains 10 questions.

	Asian Americans, although they have experienced prejudice and discrimination, seem, nevertheless, to have succeeded economically, socially, and educationally without resorting to political or violent confrontations with Whites and are therefore known as a(n):   ideal minority. role model minority. model minority. both a and c.

	Unlike many other immigrant groups that have started on or near the bottom of the occupational ladder, Asian Americans have concentrated professional and managerial positions that are near the top of the occupational ladder. As a result of their occupational status, sociologists typically refer to these groups as:   middlemen minorities. glass ceiling minorities. "broken ladder" minorities. all of the above.

	The "yellow peril" is:   yellow road signs on highways that indicate upcoming road dangers. the generalized prejudice toward Asian people and their customs. the fear of malaria. a very specific prejudice toward people of Japanese origin.

	Which derogatory term for Asians that refers to the tendency to stereotype these people in the worst possible light, was called by sociologist David Riesman:   Viet Kieu. kye the gook syndrome. the yellow peril.

	The Viet Kieu are _______________ citizens who are living abroad.   Vietnamese Cambodian Korean Thailand

	Which group, referred to as ilchomose, are immigrants who accompanied their parents to the United States when young, and now occupy a middle, marginal position between the cultures of their native country and the United States?   Chinese Vietnamese Korean Japanese

	Korean Americans pool their money through the ______________, an association, or loan club, that grants members money on a rotating basis to allow them to gain access to additional capital.   Haoles ilchomose AJA kye

	Haoles are:   a Mexican dish similar to tacos and fajitas. is the Hawaiian term for Whites. Korean American associations that grant members money on a rotating basis to allow them to gain access to additional capital. none of the above.

	The text uses the letters AJA to represent:   Americans of Japanese Ancestry. Albanian Jewish Arrangement. the American Jewish Appeal. Arab Justice Association.

	The effort by native Hawaiians to secure self government and land is called:   global tolerance. sovereignty movement. xenocentrism. ethnocentrism.

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