Latin American History Primer & Heterogeneity
Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Caribbean and Central and South America
Culture and Values
Communication
Mental Health
100

According to Hays and Erford, in the United States Latinas/os currently account for over______ of the US population.

What is 17.4 %

100

The largest group of Latinas/os in the United States of America.

What is Mexicans

100

It is not uncommon for a Native person to be asked by non-Native "How much Indian are you"?

What is Blood quantum

100

For traditional Native Americans (Indigenous) a gentle __________ is the proper way of greeting.

What is Handshake?

100

Name two barriers to accessing mental health treatment for Indigenous people.

Economic barriers (cost, lack of insurance) • Lack of awareness about mental health and available services • Stigma associated with mental illness • Lack of culturally sensitive mental health services • Mistrust of health care providers

200

Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming became US states after this.

What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

200

The size of the Mexican population in the United States can be attributed to _______.

What is the shared US-Mexican Boarder

200

______________ is a way of naming the cumulative emotional and psychological wounding over the life span.

What is Historical Trauma?

200

________ is a traditional way when two people meet, very little is said.  This is an appropriate way of transitioning into the therapeutic process.

What is Silence?

200

_______ are important in the treatment of Indigenous communities. These systems focus on balancing mind, body, and spirit via a connection with place and land.

What are Traditional healing systems?

300

According to Hays and Erford, Latina/os have a general affiliation with this religion. 

What is Roman Catholicism or the Catholic Church?

300

All _______ born in _______ are citizens of the United States of America

What are all Puerto Ricans born in Puerto Rico are citizens of the United States of America.

300

This term is often used to describe Indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere.

What is Native American?

300

Native (Indigenous) People of color may tend to avert their _______ as aa sign of respect.

What is eye's (Eye Contact)

300

According to the American Psychiatric Association, in 2014, ______ was the second leading cause of death for AI/ANs between the ages 10 and 34.

What is Suicide?

400

Latinas/os living in the United States come from over _______ countries including the United States.

What is 20

400

According to the Pew Hispanic Center, this group of Latinas/os has the highest rate of high school and college graduation.

What are Cubans.

400

Natives view Medicine as.

What is the very sense of being.  "Everything is alive"

400

In counseling, more traditional Native clients may welcome __________ or even expect it.

What is collaboration?

400

_______ are concepts that are key to the “cultural context, identity, adaptability, and perseverance” of Native People.

What are Protective Factors?

500

Hays and Erford use the term Latinas/os instead of Hispanic, Hispanic American or Hispano because.

What is honors the indigenous heritage of Spanish-speaking individuals with Latin American Ancestry. 

500

According to the Pew Research Center, _____ have entered into a statistical "dead heat" with ______ and now there are over 1.97 million.  

According to the Pew Research Center, Salvadorians have entered into a statistical "dead heat" with Cubans and now there are over 1.97 million Salvadorians living in the United States. 

500

One of the most important things counselors should keep in mind working with Indigenous people 

What is assessing the intent to which the process of acculturation has affected the client's cultural identity.
500

Natives' emphasis on generosity, kindness, and gifting.

What is Hospitality?

500

Research indicates that Indigenous populations have disproportionately higher rates of _________ than the rest of the US population. 2, 3 High rates of substance use disorders (SUDs),

What are mental health concerns?

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