Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
This is the month in which Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is celebrated.
What is May?
The month of May was chosen to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and to mark the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. The majority of the workers who laid the tracks were Chinese immigrants.
This singer was born Peter Gene Hernandez on October 8, 1985, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is known for his stage performances and retro showmanship. You may have heard one of his songs, "Uptown Funk".
Who is Bruno Mars?
In 1980, Rear Admiral Ming Erh Chang became the first naturalized Asian American military officer to reach flag rank in what U.S. military branch of service?
(Hint: Use your pamphlet!!)
What is the United States Navy?
He is known as "the Awakened One".
(Hint: think religion)
Who is Buddha?
Buddha was a sage, or wise man, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in eastern India sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE.
The Japanese consume this percentage of calories per day compared with someone from the U.S.
A. 25% less calories, B. 50% less calories, or C. they consume the same amount
What is 25% less?
People in Asian countries tend to have lower rates of cancer, heart disease, and obesity than Americans, and they typically live longer, too. Researchers suspect that owes largely to their diet: a low-fat, healthy eating style that emphasizes rice, vegetables, fresh fruit, and fish, with very little red meat.
Which president expanded Asian Pacific American Heritage Month to a month long celebration?
A. President George HW Bush in 1990, B. President Abraham Lincoln in 1864, or C. President Jimmy Carter in 1978
Who is President George H.W. Bush?
He was born in Hong Kong, China. He gained a reputation as Hong Kong's best stuntman. In America he is known as a martial artist and movie star. He starred in The Karate Kid with Jaden Smith.
Who is Jackie Chan?
LTC Kamal S. Kalsi is the first Sikh American to serve in the U.S. military in more than a generation. He was granted religious accommodations by the Department of the Defense to openly wear WHAT religious item?
(Hint: Use your pamphlet!!)
What is a Turban?
LTC Kalsi is a fourth generation Sikh, born in India and a fourth generation military man. In 2009, LTC Kalsi became one of only three Sikhs to be granted religious accommodation by the Department of Defense.
This fish represents perseverance and worldly advancement which is often depicted in American culture by tattoos. This fish is also found in garden ponds.
What is the Koi Fish?
You'd recognize these fish- some of the major colors are white, black, red, yellow, blue, and cream.
Some animals are revered in India for their resemblance of Hindu deities. Which of the following is NOT one of them?
a) Monkey b) Cow c) Crane d) Elephant e) Tiger
What is the Crane?
Asian Pacific American Heritage Month celebrated the arrival of the first group of immigrants from this country.
What is Japan?
May is the month when the first Japanese immigrants arrived in the U.S. in 1843.
Which Asian-American/ African-American is famous for golf?
Who is Tiger Woods?
Tiger Woods' ancestry is African American, Thai, Chinese, and Dutch.
This military service member was the first foreign-born cadet to attend the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. In the first 10 years of his career, he achieved the rank of lieutenant commander and earned two Coast Guard Air Medals for exceptional air rescue efforts.
(Hint: Use your pamphlet!!)
Who is Captain Kwang-Ping Hsu?
These are small tapered sticks used in pairs of equal length as traditional eating utensils.
What are chopsticks?
Chopsticks were first used by the Chinese and later spread to the neighboring countries of Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Bhutan, Indonesia, Burma, North Korea, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan.
This symbol is prominently featured on the Japanese national flag.
What is the Red Sun?
President Barack Obama is from this Pacific Island.
What is Hawaii?
May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month – a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. A rather broad term, Asian-Pacific encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands.
This NBA player is one of the few Asian Americans in NBA history, and the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the league. He is also known for his public expression of his Christianity. He has played for the Los Angeles Lakers and Toronto Raptors.
Who is Jeremy Lin?
She is the first female American Samoan and Hindu to ever serve as a member of the U.S. Congress while also serving, conjunctively, as a member in the Hawaii National Guard since 2003.
(Hint: Use your pamphlet!!)
Who is Representative Tulsi Gabbard?
This is Japan's most popular spectator sport.
What is baseball?
Baseball had become such a significant part of Japanese culture that when a great many of the Japanese-Americans were sent to Internment camps during World War II they built baseball diamonds. For many, baseball served as a saving grace during their time in the "war relocation camps".
The Chinese language has this many characters.
A. 1,000 B. 20,000 C. 42,000
What is 42,000 characters?
The month of May also marks the anniversary of the completion of THIS RAILROAD in 1869, which was constructed by workers who were majority Chinese immigrants.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad?
In 1862, the Pacific Railroad Act chartered the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies, and tasked them with building a transcontinental railroad that would link the United States from east to west.
This Asian American woman is known for being an American television personality, news anchor, and producer for CBS. She has been the host of the TV show Big Brother since its debut in July 2000. She was also co-host and the moderator of the CBS daytime show The Talk. Previously, she was a co-anchor of The Early Show on CBS.
Who is Julie Chen?
Julie Chen is of Chinese descent.
This US. Marine Sergeant paid the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country while serving as a Security Guard at the U.S. Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya. On Friday, August 7, 1998, he was killed by a massive car bomb explosion at the embassy that occurred almost simultaneously with the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
(Hint: Use your pamphlet!!)
Who is Sergeant Jesse Nathanael Aliganga?
In 1942, at the start of THIS WAR, the Japanese Internment Camps were created to force relocation and incarceration of nearly 120,000 people in the united States with Japanese ancestry.
What is World War II?
This is the first person to be served at the Asian family table.
What is the elders?