Identity & Acculturation
This type of identity involves individual psychological traits and self-definitions, whereas social identity stems from group memberships and societal categorizations.
What is personal identity?
Hernán Cortés led the Spanish military expedition between 1519 and 1521 that resulted in the downfall of this Indigenous Mesoamerican empire.
Who are the Aztecs?
These opposing factors explain why people choose or are forced to leave their origin country and move to new areas of the world.
What are push-pull factors?
Whether tracked across generations or within a single lifespan, this concept measures the upward or downward movement of a person's socioeconomic position and overall well-being.
What is social mobility?
To make sure you actually show up to the right room on exam day, what is our official classroom building and room number?
MF - What is Sutter, Room 104?
MW- What is Building 200, Room 201?
In Chicana/o Studies, this letter was adopted in terms like "Chicanx" to disrupt the Spanish gender binary and foster gender inclusion.
What is the letter "X"?
Serving as an interpreter, advisor, and intermediary for Hernán Cortés during the conquest of the Aztec Empire, this Indigenous Nahua woman remains a complex figure in Mexican history.
Who is La Malinche/Malintzin/Doña Marina?
Similar to a tourist visa, this official document allows limited travel within the 25-mile U.S.-Mexico border region.
What is a Border Crossing Card?
What U.S. state became an official state two years after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed?
Who is California?
How many questions will be on the midterm exam, and how much time will you have to complete it?
What are 20 multiple-choice questions for the entire class period?
Under Berry’s acculturation model, this strategy involves a strong retention of one's cultural origin combined with a deliberate rejection or avoidance of the dominant society.
What is separation?
This historical figure is recognized for writing extensive chronicles condemning Spanish cruelty and abuse toward Indigenous peoples in the Americas.
Who is Bartolomé de Las Casas?
Launched during World War II to address labor shortages, this program brought seasonal Mexican agricultural and railroad workers to the U.S. on short-term contracts.
What is the Bracero Program?
When a factory line worker completes a degree program and achieves a promotion to chief financial officer within their own lifetime, they have demonstrated this type of mobility.
What is intragenerational vertical mobility?
Where can you find your professor for in-person office hours?
What is Building 2100, Room 2116?
In Berry’s framework, this state occurs when an individual experiences low heritage culture maintenance along with low dominant culture adoption.
What is marginalization?
Signed in 1848, this treaty officially concluded the Mexican-American War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
While both modern H-2 programs bring in temporary foreign workers, this specific visa code is reserved for agricultural jobs.
What is the H-2A visa?
In the 1930s, HOLC residential security maps used this primary criteria to outline redlined neighborhoods and label them as "hazardous."
What is the racial and ethnic demographic composition of residents?
When are your professor’s weekly office hours held, and where can you find them?
What is
Monday from 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Tuesday and Thursday from 12:30 – 2:00 pm by appointment via YCCD Zoom & Monday & Wednesday 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm (in-person)?
This process occurs when a minority group completely surrenders its original heritage, language, and cultural practices to blend into the dominant culture.
What is assimilation?
Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico ceded approximately this percentage of its national territory to the United States.
What is 55%?
Conducted by the INS in 1954, this militarized deportation campaign targeted Mexican workers and resulted in widespread civil rights violations.
What is Operation Wetback?
Under the internal colonialism framework, the enforcement of "English-only" policies and punishment for speaking Spanish in public schools are examples of this process.
What is cultural and linguistic suppression?
What is your professor's favorite topic covered so far this semester?
What are all the topics?