Ethnic Identity
SocioEconomic Status
Education
Racial Segregation
Culture and Language
100
In the 2000 survey, what do you think was the most common choice for Mexicans to choose as their "ethnicity" or "Identity" ? A. Mexican B. Mexican Americans C. White D. None of the above
What is White
100
What other minority group has a persistently low socioeconomic status like Mexican Americans? A. Puerto Ricans B. Arab Americans C. Asian Americans
What is Puerto Ricans
100
1930s Mexicans went to racially segregated schools like what other ethnic group? A. African Americans B. Indians C. Native Americans D. Asians
What is African Americans
100
What is the largest effect on residential segregation of children? a. poverty b. education c. language d. racism
What is education
100
What is the main cultural trait that distinguishes Mexican Americans from other ethnic groups? A. Food B. Catholicism C. Music
What is Catholicism
200
In the 1965 survey on ethnic identity, What was the most chosen "identity" ? A. Mexican Americans B. Pan- ethnic C. Mexican/ Mexicano
What is Mexican/ Mexicano
200
Mexican American women have especially low economic status like what other unit we have studied? A. Arab Americans B. LGBTQ C. African Americans
What is African Americans
200
Mexican Americans have the highest level of dropouts un-like what ethnic group? A. Asians B. Africans C. Arabs D. LGBTQ
What is Asians
200
Why is intermarriage recommended between Mexican Americans and another ethnic group? a. cross racial and ethnic backgrounds b.less racial attitudes towards Mexican Americans c. less segregation d. none of the above
What is cross racial and ethnic backgrounds
200
Parents that know English make ______ effort to teach their children their ethnic language. A. A lot B. Little C. No
What is B. Little
300
The assimilation theory predicts a loss in ethnic identification, but for who? A. African Americans B. Asian Americans C. Mexican Americans
What is Mexican Americans
300
Mexican Americans have a lower average income than that of what ethnic group? A. Arab Americans B. African Americans C. Asian Americans
What is African Americans
300
What hinders Mexican American education the most? A. Poverty B. Language C. Racism D. Uneducated parents
What is Poverty
300
Why is there a lack of intermarriage? a. segregation b. poverty c. racial attitudes d. none of the above
What is racial attitudes
300
Mexican Americans beliefs and practices identify their culture. What other ethnic group is identified by their beliefs and practices? A. African Americans B. Asians C. Muslims D. All the Above
What is D. All the Above
400
The slow rate for identificational assimilation seems to be shaped by the racial experiences, for who is this mostly true? A. Indians B. Mexican Americans C. African Americans
What is Mexican Americans
400
What is the primary reason for the low occupational status of Mexican Americans? A. Discrimination B. Education C. Language Barrier
What is Education
400
Mexican Americans have the lowest average... A. Poverty rate B. Employment C. Education D. Unemployment
What is education
400
Which ethnic group does Mexican Americans object their children to marrying the most? a. Asians b. White c. African American d. none of the above
What is African American
400
Mexican Americans were forced to learn English or it would delimit them as American. Unlike Mexican Americans, what ethnic group has a variety of dialects within its language that gives them unity? A. Native Americans B. African Americans C. Arab Americans
What is A. Native Americans
500
What are possible reasons for consistent ethnic identity in later generations? A. Being the largest minority in the southwest B. Persistent segregation in the neighborhood level C. Mexicans continue to be a working class in later generations D. All of the above
What is all of the above.
500
Children of immigrants have a (an) _______ average income than that of their parents. A. Higher B. Equal C. Lower
What is C.Lower
500
What types of schooling have the best effect on Mexican American education? A. Public B. Private C. Religious D. Homeschooling
What is Religious
500
What percentage of Mexican Americans have intermarried? (Original respondents) a. 0% b. 0-5% c. 10-20% d. 30-35%
What is 10-20%
500
Immigrants are most _______ speaking their native tongue. A. Nervous B. Tired C. Comfortable
What is C. Comfortable
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