History
The earliest known AAPI community established in the US (18th century, Louisiana)
Who are the Filipinos?
This samoan-american got his start in the WWE and has gone on to act in over 66 movies including Jumanji (2017), Moana (2016), and Tooth Fairy (2010)
Who is: Dwayne the Rock
This Hawaiian dish is a sweet and tangy raw fish salad marinated in coconut milk, soy sauce, and other flavors
What is Poke?
The movie “Crazy Rich Asians” takes place in this country.
Where is Singapore?
This country’s flag consists of a white crescent moon and star on a green background
What is Pakistan?
The term “Asian American” was coined as a political label at this school to encourage students to unite and advocate for the first ethnic studies department in the U.S.
What is UC Berkeley?
This indian actress, activist, and film producer, has major credits in both bollywood & hollywood with titles such as Barfi! (2012) and Quantico (2015)
Who is: Priyanka Chopra
The Indian sweet treat is a deep-fried dough ball soaked in rose syrup and often topped with nuts and cardamom?
What is Gulab Jamun?
This South Korean director won the Best Director for his film “Parasite” at the Oscars.
Who is Bong Joon-ho?
Mount Everest, the world's highest peak, straddles the border between Nepal and this other Asian country
What is China?
The first known Tongan family to arrive in the US was in this city.
Where is Salt Lake City, Utah?
This chinese-american architect designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial while still an undergraduate at Yale
Who is: Maya Lin
A cold dessert in the Philippines made up of crushed ice, evaporated or coconut milk, and other sweet side dishes like ube, beans, sago, etc.
What is Halo Halo?
This actress plays the leading role in Netflix’s Never Have I Ever.
Who is Maitreyi Ramakrishnan?
This vast desert, located in Central Asia spanning parts of Mongolia and China, known for its extreme temperatures and sparse vegetation
What is the Gobi desert?
AAPI Heritage Month was extended into May to coincide with these two historical events.
What is the arrival of the first Japanese immigrants and the completion of the transcontinental railroad?
This Malaysian actress was the second woman of color and the first asian woman to win the Academy Award for best actress
Who is: Michelle Yeoh
Opened in 1849, Canton Restaurant was the first documented Chinese restaurant in the US in __ city
Where is San Francisco, CA?
Robert Lopez is the youngest and the first person of Asian descent to achieve EGOT status won an Oscar for Best Original Song for this Disney song
What is “Let It Go” from Frozen?
Located in Hawaii and its name translates to “long mountain,” this is the largest active volcano on the planet
What is Mauna Loa?
Despite US Immigration Act of 1917 that created the Asiatic Barred Zone to exclude specific regions of Asia, this group of men immigrated to the US and often joined pre-established African American and Puerto Rican communities in cities like New York and Detroit.
Who are Bengali men?
This Taiwanese filmmaker has directed numerous critically acclaimed films including Life of pi (2012) and Brokeback Mountain (2005)
Who is: Ang Lee
This Taiwanese city is often credited as the birthplace of Bubble Tea.
Where is Taichung?
This author is the first Asian American Woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
Jhumpa Lahiri?
This country is the world's largest island country by area (1,904,569 km2), and by total number of islands (17,504 islands). It is also the world's most populous island country.
What is Indonesia?