Americans are diverse in all the following ways except
a. Coming from different backgrounds
b. Thinking of themselves as Americans
c. Being different ages
d. Speaking different languages
What is Thinking of themselves as Americans.
100
What are three effects of increasing diversity?
What is different foods, music, holidays, languages, and ideas.
100
What are three values that are important to Americans?
What is Equality, Freedom, and Justice.
100
Why are there more older Americans today than ever before?
What is improvements in medical care.
100
What is discrimination?
What is the belief that members of one's own race is superior to those of other races.
200
What is a result of changes in our economy,
What is more Americans work in service jobs.
200
What is the second largest group in the United States today is made up of?
What is African Americans.
200
What does the American value of equality mean?
What is everyone should have the same rights and opportunities.
200
What kinds of jobs did most American workers have one hundred years ago?
What is farming and manufacturing.
200
What refers to the way people make a living?
What is occupation.
300
Americans are diverse in all the following ways except
a. Coming from different backgrounds
b. Thinking of themselves as Americans
c. Being different ages
d. Speaking different languages
What is c.) being different ages.
300
Although they came from the same continent, European immigrants in the 1800s...
a. Had the same educational backgrounds
b. Were very much alike
c. Spoke the same language
d. Spoke different languages
What is d. Spoke different languages.
300
What does the American value of justice mean?
What is thought of as fairness.
300
The baby boom refers to a time in our history that...
What is a rise in the number of births during 1946 and 1964.
300
What did the Civil Rights Act of 1964 do about segregation in public places?
What is made it illegal.
400
What refers to a group of warm-weather states?
What is sun-belt.
400
What might be the disadvantages of a society that is not diverse?
What is might be culturally boring, might not understand other cultures and lead to distrust.
400
What is the American ideal?
What is equal respect for all.
400
Why are Americans united as a nation?
What is we share many beliefs and ideals.
400
What type of tool does the government use to determine who makes up the population?
What is census.
500
What refers to the study of the size, growth, and distribution of populations?
What is demography.
500
Describing America as a mosaic reflects the idea that ....
What is american culture is made up of parts of many different cultures
500
Describe how we sometimes live up to our ideal and sometimes fall short?
What is some show equal respect to all while others do not.
500
What refers to the types of landforms?
What is terrain.
500
How did the United States benefit from the contribution of immigrants?
A. Immigrants provided labor
B. Newcomers encouraged family and friends to emigrate.
C. Immigrants hoped for a better life.
D. People were oppressed at home