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Who are Southeast Asian Americans?  

Southeast Asian Americans” include people from the following countries: Vietnam (Vietnamese, Khmer Kampuchea Krom, Montagnards), Cambodia (Khmer, Cham, Khmer Loeu), and Laos (Hmong, Lao, Iu Mien, Khmu, Tai Dam, Tai Leu, and many other ethnic groups).

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Who is the first black and first Asian American Vice President of the United States? 

Kamala Harris 

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Who contributes significantly to the building of the Transcontinental Railroads? 

Chinese Railroad Workers 

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Name of a Chicken Sandwich Shop owned by a Vietnamese-born chef? 

Pretty Bird 

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Name of a drink with chewy tapioca pearls?

Boba

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Who are South Asian Americans 

South Asian Americans are Americans of full or partial South Asian ancestry. The term generally excludes Afghanistan, referring specifically to those who can trace back their heritage to the Indian subcontinent, which includes the countries of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka

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What was the Ellis Island of the West?


Angel Island 

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Who is Jerry Yang 
Co-founder of Yahoo
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Name a current or former Asian American Utah State Legislator.   

Karen Kwan or Jani Iwamoto 
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What is K'Pop? 

Short for Korean popular music, is a form of popular music originating in South Korea as part of South Korean culture

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Who are Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islanders? 

“Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander” includes Native Hawaiian, Samoan, Guamanian or Chamorro, Fijian, Tongan, or Marshallese peoples and encompasses the people within the United States jurisdictions of Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia.

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What was the first significant law restricting immigration into the United States?

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

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What is Dwayne Johnson's "The Rock" heritage?

Samoan

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Where is Utah's former Chinatown Plum Alley located?

Plum Alley Salt Lake City

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What is Dwayne Johnson's "The Rock" heritage?

Samoan 

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Who is considered a Desi? 

Desi is a word used to describe the people, cultures, and products of the Indian subcontinent and their diaspora, derived from Sanskrit देश, meaning "land, country". Deshi traces its origin specifically to the people of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh

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What is Executive Order 9066? 

This order authorized the forced removal of all persons deemed a threat to national security from the West Coast to "relocation centers" further inland – resulting in the incarceration of Japanese Americans.

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Who is Maya Lin 

Design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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Name the camp that housed Americans of Japanese descent in Utah during WWII?

The Topaz War Relocation Center

400

Who is the first Asian American Marvel Hero? 

Simu Liu 

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Who is considered a Sansei 

Term for third generation Japanese Americans

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Who is Vincent Chin 

American draftsman of Chinese descent who was killed in a racially motivated assault by two white men

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Who is Kalpana Chawla 

First woman of Indian origin to go into space

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Name the town where a group of Pacific Islanders Pioneer settled in Utah in 1889? 

IOSEPA

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Who was the first filmmaker of Asian Descent to win the Best Director for the Oscars? 

Ang Lee