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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
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This is the month Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is celebrated.
What is May? The month of May was chosen to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and to mark the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. The majority of the workers who laid the tracks were Chinese immigrants.
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This singer was born Peter Gene Hernandez on October 8, 1985, in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is known for for his stage performances and retro showmanship. You may have heard his last song, Uptown Funk.
Who is Bruno Mars?
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This is the most populous country in Asia.
What is China? It is the world's most populous country, with a population of over 1.35 billion.
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He is known as "the Awakened One". Hint: think Religion.
Who is Buddha? Buddha was a sage, or wise man, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. He is believed to have lived and taught mostly in eastern India sometime between the sixth and fourth centuries BCE.
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The Japanese consume this percentage of calories per day compared with someone from the U.S. 25% less calories 50% less calories or they consume the same amount
What is 25% less? People in Asian countries tend to have lower rates of cancer, heart disease, and obesity than Americans, and they typically live longer, too. Researchers suspect that owes largely to their diet: a low-fat, healthy eating style that emphasizes rice, vegetables, fresh fruit, and fish, with very little red meat.
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Which president expanded Asian Pacific American Heritage Month to a month long celebration? A. President George HW Bush in 1990 B. President Abraham Lincoln in 1864 C. President Jimmy Carter in 1978
Who is President George H.W. Bush?
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He was born in Hong Kong, China. He gained a reputation as Hong Kong's best stuntman. In America he is know as a martial artist and movie star. He mostly recently starred in The Karate Kid with Jaden Smith.
Who is Jackie Chan?
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This U.S. state is in the Pacific Islands.
What is Hawaii? Hawaii is the 50th and most recent U.S. state to join the United States, having gained admission to the United States on August 21, 1959. Hawaii is the only U.S. state located in Oceania and the only one made up entirely of islands.
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This fish represents perseverance and worldly advancement which is often depicted in American culture by tattoos. This fish is also found in garden ponds.
What is the Koi Fish? You'd recognize these fish- some of the major colors are white, black, red, yellow, blue, and cream.
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Some animals are revered in India for their resemblance of Hindu deities. Which of the following is NOT one of them? a) Monkey b) Cow c) Crane d) Elephant e) Tiger
What is the Crane?
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Asian Pacific American Heritage Month celebrated the arrival of the first group of immigrants from this country.
What is Japan? May is the month when the first Japanese immigrants arrived in the U.S. in 1843.
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This NBA player is one of the few Asian Americans in NBA history, and the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the league. He is also known for his public expression of his Christianity. He currently plays for the Lakers.
Who is Jeremy Lin? He and his teammate Landry Fields, a Stanford grad, have their own special pre-game ritual—a nerdy handshake that involves pretending to read and taking off glasses.
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These two oceans surround the Asian and Pacific Island region. Indian and Pacific Pacific and Atlantic Indian and Atlantic Indian and Artic
What is the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean?
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These are small tapered sticks used in pairs of equal length as traditional eating utensils.
What are chopsticks? Chopsticks were first used by the Chinese and later spread to the neighboring countries of Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Bhutan, Indonesia, Burma, North Korea, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Japan.
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This symbol is prominently featured on the Japanese national flag.
What is the Red Sun?
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President Barack Obama is from this Pacific Island.
What is Hawaii? May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month – a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States. A rather broad term, Asian-Pacific encompasses all of the Asian continent and the Pacific islands.
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Which Asian-American/ African-American is famous for golf?
Who is Tiger Woods? Tiger Woods' ancestry is African American, Thai, Chinese, and Dutch.
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Name at least one state with the highest Hmong populations.
What is California, Minnesota, and Wisconsin? Many Lao Hmong war refugees resettled in the U.S. following the North Vietnamese invasion of Laos and Laotian Civil War during the Vietnam War
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This is Japan's most popular spectator sport.
What is baseball? Baseball had become such a significant part of Japanese culture that when a great many of the Japanese-Americans were sent to Internment camps during World War II they built baseball diamonds. For many, baseball served as a saving grace during their time in the "war relocation camps".
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The Chinese language has this many characters. 1,000 20,000 42,000
What is 42,000 characters?
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The month of May also marks the anniversary of the completion of THIS RAILROAD in 1869, which was constructed by workers who were majority Chinese immigrants.
What is the Transcontinental Railroad? In 1862, the Pacific Railroad Act chartered the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific Railroad Companies, and tasked them with building a transcontinental railroad that would link the United States from east to west.
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This Asian American woman is an American television personality, news anchor, and producer for CBS. She has been the host of the TV show Big Brother since its debut in July 2000. She is also a co-host and the moderator of the CBS daytime show The Talk. Previously, she was a co-anchor of The Early Show on CBS.
Who is Julie Chen? Julie Chen is of Chinese descent.
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Name at least one country in South Asia.
What are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka? South Asia is home to well over one fifth of the world's population, making it both the most populous and the most densely populated geographical region in the world.
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In 1942, at the start of THIS WAR, the Japanese Internment Camps were created to force relocation and incarceration of nearly 120,000 people in the united States with Japanese ancestry.
What is World War II?
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This is the first person to be served at the Asian family table.
What is the elders?