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What are individuals/groups who flee their homeland to escape persecution/war are known as?
Refugee(s).
What glutenous white grains go best with the Lao dish, laab/larb?
Sticky rice.
What year did Southeast Asian refugees begin arriving to the US?
1975.
Name one country where refugee camps were located.
Guam, Hong Kong (UK), Indonesia, Malaysia, Macau (China), The Philippines, Thailand, Australia and the United States.
Name two more SEA countries that are not Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, or Vietnam.
Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, or Singapore.
What country illegally started the wars in Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam)?
United States of America.
What illegal war did the United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) led in Laos?
The Secret War.
When did the US war (more known as the Vietnam War) start in Vietnam?
1954.
What US state has the highest Cambodian, Hmong, Lao, and Vietnamese populations?
California.
Which Southeast Asian refugee community was resettled in the US in 2005?
Hmong.
What country colonized Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam from 1887 - 1941?
France.
What California county has the largest Hmong population?
Fresno.
In which months is the Lunar New Year typically celebrated?
January or February.
What country is the most bombed country in history?
Laos.
What year did the US and Vietnam sign Vietnam’s Repatriation Agreement that would unjustly deport Vietnamese refugees and immigrants back to Vietnam?
2008.
What Asian country briefly colonized Indochina during World War II?
Japan.
Name two Southeast Asian written languages that uses Roman alphabets?
Hmong, Iu Mien, or Vietnamese.
What year did the US Refugee Act pass?
1980.
In what country were the "killing fields" in?
Cambodia.
What are the 1996 immigration bills that allowed the US to deport Southeast Asian refugees?
Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) and Anti-terrorism and Effective Death; Penalty Act (AEDPA).
What does the acronym ASEAN stand for?
Association of Southeast Asian Nations
What is the name of the agreement passed at the 1954 Geneva Conference that led to French Indochina becoming Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam?
Geneva Accords.
When was the Fall of Saigon also known as Black April?
April 30, 1975
Where has approximately 1,000,000 Southeast Asian refugees resettled in?
the United States.
Tell me the differences between Southeast Asian the geographical identity vs. the political identity.
Geographical Identity
-in relation to the countries mentioned, 10/11 countries named sometimes referred to as Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
-does not encompass ethnic minority backgrounds
Political Identity
-those with the history in relation fleeing from Southeast Asia after the wars and seeking refuge
-those with history of the mass migration following the end of conflicts the U.S. had been involved in in Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos