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Anthropology
Undergraduate 3
04/02/2012

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People tend to disregard Asian ethnicities, especially...
Definition
Indians
Term
What is the only ethnic group which had been banned from the United States?  What is the name of the government act that enacted this into law?
Definition
Chinese; The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882
Term
The Chinese originally came to the U.S for what purpose?
Definition
They came to work on he Gold Rush.
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Chinese were usually ______-dwellers and became _____-sufficient.
Definition
urban, self
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According to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, only Chinese _______ could immigrate to America.  They also could not _____ other ethnicities by law.
Definition
men; date
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True or False: The second generation of Chinese immigrants became more Americanized and embraced education.
Definition
True
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Due to the increase of importance in regard to education, the second generation of Chinese immigrants also became more ______ in career options, which broke _______ to living in China Town.
Definition
diverse, barriers
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Which ethnicity took the place of Chinese in terms of labor?
Definition
Japanese
Term
What Act decreased Japanese immigration to the U.S?
Definition
The Gentlemen's Agreement Act of 1907
Term
The Japanese were known to be ______ farmers.
Definition
rural
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True or False: The Japanese never created their ethnic enclaves and sports leagues.
Definition
False: They did.
Term
During WWII, which American president wrote an executive order to gather the Japanese and place them in concentration camps?  What is the name of this executive order?  What year was it enacted?
Definition
President Roosevelt; Executive Order 9066; 1942
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The U.S government waited until the year _____ before giving a formal apology to the Japanese with a $_________ total amount.
Definition
1988; 20,000
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In what year did the Supreme Court rule that detention of Japanese was illegal?
Definition
1944
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It was in the _____s that the Japanese Americans embraced education.
Definition
1960
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Korean immigrants usually come with _______, are ________ and _______ educated.
Definition
families, Christian, highly
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What ethnicity generally dominate the nursing field, trilingual, and very poor?
Definition
Filipino Americans
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True or False: Vietnamese immigration increased in the 1960s.
Definition
False: They increased in the 1970s.
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Vietnamese immigrants tend to be very ______.
Definition
poor
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True or False: Asian Indians are usually very educated and dominate the medical and engineering fields.
Definition
True
Term
Which country is the poorest in the Western Hemisphere?
Definition
Haiti
Term
The American government defined Haitians as economic refugees _________ for asylum and the qualify as ________ immigrants.
Definition
inelidgible, undocumented
Term
Haitians tend to be low in ______ capital, do not speak _________, and are not very ________.
Definition
human, English, educated
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True or False: Third generations Haitians identify with African American communities.
Definition
False: second generation
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Which Caribbean nation is more developed than Haiti, but has faltered during the last four decades because of laws which the U.S passed in reference to farms and farmers going bankrupt?
Definition
Jamaica
Term
Jamaicans are more ________ and skilled than ________, which has caused "______-_______" to occur.  This happens when the United States is immigrating most of the _______ educated peoples of one country in to America, leaving their original nation without their _______.
Definition
educated, Haitians, brain-drain; higher, skills
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True or False: On average, Haitians and Native-born African Americans have significantly higher socioeconomic status than Jamaicans?
Definition
False: Jamaicans tend to have highter socioeconomic status than these two groups.
Term
True or False: Middle Easter immigrants usually establish an ethnic enclave of small businesses.
Definition
True
Term
Which immigrant group ranks high in education, income, and occupations?
Definition
Middle Eastern
Term
True or False: Middle Eastern peoples are the same as Arab Americans.
Definition
False: These two groups are extremely diverse.
Term
African immigration to the U.S has increased since the ______s.
Definition
1990
Term
Besides the Jamaicans, what other immigrant group experiences brain-drain?
Definition
African
Term
The number of Native ________ living in America has more than doubled since _______.
Definition
Africans, 1990
Term
List the 3 Modes of Incorporation.
Definition

1.) primary labor market; highly skilled, educated, high pay, and preferred jobs

2.) secondary labor market; less desirable jobs, low skill levels, no or little education, not high paying

3.) ethnic enclave; entrepenuers, small businesses

Term
Over all native-born ______, even those born with immigrant parents, have not been particularly open to ______ Comers and U.S history is filled with movements to drastically _______ or _______ immigration.
Definition
Americans, New, reduce, elimiate
Term
How many people were estimated in 2000 to be living in the U.S illegally; with the number doubling in 1992?
Definition
8.5 million
Term
In the year 2006, the number of illegal immigrants was estimated to be ____ million and this continues to grow.
Definition
11.6
Term
The Case ________ Segmented Assimilation says there are _____ differences between earlier and contemporary immigrants; there has been a _______ of immigrants from Europe in modern times, modern technology allows current transportation and communication to maintain _______ and _______ diversities, and a difference of ______ market exists than that of the European immigrants. 
Definition
for, three, decrease, cultural, linguistic, labor
Term
The Case ______ Segmented Assimilation also mentions that certain barriers like; __________ adaptation, racial prejudice, careers requiring ______ levels of education, low-paying jobs, and a widespread _________ subculture may prevent a modern immigrant's adjustment to American society.
Definition
for, unsuccessful, high, criminal
Term
The Case ________ Segmented Assimilation is also known as The Case for "__________" Assimilation Theory and this states that ________ assimilation will result in the same course as that of ________ immigrants of 100 years ago.
Definition
Against, Traidional, contemporary, European
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The Case Against Assimilation states that ______ equality tends to _______ over the generations as education increases.
Definition
income, increase
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