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The 1965 Immigration Act established |
| | A) | A quota system that allows only a certain number of immigrants to enter the United States from other countries. |
| | B) | A preference system that gives first preference to spouses, children, and siblings of U.S. siblings. |
| | C) | A quota system that allows only unlimited entry of immigrants from England and France and limits the number of immigrants permitted to enter the United States from other countries. |
| | D) | A preference system that gives first preference to political refugees. |
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In the United States, the majority population is considered to be white. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Which of the following is true? |
| | A) | 75.6% of public school teachers are white. |
| | B) | 80.2% of public school teachers are white. |
| | C) | 91.8% of public school teachers are white. |
| | D) | 68.9% of public school teachers are white. |
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The use of the term Hispanic as an identity category is complicated by |
| | A) | The idea that the Spanish language is common to all groups considered Hispanic or Latino. |
| | B) | The meaning of Hispanic, which refers to a hybrid race created from a mixture of Africans, Europeans, and Native Americans. |
| | C) | Its rejection among young generations who prefer to be called Chicanos. |
| | D) | Both a and b. |
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For immigrant groups, achieving equality of educational opportunity is primarily a political issue. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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According to the Advisory Board for the President's Initiative on Race, |
| | A) | Blacks, Asians and Hispanics are more likely to live in central cities of metropolitan areas than are non-Hispanic whites or American Indians. |
| | B) | A large percentage of non-Hispanic whites and Asians live in suburbs. |
| | C) | Hispanic immigrants, along with immigrants from some Asian countries, have relatively low average levels of educational attainment and income. |
| | D) | All of the above. |
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Since 1965, the largest immigration into the United States took place before the 1980s due to the large number of political refuges from Vietnam. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Education can be used as a method of social control by |
| | A) | Denying a population the knowledge necessary to protect its political and economic rights and to economically advance in society. |
| | B) | Two methods, denying a population the knowledge necessary to protect its political and economic rights and to economically advance in society, and using the school curriculum as a way to Americanize students by stripping them of their native language and culture. |
| | C) | Using the school curriculum as a way to Americanize students by stripping them of their native language and culture. |
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Although finding teachers who are trained to teach students who have limited English proficiency (LEP) was once a major problem, a significant increase in the number of LEP teachers has helped to alleviate this problem. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Which of the following Asian Pacific immigrant groups is most likely to be proficient in English upon arrival in the United States? |
| | A) | Asian Indians |
| | B) | Chinese |
| | C) | Pacific Islanders |
| | D) | Cambodians |
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Which of the following are images of Asians that have been presented as threatening "the American national family." |
| | A) | Coolie |
| | B) | Deviant |
| | C) | Model minority |
| | D) | Answer a and b only |
| | E) | Answer a, b and c |
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Many white educators in the latter part of the nineteenth century believed that the learning of English alongside the retention of indigenous languages would assist Native Americans in becoming a part of the United States. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The United States' attitude of racial, religious and cultural superiority was reflected in the treatment both of the Mexicans who remained after the U.S. conquest and of later Mexican immigrants, such as |
| | A) | Segregated schools and housing. |
| | B) | Segregated schools and housing, as well as employment discrimination. |
| | C) | Segregated schools and employment discrimination. |
| | D) | Segregated housing and employment discrimination. |
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The "model minority" image was used by European Americans to criticize African Americans and Hispanics and also caused educational problems for Asian students because educators often overlook problems they are having in school. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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In an Executive Order issued on August 6, 1998, President Clinton identified the following as major goals of Indian education: |
| | A) | Improving reading and mathematics |
| | B) | Increasing high school completion and postsecondary attendance rates |
| | C) | Reducing poverty and substance abuse |
| | D) | Use of indigenous languages as the primary means of instruction |
| | E) | All of the above |
| | F) | Answers a, b and c only |
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