Multiple Choice Quiz

Read each statement carefully and then select the best answer.

1		"The new second generation" of immigrants
			A)	refers to children born to immigrants after their families arrived in the United States, or to people who immigrated as children.
			B)	is decreasing in size because of lessened immigration to the United States.
			C)	are those immigrants who desire to return to their home country.
			D)	refers to Asian but not Hispanic immigrants.
2		People who share a common identity, ancestry and culture, and some distinct physical characteristics can best be defined as a
			A)	racial group.
			B)	ethnic group.
			C)	racial-ethnic group.
			D)	minority group.
3		In 1990, the racial-ethnic group with the highest percentage of families headed by a married couple was which of the following?
			A)	Asian-American
			B)	non-Hispanic white
			C)	Hispanic
			D)	African-American
4		All of the following are true regarding the African-American family except:
			A)	There has been a sharp decline in the place of marriage among African Americans.
			B)	Economic, but not cultural, factors have accounted for changes in family patterns.
			C)	The first unions formed by blacks are almost twice as likely as those of whites to be cohabitations rather than marriages.
			D)	The employment problems of African-American men are a factor in the decline of marriage.
5		The racial-ethnic group with the highest total fertility rate in 1999 was
			A)	Asian-Americans.
			B)	non-Hispanic Whites.
			C)	Mexican-Americans.
			D)	African-Americans.
6		Which is the best example of a transnational family?
			A)	a family with a Hispanic mother and an African-American father
			B)	a family from China who immigrated in the early nineteenth century
			C)	a Puerto Rican family living in New York City for several generations
			D)	a Korean family living in Philadelphia who repeatedly fly back to Korea to find marriage partners for their young people
7		Which of the following Hispanic groups has the highest SES (socio-economic status)?
			A)	Mexican Americans
			B)	Puerto Ricans
			C)	Cuban Americans
			D)	Dominicans and others from Central and South America
8		Asian-American families
			A)	emphasize independence and individualism rather than interdependence on kin.
			B)	are consistently in the upper middle class.
			C)	typically assimilate to the dominant cultural patterns by the third generation.
			D)	have very low rates of intermarriage with whites.
9		American-Indian families
			A)	are rarely headed by a single woman.
			B)	mostly live on reservations or tribal lands.
			C)	have lower rates of divorce and unmarried childbearing rates than the population at large.
			D)	have higher levels of intermarriage with whites than African Americans.
10		Which is true of kin networks and ethnic families?
			A)	Marriage-centered kin networks make it difficult for people to be upwardly mobile.
			B)	Women-centered networks assist people in their struggle with day-to-day poverty.
			C)	They are used in similar fashion by racial-ethnic groups.
			D)	They are the sole factor involved in upward mobility of ethnic families.