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Chapter 11: Cultures Within Cultures
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. Which is the term originally used to refer to the experiences of Jews, and later
Armenians, who were forcibly exiled from their homelands, but more recently used to
include all groups that move from one part of the world to another?
A. culture
B. diaspora
C. marginalization
D. a refugee
2. The Hmong, who left Laos, and the Montagnard, who left Vietnam, experienced
______ when they arrived in the United States.
A. separation
B. assimilation
C. marginalization
D. integration
3. Ethnic Koreans in post-Soviet states experienced ______.
A. separation
B. assimilation
C. marginalization
D. integration
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4. Amish settlements in the United States are examples of voluntary ______ in
American society.
A. separation
B. assimilation
C. marginalization
D. integration
5. Gelassenheit is a common German word in Amish life that means ______.
A. separation
B. assimilation
C. submission
D. integration
6. Replacing the melting pot analogy, the salad or stew analogy is evidence of which
prevalent view of immigration in the United States today?
A. separation
B. assimilation
C. marginalization
D. integration
7. Which culture was forced to flee Laos for the United States?
A. Acadians
B. Amish
C. Cajuns
D. Hmong
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8. Where do Hmong populations primarily live within the United States?
A. California, Minnesota, and Wisconsin
B. Florida, Pennsylvania, and New York
C. Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Delaware
D. Washington, Ohio, and Michigan
9. Among the groups within the Cambodian, Laotian, Hmong, and Vietnamese refugee
cultures, Tran Minh Tung (1990) found the group who was least at risk for
marginalization to be ______.
A. newcomers
B. women
C. teenagers
D. elderly
10. Prior to the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway, how large was the
population of Koreans as compared to that of Russians in the Russian Far East?
A. Koreans were a small minority.
B. Russians outnumbered Koreans.
C. Half of the Siberian population was Russian and half was Korean.
D. Koreans outnumbered Russians.
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11. What percentage of Amish youth choose to accept an Amish identity?
A. 20–30%
B. 80–90%
C. 40–50%
D. 60–70%
12. What is the percentage of indigenous populations among the world’s population?
A. 20%
B. 10%
C. 5%
D. 30%
13. What does the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
suggest?
A. Indigenous peoples should be assimilated into national cultures for their protection.
B. Indigenous heroes should be honored in monuments.
C. Indigenous peoples should occupy a privileged political and legal position.
D. National governments are not obligated to correct past injustices and practices.
14. The word or phrase most often used to describe the assimilation of early immigrants
into the United States was ______.
A. melting pot
B. salad
C. stew
D. multiculturalism
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Ans: A
15. What percentage of the U.S. population in 2015 claimed ancestry from an English–
speaking country as an important part of their identity?
A. 20%
B. 10%
C. 5%
D. 30%
16. What percentage of the U.S. population in 2015 claimed ancestry from a Spanish-
speaking country as an important part of their identity?
A. 25%
B. 18%
C. 5%
D. 30%
17. Those with the capability of speaking and comprehending the Spanish language,
who claim ancestry from a Spanish-speaking country, and who identify with a shared
culture are often labeled ______.
A. Hispanic
B. Mexican-American
C. Spanish origin
D. Spanish speaking
Answer Location: Spanish-Speaking Cultures
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Difficulty Level: Medium
18. Spanglish is an example of ______.
A. an artificial language
B. a universal language
C. code-switching
D. Esperanto
19. The largest Spanish-language television network in the United States is ______.
A. Galavision
B. SIN
C. Telemundo
D. Univision
20. In addition to size, what other characteristic of the Hispanic market has drawn
advertisers?
A. station loyalty
B. easy to persuade
C. high disposable income
D. tendency toward impulse buying
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True/False
1. Diaspora refers to groups who have been forced to move from one part of the world
to another.
2. The majority of Cambodian, Laotian, Hmong, and Vietnamese refugee teenagers
become involved in gang criminal behavior.
3. All of the Hmong continue to exist in a state of marginalization.
4. Amish youth have no choice but to choose to accept an Amish identity.
5. The Amish support their own private schools, which teach the practical skills of
everyday life.
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6. The trend today is to assimilate indigenous peoples into national cultures as quickly
as possible.
7. More than 40 million people in the United States are of German heritage.
8. Chicano refers to a population segment born in the United States but with ancestors
who came from Mexico.
9. The term Tejano refers to people born in California of Mexican ancestry.
10. The term Latino refers to Spanish-speaking individuals who came from, or whose
ancestors came from, anywhere in Latin America.
11. Compared to Anglo-Americans, Hispanics rely on extended families for emotional
support.
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12. Spanglish is a dialect of Spanish spoken only in Southern California.
13. Hispanic cultures in the United States have few media outlets.
14. More Spanish-language books are sold in the United States than any other country.
15. Spanish-language television networks in the United States include Univision and
Telemundo.
Difficulty Level: Easy
16. Only around 25% of Hispanic Internet users access the Internet on a mobile phone,
tablet, or other mobile handheld device at least occasionally.
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17. Some people object to multilingual marketing because they believe it perpetuates
linguistic divisions and separation.
Short Answer
1. Cultures within cultures are most often based on geographic region, ______, or
economic or social class.
2. ______ can create cultures within cultures in the country into which peoples move
when they are forcibly removed from their homelands.
3. Today, more than 260,000 ______ reside in the United States, primarily in California,
Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
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4. ______ are ethnic Koreans in post-Soviet states.
5. The Amish broke from the Mennonites in the late 17th century and immigrated to
______.
6. The primary communication link among Amish communities across the country is the
small newspaper called ______.
7. In comparing Amish cultural patterns to dominant U.S. cultural patterns, much
attention must be given to how the Amish control ______.
8. The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples unequivocally
suggests that indigenous peoples should occupy a ______ political and legal position.
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9. In the United States, Congress passed the Indian ______ Act in 1820 to force
American Indians west of the Mississippi River.
Difficulty Level: Easy
10. Immigration and acculturation policies in the United States have ranged from forced
separation, such as in the case of slaves, to assimilation, such as in the case of
Germans, to acceptance of the ______ of subcultures.
11. Automaker ______ established an “English Melting Pot School” for his employees.
12. ______ has made the United States home to many ethnic groups.
13. U.S. residents today increasingly recognize their ______ roots.
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14. ______ of the U.S. population in 2000 shared, as an important part of their identity,
the claim of ancestry from an English-speaking country.
15. The term ______ most often refers to Spanish–speaking individuals who came from,
or whose ancestors came from, anywhere in Latin America.
16. Spanish ______ refers to that segment of the population that came from a Spanish-
speaking country or that has ancestors who came from a Spanish-speaking country.
17. ______ was the first major corporation to systematize segmenting Hispanics in
advertising.
18. Advertisers marketing in Spanish have made ______ errors.
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19. ______, as used by Hispanics, reflects both a knowledge of Spanish and an
awareness of the U.S. culture.
Essay
1. Define and briefly discuss cultures within cultures.
2. Define and briefly discuss diaspora.
3. Describe the groups within the Cambodian, Laotian, Hmong, and Vietnamese
refugee cultures most at risk for marginalization.
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4. Discuss the immigration history of the Koryo-saram.
5. Contrast Amish cultural patterns to dominant U.S. cultural patterns.
Difficulty Level: Hard
6. On what bases do the Amish evaluate change?
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7. Discuss the purpose of rumspringa in Amish culture.
Difficulty Level: Hard
8. Discuss the history of the treatment of indigenous languages by national
governments.
9. Discuss the trends of assimilation in U.S. immigration history.
Difficulty Level: Medium
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10. Discuss the trends of integration in U.S. immigration history.
11. Discuss the issues related to the notion of Amerienglish.
12. Discuss the issues related to Spanish-speaking cultures.
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13. Discuss the meanings of Hispanic and Chicano.
14. Discuss the meanings of Latino and Mexican-American.
15. Discuss the cultural values shared by Hispanics.
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16. Discuss why Richard Rodriguez can say that Hispanic is a gringo contrivance.
17. What purposes does Spanglish serve?
Difficulty Level: Medium
18. Discuss the consequences of a growing Spanish-language media.
19. Why did firms begin segmenting advertising to the Hispanic consumer?
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20. How are firms marketing to Hispanic consumers?