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Immigrating to the United States MCQ

Immigrating to the United States MCQ

1. The unauthorized entry or continued presence of foreign nationals in a host country; a hot-button issue in many nations today is called

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Correct Answer: Undocumented immigration

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2. Segmented assimilation theory is theory that predicts scenarios in which assimilation is dangerous or where it may not occur at all

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Correct Answer: True

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3. Refugees are People who have fled their countries and cannot return because they would face persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion, or membership in a particular _______

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Correct Answer: Social group

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4. Reactive ethnicityOccurs when _______ generation immigrations identify with their parents’ nation of origin rather than the one in which they live. This is common in places where the immigrant population feels threatened and persecuted.

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Correct Answer: Second

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5. Everett Lee’s explanation for migration that helps organize the process through a cost-benefit analysis is called Push-pull framework

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Correct Answer: True

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6. The movement of people from one place to another within a nation, during which they do not cross an international border is called

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Correct Answer: Internal migration

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7. Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) is a bill that provided legal status for many undocumented immigrants, but also increased border enforcement, resulting in a more militarized border than even before

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Correct Answer: True

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8. ________ is a Migration that crosses an international border with the intent of permanent settlement

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Correct Answer: Immigration

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9. Program for U.S. businesses to legally recruit foreign workers with specialized knowledge and skills is called H-1B visa program

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Correct Answer: True

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10. _______ is Migration that crosses an international border with the intent of permanent settlement, from the perspective of the nation of origin

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Correct Answer: Emigration

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11. Dissonant acculturation occurs when children adopt the host society culture faster than their _______

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Correct Answer: Parents

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12. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is a Federal policy initiated by executive order under President Obama that delayed deportation of Dreamers and made them eligible for work permits

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Correct Answer: True

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13. A pattern of movement of migrants to and from home and host nations, usually for work is called

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Correct Answer: Circular migration

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14. Asylum seekers are People who have fled their country and applied for official protected status and material assistance within a host country

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Correct Answer: True

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15. The process through which immigrant populations adopt the culture of the host society and eventually shed their own is called Assimilation

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Correct Answer: True

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16. The ______ is a federal policy initiated by executive order under President Obama delayed deportation of Dreamers and made them eligible for work permits.

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Correct Answer: Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

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17. What is the national status of children born in the United States to undocumented immigrants?

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Correct Answer: The children share the same legal status as their parents.

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18. Immigrants from Mexico who come to the United States during harvest seasons, but then return to Mexico, and repeat this migratory pattern is an example of ______.

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Correct Answer: Circular migration

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19. ______ is defined as the unauthorized entry or continued presence of foreign nationals in a host country.

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Correct Answer: Undocumented immigration

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20. ______ is a strategy in which parents purposefully adopt and pass down to their children some mainstream cultural elements and rejecting others.

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Correct Answer: Selective acculturation

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21. ______ builds upon the classic assimilation theory by incorporating the real-world nuances encountered by immigrants.

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Correct Answer: Segmented Assimilation Theory

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22. The ______ in the United States exists for businesses to legally recruit foreign workers with specialized knowledge and skills.

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Correct Answer: H-1B visa program

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23. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY. Which of the following are factors that determine the benefits and costs of migration?

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Correct Answer: Personal factors
“Push” factors
“Pull” factors
Intervening obstacles

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24. The ______ of migration helps to organize the entire process through a cost-benefit analysis.

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Correct Answer: Push-pull framework

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25. ______ is the process through which immigrant populations adopt the culture of the host society.

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Correct Answer: Assimilation

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26. Currently, immigrants from ______ have sparked interest in halting immigration.

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Correct Answer: Muslim nations

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27. The Irish were considered outsiders or referred to as ‘them’ because they ______.

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Correct Answer: Practiced Catholicism

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28. ______ refers to the migration of people away from their nation of origin.

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Correct Answer: Emigration

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29. ______ is the movement of people from one place to another with the intent of settlement.

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Correct Answer: Migration

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30. ______ denotes the movement of people from one place to another within a nation during which they do not cross an international border.

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Correct Answer: Internal migration

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