Asian Americans

Question 1

History: when did 300,00+ Chinese migrate to California?

Answer 1

1850-1880

Question 2

Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882

Answer 2

Banned Chinese from entering US soil

Question 3

1943 Magnuson Act

Answer 3

Repealed Chinese Exclusion Act and Allowed 105 Chinese/year to enter US

Question 4

1965 Immigration Act

Answer 4

Allowed large-scale immigration from China and abolished discrimination based on national origin

Question 5

When did the US Supreme Court rule that foreign-born Japanese could not become citizens because not Caucasian?

Answer 5

1922

Question 6

What happened in 1937-1945 during WWII

Answer 6

US forcibly relocated 112,000-120,000 Japanese and Japanese Americans into internment camps

Question 7

Population percentages

Answer 7

• Number of Asian Americans in the US has doubled in every census for past 60 years
• comprise approx 4% of US population
• will likely be near 9% by 2050

Question 8

Descendants of 19th century immigrants

Answer 8

Chinese and Japanese

Question 9

Post WWII immigrants

Answer 9

Filipinos, Asian Indians, and Koreans

Question 10

Recent refugees from Southeast ASia

Answer 10

Cambodians, Laotians, Vietnamese

Question 11

Categories of Asian Americans: Asian Americans

Answer 11

Chinese, Japanese, Filipinos, and Koreans

Question 12

Categories of Asian Americans: Southeast Asians

Answer 12

Cambodians, Hmong, Vietnamese, Laotians, Thai, Malaysians, and Singaporeans

Question 13

Categories of Asian Americans: Asian Indian

Answer 13

Bengalese, Bharat, East Indian, Bangladeshi, Burmese, Indonesian, Pakistani

Question 14

Categories of Asian Americans: Pacific Islanders

Answer 14

Hawaiians, Samoans, Guamanians, Tongan, Fijians, and Tahitians

Question 15

“Model Minority” - examples of relative social success

Answer 15

lowest divorce rate, lowest unemployment rate, lowest teen pregnancy rate, highest household family income, higher percentage than whites with college, doctoral, medical, and law degrees

Question 16

Areas of inequality

Answer 16

many are still in poverty and remain underrepresented in politics

Question 17

Cultural values: collectivistic orientation

Answer 17

Value community and family above self, family work often preferred over individual counseling, and assess the support available from family, friends, and community

Question 18

Cultural values: hierarchal relaationships

Answer 18

• emphasis on authority of parents over children and even older children over younger
• primary allegiance is to parents even after you are married
• don’t impose egalitarian values on the family
• family structure may influence communication patterns

Question 19

cultural values: Parenting Styles

Answer 19

• Tend to be authoritarian and directive
• problems in children seen as a lack of discipline
• more physical and emotional practices are used as disciplinary measures

Question 20

Cultural Values: emotional restraint

Answer 20

less open displays of emotion and love and affection shown through meeting physical needs, rather than emotional needs

Question 21

Cultural Values: Holistic view of mind and body

Answer 21

In Asian culture, mind and body are one and physical difficulties may be caused by emotional difficulties