ETHN 101 - Quiz Questions
In the mid-19th century, the U.S government adopted a policy of ________ as
a means to deal with Native Americans - correct answer ✔Forced relocation
Which disease is NOT mentioned by your book as a destructive faced by
Native Amerindians after exposure to Europeans?
- Measles
- Cholera
- Tuberculosis
- Influenza - correct answer ✔Measles
For the Indian, cultural diffusion usually meant - correct answer ✔Less self-
sufficiency
What are identified in the text as "basic building blocks of Native American
societies"? - correct answer ✔Kin relationships
The expulsion of the Cherokee was primarily motivated by - correct answer
✔Their fertile land that was coveted by whites
What was the purpose of The General Allotment Act of 1887? - correct
answer ✔End communal ownership of indian lands and encourage private
ownership
The pan-indian movement has been of limited success primarily because of -
correct answer ✔Emphasis on tribal identities
, Urban Native Americans may become acculturated but usually not assimilated
- correct answer ✔True
The 1973 Wounded Knee incident illustrates which minority-response pattern?
- Deviance
- Defiance
- Annihilation
- Avoidance - correct answer ✔Defiance
What was a major problem with the Bureau of Indian affairs dealing with
Native Americans? - correct answer ✔It is a bureaucracy attempting to run
people's lives
What was a major social problem affecting most Asian immigrants up through
the 1940's? - correct answer ✔Shortage of women
Some of the ethnophaulisms about the Chinese dealt with their being - correct
answer ✔Dirty
Why is the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is significant? - correct answer ✔It
was the first federal legislation against a particular race of immigrants
It wasn't until the passage of what act that made it possible for the Chinese to
enter the U.S under regular immigration regulations? - correct answer
✔Immigration Act of 1965
Which legislative effort prohibited any person who was ineligible for citizenship
from owning land in California? - correct answer ✔Alien Landholding Law
1913
In the mid-19th century, the U.S government adopted a policy of ________ as
a means to deal with Native Americans - correct answer ✔Forced relocation
Which disease is NOT mentioned by your book as a destructive faced by
Native Amerindians after exposure to Europeans?
- Measles
- Cholera
- Tuberculosis
- Influenza - correct answer ✔Measles
For the Indian, cultural diffusion usually meant - correct answer ✔Less self-
sufficiency
What are identified in the text as "basic building blocks of Native American
societies"? - correct answer ✔Kin relationships
The expulsion of the Cherokee was primarily motivated by - correct answer
✔Their fertile land that was coveted by whites
What was the purpose of The General Allotment Act of 1887? - correct
answer ✔End communal ownership of indian lands and encourage private
ownership
The pan-indian movement has been of limited success primarily because of -
correct answer ✔Emphasis on tribal identities
, Urban Native Americans may become acculturated but usually not assimilated
- correct answer ✔True
The 1973 Wounded Knee incident illustrates which minority-response pattern?
- Deviance
- Defiance
- Annihilation
- Avoidance - correct answer ✔Defiance
What was a major problem with the Bureau of Indian affairs dealing with
Native Americans? - correct answer ✔It is a bureaucracy attempting to run
people's lives
What was a major social problem affecting most Asian immigrants up through
the 1940's? - correct answer ✔Shortage of women
Some of the ethnophaulisms about the Chinese dealt with their being - correct
answer ✔Dirty
Why is the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is significant? - correct answer ✔It
was the first federal legislation against a particular race of immigrants
It wasn't until the passage of what act that made it possible for the Chinese to
enter the U.S under regular immigration regulations? - correct answer
✔Immigration Act of 1965
Which legislative effort prohibited any person who was ineligible for citizenship
from owning land in California? - correct answer ✔Alien Landholding Law
1913
