Question 1

Very different forces lead to a decision to migrate. Job opportunities, educational opportunities, and access to health care as well as poverty, famine, war, disease, and religious oppression are all factors in two very different kinds of force. What are the two terms used by anthropologists to describe these two forces that lead to migration?

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A)   push; pull
B)   compel; drive
C)   bridge; barrier
D)   dissuade; persuadeE) A) and D)
F) None of the above

Question 2

Significant numbers of female migrants, both documented and undocumented, work as domestic workers in the United States. Discuss the vulnerabilities they face in the workplace and how they are integral to economies at home and abroad, such as the role played by remittances. Explain how women who work in domestic labor subsidize middle- and upper-class lifestyles in the United States.

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Question 3

Where, on average, do the educational level and skills of most people who migrate illegally tend to lie?

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A)   lower than the global average
B)   higher than their home country's national average
C)   lower than their home country's national average
D)   about at their home country's national averageE) All of the above
F) A) and B) B

Question 4

What is the difference between transnational and yo-yo migrants?

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A)   Yo-yo migrants travel back and forth between destination and origin countries, whereas transnational migrants simply participate in social and political activities across those same borders and do not actively relocate.
B)   Yo-yo migrants leave the country they migrated to and relocate to their country of origin, whereas transnational migrants move back and forth between the two countries.
C)   Yo-yo migrants move between two countries to develop skills such as language, education, or social networks, whereas transnational migrants do the same without actually moving.
D)   Yo-yo migrants move constantly within the borders of their home country, whereas transnational migrants actually move from one country to the other.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D) A

Question 5

Many inhabitants from a small city in Brazil have migrated to New York. Young students in the city learn English and most of them plan to move to New York City one day. What term might anthropologists use to describe how several factors have created a culture in which migration has become a way of life?

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A)   hometown association
B)   brain drain
C)   bridges and barriers
D)   cumulative causationE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

Question 6

Nawal studied medicine at her university in Egypt. Although she can work as a doctor in Egypt, she is enticed by the high wages and opportunities offered in other countries. What term refers to the phenomenon of many skilled professionals like Nawal leaving their country of origin?

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A)   prestige economies
B)   entrepreneurial immigration
C)   brain drain
D)   head huntingE) A) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 7

What term do anthropologists use to refer to the Nikkeijin, or Japanese who continue to travel back and forth between Japan and Brazil?

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A)   assimilated migrants
B)   yo-yo migrants
C)   see-saw migrants
D)   internally displacedE) None of the above
F) All of the above B

Question 8

Among the Togotala population, the success and strength of remittances is visible in the cinderblock construction in the central district. What is the primary source of these remittances?

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A)   Malians who have managed to migrate to the United States
B)   Malians who have been forced to flee their own homes due to war
C)   the influx of refugees from neighboring countries such as Congo and Senegal
D)   merchants entering the regional trade networksE) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 9

According to the textbook, what has been one important factor driving internal migration in China since the 1980s?

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A)   the creation of special tourist zones
B)   the creation of export processing zones
C)   a decline in infrastructure projects
D)   new guest worker programsE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 10

According to the textbook, what is one of the key reasons that immigration continues to be a controversial issue in the United States?

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A)   More than 75 percent of migrants settle in towns of less than 100,000 people.
B)   Immigrants from the Middle East have become the largest single group of migrants.
C)   It is commonly perceived that the diversity of the current generation of migrants raises cultural challenges.
D)   Many U.S. cities cannot handle the 400,000 outsiders that arrive annually.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 11

What would a transnationalist immigrant do once established in their new country?

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A)   continue to travel back and forth between destination and origin countries to visit family and friends
B)   live in their destination country but still travel back to their origin country for work
C)   develop skills such as language, education, or social networks to augment financial resources
D)   actively participate in political, religious, social, and economic spheres between their country of origin and the country they migrated toE) None of the above
F) C) and D)

Question 12

What is meant by the term return migration?

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A)   immigrants who continue to travel back and forth between destination and origin countries
B)   the process by which immigrants decide to leave the country they migrated to and relocate "home"
C)   the accumulation of assets and skills such as language, education, or social networks that immigrants draw on to increase their financial resources
D)   the maintenance of active participation in political, religious, social, and economic spheres across national bordersE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 13

Which of the following was the only immigrant group to be legally excluded on the basis of national origin in the United States?

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A)   Chinese
B)   Mexicans
C)   Palestinians
D)   Russians
E)   EthiopiansF) A) and C)
G) All of the above

Question 14

What is the term used to describe people who have been forced to migrate because of violence, religious persecution, or disasters but stay within their own countries?

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A)   labor migrants
B)   internally displaced persons
C)   transnational refugees
D)   guest workersE) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 15

The "melting pot" model of immigration over simplified the way that migration actually took place in U.S. history. What was one significant and very real consequence of this early "melting pot" mythology?

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A)   Irish fleeing the potato famine faced a lack of work when they arrived on U.S. soil.
B)   Congress passed the National Origins Act as a response to immigration.
C)   Many immigrants came to the United States voluntarily and were conscripted as slaves.
D)   Immigration to the United States proved beneficial for indigenous people already living in North America.E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 16

In the early part of the twenty-first century, the number of people arriving in the United States by region included:

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A)   50 percent from Asia and 25 percent from Latin America.
B)   25 percent from Latin America and 50 percent from Africa.
C)   25 percent from Asia and 50 percent from Latin America.
D)   45 percent from Latin America and 40 percent from Europe.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

What is one of the things that entrepreneurial immigrants often rely on to secure sufficient financial resources?

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A)   revolving loan funds
B)   black market loans
C)   government grants
D)   charitable donationsE) B) and C)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

Drawing on Bruce Whitehouse's ethnography of Malian migrants, explain why the textbook describes the experience of people from Togotala as one of "reshaping globalization from the ground up." How have remittances sent back to Togotala by migrants helped local residents? Discuss how the mostly Muslim migrants to the city of Brazzaville in the Republic of Congo have been able to establish themselves as merchants. How have these Malian migrants been treated in Brazzaville?

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Question 19

A ban on which religious practice was enacted in a Florida town after local residents and officials learned of the Cuban and Haitian immigrants in the Santeria Church?

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A)   cockfighting
B)   wearing head scarves
C)   homosexuality
D)   animal sacrificesE) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 20

What do we call migrants who stay actively connected with social, economic, political, and religious spheres across national borders?

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A)   second-generation
B)   guest worker
C)   transnational
D)   internalE) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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Nawal studied medicine at her university in Egypt. Although she can work as a doctor in Egypt, she is enticed by the high wages and opportunities offered in other countries. What term refers to the phenomenon of many skilled professionals like Nawal leaving their country of origin?

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What term do anthropologists use to refer to the Nikkeijin, or Japanese who continue to travel back and forth between Japan and Brazil?

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Among the Togotala population, the success and strength of remittances is visible in the cinderblock construction in the central district. What is the primary source of these remittances?

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According to the textbook, what has been one important factor driving internal migration in China since the 1980s?

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According to the textbook, what is one of the key reasons that immigration continues to be a controversial issue in the United States?

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What would a transnationalist immigrant do once established in their new country?

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What is meant by the term return migration?

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Which of the following was the only immigrant group to be legally excluded on the basis of national origin in the United States?

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The "melting pot" model of immigration over simplified the way that migration actually took place in U.S. history. What was one significant and very real consequence of this early "melting pot" mythology?

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In the early part of the twenty-first century, the number of people arriving in the United States by region included:

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What is one of the things that entrepreneurial immigrants often rely on to secure sufficient financial resources?

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A ban on which religious practice was enacted in a Florida town after local residents and officials learned of the Cuban and Haitian immigrants in the Santeria Church?

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What do we call migrants who stay actively connected with social, economic, political, and religious spheres across national borders?

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The "melting pot" model of immigration over simplified the way that migration actually took place in U.S. history. What was one significant and very real consequence of this early "melting pot" mythology?

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In the early part of the twenty-first century, the number of people arriving in the United States by region included:

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A ban on which religious practice was enacted in a Florida town after local residents and officials learned of the Cuban and Haitian immigrants in the Santeria Church?

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