RACIAL AND ETHNIC DIVERSITY: A SOCIOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION

Chapter 13 Quiz 

(1) _______: since 1945, the U.S. has been the predominant military, economic, cultural, and ideological power in the world, with global commitments, relationships, and interests

A sexenio

B American globalism

C U.S. interventionism

D NAFTA

(2) Three examples of U.S. intervention in Latin America (1945-1989) are…

A  Colombia (1934); Haiti (1971); Argentina (1983)

B Guatemala (1934); Cuba (1971); Chile (1983)

C Colombia (1954); Haiti (1961); Argentina (1973)

D Guatemala (1954); Cuba (1961); Chile (1973)

(3) In ____, Latinos moved past African Americans to become the second largest ethnic or racial group in the nation (after non-Hispanic whites).

A 1963

B 2013

C 1983

D 2003

(4) After _____ (126 million in 2020), the U.S. Hispanic population is today the world’s _____, ______ than the total population of countries such as Colombia (48 million in 2018), Argentina (45 million in 2020), or Peru (31 million in 2017).

A  Spain; largest; bigger

B Mexico; largest; bigger

C  Spain; smallest; smaller

D Mexico; smallest; smaller

(5) The U.S.-Mexico relationship has, since at least the U.S. invasion of Mexico in _____, been marked by U.S. geographical expansion and increasingly global power.

A 1846

B 1946

C 1898

D 1998

(6) The six Mexican states bordering the U.S. are: ______, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas.

A Jalisco

B Morelos

C Baja California

D Oaxaca

(7) NAFTA: the 1993 North American Free Trade Agreement was a policy victory for Mexican president ______ (1988-1994). The commercial treaty significantly increased Canada-U.S.-Mexico economic links, despite economically harming many rural Mexicans.

A Zedillo

B Fox

C Calderón

D Salinas

(8) Chicanos: the 1960s-70s saw the rise of political empowerment of this group. The term Chicano, associated with this movement, refers to ________.

A  Puerto Ricans

B Honduran Americans

C Mexican Americans

D Cuban Americans

(9) America’s love-hate relationship with Mexican labor: U.S. economic history alternates between ____ and ____. In good times, employers pursue profits by encouraging low-wage immigrant (e.g., Mexican) labor. In hard times (recession), native labor increasingly competes with (Mexican) immigrant labor, fueling nativist hostility to immigration.

A boom; bust

B stock; bond

C capital; labor

D depression; recession

(10) new immigration: large-scale immigration since _____, primarily from _____ world regions such as Latin America, Asia, and Africa. For example, Mexicans, Cubans, Salvadorans, Indians, Koreans, Nigerians, Somalis.

A 1945; non-European

B 1985; European

C 2005; European

D 1965; non-European