1.2 The American Cultural Mosaic

Racism is...

• a population survey taken every ten years

• a belief that one’s own race is superior to other races

• people who leave one country to live in another

• laws prohibiting further immigration from China and Japan

exclusion laws

• a population survey taken every ten years

• belief that one’s own race is superior to other races

• people who leave one country to live in another

• laws prohibiting further immigration from China and Japan

The census is...

• a population survey taken every ten years

• belief that one’s own race is superior to other races

• the unfair treatment of a group of people

• people who leave one country to live in another

Discrimination is...

• laws prohibiting further immigration from China and Japan

• a population survey taken every ten years

• belief that one’s own race is superior to other races

• the unfair treatment of a group of people

Immigrants are...

• laws prohibiting further immigration from China and Japan

• the unfair treatment of a group of people

• people who leave one country to live in another

• a population survey taken every ten years

The largest segment of the American population is made up of

• Hispanic Americans

• European Americans

• African Americans

• Asian Americans

A common culture and language unites many...

• Asian Americans

• Hispanic Americans

• Native Americans

• European Americans

Which group did not come to America by choice

• African Americans

• Hispanic Americans

• Native Americans

• European Americans

Which group had been living in North America for thousands of

years when other groups arrived?

• Asian Americans

• Hispanic Americans

• Native Americans

• European Americans

The population of the United States is diverse because Americans

• come from different backgrounds.

• have only one goal

• want the same lives as they had in their home countries

• share in the land of opportunity