Who Americans Are

New Face of America Assessment

Use the article to answer the following question:

Majority-Minority Nation

The large generational divide that is facing the U.S., according to the article, is that a younger generation that is racially and ethnically diverse, and an older generation that is largely white.

• True

• False

New Face of America Assessment

Use the article to answer the following question:

Majority-Minority Nation

The large generational divide that is facing the U.S., according to the article, is that a younger generation that is racially and ethnically white, and an older generation that is largely diverse.

• True

• False

New Face of America Census Activity

Use the map to answer the following question

Name the regions of the U.S. identified on this map:

• • a. United States, Mexico, Canada, Caribbean

• • b. Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, Dominican Republic

• • c. Florida, California, Minnesota, New York

• • d. Northeast, South, Midwest, and West

New Face of America Census Activity

Directions: Use the following map to answer the following question

Which region on the map has the most states of foreign-born populations, according to the map?

• • a. Midwest

• • b. South

• • c. West

• • d. North

"New Face of America" Graphs/Charts

Analyze the Graph- Read the graph provided. Then answer the following question.

The number of non-white births in 1991 was _____ the number of non-white births in 1986.

• • a. the same as

• • b. 100,000 more than

• • c. 300,000 more than

• • d. almost double

"New Face of America" Graphs/Charts

Analyze the Graph- Read the graph provided. Then answer the following question.

The total of births (both white and non-white) was about _____ in 2011 than in 1976:

• • a. 600,000 less

• • b. 100,000 less

• • c. 200,000 greater

• • d. 800,000 greater

"New Face of America" Graphs/Charts

Analyze the Graph- Read the graph provided. Then answer the following question.

What inference (educated guess) could you identify about the information presented in the charts provided?

• • a. the graphs show the number of buildings being built in urban/rural areas of America during the years 1960-2000

• • b. the graphs show the number of animals living in urban/rural areas of America during the years 1960-2000

• • c. the graphs show the number of airplanes flying in urban/rural areas of America during the years 1960-2000

• • d. the graphs show the number of people living in urban/rural areas of America during the years 1960-2000

New Face of America Census Activity

Directions: Use the following map to answer the following question

Which region on the map has the most states of foreign-born populations, according to the map?

• • a. Midwest

• • b. South

• • c. West

• • d. North

Civics Ch. 1 Sec 1 Test Practice

Question 5

Main Ideas- Identify the correct letter that answers the following statement/question: 

Which helps explain the aging of America's population?

• • a. longer life expectancy

• • b. the baby boom

• • c. fewer children per family

• • d. all of the above

Civics Ch. 1 Section 2 Test Practice

Question 3

Main Ideas- Identify the correct letter that answers the following statement/question:

A common culture and language unites:

• a. African Americans

• b. Hispanic (Latino) Americans

• c. Native Americans

• d. European Americans